The Charlotte Hornets want the WNBA to feel the sting in the Queen City. The NBA team is backing a push to bring back a WNBA team to the Charlotte area.

You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, as the song says. And so it is with the Charlotte Sting, one of the eight original WNBA franchises in 1997. Ah, if only Charlotte had held ...

The Charlotte Sting were an original WNBA team that played in Charlotte from 1997 to 2006 before folding. "Yes — our ownership group is involved," Hornets Chief Communications Officer Mike ...

In a significant move for women's professional basketball, the Berman family has officially submitted a WNBA expansion bid to revive the Charlotte Sting. The bid represents a potential return of ...

The Charlotte Sting, one of the WNBA's founding franchises in its 1997 inaugural season, operated as the women's basketball counterpart to the NBA's Charlotte Hornets. The team represented ...

Activists called for protesting shopping at Target in January after the retailer was among the major retailers to walk back ...

And so it is with the Charlotte Sting, one of the eight original WNBA franchises in 1997. Ah, if only Charlotte had held onto the Sting. Then the city would be riding high on the women’s ...

In 1997, this was the official logo of the WNBA’s Charlotte Sting as the franchise began play. The franchise disbanded after the 2006 season. In its 10 seasons of existence, the Sting made the ...

Dawn Staley, a former player for the Charlotte Sting and the current women's basketball coach at South Carolina, believes that if the WNBA were to return to Charlotte, it would be successful. She is ...

Bring Back the Sting: That’s the name of Charlotte’s old WNBA team. READ MORE: WNBA files trademark for Charlotte Sting The Charlotte Hornets are now backing an effort for the team’s return.