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But hosting the WNBA for more than just a one-off game, as Rogers Arena did Friday for the Seattle Storm vs. the Atlanta Dream, remains very much a dream.

Toronto is getting an expansion team, the Tempo, starting next summer. There are no plans for now for future expansion, NBA Canada’s Cheryl Sebastian told Postmedia on Friday.

No Vancouver on the radar, but there’s no denying the momentum the WNBA and women’s pro sports in general is seeing in Canada.

The WNBA has tangible evidence of this, Sebastian said.

“Viewership (in Canada) is up,” she said. Subscriptions t

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