Former Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca and his consortium put their money where their mouth was when it came to bringing the WNBA to Boston.

Earlier this month, Pagliuca confirmed that his group made a pitch to buy the Connecticut Sun — with The Boston Globe reporting that Pagliuca offered $325 million to the Mohegan Tribe to purchase the team with the intention of moving the franchise to Boston .

According to the Globe, the sale of the Sun to Pagliuca would also lead to Pagliuca contributing an additional $100 million for a new practice facility in Brighton.

That potential sale price would be a record for a sale of a women’s sports franchise, and would be a welcome sight for the Mohegan Tribe as they battle debt concerns that could threaten its solvency.

While

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