Rockets owner eyes WNBA expansion team in Houston

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Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta plans to submit a bid to bring a WNBA expansion team back to Houston, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday.

The bid includes using the branding of the Houston Comets, one of the WNBA's original eight teams that played from 1997-2008 and won the league's first four championships with stars Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson.

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