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- Founded in 1998
- Owner: Lincoln Holdings LLC
- Chairman: Ted Leonsis
- Home: Verizon Center, Washington, DC
- Team colors: orange, blue, silver, black, white
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The Washington Mystics is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Eastern Conference of the WNBA. They joined the WNBA in 1998 and have not yet reached or won the league championships.
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Team Background
Following the founding of the WNBA in 1996, Detroit and Washington were granted the first two expansion teams in 1998. The Mystics played their first season in the league in 1998, finishing in last place. They won only three of their 30 games their inaugural season. In 2000, they made their first post season appearance, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty. In their second playoff appearance in 2002, they defeated the Charlotte Sting in the first round, but fell in the conference finals, again to the Liberty.
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Washington Mystics Questions
Since we have a reconstruction of Martha Washington, how about one for George Washington? 3 AnswersIn 200 years will you want to be remembered as a chubby geriatric or in your prime of life? George Washington has been reinvented several times already. Perhaps... read more
Was it a good PR move for the Washington Redskins to sue a 72-yr-old lifelong fan? 7 AnswersThis was definitely NOT a good PR move - in the current economic environment, putting pressure on a 72-year old loyal fan who has fallen on hard times is not go... read more -
Washington Mystics Leadership
- Mahalo's Guide to: Ted Leonsis
- Owner
- Owner, Washington Capitals
- Partial Owner, Washington Wizards
- Linda Hargrove
- Richie Adubato
- Head Coach
- 1979-1980: Head Coach, Detroit Pistons
- 1989-1992: Head Coach, Dallas Mavericks
Washington Mystics News and Gossip
- ESPN.com: Washington Mystics
- Topix.net: Washington Mystics News
- Google News Search: Washington Mystics
- OurSports Central: Washington Mystics have sixth pick in draft
Washington Mystics Timeline
- 1998: Founded in Washington D.C.
- 2000: First Playoff Appearance
- 2005: Ted Leonsis purchases Mystics
- Mahalo's Guide to: Ted Leonsis