"I think the market here itself is just going to be better for a women’s basketball program," said Sun guard Saniya Rivers.

I think the time is right you can see the energy, the excitement, the venue is large enough to host women’s professional basketball."

Massachusetts Governor and former Harvard basketball player Maura Healey tiptoed around the idea of poaching the Sun, when she declared Tuesday WNBA Day in Massachusetts. But, in her official proclamation, she called for the league to put a franchise in Boston. It read:

The Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun played before a sold-out TD Garden on Tuesday, the second year in a row the WNBA has filled the arena to capacity for a regular season game. Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is hoping Boston hosts more games in the future.

Former Stanley Cup champion Mike Rupp made his thoughts clear on what kind of reception longtime Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand will receive when he returns to TD Garden as a member of the Florid

Healey praised the Sun for bringing so many figures from so many corners of sports and business together in the name of women’s sports.

BOSTON ― Connecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers is quickly getting comfortable with the city of Boston. “If it was up to me, we might relocate here,” Rivers said after practice at the TD Garden on Tuesday morning. Rivers visited the city earlier this ...