Basketball ya Women's Progress Finds Success, Fail in Queen City
Charlotte Sting anali wothandizira WNBA ndi timu ya NBA ya Charlotte pa nthawiyo, Hornets. Monga mmodzi wa mamembala a bungwe la WNBA, gululi linayamba mu 1997 ndipo likanatha kusewera mpaka 2007, pamene lidzayesa kusayesa kusamukira ku Kansas City.
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The Sting adzakonzekera WNBA playoffs mu nthawi yawo yoyamba, koma anataya pa ulendo woyamba kwa otsiriza masewera, Houston.
Chaka chachiwiri chidzawona zotsatira zomwezo, ndi Sting yopanga playoffs kachiwiri, komanso kutayika kumapeto koyamba kuti athandizi Houston. Mchaka chachitatu cha WNBA cha Charlotte chikawona gulu likugwera mbiri yawo yoipa kwambiri (15-17), koma adzalandira mpikisano wopambana komanso asagonjetse ufulu wa New York. Charlotte angaphonye ma playoffs kwa nthawi yoyamba mu 2000 koma adzabweranso mu 2001. Gulu la 2001 lidzayamba nyengoyi mwachisautso, kutaya 10 mwa masewera 11 oyambirira. Koma gululo likanakhala lopweteka kwambiri pambuyo pake, kutaya masewera ena 4 okha, kumaliza ndi zolemba 18-14. Iwo sankakhoza kuyenerera kwa playoffs monga mbewu ya nambala 4. Kuthamanga kwakukulu, kupsyinjika kwa Sting koyamba nambala yoyamba 1 ya Cleveland Rockers kumapeto koyamba, nambala yachiwiri inamera ufulu wa New York mu yachiwiri, ikusewera m'masewero atatu. Gululi linali mu WNBA Finals kwa nthawi yoyamba m'mbiri yawo.
Zodabwitsa zothamanga zinatayika, komabe, pamene Sting inasefukira ndi Los Angeles Sparks m'maseĊµera awiri.
Gululo lidzabwerera ku playoffs mu 2002 koma lidzawonanso kuwonongeka kwapadera koyamba, nthawi ino ku Washington Mystics.
Mu 2002, Charlotte Hornets amachoka mumzinda wa New Orleans, koma Sting sanawatsagane nawo.
Iwo ankasewera nyengo imodzi popanda mwamuna wina asanayambe NBA kupereka Charlotte mphotho yatsopano - Charlotte Bobcats. Posakhalitsa pambuyo pa Black Entertainment Television CEO Bob Johnson adalengezedwa kuti anali mwini watsopano wa francise watsopano, adagula Sting. Gululo lingasinthe mitundu yawo kuchokera ku chibakuwa ndi mchenga wa Hornets kupita ku lalanje ndi buluu kuti lifanane ndi gulu lawo lachibale. Olembawo akuganiza kuti akusintha dzina la Sting kuti liwonetse mgwirizano wawo ndi Bobcats, koma posakhalitsa pambuyo poti adzalengeza mitundu yatsopano, mawonekedwe atsopano adayambitsidwa - chizindikiro chofanana cha akazi chachikazi, ndi maulendo atsopano. The "Sting" moniker ikanakhalabe.
2003 iwonetseranso timu yoyamba yothandizira timuyi, nthawi ino m'manja mwa Connecticut Sun. 2004, 2005 ndi 2006 zonse zikanakhala zovuta kwa Sting, chifukwa iwo adzaphonya malamulo onsewa zaka zitatu. Atatumiza chigamulo-zolemba zovuta kwambiri pa 6-28 mu 2005, timuyi idayesa kuika moyo m'gululi potchula chizindikiro cha Charlotte basketball Muggsy Bogues monga mphunzitsi wamkulu. Ngakhale kuti gululi likusonyeza zizindikiro zowonjezera, chaka cha 2006 chidzakhala chaka chatha ku WNBA.
Chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa ma msonkhanowo ndi ndalama, mwiniwake Bob Johnson anagonjetsa timuyi ku liwu.
Kusamukira ku Kansas City kunayesedwa, koma kuyesa ndalama sikulephera. Gululo linapindikizidwa mu 2007, ndipo osewera onse anabalalitsidwa kupita ku magulu ena.