Via Stever: Dave King says his attempts to bring the WNBA to CO are going well so far. King must show the league the money by Sept. 15: if he's got it, the Colorado Chill will enter the league next year.

King ran the Chill in the NWBL, and his company runs the WNIT. He'll make an ideal WNBA owner... if he (and whatever allies he finds) have the financial resources to run a WNBA team.

Oh, and speaking of the WNIT: the preseason tournament has a new format for this fall, with the teams already announced. There are sixteen, among them Maryland, LSU, Delaware, Delaware State, and perennial attendance magnet Notre Dame.