Is Jacksonville ready for some basketball? Jacksonville will be the headquarters and the home of the first-ever franchise in the new Upshot League for women's basketball, announced Monday at the ...

A new women’s professional basketball league is set to make its debut next year will be led by local resident Donna Orender and have a team in Jacksonville. The creation of the UPSHOT league was ...

Orender has just accepted the position as commissioner of the Upshot League, a professional women’s basketball league that will be headquartered in Jacksonville. There will be teams in ...

In April, former WNBA president Donna Orender called her to pitch a position with an upstart league, the Upshot League, backed by names including Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller and former WNBA ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Darren Yorke, Associate General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager of the American Hockey League’s Chicago Wolves, today announced that the ...

Professional women’s basketball is coming to the River City. The Upshot League is coming to Jacksonville and other Southeast cities starting in May 2026. Donna Orender, former commissioner for ...

The Queen City will be home to one of four teams in the new UPSHOT League, which will begin play in May of 2026. The upstart ...