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Lack of support scuttles WNBA's Sol.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| November 27, 2002 | Robb, Sharon | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MIAMI _ An emotional Miami Sol coach and General Manager Ron Rothstein spent most of Wednesday tracking down his players around the country and overseas to tell them there was no longer a WNBA team in Miami.

The Heat Group and the women's professional basketball league announced the Sol will cease operations in South Florida. The team either will be dissolved or moved to another city.

What Eric Woolworth, the Heat Group's president of business operations, called "a sad day for us" sent shock waves through the Sol organization, from its front office, which assembled a final time for a morning meeting, to the players and coaches.

Rothstein said he …

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