Building a WNBA franchise: The guest is Toronto Tempo president Teresa Resch

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Episode 456 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Teresa Resch, the president of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo, which will start play in the WNBA in 2026. In this podcast Resch discusses how she viewed the Golden State Valkeries expansion draft; what she can learn from other WNBA franchises; her timeline to hire a general manager and coach; what it's like being the public face of a new sports franchise; the process to pick a team nickname; merchandise and ticket availability; how she sees the role of local and national media regarding coverage; playing future games in Montreal and Vancouver; the Tempo’s “Bringing Home The W” podcast series; the growth of women’s sports; and more.You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast.
0:42.5	I'm your host, Richard Dyche.
0:43.6	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:45.6	One guest that's on this episode, but this is somebody I have wanted to talk to for some time.
0:50.2	Anybody who listens to this podcast or knows my work, knows my fondness for women's basketball.
0:56.0	Teresa Rush is the president of the WMBA's Toronto Tempo, which is a new franchise in that league that will start play in 2026 last Thursday.
1:07.0	Her team revealed its new name and logo to the world, and we will get to that.
1:12.4	But big picture, Teresa Rush is one of the most important people in Canada as far as sports
1:16.9	goes at this moment. She and her group have been charged with building a franchise from its inception.
1:24.3	That is not something that most people in sports ever get to do. And so I've had a lot of
1:30.6	well-known people on this podcast, but this one hits home because it is now my home. So welcome,
1:35.5	Teresa Rush, to the sports media podcast. Wow, what an intro, Richard. I'm glad to be here,
1:40.3	though. Thank you for having me. All right. So there's so much to get.
1:48.0	Theresa, literally, if I can keep you for 16 hours, I would, but I'm going to respect your time. We just watch, here's what I want to start. We just watch the Golden State
1:52.5	Valkyries conduct its expansion draft. So they now have players.
1:58.0	You know, I've read in multiple places that you've been in touch with their management
2:01.4	and you're in touch with other management in the WNBA, just as someone who is doing due
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