New women's basketball league to place team in Greensboro and play in May 2026
S awyer Sports & Entertainment has announced that Greensboro will host a women's team which will compete in the newly formed UPSHOT League, which will begin play in May 2026. The team will play its home games at Novant Health Fieldhouse.
Professional Women’s Basketball is Coming to Greensboro with the new UPSHOT League Set to Begin Play in 2026
GREENSBORO, NC – Zawyer Sports & Entertainment is proud to announce the establishment of a new professional women’s basketball team in the City of Greensboro set to compete in the newly formed UPSHOT League, which will begin play in May of 2026. The team will play its home games at Novant Health Fieldhouse.
Help name Greensboro's new women's basketball team
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A professional women's basketball team is coming to Greensboro, and you can choose the name for the team. Zawyer Sports & Entertainment announced the UPSHOT league team Wednesday, weeks after announcing the city's new hockey team, The Greensboro Gargoyles.
Professional women’s basketball team forming in Greensboro
The Piedmont Triad is getting another professional sports team. The City of Greensboro has been announced as one of the locations that will be receiving a professional women’s basketball team in the new UPSHOT League which will begin play in May 2026.
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Women’s professional basketball returning to Charlotte: sources
The Queen City is set to welcome a professional women’s basketball team, sources confirmed with Charlotte Sports Live. UpShot, owned by Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, is a four-team women’s basketball league with teams out of Savannah,
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Professional women's basketball is coming to Greensboro
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Gate City hockey gets new life as Greensboro Gargoyles unveiled
The Greensboro Gargoyles are expected to start play in the ECHL starting in 2025-26 as the league's 30th team. The team will play its home games at First-Horizon Coliseum. The ECHL is a minor ...
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Zawyer Sports & Entertainment announces Greensboro Gargoyles ECHL hockey team and minority owners
The team's primary colors will be purple, gold and navy blue, or known as Gargoyle Grape, Greensboro Gold and Midnight, according to the official team branding. J.J. Jansen, football player for ...
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New ECHL team in Greensboro will start play in October
The Greensboro Gargoyles will be the 30th team in the ECHL. Players will rock purple and gold sweaters with a unique logo. They will begin play in October at the First Horizon Coliseum.
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Greensboro unveils new pro-hockey team name
We've got our hockey name. It's the Greensboro Gargoyle. So Gar fans get pumped up for hockey next hockey season right here in Greensboro. ECHL hockey will make their debut right here inside the ...