The Connecticut Sun women's basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Along with the Minnesota Lynx, the club was established in 1999 as part of the league's expansion from ten to twelve teams. The Miracle, the club's previous moniker, originated that year in Orlando, Florida as the sister team to the NBA's Orlando Magic. Financial straits left the Miracle teetering on the brink of disbanding before the Mohegan Indian tribe purchased and relocated the team to Mohegan Sun, becoming the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise. The Sun is considered by many to be the most successful franchise in the WNBA yet to have won a championship.

The Sun has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in eight of its eleven years in Connecticut. The Sun has featured such notable players as Margo Dydek, Katie Douglas, Kara Lawson, Asjha Jones and Nykesha Sales, Lindsay Whalen and Tina Charles.