Tom Brady watches his Las Vegas Aces team win opening game of the new WNBA season
- The former quarterback became a minority owner of the Aces in March
- The Aces hope to become the first team to win three WNBA titles since 2000
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Tom Brady has been spotted in Las Vegas for the Aces’ first win of the WNBA season, amid the NFL games he will be attending in the fall.
Brady, who bought a minority stake in the Aces from the team’s majority owner Mark Davis in March, was in Sin City on Tuesday, where players received their title rings for the second straight time before beating the Phoenix Mercury 89-80.
The 45-year-old former quarterback, who revealed that his Netflix roast “influenced” his children after brutal jokes about his divorce from Gisele Bundchen, sat next to Davis and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who greeted coach Becky Hammon and the players as they were presented to the public. Raiders coach Antonio Pierce was also at the game.
This season, the Aces hope to become the first team since the Houston Comets in 1997-2000 to win at least three straight WNBA titles, and the second club to ever accomplish the feat.
Las Vegas became the first team since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001-02 to repeat the feat when the Aces defeated the New York Liberty in four games last year.
Tom Brady was spotted talking to Raiders coach Antonio Pierce during the Aces game on Tuesday
The 45-year-old former NFL quarterback wore a dark suit for the team’s ring ceremony
Brady also exchanged pleasantries with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert
“We’re back,” owner Mark Davis told the sold-out crowd. “Not only are we back, we are back-to-back world champions.”
He concluded by saying: ‘All I can say is: let’s make three peats.’
Brady, who is also a minority owner of Birmingham City, witnessed the Aces debut their new silver and black uniforms, which more closely reflected Davis’ other Las Vegas team, the Raiders.
Aces players received their championship wings for their back-to-back WNBA titles on Tuesday.
WNBA Finals MVP A’ja Wilson, who this week suggested that Caitlin Clark’s whiteness is a “huge” reason behind her fame, was greeted with chants of “MVP!” by the sold-out crowd.
“We are so grateful to have a fan base that supports us,” Wilson told fans. “We are blessed to be in this situation. We’ve done our very best to get to this point, so we just want to thank you.”
Engelbert could have been in Connecticut for Caitlin Clark’s debut, but instead took center stage in Las Vegas.
“The best part of my job is presenting the trophy and helping hand out the rings the following year,” Engelbert said before the ceremony. “So this is important: back-to-back champions.”