UNCASVILLE – Taj McWilliams-Franklin got off a plane in Connecticut 21 years ago, and immediately noticed one thing. It was cold. She wasn’t in Orlando any longer, and nor was her team.

Taj McWilliams-Franklin is a two-time WNBA champion and six-time WNBA All-Star, but is dedicated to her legacy going beyond her on-court contributions.

Taj McWilliams-Franklin has averaged 11.4 points and 6.8 rebounds in her WNBA career, shooting 49 percent over 14 seasons. David Sherman/NBAE/Getty Images "I had to be like a mom then to my ...

The year was 1993 and a 23-year-old Taj McWilliams-Franklin had all but given up on the game of basketball. What s transpired over the next two decades is something that not even an English ...

Her high school coach persuaded Taj McWilliams-Franklin to play basketball at age 15. Now she can't give it up. The Lynx's 40-year-old "Mama Taj" played her 400 th WNBA game on Tuesday, and the ...

The Sun’s Taj McWilliams Franklin, right, scrambles for a loose ball with Phoenix’s Penny Taylor during the first half on an WNBA game in 2004. Hearst Connecticut Media file photo.

Taj McWilliams-Franklin had 50 offers to play Division I basketball as a high school senior in Augusta, Ga. Then she learned she was pregnant. There were college and high school coaches who told he… ...

Six-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA champion Taj McWilliams-Franklin, who… WORCESTER — The Bancroft School girls’ basketball team was especially looking forward to Monday afternoon’s ...

Once a scared, overwhelmed teenage mom, Taj McWilliams-Franklin has grown into "Mama Taj," the woman who has a heart big enough to mother everyone who needs it, whether it's her teammates or three ...