The Dallas Wings begin their 2026 season next month with two former UConn stars who won an NCAA championship together.

• The team snagged Azzi Fudd with the first pick in the WNBA draft last night.

Why it matters: After years of struggles, the Dallas Wings have a new head coach and added a slew of players during the free agency, including WNBA co-defensive player of the year Alanna Smith.

The intrigue: Fudd and Paige Bueckers — the first overall draft pick last year — built strong chemistry in the backcourt at UConn.

• "[Fudd] competes hard defensively and is an efficient, unselfish player who knows how to win," Wings general manager Curt Miller said in a statement.

State of play: Fudd was named the NCAA women's tournament's most outstanding player last year. She started in 39 games in the 2025-26 season, leading in Division 1 for total three-pointers made.

• "It's such an incredible opportunity to be a woman in sports right now, to be entering the WNBA at this time, with this momentum. ... I'm so grateful to be here," Fudd told ESPN last night.

Zoom out: Olivia Miles, who led TCU to the women's Elite Eight this year, was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx as the No. 2 overall pick.

• Miles has also signed a multi-year contract with Unrivaled, the 3x3 pro women's basketball league. The league's season begins in January.

What's next: The Wings' preseason begins on April 30 and includes a game at Austin's Moody Center.

• The team will play three games at American Airlines Center this year, including an AAC rematch with Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever in August.
• Most Wings games will be played at College Park Center in Arlington.

Some California companies have famously decamped for Texas. (Paging Elon Musk.) Now you can add Colorado to the mix, a new report shows.

Why it matters: Texas loves gobbling up companies from other states, especially ones that begin with the letter C.

• The new Colorado Chamber Foundation findings are leaving Coloradans fretting about the state's economic competitiveness and business environment.

By the numbers: Since 2019, at least 98 companies have relocated or skipped Colorado, including 27 in 2025 alone — costing the state at least 13,600 jobs.

• Texas — followed by California, Arizona and North Carolina — is the top destination for Colorado companies.

Case in point: TIAA announced in 2024 that it would close its Denver office and move jobs to Frisco.

• Professional Bull Riders also moved its headquarters to the Fort Worth Stockyards from Pueblo, Colo.

The big picture: The Colorado chamber began tracking the trend in 2019, just as Democrats took control over lawmaking and regulatory drafting.

The other side: The administration of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, took issue with the report, saying it doesn't provide a full picture.

• The administration says that since 2019, 160 companies picked Colorado over other locations because of a job growth tax incentive program that is projected to create 42,767 net new jobs.

The intrigue: Denver was one of the places Gov. Greg Abbott ordered migrants be bused in 2023.

• But he has not courted Colorado companies the way he has California firms.

⚖️ A judge has temporarily blocked Texas' ban on smokable THC products, letting shops restock the products for now. (CBS11)

🫀 Heart disease, cancer and COVID were the top causes of death for Dallas County residents from 2020-24, per a new report. (DMN)

🪫 Texas' data center boom is straining the state's power grid, forcing ERCOT to change how it plans for incoming demand, per a hearing in Austin. (KERA)

👋 Nicole here, from Axios Austin. I recently spent a long weekend in West Texas, and the real highlight of my trip was a sandwich.

Dig in: We grabbed lunch from Bordo, an Italian deli in Marfa that makes sandwiches on their own wood-fired, in-house sourdough bread.

What to order: I can't stop thinking about that day's special: a roast beef sandwich with a creamy horseradish sauce, arugula, lemon, basil, topped with shaved parmesan cheese.

How it works: Their menu changes frequently, but I have no doubt that it's all delicious. We sampled three other sandwiches and loved them all, along with fettuccine alfredo pasta.

• Prices range from $15-$18.

If you go: Bordo serves lunch Thursday through Sunday, 11am-3pm, or while supplies last.

• The shop usually has a line out the door and sells out of sandwiches fast. It's worth getting there when they open.

Six-word review: So good, we ate it twice.

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