Valkyries take championship party across the Bay, Oakland to San Francisco

The Golden State Valkyries took their title party on a tour of the Bay Area, celebrating a championship on both sides of the water. The team kicked things off in Oakland, where it practices, then rolled the celebration into San Francisco, where it plays its games, according to the Associated Press.

It's a two-city victory lap for a franchise that splits its life across the bay — grind in Oakland, game night in San Francisco. The Valkyries turned that geography into a single, all-day party for fans on either shore.

The parade route carried the team from its practice home to its game-day home, giving Oakland and San Francisco each a piece of the moment. Few teams get to celebrate a championship in the exact spots where they work and where they play.

Details on the championship itself and the celebration's schedule came from the AP, which covered the festivities as they unfolded.

For a WNBA franchise, a championship celebration that spans two cities is a rare and very Bay Area thing. The Valkyries made sure both halves of their home base got in on it.