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The WNBA is back for what could be a defining season for the league. Preseason launches with Caitlin Clark making her Indiana Fever debut against the Dallas Wings on Friday (May 3).
“The embrace has been amazing,” Clark said of Indiana in a recent interview. “I think coming to a city that really supports [not just] basketball, but women’s basketball specifically, I couldn’t really imagine a better place to be playing my first WNBA season. I’m super excited.”
Of course, Clark isn’t the only rookie making her debut. Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardosa will also suit up tonight, for their first WNBA game with the Chicago Sky on Friday, while Cameron Brink will play her first game with the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday night (May 4).
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WNBA Live Stream: Where to Watch Games Online
The WNBA 2024 Preseason kicks off with the Chicago vs. Minnesota at 7 p.m. ET, and Indiana Fever vs. Dallas Wings at 8 p.m. ET. Both games will be available on WNBA League Pass and local networks such as Bally Sports Midwest.
How to Join WNBA League Pass
Basketball fans can watch WNBA out-of-market games (including Clark’s opening game) with a subscription to WNBA League Pass.
Subscribe to WNBA League pass for $12.99/month, or 34.99/year to access live out-of-market games, plus every game on-demand and hundreds of archival games.
Click below to join, keep reading for more ways to watch WNBA games.
How to Watch WNBA Games on Bally Sports
If you’d rather not subscribe to WNBA League, there are other ways to catch local WNBA games live and on-demand. Friday’s Indiana vs. Dallas game will broadcast on Bally Sports, but the channel isn’t available in all areas.
For Midwest viewers who don’t have cable but want to watch Clark’s debut, Bally Sports is also available on DirecTV and Fubo.
To watch games outside of your local area, subscribe to Bally Sports+ and enjoy the WNBA from anywhere. The streamer also offers access to NBA, NHL, MLB, Professional Women’s Hockey League, British Basketball League, and other sports leagues. Click below to launch your 7-day free trial.
How to Watch WNBA Games on DirecTV
You can stream select WNBA Games on DirecTV, including local games that broadcast on Bally Sports and other networks such as ESPN, ABC and ESPN2 (use ExpressVPN to stream internationally).
DirecTV Stream offers 75+ channels including plenty of sports channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, FS1, FS2, NBA TV, NHL Network, Bally Sports, NBC Sports Network, and more.
How to Watch WNBA Games on ESPN
ESPN platforms will broadcast coverage of 25 WNBA games during the regular season, which starts on Tuesday, May 14. CBS/Paramount+ will air and stream eight WNBA games; 12 will be available on CBS Sports Network, 40 on NBA TV and 21 on Prime Video.
The season opener will feature a double header with Indiana at Connecticut Sun and Las Vegas Aces at Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday, May 14.
The WNBA Tip-Off, presented by CarMax, will take place on Saturday, May 18. The doubleheader will open with the New York Liberty vs. Indiana at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC, followed by Las Vegas vs. Los Angeles Sparks at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT.
Can you watch ABC without cable? Of course! If you don’t have a digital antenna, you can stream the network live on platforms such as DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV.
How to Watch WNBA Games on Sling TV
Sling TV will stream select games in the WNBA Season. Subscribe to Sling Orange to stream Indiana at New York on Friday, May 14, at 7 p.m. ET on NBA TV. On May 15, Sling TV will stream Chicago vs. Washington and Las Vegas vs. Seattle on ESPN3. Other games on the Sling TV schedule include Minnesota vs. New York on Tuesday, May 18, and Seattle Storm vs. Minnesota on Thursday, May 20.
Join Sling TV and save $10 off for the first month. With Sling Orange, you can stream ESPN and other channels for $30 for the first month (reg. $40/month). Sling Blue is $45 per month, but new subscribers can sign up for $35 for the first month.
Other channels available on Sling TV: AMC, BET, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel, ID, Lifetime, TBS, and TNT.
How to Get WNBA Tickets
WNBA Tickets are expected to see a bump in popularity this year thanks to a team of rookies looking to make their make on the league. Ticket to Clark’s debut preseason game are sold out, but resale tickets are available starting at around $80 up to $400+, roughly three times higher than the average price of a game tickets.
WNBA tickets are available at StubHub, Vivid Seats, Game Time, Ticketmaster, and Seat Geek.
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Draft Day is almost here. The 2024 WNBA Draft will broadcast live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Monday (April 15).
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, LSU’s Angel Reese, Stanford’s Cameron Brink and Tennessee’s Rikea Jackson are some of the stars of women’s college basketball that will be entering the league. Clark, the all-time NCAA scorer, is expected to be the No. 1 draft pick.
Keep reading for details on when and how to watch the WNBA draft without cable.
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How to Watch the WNBA Draft on ESPN Without Cable
The 2024 WNBA Draft is presented by State Farm and will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. And you don’t need cable to watch live or on-demand, from any location and various streaming devices.
You can watch ESPN live on DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV. Get instant access to ESPN and other sports channels for one low price — all you need is internet access (and ExpressVPN to stream internationally).
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Subscribe to DirecTV Stream or Fubo to watch ESPN and over 75 other channels. Both streaming plans include a free trial, DVR recording and the ability to stream from multiple devices at once.
Subscribe to Sling TV and save $20 off your first month. The streaming plan includes 30+ channels such as ESPN, TBS, FS1, FX and other channels.
ESPN will air coverage of first round pick from five team draft rooms located in Indiana, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Washington. The network will also broadcast live coverage from the Indiana Fever and Los Angeles Sparks official watch parties.
ESPN’s Ryan Ruocco will host the draft broadcast alongside analysts Rebecca Lobo and Andraya Carter and reporter Holly Rowe. The WNBA draft festivities starts with the WNBA Countdown Presented by Google at 7 p.m. ET and hosted by LaChina Robinson, along with analysts Carolyn Peck and Chiney Ogwumike. The pre-show will features “interviews with key draftees,” highlight from Clark’s college basketball career and a fashion rundown, per ESPN.
After a record-breaking NCAA Women’s championship that saw the highest ratings in championship history, Reese hopes the ratings surge will extend to the WNBA.
“I think I’ve done a lot in college and so many different players have done the same thing. Being able to take this to the [WNBA] is where you want to do it at. And I think they deserve it, especially the vets,” Reese told the New York Post on Friday. “I mean they’ve done a great job, laying the groundwork for us.”
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The 2023 WNBA Finals was thought to be a slugfest between two elite squads that would potentially go for the entire length of the series. However, the defending champion Las Vegas Aces are up 2-0 in their best-of-five series against the New York Liberty after a lopsided win on Wednesday (October 11).
Led by A’Ja Wilson, who notched a double-double with 26 points and 15 rebounds, the Aces routed the Liberty 104-76 despite hope that New York’s star players would likely bounce back from the Game 1 loss on Sunday (October 8). As it stands, the Aces are one game away from repeating as the WNBA champions and would be the first team since the 2001-02 Los Angeles Sparks to win back-to-back titles.
Aces head coach Becky Hammon expressed admiration for her team’s execution and play in toppling the Liberty with relative ease.
“The character of this team and their absolute buy-in to the person to the left or right’s success is authentic,’ Hammon said in a postgame press conference as reported by the Associated Press. “And it’s tough to deal with when you share the ball and people are skilled and competitive. They were good tonight. They don’t leave me speechless very often, but they executed defensively, offensively shared it – everything we’ve been asking them to do.”
Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello congratulated the Aces on their win.
“Vegas is playing their best basketball at the moment,” Sandy Brondello said. “They’re playing with a lot of confidence, you see the chemistry that they have. And for us, we haven’t taken the steps forward, we haven’t shown it. We’re disappointed, very disappointed, because we’re a way better team [than] what we showed.”
Game 3 of the WNBA Finals heads back to New York on Sunday (October 15) with the Liberty hoping to extend the series and snatch back momentum. To do so, the team will need more heavy lifting from stars Jonquel Jones, Sabrina Ionescu, and Breanna Stewart.
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The WNBA Finals kicked off Sunday (October 8) between the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty in Las Vegas, Nev. with the home team showing off their champion form as they defend their title in this best-of-five series. While the first half was competitive and saw the Liberty up by a handful, the Aces turned things around in the second.
Coached by Becky Hammon, the Aces, led by guards Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, and Chelsea Gray, the Aces came out the gate slow but managed to keep the scoring of Liberty stars Sabrina Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot under their usual output.
The play from the Aces trio stood out as the Liberty used much of their energy attempting to contain Aces power forward A’Ja Wilson, who scored 19 points and hauled in 8 boards, allowing Young to go off for 26 points. Young played hard all 94 feet and hindered the usually productive Ionescu from a scoring explosion. Plum also scored 26, and Gray had 20 points with a team-leading 9 assists.
On the other side of the ball, Breanna Stewart scored 21 with 9 rebounds, while Jonquel Jones had a double-double of 16 points and 10. Ionescu scored 7 points with 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello, leading the team back to its first WNBA Finals appearance since 2002, stressed in the postgame press conference that her players will have to adjust to the swarming defense of the Aces and reminded the reporters in tow that this isn’t typical New York basketball.
“We can obviously learn a lot from this and we can play better,” Brondello said. “That’s what we have to remember. We haven’t lost two in a row all season long, and we’re going to know that we responded the right way. I trust these players.”
Because of the two marquee teams, the WNBA Finals attracted plenty of star power with LeBron James, Sheryl Swoopes, Mark Wahlberg, and Aces minority owner, Tom Brady all in attendance among others. The Brooklyn Nets also had several players in attendance such as Ben Simmons and Mikal Bridges, proving that women’s basketball is growing in popularity in the States.
Game 2 of the WNBA Finals kicks off on Wednesday, October 11 in Las Vegas. The series returns to New York on October 15.
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