The Caitlin Clark experience delivered another television milestone as ESPN’s coverage of the WNBA draft on Monday night averaged a record 2.45 million viewers. Viewership peaked at 3.09 million, ESPN said in a release Tuesday. The audience was more than four times as many viewers when compared to the 2023

NEW YORK — WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert is “pretty confident” the league will expand to 16 teams by 2028 and that the goal is to bring in a 14th team for 2026, she told reporters Monday. With women’s basketball booming in popularity, players and fans alike have called for expansion,

The Chicago Sky acquired the seventh overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and center Nikolina Milic from the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. The Lynx, in turn, received the eighth overall pick in the draft, forward Sika Kone, Chicago’s second-round selection in the 2025 draft and the rights to swap

Scott Van Pelt laughed out loud and clapped. Sue Bird’s face lit up with bemusement. Because Diana Taurasi didn’t just answer the question that was on his mind as an ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor. She answered the question every player and coach who has been following the rise of Iowa Hawkeyes

Caitlin Clark, the standout Iowa basketball star, is making waves in the WNBA even before officially joining the league. As the expected first overall pick in the upcoming WNBA draft, Clark is already influencing ticket sales and market interest, particularly for the Indiana Fever, who hold the first pick. Last