ESPN has announced its schedule of WNBA games it will broadcast during the 2024 regular season. The slate of games will feature all 12 WNBA teams, including the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty, both of whom met in the WNBA Finals last year. The Indiana Fever, who are expected to add consensus first-overall draft selection Caitlin Clark to their team in the coming weeks, will also be featured across the schedule that can potentially reach up to 52 games. Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes recently competed in the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament and consistently attained high viewership, including record-setting numbers in the Elite Eight, Final Four and National Championship Game.
ESPN will feature the Aces, Liberty and Fever eight times across its platforms, including three of the first four Fever games. This will include the home opener for the Fever on Monday, May 20 against the Connecticut Sun at 7 p.m. EST on ESPN.
WNBA Tip-Off on Saturday, May 18 will include an ABC doubleheader starting with a matchup between the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The second half of the doubleheader will feature the Los Angeles Sparks against the Las Vegas Aces from Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. at 3 p.m. EST. The first rematch of the WNBA Finals between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty will take place on Sunday, June 15 at 3 p.m. EST on ABC. The two teams will meet again on Sunday, Sept. 8 on ESPN at 4 p.m. EST.
The WNBA All-Star Game will return to ABC in prime time this season on Saturday, July 20 at 8:30 p.m. EST. On the day prior, the WNBA Skills Challenge and WNBA 3-Point Contest will also be presented in prime time at 9 p.m. EST on ESPN. Upon resumption of the WNBA season after a break for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Los Angeles Sparks will host the New York Liberty from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. at 9 p.m. EST on ESPN.
Once the regular season concludes, ESPN will continue working with the WNBA to broadcast all playoff games – which could be as many as 27 depending on how the series play out on the court. All regular season and playoff games will be available to stream live on the ESPN App.
