ESPN Reveals WNBA Broadcast Schedule for 2023 Season
The WNBA season tips off May 19, and—if you can’t catch the action live in person—all 12 teams will be featured on national broadcasts. ESPN announced Wednesday that 25 regular-season games will be aired across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.
The ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 broadcast schedule gets underway on the league’s opening day. On May 19, eight-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner will make her anticipated return to the Phoenix Mercury against the Sparks in Los Angeles. The Sparks’ revamped roster also includes 2016 WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike. That game will air on ESPN and also stream on ESPN+. It will be the first time a WNBA game will be available on the streaming service.
ESPN will present up to 52 WNBA games, including the WNBA Playoffs and WNBA Finals. In a history making move, the WNBA All-Star Game will air for the first time in primetime as well.
The New York Liberty, which will feature stars Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and Sabrina Ionescu, will play nine games across ESPN platforms. The defending champion Las Vegas Aces will appear seven times. The two teams, which feature a combined eight 2022 WNBA All-Stars, will meet four times in the regular season, including during a clash on ABC.
ESPN will also provide additional coverage via WNBA Countdown, its pregame show that was introduced in 2022.
Full WNBA regular-season broadcast schedule
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Friday, May 19: Phoenix Mercury vs. Los Angeles Sparks (11 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, May 20: Atlanta Dream vs. Dallas Wings (1 p.m., ABC)
Saturday, May 20: Las Vegas Aces vs. Seattle Storm (3 p.m., ABC)
Sunday, May 21: Chicago Sky vs. Phoenix Mercury (4 p.m., ESPN)
Tuesday, May 30: New York Liberty vs. Seattle Storm (9 p.m, ESPN2)
Sunday, June 11: Dallas Wings vs. New York Liberty (1 p.m., ABC)
Sunday, June 11: Washington Mystics vs. Seattle Storm (3 p.m., ABC)
Sunday, June 25: Washington Mystics vs. New York Liberty (1 p.m., ABC)
Sunday, June 25: Dallas Wings vs. Los Angeles Sparks (3 p.m., ABC)
Saturday, July 1: Connecticut Sun vs. Las Vegas Aces (3 p.m., ABC)
Sunday, July 2: Washington Mystics vs. Dallas Wings (3 p.m., ABC)
Saturday, July 8: Seattle Storm vs. New York Liberty (1:30 p.m., ESPN)
Sunday, July 9: Washington Mystics vs. Connecticut Sun (3 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, July 15: WNBA All-Star Game (8:30 p.m., ABC)
Saturday, July 22: Connecticut Sun vs. Atlanta Dream (1 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, July 22: Las Vegas Aces vs. Minnesota Lynx (3 p.m., ESPN)
Tuesday, July 25: Phoenix Mercury vs. Atlanta Dream (7 p.m., ESPN)
Sunday, July 30: New York Liberty vs. Los Angeles Sparks (4 p.m., ESPN)
Tuesday, Aug. 1: Minnesota Lynx vs. Connecticut Sun (7 p.m., ESPN)
Sunday, Aug. 6: Las Vegas Aces vs. New York Liberty (3 p.m., ABC)
Sunday, Aug. 13: New York Liberty vs. Indiana Fever (3 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, Aug. 19: Los Angeles Sparks vs. Las Vegas Aces (3 p.m., ESPN)
Monday, Aug. 28: Las Vegas Aces vs. New York Liberty (7 p.m., ESPN2)
Sunday, Sept. 3: New York Liberty vs. Chicago Sky (3 p.m., ESPN 2)
Sunday, Sept. 10: Phoenix Mercury vs. Las Vegas Aces (3 p.m., ESPN2)
