Caption: The logo for the WNBA on ESPN (2023-present). | Photo credit: Barrett Sports Media.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Must-see matchups highlight the 2025 WNBA on ESPN Schedule, including 10 appearances for the Indiana Fever, nine for the reigning WNBA champion New York Liberty, eight for the Las Vegas Aces, six for the Chicago Sky, and five for the Minnesota Lynx.
- The opening weekend of the 2025 WNBA Season sees the Las Vegas Aces visiting the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty (1:00 PM ET, ABC) and the Chicago Sky clashing with the Indiana Fever (3:00 PM ET, ABC).
- The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game from Indianapolis airs on Saturday, July 19 at 8:30 PM (ET) on ABC & will be made available on Disney+ for the very first time.
On Thursday, March 20, ESPN and ABC, in coordination with the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association), announced their 2025 regular season broadcast schedule. ESPN, which has televised WNBA games since the league's beginning in 1997, starts its 29th season of coverage on Saturday, May 17, with an expanded slate of studio and game coverage across several Disney platforms, including ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, and Disney+.
Throughout the 2025 season, ESPN will televise up to 55 WNBA games, starting with a 26-game regular season game package from mid-May through early September and continuing through the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google. Once postseason play begins in September, the Walt Disney Company (TWDC) media platforms will have the rights to up to 29 games, including the newly extended best-of-seven format of the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV.
Star-Studded Opening Weekend action on ABC:
ESPN's 2025 regular season live game broadcasts begin on Saturday, May 17 with a doubleheader on ABC, ESPN+, and Disney+. To get the afternoon started, the two-time WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces will fly out east to square off with the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty (1:00 PM ET, ABC/ESPN+/Disney+). Before the game, the Liberty will raise their 2024 championship banner and host a ring ceremony. As you know, New York and Las Vegas have faced off against each other in the last two WNBA postseasons, during the 2023 WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV & the semifinal round of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google.
A'ja Wilson, the only current player in the WNBA to have three MVP awards, has a new running mate in Las Vegas in two-time WNBA champion Jewell Loyd. Loyd is scheduled to make her Las Vegas debut in this matchup following a decade-long run with the Seattle Storm.
Later in the afternoon, 2024 WNBA All-Rookie Team pick Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky began their season in Indianapolis against 2024 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever (3:00 PM ET, ABC/ESPN+/Disney). This matchup will be highlighted by the Sky debuts of WNBA champion Courtney Vandersloot and Ariel Atkins. In addition, Fever head coach and current ESPN analyst Stephanie White makes her Fever debut following two seasons as the Sun head coach. Sky head coach Tyler Marsh gets his first taste of WNBA head coaching in this one.
What's new for the WNBA on ESPN in 2025:
- ESPN picked up one more additional regular season telecast for a total of 26 regular season games, up from 25 in 2024.
- The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will occur on Saturday, July 19, live in primetime on ABC, ESPN+, and for the first time ever, Disney+. The game, which will have a 8:30 PM (ET) start time, will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the home of the Indiana Fever.
- The 2025 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge and WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest will be televised on ESPN on Friday, July 18 (8:00 PM ET). Furthermore, ESPN+ and Disney+ will stream live coverage of this event for the first time.
- ABC's record-high 13 regular season game telecasts will be streamed/simulcasted on ESPN+.
- Select contests will be made available through Disney+, including the opening weekend doubleheader on ABC and ESPN+.
Once again, WNBA Countdown by Google plays an important role in ESPN's WNBA coverage. The pregame show, which debuted during the 2022 WNBA playoffs, is back for its third full season with at least 14 programs leading into game telecasts. WNBA Countdown by Google makes its debut this summer for ESPN's 2025 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge and WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest on Friday, July 18 live from Indianapolis.
Additional WNBA on ESPN 2025 season highlights:
- The 2025 WNBA on ESPN schedule promises extensive coverage, featuring exciting matchups throughout the season.
- The Indiana Fever, which boasts four 2024 WNBA All-Stars, will play 10 games across ABC and ESPN. The New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces, whose rosters include a combined seven 2024 WNBA All-Stars and four 2024 All-WNBA Team selections, will appear in nine and eight games on ESPN platforms, respectively.
- The WNBA's newest franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, will make their ABC debut on Saturday, June 7, when they host the Las Vegas Aces at 3:00 PM (ET). The Valkyries, who held their expansion draft in December, selected players Kate Martin, Stephanie Talbot, Kayla Thornton, and Cecilia Zandalasini. Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase will compete against her former team, while 2024 Kia WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson could be approaching 5,000 career points.
- On Saturday, June 21, the two new acquisitions for the Phoenix Mercury—WNBA career triple-doubles leader Alyssa Thomas and two-time WNBA All-Star Satou Sabally—will be featured on ABC for the first time, facing the Chicago Sky at 1:00 PM (ET). This matchup will also showcase Mercury forward Kahleah Copper, a 2024 All-WNBA Second Team selection, returning to the Windy City, where she helped the Sky win the 2021 WNBA championship.
- ESPN will broadcast when the Connecticut Sun, who played in front of a record audience in their inaugural game in Boston last season, host the Indiana Fever on Tuesday, July 15, at 8:00 PM (ET), live from the TD Garden in Boston. Indiana's new head coach, Stephanie White, will face the team she coached during the 2023 and 2024 WNBA seasons.
- A spotlight will shine on No. 1 overall picks when the Dallas Wings take on the Indiana Fever on Sunday, July 13 (ABC, 1:00 PM ET) and Tuesday, August 12 (ESPN, 8:00 PM ET). The Wings will have the #1 overall pick in the upcoming 2025 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm in April. Whoever the Wings draft #1 overall will complement a Dallas roster that already includes two-time AT&T WNBA All-Star Game MVP Arike Ogunbowale and 2024 Kia WNBA Most Improved Player DiJonai Carrington. Indiana's roster features Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark, the last two No. 1 overall picks in the WNBA Draft.
- After the 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, the WNBA schedule will resume with an ESPN doubleheader on Tuesday, July 22. The Indiana Fever will take on the New York Liberty in the first game at 8:00 PM (ET). The nightcap at 10:00 PM (ET) will feature the Las Vegas Aces competing against the Atlanta Dream, who have recently acquired 10-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner and three-time WNBA All-Star Brionna Jones. Griner and Jones' addition enhances Atlanta's team, which includes 2022 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year Rhyne Howard and two-time WNBA All-Star Allisha Gray.
- On Wednesday, July 30, at 8:00 PM (ET) on ESPN, the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty will visit Naphessa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx in a rematch of the 2024 WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV.
When the 2025 regular season wraps up on Thursday, September 11, ESPN is set to team up with the WNBA to broadcast every single WNBA Playoff game and WNBA Finals games. Comprehensive coverage of the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google and the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV will have up to 29 games across ESPN platforms.
|| 🔗 2025 WNBA on ABC Schedule: https://tamirmoore.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-wnba-on-abc-schedule.html
You can see the full 2025 WNBA on ESPN schedule below, with game schedule and announcer assignments to be updated on a regular basis throughout the season! Enjoy the WNBA action, my friends!
- WNBA on ESPN: 2025 WNBA Regular Season Broadcast Schedule (All Times ET | Subject to Change)
| Tuesday, June 3
. Wings at Storm - ESPN, 9:30 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, June 10
. Sky at Liberty - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Sunday, June 22
. Fever at Aces - ESPN, 3:00 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, June 24
. Sparks at Sky - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, July 8
. Aces at Liberty - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, July 15
. Fever vs. Sun (TD Garden) - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Friday, July 18 (2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend - Gainbridge Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Indiana)
. WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest, WNBA Skills Challenge (Indianapolis) - ESPN/ESPN+/Disney, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, July 22
. Fever at Liberty - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
. Dream at Aces - ESPN, 10:00 PM (ET) -
| Monday, July 28
. Liberty at Wings - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Wednesday, July 30
. Liberty at Lynx - ESPN, 8:00 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, August 12
. Wings at Fever - ESPN, 7:30 PM (ET) -
| Wednesday, August 13
. Liberty at Aces - ESPN, 9:30 PM (ET) -
| Tuesday, September 9
. Lynx at Fever - ESPN, 7:30 PM (ET) -
|| Sources 🛈: ESPN Press Room,
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