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Exclusive: The WNBA is getting its first ever scripted TV series. Peacock is developing a series titled The W.

The series, set in the world of professional women’s basketball, which is having a moment with stars such as Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, comes from two-time WNBA All-Star Chiney Ogwumike and Glow creators Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive.

The half-hour project follows a hot-shot rookie WNBA player and her inexperienced agent navigating the wild ups and downs of the world of women’s professional basketball. It is loosely inspired by Ogwumike and her longtime business partner and agent, Allison Galer, who chose an unconventional path after Ogwumike, who was the first pick in the 2014, chose the 24-year old as her rep. It will look at the “glamour and grind” of women’s sports.

Ogwumike was drafted by the Connecticut Sun before being traded to the Los Angeles Sparks in...

Caitlin Clark is opening up about about joining Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs football game earlier this month!

The 23-year-old WNBA star attended the AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Houston Texans in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday (January 18) and was spotted hanging out with the music star in the suite.

During an appearance on the Swarmcast podcast this week, Caitlin dished on the experience of hanging out with Taylor at the game.

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“Taylor is very sweet and very kind, and it’s just a good reminder that people in our position… we are very normal,” she said. “Sometimes our lives aren’t normal, but we are very normal people, and we enjoy doing fun things, too.”

That day, the Chiefs won and moved on to the AFC Championship, which they won this past weekend, securing their spot in the Super Bowl.

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If you’re a football fan, you might be concerned about the possibility that NFL refs are about to award another Super Bowl ring to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

But if you’re a Swiftie, you’ll be watching out for a much more important piece of symbolic jewelry on February 9.

Yes, after narrowly defeating the Buffalo Bills at home on Sunday, the Chiefs are headed to their third straight Super Bowl.

Taylor Swift celebrates with Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs after defeating the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game at Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 26, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)

If they win, they’ll be the first team in NFL history to pull off the elusive three-peat.

Taylor Swift will be in attendance, of course. And her army of loyal fans...

The Kansas City Chiefs are officially headed back to the Super Bowl. On Sunday night, Taylor Swift joined her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, after the team triumphed at the AFC Championship in Kansas City.

During the game, Swift cheered on Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, as the team beat the Buffalo Bills. The pop singer wore head-to-toe Louis Vuitton, an outfit that People noted retails for around $10,000, and attended with her parents, Andrea and Scott, and her brother, Austin. After the win, Swift headed on to the field to...

Good Morning America broadcaster, Robin Roberts always brings a spark to her interviews on the show. With her gracious charism, now she has been named as the host of an upcoming annual ABC special.

Robin Robers Has Had A Big Year

Notably, it has been a big year for Good Morning America broadcaster, Robin Roberts. Recently, she received the Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. Additionally, along with her GMA co-anchoring, she also hosts a Disney+ series, Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts. Furthermore, the series led to her team’s nomination for an Emmy at the 51st Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards. Undoubtedly, her time on GMA has showcased her interviewing many athletes, musicians, actors, and politicians along the way. With her long list of accomplishments, she is the perfect pick for the upcoming year review with ABC.

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Robin Roberts announced she will return as host of an annual special on ABC, reflecting on some of the year’s biggest stories, trends, and events.

She’s coming off another big year, which included her receiving a significant honor with the Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism last month.

Robin continues working as a Good Morning America co-anchor and hosts her Disney+ series, Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts.

The latter resulted in her and her directing team getting nominated for an Emmy at the 51st Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards.

On GMA, she continues to present significant news and information to viewers and conduct interviews with athletes, musicians, actors, politicians, and others.

It’s only fitting that she will host a special event focusing on many stories and individuals from the past year.

Robin announces the return of ABC’s special

Robin Roberts shared her excitement that...

The WNBA regular season is over and that means one thing: it’s playoffs time! The first round playoff matchups are set, with the No. 1 seed New York Liberty taking on the No. 8 seed Atlanta Dream, the defending champs Las Vegas Aces face the Seattle Storm, the Connecticut Sun against Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever, and the Minnesota Lynx vs. the Phoenix Mercury. The Aces, led by likely Mvp A’ja Wilson come into the tournament as back-to-back champions, and will look to make it three-straight WNBA titles under head coach Becky Hammon. Can they do it, or is there an upset in the works? Watch all the action beginning on Sunday, Sept. 22 on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 with a subscription to Hulu + Live TV and find out.

How to Watch 2024 WNBA Playoffs When: Begins Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at 1 p.m. Et TV: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 Stream: Watch with a subscription to Hulu + Live TV.

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The fandom surrounding basketball prodigy Caitlin Clark has driven immense interest in Women’s National Basketball Games (WNBA) since she was drafted by the Indiana Fever earlier this year — and no television broadcaster has benefitted more from this than the E. W. Scripps Company.

On Thursday, executives at Scripps said viewership of its WNBA on Ion telecasts drew 23.37 million unique viewers across its games and wrap-up shows, a 133 percent increase compared to the 2023 season, when Ion began airing Friday evening WNBA games.

Ion broadcast nearly four dozen WNBA games this season, a record for the league. The games air for free on over-the-air Ion television affiliates across the country, and through the Ion free, ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) channel on platforms like Fox Corporation’s Tubi, Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus and Amazon’s Freevee.

“This season was a big step forward for the...

Various team executives discussed the failure of the regional sports network model at the Axs Drive event.

The 2024 Axs Drive hosted by Axs and Sports Business Journal is being held this week in Frisco, Texas. The event has seen numerous sports and media executives come together to discuss sports from a business analytics perspective, and it gave team brass the chance to speak on many subjects. One topic that was rife for discussion during this week’s panels was the failure of the regional sports network (Rsn) model. Most officials agreed that RSNs were no longer the most favorable way to distribute content, but many disagreed on the best way forward in a landscape where basically everything about the way Americans consume video is changing.

Key Details: Dallas Stars president Brad Alberts acknowledged his team’s plan to stream all in-market games free was a “controversial” one. Indiana Fever president...

Some of the brightest stars in the WNBA are headed across the pond for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris! Team USA Women’s Basketball games at this year’s Olympics start on Monday, July 29 at 3 p.m. Et, and will be played on USA Network and Peacock. The American women have their sights set on gold, but will they be able to continue their Olympic dominance? Find out by watching games on Peacock, or with a subscription to Hulu + Live TV.

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Team USA will be led by some of the biggest names in the WNBA. Caitlin Clark...

The WNBA’s new deals start in 2026, and continue for 11 seasons.

The WNBA is ready for a big raise. The league has announced that it has agreed to terms on deals with Disney, NBCUniversal, and Amazon to distribute its games starting in 2026 and continuing for the next 11 seasons. The agreements will see games distributed on broadcast and cable channels, as well as various streaming platforms. It mirrors the NBA’s new rights deals in terms of distribution partners, but it differs in that the WNBA still has the right to add up to two new partners to help it grow its audience even further.

Key Details: Previous reporting indicated the WNBA will make $200 million per season in the deal. NBCU platforms will get 50 regular season games each year, while 30 will play on Disney platforms and 30 more will appear on Prime Video. Semifinals and Finals series will rotate between partners over the course of the deal.

Angel Reese, one of the rookie stars of the WNBA, is signing with the Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league, which will play in the winter.

The announcement on Reese was made on Instagram on Wednesday morning. The league, which was started by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, will provide an off-season outlet to women pro players, many of whom head to overseas teams when the WNBA is not in season.

The league boasts the “highest average salary in professional women’s sports history,” saying all players will get six-figure salaries and equity. Much has been made of the low starting salaries for WNBA players, although the amounts are subsidized by endorsements and other ancillary income.

Reese set a record for double-doubles earlier this season and is leading the WNBA in rebounding as a rookie. She’s averaging 13.5 points and 12 rebounds a game. She and Caitlin Clark are the top...

Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark participates in a game between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 14th, 2024. (Photo by John Mac)

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has forged a landmark national television distribution deal that will see more than 125 games each season aired on broadcast, cable and streaming TV platforms.

The deal starts with the 2026 season and will see Comcast’s NBC, the Walt Disney Company’s ESPN and Amazon’s Prime Video distribute games over the course of 11 seasons. The agreement was announced on the same day that the National Basketball Association (NBA) revealed a similar deal with the three media rights holders for professional men’s basketball games.

Comcast will distribute the highest number of games each year, with a minimum of 50 regular-season games offered on the NBC broadcast network, cable channel USA Network and Comcast’s streaming service Peacock.

Reflecting on their long-term deal with the NBA, ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro and EVP of Programming & Acquisitions Rosalyn Durant said the rise of the WNBA of late provided extra motivation to renew.

“There’s a lot of demand for WNBA content right now, which, from our perspective, is fantastic,” Pitaro said during a press call. The call was arranged after the league’s confirmation of long-rumored rights deals with Disney-espn, NBCUniversal and Prime Video, at a reported $77 billion over 11 years.

“We’re looking at a rising tide right now, where we’re seeing our competitors in the industry really get behind women’s sports in general and behind the WNBA,” Pitaro continued. “And that’s a good thing! We love the momentum around women’s sports in general but especially around the WNBA.”

The NBA created the WNBA in 1996, but only in the past several years has it seen a...

Updated with WNBA details: Warner Bros Discovery and its TNT network is out of the game with the NBA. However, as a part of overall bundled deals between the league and the outlets, the burgeoning WNBA has reupped its agreements with Disney’s ESPN as well as Amazon’s Prime Video and inked a brand new deal with NBCUniversal.

Sticking with new-ish pals Jeff Bezos and Amazon, the Adam Silver-run league Wednesday rejected the David Zaslav-led media giant’s last-ditch effort to keep some basketball rights for the 2024-2025 season.

“Warner Bros. Discovery’s most recent proposal did not match the terms of Amazon Prime Video’s offer and, therefore, we have entered into a long-term arrangement with Amazon,” said the NBA in a statement Wednesday over a reported $1.8 billion per year offer.

“Throughout these negotiations, our primary objective has been to maximize the reach and accessibility of our games for our fans,...

WNBA’s growing popularity, fueled by unprecedented interest in top rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, has set another high benchmark.

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 has averaged 3.442 million viewers on ABC, according to Nielsen. That is the largest audience ever fo an WNBA All-Star game, topping the previous high of 1.441M who watched the 2003 game on the broadcast network by a whopping 139%.

It was the largest WNBA audience ever — regular season, playoffs, draft, etc. — on ESPN Networks, surpassing the audience for the 2024 WNBA Draft – also buoyed by the star power of Clark and Reese — which delivered 2.45 million viewers. The game was the third most-viewed WNBA event ever and the largest WNBA audience since the league’s first two nationally televised games in 1997.

Saturday’s broadcast of the WNBA All-Star Game, a 117-109 Team WNBA victory over the U.S.A. Basketball Women’s National Team in Phoenix was...

Talk about a slam dunk.

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, which aired July 20 in primetime on ABC, averaged 3.44 million total viewers — up 305% from last year’s audience of 850,000 to mark an all-time high for the annual contest-of-sorts.

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Team WNBA eked out the win against Team USA, by a score of 117-109.

The surge in audience continues a trend that the WNBA has seen all season long, due to...

Beginning on July 24, the Paris Olympics will measure athletic greatness in finite windows of time.

Noah Lyles will run 100 meters in comfortably under 10 seconds. It will take a bit longer — more than 15 minutes — for Katie Ledecky to swim 1,500 meters. French baller Victor Wembanyama will attempt to burnish his growing legend in 40-minute increments.

The NBCU family will, once again, trot out the usual assortment of retired jocks, veteran journalists and Snoop Dogg to offer the reminder that a sport isn’t just the game itself, but all of the storytelling that comes with it. Sports is entertainment, and in 2024, entertainment means television. This won’t surprise any small-screen obsessive; lately, “television” and “sports” have become frequently interchangeable terms.

The primary explanation for that is simple: In a world of delayed viewing, live events are the Holy Grail for everybody. It’s the reason that last year’s list of “most...

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Sydney Colson, Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike, and All-Star Game Mvp Arike Ogunbowale were among the women’s basketball stars who took over North Italia in Phoenix Saturday for the closing night of WNBA All-Star Weekend.

Sponsored by Fenty Beauty, Gran Coramino and Modernblkgirl’s Mbg 360, the “Ladies Night” event also brought out college basketball stars Paige Bueckers and Flau’jae Johnson (who performed under her rapper name Flau’Jae), plus Outer Banks star Madison Bailey.

The 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will kick off Saturday, July 20, at 8:30pm Et, featuring the USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. the WNBA All-Stars. Listen to the full game live, plus pre- and post-coverage, from the Footprint Center in Phoenix on SiriusXM’s ESPN Xtra (Ch. 81) in cars and on the SiriusXM app. SiriusXM NBA Radio (Ch. 86) will also air interviews and analysis.

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WNBA All-Star Game: Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese

The matchup will see college rivals Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese as teammates on the WNBA All-Stars, after being selected as part of a combination of fan, player, media, and coach voting. Clark and Reese are the first pair of rookies named to the All-Star game since 2014. Their rivalry began during their collegiate days at Iowa and Lsu, respectively,...

Caitlin Clark has thrown up her biggest shot of the WNBA season. Unfortunately, it came in a comment on her Indiana Fever coach.

Indiana coach Christie Sides was the apparent target of Clark’s remark. Following Indiana’s 89-77 loss to the Seattle Storm on Friday night, Clark was asked about the best piece of in-game advice she received so far this season.

“Nobody gives me advice in game. I wish,” she responded.

That was red meat for the fans, who immediately took to social media to question Sides’ role on the team if she wasn’t giving advice.

“@fever Remind me again…Why is @ChristieSides the Head Coach again?”‘”

“Sides needs to go,” said another.

Sides and Clark had words during last Sunday’s game against the Chicago Sky, which may have strained the relationship. Clark took only two shots in the final seven minutes of the game, which...

Caitlin Clark is one of the top rookies in the WNBA when it comes to scoring and assists.

She’s also one of the league’s top trash talkers, if one coach is to be believed.

Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon said that while Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese gets a lot of attention for on-court chatter, Clark is right up there, too.

“Look, at the end of the day, (Clark and Reese) are really super-skilled. They’re fun to watch,” Hammon said Thursday night at a press conference with Sky head coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “And they jaw at each other, you know?

“No one talks more crap than Caitlin, too. I saw (Angel) and NaLyssa (Smith) get into it the other day. It’s a different generation. I think we talked subtly, but they be talking in your face, which is fine. Let them go. They’re big girls.

ESPN is giving an award to Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex.

Harry will receive the 2024 Pat Tillman Award for Service at this year’s Espy Awards, which will be held July 11 on ABC, and be hosted by tennis legend Serena Williams.

The Tillman award is “given to a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman,” per ESPN.

Tillman was a safety for the Arizona Cardinals who enlisted in the U.S. Army after the 9/11 attacks. He was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 in a friendly fire incident.

The Pat Tillman Award has traditionally gone to people who are not household names, including veterans Jake Wood in 2018 and Gretchen Evans in 2022, though it has been given to athletes in the past, including English soccer star Marcus Rashford in 2021 and...

Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports coming to the Paramount+ streaming service in July. The Paramount Plus July 2024 schedule includes season two of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, the music documentary Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, the espionage docuseries Mafia Spies, a 24/7 stream of Big Brother, and more.

It’s been 25 years since SpongeBob SquarePants first made a splash, and we all got swept away in his underwater hijinks. In July, brand-new adventures are in store for the seafaring superstar and the residents of Bikini Bottom when Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years returns for a second season.

Paramount+ is marking SpongeBob SquarePants’ silver anniversary in style with several unique activations. Audiences can customize their profiles with over 15 new SpongeBob avatars, explore the refreshed SpongeBob Universe collection along with special carousels curated for the franchise’s most beloved characters, and check out the SpongeBob takeover on the Paramount+ app.

Basketball star Caitlin Clark, whose stellar year included breaking an NCAA scoring record and becoming the first pick the WNBA draft, leads all athletes with three nominations for the 2024 Espy Awards that were unveiled Wednesday.

Clark is nommed in three categories: Record-Breaking Performance for her NCAA feat, Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports and in the marquee Best Athlete, Women’s Sports, where she is joined by U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff, two-time major golf champion Nelly Korda and WNBA star A’ja Wilson.

In the race for Best Athlete, Men’s Sports, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes returns to defend his 2023 Espy win in the category after leading the Chiefs to their second Super Bowl win in a row this year. Other nominees include the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid and Masters winner Scottie Scheffler.

Mahomes and Ohtani are looking for their second career wins in that category,...

Simone Biles, Jaylen Brown, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes and Shohei Ohtani are among the top nominees for the 2024 Espy Awards.

The winners will be announced at the July 11 ceremony, which will be hosted by Serena Williams and broadcast live at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on July 11 from Los Angeles.

NFL quarterback Mahomes and MLB star Ohtani will compete for best athlete in men’s sports, along with golfer Scott Scheffler and hockey pro Connor McDavid. If Mahomes or Ohtani win, they’ll join LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods as the only athletes to win the category multiple times.

College basketball star Clark and tennis pro Gauff will vie for best athlete in women’s sports, along with golfer Nelly Korda and WNBA star A’ja Wilson.

The ESPYs will once again hand out a trio of special honors — the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Award, the Jimmy...

Caitlin Clark is not likely to be a member of the 12-player Team USA women’s basketball squad for the Summer Olympics, The Athletic reports, citing several sources.

The popular Indiana Fever rookie, the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, is being bypassed in favor of veterans.

Reports indicate the roster will feature players A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Gray and Kahleah Copper.

The U.S. women should be a favorite in Paris.

Clark still has an outside chance of being on the squad as an injury replacement. She missed Team USA’s tryouts in the spring because of her Iowa team’s deep run in the NCAA tournament.

It’s been a rough introducion to the WNBA for Clark, who has been “hammered” in her own words, including one non-basketball foul by a Chicago Fever player.

After filing for bankruptcy, ex-NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown may lose his extravagant properties, including an $11.3 million home. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player owes almost $3 million to eight creditors, totaling nearly $24 million. According to the filing, Brown only has $50,000 in assets despite earning $80 million across his entire NFL career.

Brown, 35, currently owns three properties in his home state of Florida. His main home is an $8 million mansion in Fort Lauderdale boasting 18,000 square feet and 12 bedrooms. Brown’s mansion also features a home theater, gym, elevator and synagogue. In 2018, Brown said he wanted a synagogue on his property so his Jewish friends could have a space for prayer.

Brown owns two other properties, priced at $1.8 million and $2.9 million. All three of his homes come to a total of around $11 million. Brown also previously owned a mansion in Pennsylvania, sold in 2021.

The athlete famously walked off the field stripping off...

Dancing With The Stars Season 33 is still several months away, but viewers are already speculating about which stars will enter the ballroom in September.

Marvel actress Xochitl Gomez took home the Mirrorball Trophy last year, with singer Jason Mraz hot on her heels in second place. It was an amazing season. But can Season 33 top it all?

See who fans think should join the competition in the fall.

Dancing With The Stars Season 33 Could Have A Star-Studded Line-Up

Fans are certain the DWTS casting department is hard at work, doing everything to secure the best talent available for the upcoming season.

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This year, many pro athletes and reality stars top viewers’ wish lists.

After retiring from the NFL, many hoped Jason Kelce would join Dancing With The Stars this year. Pro dancer Jenna Johnson already publicly proclaimed she wants him as her celebrity partner. He...

Five games into her WNBA career, Caitlin Clark is already a target.

Clark’s Indiana Fever team is searching for its first win tonight against the Los Angeles Sparks at downtown’s Crypto.com Arena. They are 0-5 heading into tonight after playing a tough early season schedule. Clark has so far done well, averaging 17.8 points, 5.8 assists and 4.6 rebounds.

Update: Clark had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Fever won its first game, 78-73. A Sparks record crowd of 19,103 saw the action.

Ahead of her game tonight, Clark was asked about the “narratives around the attention” she’s gotten, “versus some of the vets that have been in this league for a long time.”

“To be honest, I’m not really on social media. I don’t read that,” Clark said.”This is my job. My job is to compete and play basketball every single day. I think...

Exclusive: Dumb Money scribes and EPs Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum are opening thier own new production company, Business Affairs (BA) which will be overseen by Emily Rappaport, the director/screenwriter of the upcoming Lena Dunham and Maude Apatow movie, Female Friendship, and a book-to-film scout vet.

BA’s first project, which Angelo, Schuker Blum and Rappaport will write under their female-power shingle, is Winner Stays, about the historic women’s national basketball team that paved the way for the creation of the WNBA.

The film will follow the true story of the 1996 women’s national team that made sports history with its year-long undefeated season, and its leader, Tara VanDerveer, the “winningest” NCAA basketball coach of all time. The team set the stage for the launch of the WNBA by reclaiming the gold medal for the U.S. at the Olympic Games in Atlanta after a string of international losses.

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ABC’s telecast of a weekend double-header involving four Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) teams drew some record numbers to the broadcast network.

The Saturday match-up between the Indiana Fever and the New York Liberty pulled an average of 1.71 million viewers to ABC, with the game peaking at 1.96 million viewers, ESPN said, citing Nielsen figures.

ESPN provides production and talent services for ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. Disney owns a controlling 80 percent stake in the ESPN cable network.

Despite its wide availability on free broadcast television, ABC recorded slightly lower viewership for the Indiana Fever game compared to its season opener on ESPN, which grabbed 2.1 million viewers to the cable network and streaming platforms Disney Plus and ESPN Plus last week.

Still, ESPN said the Fever-Liberty match-up was the most-watched WNBA telecast ever for ABC, with the Fever’s star player,...

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The Indiana Fever’s season home opener at the Connecticut Sun was the most-watched Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) game on ESPN in history, the network said in a statement.

The game averaged 2.1 million viewers across ESPN 2 on cable and the streaming platforms ESPN Plus and Disney Plus. At its peak, 2.3 million households were tuned in to watch Caitlin Clark’s first-ever WNBA game.

ESPN said it was the network’s most-watched WNBA regular season or playoff game, surpassing a previous record held by the Phoenix Mercury and Connecticut Sun set in 2004.

Clark likely had a lot to do with ESPN’s success: A second game between the Phoenix Mercury and Las Vegas Aces grabbed just 464,000 viewers for the night.

Between the two games, ESPN grabbed an average of 1.28 million viewers, up 192 percent when compared to last year’s viewership average.

Women’s basketball interest is growing so fast, even the WNBA can’t keep up.

On Friday night, the Chicago Sky faced the Minnesota Lynx in their preseason opener. The game was of major interest to followers of women’s basketball, as it featured the league debuts of prominent rookies Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso.

The WNBA’s streaming app did not air the game, despite listing that all preseason tilts would be watchable from the app.

That’s when a fan, @heyheyitsalli, stepped in and began livestreaming the game on their cell phone while attending the game in Minneapolis. The livestream quickly exploded past the 400,000 views mark.

The game ended in a 92-81 win for the Minnesota Lynx.

The WNBA later clarified that only Caitlin Clark’s debut with the Indiana Fever was being broadcast on the app.

@heyheyitsalli jumped into the fray with a quick question.

“Would y...

Caitlin Clark picked up where she left off in her college career. Playing in her first WNBA preseason game as an Indiana Fever guard, the all-time NCAA scoring leader hit a deep 3-pointer for her first bucket as a professional.

It was part of a night in which she scored a team-high 21 points in a 79-76 loss to the Dallas Wings in a preseason game. Despite the low stakes – Clark didn’t play much in the second half – she stood out in front of the sold-out crowd at College Park Center in Dallas.

“My biggest goal coming into tonight was to continue to be myself, play aggressive,” Clark said after the game, according to the Associated Press. “I thought that’s what I did. I think there’s a lot to be proud of.

“The crowd was great all night. That’s what you expect with a sellout. Those are...

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After breaking records in the NCAA, No. 1 draft pick Caitlin Clark will play her first professional WNBA basketball games...

Fans await the cast reveal for Dancing with the Stars Season 33, as each season brings various stars from acting, singing, social media, and sports.

Many sports stars have captured the coveted Mirrorball Trophy, now named the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, in the late DWTS judge’s honor.

Rumors suggested the show’s producers wanted to score big by bringing basketball superstar Caitlin Clark in for the upcoming season.

Clark captured much attention throughout the college basketball season, and DWTS desperately wanted her as part of the cast.

However, an insider says despite them “bending over backwards” to get Clark on the show, she “respectfully declined.”

That was due to Clark having other things to focus on, including her basketball career, and she has her eye on a few shows on which she’d prefer to appear.

DWTS producers wanted Clark on Season 33

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark took the sports world by storm this year.

Dancing With The Stars always tries to secure top-tier talent that are currently making headlines. WNBA recruit Caitlin Clark is one of the most widely discussed names at the moment, making her a prime candidate for the competition.

But will they be able to secure her? She’s going to have an incredibly busy year as a first-time player for the Indianapolis Fever. Keep reading to see what TV Shows Ace discovered.

Dancing With The Stars Definitely Wants Caitlin Clark

During college basketball season, Caitlin Clark dominated headlines. Now, she’s headed to Indianapolis to join their WNBA team. But will she have time for any outside projects?

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Rumor has it that Dancing With The Stars would absolutely love to have Caitlin join the show this fall. It’s just a matter of convincing her to sign up.

“Every single offer you could get has been thrown her way,...

When millions of Americans came together to marvel at the stunning solar eclipse, we saw a rare moment of unity amid the darkness of a country torn apart by polarization. Bookending the same week? The release of action-thriller “Civil War,” now the number one film in America and A24 Films’ most successful release yet. Set against the backdrop of an imagined second American Civil War, the film follows photojournalists led by Lee Smith (Kirsten Dunst), as they capture the horrors of a failed country.

After previewing the film, I fixated on the plot’s open space left by writer and director Alex Garland. For audiences wondering what leads us to this point of no return, Garland deliberately shoots back with blanks, inviting us to fill in the rest.

I believe that it matters how we fill those gaps. Films of this magnitude, especially on a radioactive topic, set a narrative in our culture.

There are now numerous ways for Fever fans to watch the No. 1 overall pick’s rookie season.

Outside of a handful of NFL narratives, the biggest story in all of sports this season has been the ascendency of Caitlin Clark to the top of the women’s basketball and sporting worlds. Last week she was taken No. 1 overall in the WNBA draft by the perennial bottom-dwelling Indiana Fever, a move considered such a foregone conclusion that the league’s broadcast partners were already lining up to get the team's games in front of national audiences as much as possible this summer. Now local fans are going to be getting an extra helping of Fever action, as a selection of the team’s games will be coming to free, over-the-air broadcast channels this season.

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Two local television stations owned by over-the-air broadcaster Tegna will air select games from the Indiana Fever’s upcoming season, the company announced on Monday.

The deal comes less than a week after basketball superstar Caitlin Clark was drafted by the Indiana Fever fresh from her captivating college basketball season.

Tegna stations in Indianapolis will offer a total of 17 games from the Indiana Fever this upcoming season. The games will bounce between Wthr and Walv-cd, Tegna said. Walv-cd is also carried on a full-power digital sub-channel of Wthr, and both stations are offered on cable TV platforms.

The Indiana Fever is owned by Herb Simon and operated through his Pacers Sports & Entertainment group. It is co-owned with the Indiana Pacers, the professional men’s basketball team.

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Caitlin Clark can earn up to $500,000 during her rookie season, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has claimed in an effort to quell outrage on the No. 1 draft choice’s low base salary.

The former Iowa star will make just $76,535 in base salary from the Indiana Fever, part of a four-year, $338,056 deal with the team. When that was revealed, outrage ensued, as the base is much lower than a comparable NBA amount.

Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in last year’s NBA draft, signeda four-year, $55.2 million rookie contract, the largest possible deal under the NBA’s current labor agreement. That comes to roughly $12 million in base salary as a rookie.

Engelbert has now clarified that Clark will likely make far more.

“[For a] CEO, do you just put the base pay in there? No, you put their bonus, you put their stock options, you put everything,” Engelbert said at a CNBC Changemakers event, according to NJ.

Vinnie Barbarino and Freddy “Boom-Boom” Washington reunited this week when Welcome Back, Kotter vet Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs surprised long-ago “classmate” John Travolta on the red carpet at the TCM Classic Film Festival.

Travolta was on hand for the annual film festival’s celebration of Pulp Fiction, which came out 30 years ago this October.

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A reporter issued a formal apology to WNBA star Caitlin Clark for a viral and awkward interaction that they had during a press conference.

The 22-year-old athlete was the No. 1 draft pick for the Indiana Fever during the 2024 WNBA Draft earlier this week.

On Wednesday (April 17), she had her first official press conference as part of the team. During it, Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel referenced a hand symbol that Caitlin is known for directing toward her family during games.

“Start doing it to me and we’ll get along just fine,” he said, prompting an instant backlash on social media.

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As the comment went viral, Gregg issued a formal apology to Caitlin on X (formerly Twitter).

“Today in my uniquely oafish way, while welcoming @CaitlinClark22 to Indy, I formed my hands into her signature,” he wrote. “My comment afterward was clumsy and awkward.

The Indiana Fever introduced Caitlin Clark as their newest superstar, but things didn’t go as smoothly as one might hope. One reporter who covered the event said something to the basketball star that he admitted later was highly “inappropriate.” He has since apologized, but many fans are not letting it go.

Here is what the reporter said and how the fans reacted to the comment.

Reporter Makes Heart-Shaped Hand Sign To Caitlin Clark

When the Indiana Fever introduced Caitlin Clark as their new first-round draft pick, it celebrated her arrival into professional athletics. The idea is that Clark will become one of the most impactful women in the WNBA and might shine a light on the women’s league. However, one moment during her press conference was inappropriate and uncomfortable.

Clark has a hand sign she does when she is playing basketball. She puts her hands together, forming a heart,...

Just days after President Joe Biden decried the wage disparity between female and male athletes, Whoopi Goldberg said on ABC’s The View that ESPN should “sweeten” its deal for the broadcast rights of WNBA games.

After pointing out the Clark will make an initial annual salary of $76,535 as a player for the Indiana Fever, Goldberg then noted, “The entire Fever payroll is $1.2 million. That is less than the minimum salary for a single NBA player with a year’s experience.”

The women players, Goldberg continued, “have the headlines, they have the fans, they have the viewers, when the hell are they going to get paid?” Noting that ESPN and ABC are both part of the “Disney thing,” Goldberg added that ESPN “should have kissed this deal by taking care of all of the WNBA and given them enough money for a bump up because you know you have another deal to make.

Caitlin Clark proved to be one of the most-watched sensations in all of sports this year, catapulting her Iowa Hawkeyes college team to the widely-watched national championships. After smashing scoring records in the NCAA, she was drafted as the number-one pick by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. Her reported salary? She’ll make $76,535 for her first year, $78,066 for the second year, and $85,873 for the third. She also has a fourth-year option of $97,582. Whether she gets that rumored eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike or not, the difference between her salary and that of newly drafted NBA players is staggering and had many folks, up to and including President Joe Biden, speaking out against the pay disparity. The ladies of The View had particularly strong insights on the matter since ABC Studios, where they work, is affiliated with ESPN, which recently elevated its broadcast coverage of the sport, through parent company Disney.

Basketball phenom and recent WNBA recruit Caitlin Clark has received an apology for an uncomfortable moment during her Indiana Fever press conference on Wednesday.

In an interaction that quickly went viral after Clark’s introductory presser with her new team, Indianapolis Star reporter Gregg Doyel began his question to Clark by giving her the same heart-hands gesture she often flashes to the crowd during basketball games.

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President Joe Biden stepped into the conversation around WNBA first draft pick Caitlin Clark’s sub six-figure annual salary, saying that the pay gap between the women’s and men’s leagues reflect a larger discrepancy in opportunities.

“Women in sports continue to push new boundaries and inspire us all,” the president said Wednesday on X/Twitter. “But right now we’re seeing that even if you’re the best, women are not paid their fair share.”

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Caitlin Clark isn’t just crushing records on the court — from being named Naismith National Player of the Year for the second year in a row, to guest starting on Saturday Night Live, now the newly-minted WNBA player’s basketball jersey is now topping the sales charts.

While it was no surprise after this year’s March Madness (which saw 28% more viewers than the 14.8 million viewers for the...