WNBA and CBS Sports Agree To Multi-Year Television Partnership

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and CBS Sports announced today a multi-year partnership in which CBS Sports Network will televise live WNBA games beginning with the upcoming 2019 season.

CBS Sports Network will feature national coverage of 40 live WNBA games in primetime and on weekends, beginning on Saturday, May 25 (8:00 PM, ET), when the Minnesota Lynx host the Chicago Sky.

Record 11-time All-Star Sue Bird and the defending WNBA Champion Seattle Storm make six appearances on CBS Sports Network this season, including a WNBA Finals rematch against former league MVP Elena Delle Donne and the Washington Mystics on Friday, June 14.

“Through our partnership with CBS Sports Network, the WNBA is joining an elite lineup of premium sports programming,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. “We thank CBS Sports for making such a meaningful commitment to women’s basketball and for providing another platform to showcase the world-class athletes of the WNBA.”

“We are truly excited to partner with the WNBA, bringing the country’s premier women’s sports league to CBS Sports Network. This partnership is one of the biggest and most impactful women’s sports programming arrangements ever at CBS Sports, offering national exposure of 40 games per year,” said Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. “This agreement provides great live content throughout the summer in primetime and on weekends, and aligns two great brands in the WNBA and CBS Sports. We look forward to working with the WNBA for many years to come.”

The 2019 WNBA season, entering its 23rd season, tips off Friday, May 24, and features 12 teams vying for a championship, including the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Indiana Fever, Las Vegas Aces, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics.

2019 CBS SPORTS NETWORK WNBA SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Saturday, May 25 Tuesday, May 28	Minnesota at Chicago Indiana at Connecticut	8:00 PM 7:00 PM
Wednesday, May 29	Seattle at Minnesota	8:00 PM
Friday, May 31	Seattle at Atlanta	7:30 PM
Wednesday, June 5	Chicago at Washington	7:00 PM
Thursday, June 6	Las Vegas at Atlanta	7:00 PM
Friday, June 7	Dallas at Indiana	7:00 PM
Tuesday, June 11	Washington at Connecticut	7:00 PM
Thursday, June 13	Indiana at Dallas	8:00 PM
Friday, June 14	Seattle at Washington	7:00 PM
	Los Angeles at Phoenix	10:00 PM
Tuesday, June 18	Washington at Los Angeles	10:30 PM
Thursday, June 20	Phoenix at Dallas	8:00 PM
	Washington at Las Vegas	10:00 PM
Friday, June 21	Los Angeles at Seattle	10:30 PM
Tuesday, June 25	Minnesota at Indiana	7:00 PM
Thursday, June 27	Las Vegas at Los Angeles	10:30 PM
Friday, June 28	Indiana at Phoenix	10:00 PM
Saturday, June 29	Indiana at Las Vegas	10:30 PM
Tuesday, July 2	Atlanta at Minnesota	8:00 PM
Friday, July 5	Indiana at Dallas	8:00 PM
	New York at Phoenix	10:00 PM
Wednesday, July 10	Minnesota at Chicago	9:00 PM
Friday, July 12	Dallas at Seattle	10:00 PM
Saturday, July 13	Las Vegas at Washington	7:00 PM
Friday, July 19	Washington at Indiana	7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 31	Atlanta at Indiana	7:00 PM
Thursday, Aug. 1	Phoenix at Connecticut	7:00 PM
Thursday, Aug. 8	Indiana at Washington	7:00 PM
Friday, Aug. 9	Connecticut at Minnesota	8:00 PM
	Chicago at Las Vegas	10:30 PM
Saturday, Aug. 10	Atlanta at Indiana	3:00 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 14	Connecticut at Phoenix	10:00 PM
Friday, Aug. 16	Los Angeles at Chicago	8:00 PM
	Atlanta at. Phoenix	10:00 PM
Thursday, Aug. 22	Indiana at Los Angeles	10:30 PM
Friday, Aug. 23	Las Vegas at Connecticut	7:30 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 4	Dallas at Connecticut	7:00 PM
Thursday, Sept. 5	Las Vegas at Atlanta	7:30 PM
	Seattle at Los Angeles	10:00 PM