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October 6, 2026
The First Round Of 2026 WNBA Playoffs Was Most-Watched Ever
The first round of the 2026 WNBA playoffs averaged a record 1.3 million viewers across all platforms, up 37% from last year. The Las Vegas Aces–Indiana Fever series led the way, with Game 2 drawing 1.42 million viewers on Prime Video and the other two games surpassing 2 million. The...
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October 2, 2026
WNBA Faces Ratings Test Without Caitlin Clark, Fever
The WNBA is heading into the 2026 Finals without Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever after their second-round elimination by the Las Vegas Aces, setting up a ratings test for the league’s biggest star power. Even so, the Finals still have a strong chance to set viewership records, aided by...
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September 15, 2026
TNT says average of 1.2M viewers watched USA win women’s FIBA World Cup final
The U.S. delivered record ratings for the women's FIBA World Cup on TNT, with an average of 1.2 million people watching the Americans beat France in Sunday's gold medal game in Germany. It was the third-most-watched women's World Cup game and it peaked at 1.5 million viewers. The top two...
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September 9, 2026
ATHLOS showcases 2026 season live with female sport broadcaster W – Sport
ATHLOS, the all-women’s professional track and field league, has partnered with W – Sport to broadcast its 2026 London event live on September 18 from StoneX Stadium. The deal expands ATHLOS’ global TV reach to ~120 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with live, delayed, and...
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September 9, 2026
PWHL and Scripps Sports announce national U.S. television partnership for 2026-27 season
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and Scripps Sports today announced a national broadcast rights agreement for the 2026-27 season, a landmark partnership that represents the league’s first season-long national television package in the United States bringing PWHL competition to fans throughout the season. With the league expanding to 12...
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September 9, 2026
ESPN Extends Women’s Sports Sundays Into Fall With College Volleyball, Boxing and More
ESPN is extending Women’s Sports Sundays into fall 2026. The franchise adds volleyball, WNBA, NWSL and boxing coverage across 11 straight weeks. What We Know: The network launched Women’s Sports Sundays this summer, filling the void left when Sunday Night Baseball moved to NBC. Now the franchise expands for fall,...
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August 25, 2026
Tour of Britain Women viewership rises fivefold in 2026
The 2026 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women saw a fivefold increase in viewership on its official YouTube channel, reaching around 250,000 viewers compared to the 2025 edition. Broadcast coverage also expanded across ITV, TNT Sports, and international partners, helping the race reach a global audience. This year marked a milestone...
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August 14, 2026
Women’s sports viewership surging in 2026
Women’s sports viewership is surging in 2026, with 28.3 billion minutes watched in the first half of the year—up 18% from 2025—and 52% of the U.S. population now expressing interest, while the share with “no interest” has fallen nearly 20% in three years. The WNBA is a major driver: games...
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July 30, 2026
ESPN secures media rights to Women’s Pro Baseball League, bringing full season and playoffs to ESPN starting August 1
ESPN has struck a media-rights deal with the Women’s Pro Baseball League, making ESPN the league’s U.S. and U.S. territories streaming home for its 2026 season. The agreement covers all 30 regular-season games, seven guaranteed playoff games, and the postseason exclusively, including the best-of-five Championship Series, starting Aug. 1.espnpressroom+1 It’s...
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July 27, 2026
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Puts Women’s Sports At The Center Of Its Rollout
Apple TV built its most beloved comedy on the strength of one idea: belief. Three years after Ted Lasso seemed to close the book for good, the show is back on August 5 with its biggest tonal swing yet, moving Coach Lasso from the men's Premier League pitch to a second-division women's...
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July 14, 2026
ESPN’s ‘Women’s Sports Sundays’ Sees Strong WNBA, AUSL Viewership
ESPN’s “Women’s Sports Sundays” is off to a strong start, led by a WNBA doubleheader that drew 1.6 million viewers for Fever-Aces and peaked at 1.8 million. It also notes the AUSL game averaged 324,000 viewers, up 41% from ESPN’s AUSL average last season, and the full women’s sports Sunday...
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June 29, 2026
Chelsea Gray reportedly joining Prime Video’s WNBA coverage as player contributor
Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray will join Prime Video’s WNBA coverage as a player contributor, making select in-studio appearances on the pregame show for the remainder of the 2026 season, Front Office Sports reported Monday. The only active four-time WNBA champion, Gray is a six-time All-Star who has built a legitimate broadcast résumé...
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June 12, 2026
WBSC, AWSN Announce Major Global Broadcast Deal for Women’s Softball and Baseball World Cups
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the All Women's Sports Network (AWSN) have announced a major multi-year broadcast partnership that will deliver live global television coverage of both the Women's Softball World Cup and the Women's Baseball World Cup. This unprecedented deal ensures these flagship international tournaments will reach...
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June 1, 2026
ESPN, Women’s National Football Conference Expand Rights Deal
ESPN and the Women's National Football Conference (WNFC) have expanded their partnership with a new two-year media rights agreement, doubling the duration from their previous one-year trial deal. This renewed contract ensures the women's professional tackle football league will continue receiving national broadcast exposure on ESPN platforms through 2027. The...
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May 29, 2026
All Women’s Sports Network Announces Live Television Schedule for Inaugural Season of Professional Softball League
The All Women's Sports Network (AWSN) has announced the live television schedule for the inaugural season of the Professional Softball League (PSL), which kicks off on Friday, June 12, 2026. The network will broadcast a minimum of 23 regular-season games, starting with an opening-day matchup where the Florida Vibe hosts...
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May 12, 2026
Sarah Spain’s ‘Good Game’ is becoming women’s sports’ daily must‑listen
The WNBA is back, the NWSL season is well underway, the NCAA softball tournament bracket is set and the battle for the PWHL Walter Cup is on. If you’re looking for a way to keep up with all the action — other than USA TODAY SPORTS’ Studio IX —the podcast Billie Jean King takes with her daily coffee is probably a good place to start....
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May 11, 2026
WNBA’s media rights deal reportedly grows to more than $3 billion
The WNBA has secured transformative media rights deals totaling $3.1 billion over 10 years, marking its 30th season as a standout in sports broadcasting value. This package builds on a foundational 11-year, $2.2 billion agreement from two years ago with Disney/ABC/ESPN and Comcast/NBC/Peacock, expanded by separate pacts with Paramount/CBS, Scripps/Ion,...
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May 6, 2026
Roku Launches WNBA Zone for 2026 Season
Roku has launched the WNBA Zone, a dedicated streaming hub for the 2026 WABBA season, designed to centralize live games, scores, highlights, and other league content in one place on Roku devices in the U.S. The Zone makes it easier for fans to find and watch WNBA action without having...
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April 22, 2026
WNBA sets record 216-game TV and streaming slate across ABC, CBS, Amazon, NBC and more
A record 216 WNBA regular-season games and events will be available on multiple broadcast platforms throughout the year, the league announced Wednesday. The league, in its 30th season, will have games on ABC/ESPN, CBS, Amazon Prime Video, ION, NBC, USA Sports and NBA TV. “The WNBA is coming off a...
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April 22, 2026
All Women’s Sports Network and Women’s Football Alliance Announce Three-Year Broadcast Agreement
All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) and the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), the world’s largest women’s professional tackle football organization, today announced a new three-year media distribution agreement that begins with live broadcasts of multiple league games on Saturday, May 9. The live AWSN broadcast of WFA action on May 9...
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April 16, 2026
Scripps Sports secures multi-year partnership with Premier Women’s Rodeo
Scripps Sports has entered into a comprehensive multi-year broadcast partnership with PBR (Professional Bull Riders), the global leader in bull riding entertainment, to bring PWR (Premier Women’s Rodeo) exclusively to Scripps’ national television networks ION and Grit beginning in May. The partnership will launch with ION and Grit carrying the...
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April 16, 2026
National Collegiate Rugby Partners with All Women’s Sports Network for 2026 National 7s Championships
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has announced a media rights partnership with All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) to broadcast the Women’s Championship matches from the 2026 Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) National 7s. The championship block will air live on AWSN at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 26 from Boyds, MD....
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April 1, 2026
ESPN Launches ‘Courtside,’ Its New Women’s Final Four AltCast
ESPN will present some fancy footwork during its telecasts of the Women’s Final Four. For six years, ESPN found success with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi at the helm of a special ESPN2 “altcast” aimed at providing a different option than traditional game coverage during the college basketball tournament. With those two former players...
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March 30, 2026
ESPN VP reveals 50-50 gender split in women’s sports viewership: ‘Everyone is watching women’s sports’
The reaction to ESPN creating a primetime women’s sports window to replace Sunday Night Baseball starting this summer was predictable. Despite the fact that the WNBA and NWSL are the biggest properties in the ESPN lineup that are in-season during the summer, many attempted to paint the move as anti-men’s sports or...
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March 23, 2026
Scripps Sports Launching FAST Channel Focusing on Women’s Sports With Original Programming
The E.W. Scripps Company is expanding its footprint in the evolving sports media landscape with the launch of a new free streaming destination built around live events and original programming. Scripps Sports Network, a 24/7 FAST channel, will debut Tuesday offering a mix of live games, studio programming, documentaries and acquired content. The network...
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