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WNBA On CBS
''WNBA on CBS'' is an American television sports presentation show broadcast by CBS. It premiered on May 25, 2019. The consist of branding used for presentation of Women's National Basketball Association. Background Terms of the deal On April 22, 2019, CBS Sports Network and the WNBA struck a deal to televise 40 games in primetime and on weekends during the 2019 season. The games broadcast on CBS from local broadcasts already airing on the WNBA's streaming site, WNBA League Pass. Production Initially, most games were broadcast via clean feeds provided by the league and the home team's regional broadcaster. Beginning in the 2024 season, the games carried on the CBS network are now produced in-house by CBS Sports, with the clean feed productions now used solely for games on CBS Sports Network. Schedules The 2021 season had 100 games broadcast on national networks, including 40 on CBS networks. On June 19, 2021, CBS broadcast a WNBA game between the Connecticut Sun and Chicag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. The league comprises 13 teams (scheduled to expand to 15 in 2026). The WNBA is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The WNBA was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA); league play began in 1997. The regular season runs from May to September, with each team playing 44 games. The top eight teams (regardless of conference) qualify for the playoffs, culminating in the WNBA Finals, which is played in October. The WNBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game occurs midway through the season in July. The league hosts an annual mid-season competition, the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, Commissioner's Cup. The WNBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as the Sport governing body, governing body for basketball in the United States. History League foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Connecticut Sun Season
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krista Blunk
Krista Lee Blunk acts as a play-by-play broadcaster or an analyst for Pac-12 Network, Westwood One, and ESPN covering women's soccer, volleyball, softball, and basketball, and, as of November 2024, men's college basketball. In addition to the networks above, she has been a sideline reporter for college football on Versus and done play-by-play or analysis duties for The Mtn., FSN, CSTV, Sacramento Monarchs games on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Team USA Olympics, and WNBA games on Oxygen. Early life and college Krista Blunk's life in sports started early on. She attended high school at Tell City High School where she was a three-sport athlete, including basketball and volleyball. While Blunk's numbers aren't currently known, her stats earned her a full-ride scholarship to the University of Evansville. Blunk would later be inducted into the Tell City High School Hall of Fame. Krista Blunk played collegiate basketball with the Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Marie Anderson
Anne Marie Anderson (born November 25) is a three-time Emmy Award winning broadcaster, keynote speaker and emcee. Having spent more than three decades in sports television, she has covered six Olympic games, heavyweight title fights, golf's majors, NBA/MLB playoffs and the Super Bowl among countless other marquee events. Anderson has served as a play-by-play announcer on several major networks including ESPN, ABC, NBC, FOX and TBS. Anderson is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and emcee helping both corporate and educational audiences discover how to build highly successful teams. Utilizing the methods observed through behind closed doors coverage of many of sport's most successful coaches and executives, Anderson delivers concrete tools and entertaining examples of what has worked – and has NOT worked – on some of the biggest stages in sport. Early life and career Anderson played volleyball for Hofstra's Pride from 1985 to 1988 (as Anne Marie Jeffords). In 1988, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Indiana Fever Season
The 2025 Indiana Fever season is the franchise's 26th season in the WNBA and their 3rd season under head coach, Stephanie White, who returns to the franchise where she was previously coached the Fever from 2015 to 2016. In August 2024, the WNBA announced that the Fever would host 2025 WNBA All-Star Game and related events in July 2025 for the first time in franchise history. Tickets for All-Star weekend events went on sale on April 29, 2025, and sold out within seven hours. The Fever finished 6th in the 2024 regular season, making the playoffs for the first time since 2016. On October 27, 2024, the Fever announced the firing of head coach Christie Sides, after the end of the 2024 season. Then on November 1, the Fever announced Stephanie White as their new head coach. During the 2025 regular season, White missed two games in June due to personal reasons during which assistant coach, Austin Kelly, served as acting head coach. In 2024, the WNBA held its first expansion draft since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Chicago Sky Season
The 2025 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 20th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach Tyler Marsh, who was hired on November 3, 2024. On May 18, 2025, the WNBA announced they had opened an investigation regarding, "allegations of inappropriate fan conduct" directed at Chicago Sky players occurring their May 17 season opener at the Indiana Fever. Sky head coach, Tyler Marsh, told the press that he and his team did not report or witness any misconduct while at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and only learned about the allegations after the game had concluded. Nine days later, the WNBA announced their investigation was complete, and all allegations of racist fan behavior were unsubstantiated. On June 8, 2025, it was announced that newly signed guard, Courtney Vandersloot, sustained a right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear during the June 7 game against the Indiana Fever and would miss the rest of the season. Draft Transacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time
Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to broadcast their season's nightly programming. The term ''prime-time'' is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example (in the United States), from 8:00p.m. to 11:00p.m. ( Eastern and Pacific Time) or 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. ( Central and Mountain Time). In India and some Middle Eastern countries, prime time consists of programmes that are aired on television between 8:00p.m. and 10:00p.m. local time. Asia Bangladesh In Bangladesh, the 19:00-to-22:00 time slot is known as prime time. Several national broadcasters, like Maasranga Television, Gazi TV, Channel 9, and Channel i, broadcast their prime-time shows from 20:00 to 23:00 after their primetime news at 19:00. During Islamic holidays, most of the television station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 WNBA Season
The 2025 WNBA season is the ongoing 29th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season began on May 16, 2025, and is scheduled to end on September 11. The fifth edition of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup will be held from June 1 to July 1. The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will be held on July 19, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The playoffs is then scheduled to be played from September 11, and conclude with the WNBA Finals in October. For the first time, the Finals will use a best-of-seven format. The league expanded from 12 to 13 teams with the addition of the Golden State Valkyries, who were first announced in 2023. The Valkyries were the league's first expansion team since the Atlanta Dream in 2008 WNBA season, 2008. For the first time in league history, all 15 preseason games were televised nationally or streamed online via NBA League Pass#WNBA League Pass, League Pass. Drafts 2024 WNBA expansion draft The 2024 WNBA expansion dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 WNBA Season
The 2024 WNBA season was the 28th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season began on May 14, 2024, and ended on September 19. The 2024 WNBA Commissioner's Cup was held from June 1 to 25. The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 20, 2024, at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The playoffs began on September 22; the WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx began on October 10, with the Liberty winning the championship on October 20, for their first WNBA title. The season saw a significant increase of attendance and television viewership across the league following the entry of Caitlin Clark into the league, with there being a 48% jump in attendance and compared to the 2023 season and a record 22 regular season games attracting over 1 million viewers. Draft The 2024 WNBA draft was held on April 15, 2024. The Indiana Fever won the first pick in the weighted draft lottery, held between the four teams that did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 WNBA Season
The 2022 WNBA season was the 26th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Chicago Sky were the defending champions. The WNBA's second Commissioner's Cup took place during the regular season, with the Las Vegas Aces winning over the Sky. In the playoffs, the Aces were the first seed and won the Finals over the Connecticut Sun. The regular season was expanded to 36 games per team, is the most games scheduled in a single WNBA season. A 36-game season was originally scheduled for 2020, but the plan was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This season also marked the return of an all-series playoffs, which was last used in 2015, instead of the prior schedule of two rounds of single-elimination games and byes for the higher-seeded teams. The first-round series used a 2–1 format, with the higher seed hosting the first two games (differing from the 1–1–1 format used up to 2015). The semifinals and finals remained best-of-five series. The playoffs b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Dallas Wings Season
The 2021 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 6th season for the franchise in Dallas. This was the first season under new head coach Vickie Johnson, after she was hired on December 9, 2020. The Wings had the #1 and #2 picks in the 2021 WNBA draft. They selected Charli Collier and Awak Kuier, while also adding top talents in Chelsea Dungee and Dana Evans. The Wings won their first game of the season, but couldn't keep the momentum going as they lost their next four games in a row, to finish May with a 1–4 record. The team improved during the month of June, posting a 7–5 overall record including wins at Seattle and a two-game sweep of Phoenix. The team faltered in July going 1–3 including three straight losses heading into the Olympic break. At the Olympic break their record was 9–12. After the break, they alternated loss and wins to post a 2–3 record in August. They finished out the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Washington Mystics Season
The 2021 Washington Mystics season was the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off versus the Chicago Sky on May 15, 2021. The Mystics struggled to start the season only winning two of their six games in the month of May. Their fortunes rebounded when they posted a .500 winning percentage through June and in their two games in July before the Olympic break. In closing out their pre-Olympic schedule they won in overtime versus the Chicago Sky to finish the first portion of the schedule with an 8–10 record. Coming back from the break, they faced a tough schedule and posted a 2–6 record, including losing the first four games back from the break. To close out the season, September contained two wins book marked by two losses on either side. Going into the last day of the season, the Mystics had a chance to secure a playoff spot, but lost to the Minnesota Lynx to miss the playoffs and finish with a 12–20 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
