Already televised on regional Fox Sports networks and ESPN, the WNBA on Monday announced a multi-year partnership with CBS Sports that will see 40 games each year televised on CBS Sports Network.
The new deal impacts the Minnesota Lynx with six of their games scheduled to be broadcast on the 24-hour CBS Sports Network channel, which the WNBA notes is “widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, PlayStation Vue, DirecTV and Hulu.”
Here’s a look at the entire CBS Sports Network schedule, which begins with Minnesota’s season opener May 25 against the Chicago Sky.
Overall, the Lynx will be televised on CBS Sports Network six times during the regular season.
- May 25 – Minnesota at Chicago
- May 29 – Seattle at Minnesota
- June 25 – Minnesota at Indiana
- July 2 – Atlanta at Minnesota
- July 10 – Minnesota at Chicago
- August 9 – Connecticut at Minnesota
“Through our partnership with CBS Sports Network, the WNBA is joining an elite lineup of premium sports programming,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in a statement. “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.”
