2017 WNBA National TV Schedule


ESPN will tip off its 16-game regular-season schedule of the 2017 WNBA season Saturday, May 13, at 5 p.m. ET when the defending champion Los Angeles Sparks — led by reigning league MVP Nneka Ogwumike — host the Seattle Storm and 2016 Rookie of the Year Breanna Stewart. Ryan Ruocco will return as the lead play-by-play voice alongside analyst Rebecca Lobo and reporter Holly Rowe. Also this year, ESPN will again televise each game of the WNBA postseason from the first round to the Finals.

ESPN’s slate of games will feature two rematches of last year’s WNBA Finals between the Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx (July 6 and August 27), and will also include seven games each for the Sparks and the Lynx, led by four-time WNBA All-Star Maya Moore. There will be three games showcasing Stewart and the Storm, as well as three appearances by 2015 WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne and her new team, the Washington Mystics. The New York Liberty and Tina Charles, along with the Dallas Wings and Skylar Diggins, will also be highlighted three times in the schedule.

ESPN Production Highlights

  • Analyst and 2017 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee Lobo will return as an analyst alongside ESPN WNBA commentator Ruocco;
  • Once again, commentator Pam Ward will team with analyst LaChina Robinson on select games;
  • Reporter Rowe will return for select games, and Prim Siripipat will join as ESPN’s studio host;
  • Returning this year is the WNBA All-Star Game at Key Arena in Seattle on Saturday July 22, at 3:30 on ABC;
  • ESPN will debut a new promotional campaign, “Remember When / Watch Now,” which will air weekly during games and will look back at several great WNBA moments, as re-lived by ESPN’s WNBA commentators and analysts.

2017 ESPN/ESPN2 TELEVISION SCHEDULE

May 13 (Saturday), 5 PM ET — Seattle @ Los Angeles (ESPN)
May 18 (Thursday), 7 PM ET — Minnesota @ New York (ESPN2)
May 23 (Tuesday), 8 PM ET — Connecticut @ Minnesota (ESPN2)
May 30 (Tuesday), 7 PM ET — Los Angeles @ New York (ESPN2)
June 6 (Tuesday), 8 PM ET — Washington @ Dallas (ESPN2)
June 13 (Tuesday), 10 PM ET — Dallas @ Los Angeles (ESPN2)
June 23 (Friday), 8 PM ET — Washington @ Minnesota (ESPN2)
June 29 (Thursday), 8 PM ET — Seattle @ Connecticut (ESPN2)
July 6 (Thursday), 8 PM ET — Los Angeles @ Minnesota (ESPN2)
July 18 (Tuesday), 9 PM ET — Chicago @ Seattle (ESPN2)
July 22 (Saturday), 3:30 PM ET — WNBA All-Star Game 2017 (ABC)
July 25 (Tuesday), 8 PM ET — New York @ Minnesota (ESPN2)
August 3 (Thursday), 8 PM ET — Atlanta @ Minnesota (ESPN2)
August 10 (Thursday), 8 PM ET — Phoenix @ Dallas (ESPN2)
August 16 (Wednesday), 7 PM ET — Los Angeles @ Washington (ESPN2)
August 24 (Thursday), 9 PM ET — Los Angeles @ Phoenix (ESPN2)
August 27 (Sunday), 7 PM ET — Minnesota @ Los Angeles (ESPN2)

2017 WNBA ON NBA TV SCHEDULE

May

May 13, Saturday, 3:00 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at New York Liberty
May 21, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream
May 24, Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. – Washington Mystics at Chicago Sky

June

June 6, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. – Chicago Sky at Los Angeles Sparks
June 7, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. – Atlanta Dream at New York Liberty
June 18, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Dallas Wings at Washington Mystics
June 18, Sunday, 5:00 p.m. – Phoenix Mercury at Los Angeles Sparks
June 18, Sunday, 7:00 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at Seattle Storm
June 21, Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at Dallas Wings
June 24, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. – Los Angeles Sparks at Indiana Fever
June 25, Sunday, 4:30 p.m. – Connecticut Sun at Dallas Wings
June 25, Sunday, 7:00 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at Minnesota Lynx
June 27, Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. – Seattle Storm at Washington Mystics
June 30, Friday, 7:30 p.m. – Los Angeles Sparks at Atlanta Dream

July

July 15, Saturday, 9:00 p.m. – Atlanta Dream at Seattle Storm
July 16, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Washington Mystics at New York Liberty
July 16, Sunday, 7:00 p.m. – Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx
July 18, Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. – San Antonio Stars at Atlanta Dream
July 19, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. – Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty
July 20, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – Chicago Sky at Los Angeles Sparks
July 25, Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. – Washington Mystics at San Antonio Stars
July 25, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. – Seattle Storm at Los Angeles Sparks
July 28, Friday, 7:00 p.m. – Connecticut Sun at Washington Mystics
July 28, Friday, 10:00 p.m. – Dallas Wings at Seattle Storm
July 30, Sunday, 5:00 p.m. – Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks

August

August 1, Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. – New York Liberty at San Antonio Stars
August 4, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – Washington Mystics at San Antonio Stars
August 4, Friday, 10:30 p.m. – New York Liberty at Los Angeles Sparks
August 6, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Phoenix Mercury at Washington Mystics
August 6, Sunday, 6:00 p.m. – Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
August 11, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – Los Angeles Sparks at Minnesota Lynx
August 13, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Los Angeles Sparks at New York Liberty
August 15, Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. – Connecticut Sun at Atlanta Dream
August 16, Wednesday, 10:00 p.m. – Minnesota Lynx at Seattle Storm
August 18, Friday, 7:00 p.m. – Phoenix Mercury at Washington Mystics
August 18, Friday, 10:00 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at Seattle Storm
August 19, Saturday, 8:00 p.m. – Atlanta Dream at Dallas Wings
August 20, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Minnesota Lynx at New York Liberty
August 20, Sunday, 5:00 p.m. – Washington Mystics at Indiana Fever
August 22, Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. – Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx
August 22, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at Los Angeles Sparks
August 26, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. – Dallas Wings at Washington Mystics
August 27, Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – Chicago Sky at New York Liberty

September

September 1, Friday, 7:30 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at New York Liberty
September 2, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. – San Antonio Stars at Indiana Fever