With the release of the 2010 WNBA regular season schedule, we've circled 10 games on the calendar that you can't miss. As the WNBA enters its 14th season, the talent and competition has never been better. May 17th can't get here soon enough!

1. Saturday, May 15: Los Angeles at Phoenix (ESPN2)
Two words: Season Opener! You need more than that? Three letters: MVP! The last two players to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player award - Candace Parker in 2008 and Diana Taurasi in 2009 - will be in action. Still need another reason to watch? You'll also see the 2009 championship banner raised to the rafters of the US Airways Center and the Mercury getting their championship rings. Oh yeah, you'll also see two of the top teams in the Western Conference square off in a rematch of the 2009 Western Conference Finals. Enough said.

2. Tuesday, May 25: Phoenix at Tulsa (ESPN2)
The debut of WNBA Tuesdays on ESPN comes to you from the newest home arena in the WNBA, the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. While the team no longer hails from Detroit, this franchise does have three WNBA titles to its credit. In fact, these two teams have combined to win the last four WNBA championships. The setting may be new, but this is no expansion team taking on the defending champs. It will also be the television debut of head coach Nolan Richardson and his “40 Minutes of Hell” style of play.

3. Tuesday, June 1: Phoenix at Minnesota (ESPN2)
The opening game of the season’s first ESPN2 Tuesday doubleheader features the top two scoring teams in the Western Conference from 2009. It also marks the national television debut of the first pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft (whoever she may be) as the up-and-coming Lynx host the defending champs. The Lynx have opened the season hot the past two years (5-0 in 2008 and 4-1 in 2009) and will look to keep that trend going in 2010.

4. Tuesday, June 1: Atlanta at Seattle (ESPN2)
The second game of the season’s first ESPN2 Tuesday doubleheader features reigning Rookie of the Year Angel McCoughtry and the Atlanta Dream on the road in Seattle to face Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson, Swin Cash and the rest of the Storm. After a dismal inaugural season, the Dream rebounded in 2009 to finish second in the East and earn a playoff berth. They won’t be able to surprise anybody this year.

5. Tuesday, June 29: Indiana at Washington (ESPN2)
The defending Eastern Conference champions make their national television debut on the road in the nation’s capital. The Fever were a thorn in the Mystics side throughout the 2009 season, as Indiana swept both the regular season series (4-0) and their first round playoff series (2-0). This is the second of four meetings the teams will have in the 2010 regular season. Can the Mystics find a way to break the Fever?

6. Saturday, July 3: Seattle at Los Angeles (ESPN2)
Obviously it’s way too early to say the words playoff preview, but if history holds up these two teams will meet in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs as they have for the past two seasons and three of the last four. Of course the Storm would like to see a different result as the Sparks have eliminated the Storm in each of those series. A win here won’t do much for the playoffs, but in a tough Western Conference it could definitely help a team trying to get homecourt advantage.

7. Tuesday, July 27: San Antonio at New York (ESPN2)
All-Star guard Becky Hammon returns to New York, where she spent the first eight years of her brilliant career. Hammon is sure to get a rousing ovation from the fans at Madison Square Garden when she introduced, but once the game is underway, it will be a different story. We’ll also see if the Liberty are able to rebound from their disappointing 2009 season under newly appointed full-time head coach Anne Donovan.

8. Tuesday, August 5: Connecticut at Seattle (ESPN2)
Two of the league’s top point guards square off as Lindsay Whalen and the Sun travel to Seattle to face Sue Bird and the Storm. The Sun snapped its streak of six straight playoff appearances last year and will be looking to position themselves to get back to the postseason.

9. Saturday, August 7: Minnesota at Chicago (ESPN2)
This matchup features two teams that have been on the verge of making the playoffs the past few seasons but have been unable to break through. Will this be the year for the Lynx and/or the Sky? Both teams have the talent as they each boast multiple All-Stars on their roster – Sylvia Fowles, Candice Dupree and Jia Perkins in Chicago and Seimone Augustus, Charde Houston, Nicky Anosike and Rebekkah Brunson in Minnesota.

10. Tuesday, August 10: Indiana at Los Angeles (ESPN2)
The second half of ESPN2’s final doubleheader of the season showcases two of the league’s best all-around players: Tamika Catchings of the Fever and Candace Parker of the Sparks. Both players have flirted with triple-doubles during their careers and are among the league’s top defenders as well. Catchings, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, led the league in steals in 2009 (2.9 spg), while Parker led the league in blocks (2.1 bpg) and rebounds (9.8 rpg) a year ago.