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2007 WNBA season tips off May 19

January 4, 2007 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release


NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2007 - The WNBA announced today that its second decade of play will tip off on Saturday, May 19, 2007 and will feature a record number of national telecasts. Comprehensive coverage of the 2007 WNBA regular season will include 91 national telecasts on ABC, ESPN2 and NBA TV.

The combined coverage on ABC and ESPN2 will feature 22 national telecasts, including the 2007 WNBA All-Star Game on ABC. ESPN2 will once again be the source of appointment viewing for WNBA fans in 2007. Highlighting ESPN2's schedule of 16 regular season telecasts will be the second consecutive year of "WNBA Tuesdays", which includes five doubleheaders and gives fans the opportunity to watch WNBA action on 11 of 14 Tuesday nights throughout the season. ABC tips off WNBA coverage on opening day with its first of six telecasts.

Rounding out the broadcast schedule, NBA TV, the league's 24-hour television network, will televise 69 regular season contests.

"We are very much looking forward to tipping off a season featuring record television coverage of the best female basketball players in the world," said WNBA President Donna Orender. "Coming off a season like 2006 in which scoring increased dramatically, superstars reached new heights and a record four rookies became All-Stars, we will showcase our athletes like never before."

As previously announced, the Charlotte Sting will not operate next summer. The WNBA will play the 2007 season with 13 teams.

Under the 2007 season's 13-team format, the WNBA's Eastern Conference will feature six teams (Connecticut Sun, Chicago Sky, Detroit Shock, Indiana Fever, New York Liberty, Washington Mystics) while the Western Conference (Houston Comets, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs, San Antonio Silver Stars and Seattle Storm) remains at seven teams. Eastern Conference teams will play each in-conference opponent four times and each out-of-conference opponent twice. Western Conference teams will play four of the six in-conference opponents on four occasions and the remaining two in-conference opponents twice in addition to playing each out-of-conference opponent two times in 2007.

The 2007 WNBA regular season concludes on Sunday, August 19, with the playoffs scheduled to begin on Thursday, August 23. The complete 2007 regular season and game broadcast schedules follow.

2007 WNBA Regular Season Schedule

Day Date Visitor Home Local Eastern

Saturday May 19 Sacramento Detroit 3:30 PM 3:30 PM

Saturday May 19 Connecticut Washington 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Saturday May 19 Minnesota Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday May 19 San Antonio Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday May 19 Houston Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday May 20 Chicago New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday May 20 Sacramento Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday May 22 Sacramento Washington 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday May 22 Los Angeles Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday May 22 Minnesota Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Wednesday May 23 Phoenix Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Wednesday May 23 Connecticut San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday May 24 Washington New York 11:00 AM 11:00 AM

Thursday May 24 Los Angeles Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday May 25 Seattle San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday May 25 Chicago Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday May 25 Houston Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday May 26 Los Angeles Connecticut 3:30 PM 3:30 PM

Tuesday May 29 Indiana Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday May 29 Sacramento Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday May 29 San Antonio Houston 8:00 PM 9:00 PM

Wednesday May 30 Washington Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Thursday May 31 Phoenix San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday May 31 Connecticut Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 1 Chicago Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 1 New York Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday June 2 Phoenix Connecticut 3:30 PM 3:30 PM

Saturday June 2 Los Angeles Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday June 2 Detroit Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Saturday June 2 San Antonio Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday June 3 Phoenix New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday June 3 Minnesota Chicago 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday June 3 Washington Indiana 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Tuesday June 5 Indiana New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday June 5 San Antonio Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday June 5 Minnesota Phoenix 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Wednesday June 6 Houston Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday June 7 Seattle Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Thursday June 7 Chicago Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday June 8 Indiana Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 8 Detroit New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 8 Connecticut Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday June 8 Minnesota Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday June 9 Chicago San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday June 9 Phoenix Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Day Date Visitor Home Local Eastern

Saturday June 9 Minnesota Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday June 10 Detroit Connecticut 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday June 10 New York Indiana 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Monday June 11 Sacramento Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Tuesday June 12 Seattle Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday June 12 Washington New York 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Wednesday June 13 Phoenix Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Wednesday June 13 Seattle Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Wednesday June 13 Connecticut Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Wednesday June 13 Houston Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Friday June 15 Los Angeles Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 15 Phoenix Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 15 Connecticut Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 15 New York Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday June 15 Houston Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday June 16 Los Angeles Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday June 16 Indiana Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Saturday June 16 New York San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday June 16 Houston Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday June 17 Chicago Connecticut 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Monday June 18 Detroit Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Tuesday June 19 Sacramento Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Wednesday June 20 Minnesota San Antonio 11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Wednesday June 20 Los Angeles Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Wednesday June 20 New York Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Wednesday June 20 Washington Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Wednesday June 20 Detroit Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday June 22 Seattle Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 22 San Antonio New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 22 Connecticut Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 22 Sacramento Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Friday June 22 Washington Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday June 22 Detroit Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday June 23 San Antonio Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday June 23 Washington Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday June 23 Detroit Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday June 24 Indiana New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday June 24 Houston Phoenix 4:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday June 24 Seattle Los Angeles 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Tuesday June 26 Washington Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday June 26 San Antonio Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Tuesday June 26 Chicago Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday June 26 New York Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Wednesday June 27 Connecticut Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Wednesday June 27 Sacramento Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Thursday June 28 Seattle Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday June 29 Indiana Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Day Date Visitor Home Local Eastern

Friday June 29 Detroit Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 29 Minnesota San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 29 Chicago Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday June 29 New York Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday June 30 Phoenix Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Sunday July 1 Indiana Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 1 San Antonio Detroit 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday July 1 Minnesota Sacramento 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Sunday July 1 Chicago Los Angeles 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Sunday July 1 New York Seattle 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Tuesday July 3 Phoenix Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday July 3 San Antonio Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 3 Los Angeles Seattle 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Thursday July 5 Indiana Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Friday July 6 Sacramento Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 6 Seattle Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday July 6 New York Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday July 6 Connecticut Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday July 7 Seattle San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday July 7 Washington Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday July 7 Connecticut Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Sunday July 8 Sacramento New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 8 Phoenix Detroit 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday July 8 Chicago Indiana 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday July 8 Houston Minnesota 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Tuesday July 10 Seattle Los Angeles 12:30 PM 3:30 PM

Tuesday July 10 Minnesota Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 10 Chicago Detroit 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 10 Indiana Houston 8:00 PM 9:00 PM

Wednesday July 11 San Antonio Phoenix 12:30 PM 3:30 PM

Wednesday July 11 Connecticut Seattle 12:00 PM 3:00 PM

Thursday July 12 Minnesota Houston 11:00 AM 12:00 PM

Thursday July 12 New York Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday July 12 Detroit Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday July 12 Connecticut Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday July 17 Minnesota Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday July 17 Seattle Phoenix 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Tuesday July 17 San Antonio Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Wednesday July 18 Houston Washington 11:30 AM 11:30 AM

Wednesday July 18 New York Detroit 12:00 PM 12:00 PM

Wednesday July 18 Chicago Indiana 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Friday July 20 Seattle Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday July 20 Sacramento San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 20 Houston New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday July 20 Detroit Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday July 20 Los Angeles Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday July 20 Washington Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Day Date Visitor Home Local Eastern

Saturday July 21 Washington Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Saturday July 21 Indiana Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday July 22 Seattle New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 22 Houston Connecticut 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 22 San Antonio Chicago 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday July 22 Minnesota Phoenix 4:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 24 Seattle Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 24 San Antonio Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 24 Los Angeles Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday July 24 Detroit Connecticut 8:00 PM 8:00 PM

Wednesday July 25 Phoenix Minnesota 12:00 PM 1:00 PM

Thursday July 26 Indiana Sacramento 11:30 AM 2:30 PM

Thursday July 26 Chicago Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Thursday July 26 New York Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday July 27 Los Angeles Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 27 Phoenix Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday July 27 Houston San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 27 Indiana Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday July 28 Detroit Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 29 Los Angeles Detroit 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday July 29 Connecticut New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 29 Houston Chicago 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday July 29 Indiana Phoenix 4:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday July 29 Minnesota Sacramento 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Sunday July 29 San Antonio Seattle 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Tuesday July 31 Los Angeles New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday July 31 Phoenix Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Tuesday July 31 Chicago Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 31 Washington Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 31 Sacramento Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday July 31 Detroit San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday August 2 Phoenix San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday August 2 Minnesota New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday August 3 Los Angeles Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday August 3 New York Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday August 3 Seattle Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday August 3 Detroit Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Saturday August 4 Los Angeles San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 4 Indiana Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday August 4 Houston Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 4 Phoenix Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday August 5 Chicago Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 5 Sacramento Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 7 Sacramento Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 7 Seattle Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 7 Phoenix Los Angeles 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday August 7 Indiana Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Day Date Visitor Home Local Eastern

Tuesday August 7 Washington San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 7 New York Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Thursday August 9 Seattle Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Thursday August 9 Sacramento San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday August 9 New York Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Thursday August 9 Washington Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Friday August 10 Sacramento Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Saturday August 11 Indiana Detroit 1:30 PM 1:30 PM

Saturday August 11 Houston San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 11 Los Angeles Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday August 11 Connecticut Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 11 Washington Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday August 12 Detroit New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 12 Minnesota Los Angeles 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Sunday August 12 Washington Sacramento 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Tuesday August 14 Houston Detroit 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday August 14 Connecticut Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 14 New York Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 14 Minnesota Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday August 14 San Antonio Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Wednesday August 15 Connecticut Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Wednesday August 15 San Antonio Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Thursday August 16 New York Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday August 16 Chicago Houston 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Thursday August 16 Detroit Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday August 17 Phoenix Sacramento 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday August 17 Los Angeles Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday August 17 Connecticut New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday August 17 Indiana San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday August 19 Washington Connecticut 1:30 PM 1:30 PM

Sunday August 19 Chicago New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 19 Sacramento Phoenix 4:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday August 19 San Antonio Minnesota 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday August 19 Detroit Indiana 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday August 19 Houston Los Angeles 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

*Schedule subject to change

2007 WNBA National Television Schedule

Day Date Eastern Local Away Home Network

Saturday May 19 3:30 PM 3:30 PM Sacramento Detroit ABC

Tuesday May 22 7:30 PM 7:30 PM Sacramento Washington ESPN2

Saturday May 26 3:30 PM 3:30 PM Los Angeles Connecticut ABC

Tuesday May 29 7:00 PM 6:00 PM Indiana Minnesota ESPN2

Tuesday May 29 9:00 PM 8:00 PM San Antonio Houston ESPN2

Saturday June 2 3:30 PM 3:30 PM Phoenix Connecticut ABC

Tuesday June 5 10:30 PM 7:30 PM Minnesota Phoenix ESPN2

Tuesday June 12 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Washington New York ESPN2

Tuesday June 26 10:00 PM 7:00 PM New York Sacramento ESPN2

Tuesday July 3 9:30 PM 6:30 PM Los Angeles Seattle ESPN2

Tuesday July 10 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Chicago Detroit ESPN2

Tuesday July 10 9:00 PM 8:00 PM Indiana Houston ESPN2

Tuesday July 17 7:30 PM 7:30 PM Minnesota Connecticut ESPN2

Tuesday July 17 9:30 PM 6:30 PM Seattle Phoenix ESPN2

Tuesday July 24 8:00 PM 8:00 PM Detroit Connecticut ESPN2

Tuesday July 24 10:00 PM 7:00 PM Los Angeles Sacramento ESPN2

Tuesday July 31 8:00 PM 7:00 PM Detroit San Antonio ESPN2

Tuesday July 31 10:00 PM 7:00 PM Sacramento Seattle ESPN2

Tuesday August 7 10:00 PM 7:00 PM Phoenix Los Angeles ESPN2

Saturday August 11 1:30 PM 1:30 PM Indiana Detroit ABC

Sunday August 19 1:30 PM 1:30 PM Washington Connecticut ABC

*Schedule subject to change

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