2010 WNBA Season Tips Off May 15

December 17, 2009 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2009 - The WNBA will tip off its 14th season on Saturday, May 15 with five games that day. Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondexter and the defending champion Phoenix Mercury will begin the WNBA season when they host Candace Parker and the Los Angeles Sparks at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The Tulsa franchise, whose name will be announced in January, will debut at the BOK Center against the Minnesota Lynx the same day at 8 p.m. ET.

For the fifth consecutive year, ESPN2 will feature "WNBA Tuesdays" as the viewing destination for WNBA fans as part of its programming. "WNBA Tuesdays" begin May 25 as the Mercury visits Oklahoma for the first time to play Tulsa, who will compete in the Western Conference. The Indiana Fever, the defending Eastern Conference champion, will make its first national television appearance of the season on Tuesday, June 29 against the Mystics in Washington, D.C. With all televised games available in high definition and on ESPN360.com, ESPN2 will also air several Thursday primetime games and two additional weekend games throughout the summer.

The 2010 WNBA season marks the second year of the league's eight-year deal that allows ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 to televise games through 2016. The agreement provides the WNBA a rights fee, a first in U.S. women's professional sports league history. The deal extends the WNBA's relationship with ESPN, which commenced in 1997, to 20 years. The WNBA wrapped up the 2009 season with an 8 percent increase in viewership.

Combined WNBA coverage on ESPN2 and NBA TV, the league's 24-hour television network, will feature over 70 contests.

Other key television matchups throughout the regular season include:

Reigning Rookie of the Year Angel McCoughtry, Chamique Holdsclaw and the Atlanta Dream visiting Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird and the Storm in Seattle on June 1 (ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. ET)

The Storm visiting the Sparks on July 3 in a Western Conference matchup featuring two of the premier front court players in Jackson and Parker (ESPN2, 5:00 p.m. ET)

The New York Liberty traveling to the Connecticut Sun for an Eastern Conference rivalry game on July 20 (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)

Becky Hammon returning to New York when the San Antonio Silver Stars play the Liberty on July 27 (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. ET)

The Lynx and former No. 1 overall pick Seimone Augustus, who missed the majority of the 2009 season due to injury, taking on former No. 2 overall pick Sylvia Fowles and the Chicago Sky on Aug. 7 (ESPN2, 3 p.m. ET)

The 2010 WNBA regular season runs from Saturday, May 15 to Sunday, Aug. 22. The complete 2010 regular season and game broadcast schedules follow.

2010 WNBA Regular Season Schedule

Day Date Visitor Home Local Eastern

Saturday May 15 Los Angeles Phoenix 11:00 AM 2:00 PM

Saturday May 15 Chicago Connecticut 3:30 PM 3:30 PM

Saturday May 15 Washington Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday May 15 Minnesota Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday May 15 Atlanta San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday May 16 Chicago New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday May 16 Indiana Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday May 16 Washington Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday May 16 Los Angeles Seattle 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Wednesday May 19 Minnesota Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Thursday May 20 San Antonio Tulsa 11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Friday May 21 New York Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday May 21 Connecticut Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday May 22 Indiana Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday May 22 Los Angeles San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday May 22 Seattle Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday May 23 Washington Connecticut 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday May 23 Atlanta New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday May 23 Chicago Indiana 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday May 23 Tulsa Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday May 25 Phoenix Tulsa 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday May 25 Washington Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Thursday May 27 Minnesota Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Thursday May 27 Seattle Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday May 28 New York San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday May 28 Atlanta Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday May 28 Washington Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday May 29 Chicago Minnesota 2:30 PM 3:30 PM

Saturday May 29 Indiana Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday May 30 Seattle San Antonio 2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday May 30 Connecticut Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday May 30 Atlanta Los Angeles 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday June 1 Phoenix Minnesota 6:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday June 1 Atlanta Seattle 6:30 PM 9:30PM

Thursday June 3 San Antonio Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 4 Chicago Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 4 New York Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

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Friday June 4 Minnesota Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 4 Los Angeles Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday June 5 Atlanta Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday June 5 New York Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday June 5 Tulsa Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday June 5 Seattle Los Angeles 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday June 6 San Antonio Connecticut 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday June 6 Indiana Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday June 6 Phoenix Seattle 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Tuesday June 8 New York Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday June 8 Phoenix Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

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

Friday June 11 Indiana Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 11 Atlanta New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 11 Tulsa San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 11 Washington Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday June 11 Los Angeles Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

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

Saturday June 12 San Antonio Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday June 12 Tulsa Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday June 13 Connecticut Indiana 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday June 13 Minnesota Los Angeles 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday June 15 Atlanta Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday June 17 Seattle Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 18 Seattle New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 18 Tulsa Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 18 San Antonio Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday June 18 Connecticut Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday June 19 Chicago Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday June 19 Atlanta Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday June 19 Minnesota Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday June 20 Connecticut Phoenix 3:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday June 20 San Antonio Seattle 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Tuesday June 22 Chicago Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday June 22 Minnesota New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Wednesday June 23 Tulsa Atlanta 12:00 PM 12:00 PM

Thursday June 24 Los Angeles Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday June 25 Phoenix Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday June 25 New York Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday June 25 Washington Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday June 25 Indiana Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Saturday June 26 Minnesota San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

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Sunday June 27 Los Angeles Atlanta 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday June 27 Connecticut New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday June 27 Phoenix Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday June 27 Seattle Tulsa 3:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday June 27 Indiana Chicago 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Tuesday June 29 Indiana Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday June 29 Phoenix Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday June 29 Connecticut Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday June 29 San Antonio Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

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

Thursday July 1 Minnesota Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday July 1 Connecticut Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday July 1 Washington Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Thursday July 1 San Antonio Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday July 3 Seattle Los Angeles 2:00 PM 5:00 PM

Saturday July 3 Chicago Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday July 3 Washington Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday July 3 New York Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday July 6 New York Seattle 12:00 PM 3:00 PM

Tuesday July 6 Indiana Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday July 6 Connecticut San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday July 6 Phoenix Los Angeles 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Wednesday July 7 Connecticut Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday July 8 Tulsa Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday July 8 San Antonio Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday July 11 Chicago New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Tuesday July 13 Los Angeles Tulsa 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Wednesday July 14 San Antonio Chicago 11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Wednesday July 14 Connecticut Indiana 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wednesday July 14 Atlanta Minnesota 12:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wednesday July 14 Seattle Phoenix 12:30 PM 3:30 PM

Thursday July 15 Washington New York 12:00 PM 12:00 PM

Friday July 16 Atlanta Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday July 16 Tulsa San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 16 Los Angeles Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Saturday July 17 Seattle Minnesota 2:30 PM 3:30 PM

Saturday July 17 Atlanta Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday July 17 Tulsa Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday July 18 Los Angeles San Antonio 2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday July 18 Indiana New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday July 18 Chicago Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

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Tuesday July 20 Seattle San Antonio 11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Tuesday July 20 Tulsa Los Angeles 12:00 PM 3:00 PM

Tuesday July 20 New York Connecticut 8:00 PM 8:00 PM

Wednesday July 21 Atlanta Washington 11:30 AM 11:30 AM

Thursday July 22 Los Angeles Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday July 22 San Antonio Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Thursday July 22 Phoenix Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 23 New York Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Saturday July 24 Los Angeles Connecticut 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday July 24 Indiana Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Saturday July 24 Phoenix Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday July 24 Chicago San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday July 25 New York Atlanta 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday July 25 Tulsa Seattle 6:00 PM 9:00 PM

Tuesday July 27 Atlanta Tulsa 12:30 PM 1:30 PM

Tuesday July 27 Chicago Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday July 27 Washington Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday July 27 San Antonio New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

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

Tuesday July 27 Phoenix Seattle 6:30 PM 9:30 PM

Thursday July 29 San Antonio Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Thursday July 29 Minnesota Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday July 30 Washington Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday July 30 Atlanta Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday July 30 Los Angeles New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday July 30 San Antonio Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday July 30 Chicago Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday August 1 Indiana Atlanta 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday August 1 Connecticut New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 1 Tulsa Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 1 Chicago Phoenix 3:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday August 1 Seattle Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 3 New York Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 3 Washington Atlanta 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday August 3 Connecticut Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 3 Seattle Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 3 Phoenix San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Wednesday August 4 Chicago Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Thursday August 5 Connecticut Seattle 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Friday August 6 Atlanta Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday August 6 Washington New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday August 6 San Antonio Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

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Friday August 6 Tulsa Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday August 7 Minnesota Chicago 2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Saturday August 7 Tulsa Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday August 8 Washington Connecticut 5:00 PM 5:00 PM

Sunday August 8 Indiana Phoenix 3:00 PM 6:00 PM

Sunday August 8 New York Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday August 8 San Antonio Los Angeles 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 10 Connecticut Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 10 Seattle Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 10 Phoenix Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 10 Minnesota San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

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

Thursday August 12 Los Angeles Minnesota 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday August 13 Minnesota Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday August 13 New York Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday August 13 Phoenix Indiana 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday August 13 Seattle Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday August 13 Tulsa San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 14 Phoenix New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Saturday August 14 Atlanta Chicago 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 14 Los Angeles Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Sunday August 15 Seattle Washington 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 15 Indiana Connecticut 5:00 PM 5:00 PM

Sunday August 15 San Antonio Minnesota 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 17 Chicago Atlanta 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Tuesday August 17 Tulsa Connecticut 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday August 17 Indiana New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Tuesday August 17 Washington San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Tuesday August 17 Minnesota Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tuesday August 17 Phoenix Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Thursday August 19 Tulsa New York 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Friday August 20 New York Washington 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Friday August 20 Indiana San Antonio 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Friday August 20 Connecticut Chicago 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Friday August 20 Seattle Phoenix 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Friday August 20 Minnesota Los Angeles 7:30 PM 10:30 PM

Saturday August 21 Chicago Tulsa 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Saturday August 21 Los Angeles Seattle 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Sunday August 22 Washington Atlanta 3:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday August 22 Phoenix San Antonio 2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Sunday August 22 Connecticut New York 4:00 PM 4:00 PM

Sunday August 22 Minnesota Indiana 5:00 PM 5:00 PM

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2010 WNBA National Television Schedule

Day Date Eastern Local Away Home Network

Saturday May 15 2:00 PM 11:00 AM Los Angeles Phoenix ESPN2

Tuesday May 25 7:00 PM 6:00 PM Phoenix Tulsa ESPN2

Tuesday June 1 7:30 PM 6:30 PM Phoenix Minnesota ESPN2

Tuesday June 1 9:30 PM 6:30 PM Atlanta Seattle ESPN2

Tuesday June 29 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Indiana Washington ESPN2

Saturday July 3 5:00 PM 2:00 PM Seattle Los Angeles ESPN2

Tuesday July 6 8:00 PM 7:00 PM Connecticut San Antonio ESPN2

Tuesday July 6 10:00 PM 7:00 PM Phoenix Los Angeles ESPN2

Tuesday July 13 7:00 PM 6:00 PM Los Angeles Tulsa ESPN2

Tuesday July 20 8:00 PM 8:00 PM New York Connecticut ESPN2

Thursday July 22 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Los Angeles Indiana ESPN2

Tuesday July 27 7:30 PM 7:30 PM San Antonio New York ESPN2

Tuesday July 27 9:30 PM 6:30 PM Phoenix Seattle ESPN2

Tuesday August 3 7:30 PM 7:30 PM Washington Atlanta ESPN2

Thursday August 5 10:30 PM 7:30 PM Connecticut Seattle ESPN2

Saturday August 7 3:00 PM 2:00 PM Minnesota Chicago ESPN2

Tuesday August 10 8:00 PM 7:00 PM Phoenix Chicago ESPN2

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

* Schedule subject to change

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