Live Viewing for 33 of 34 Games in 10th Season
May 13, 2009 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Indiana Fever News Release
INDIANAPOLIS - For the first time, virtually every Indiana Fever game will be broadcast live on television, or online via WNBA LiveAccess - a new feature providing free worldwide access to WNBA webcasts during the 2009 WNBA season. The expanded offering of live game viewing complements local and national TV coverage of the WNBA, which enters its 13th season.
Overall, 33 of the Fever's 34 regular season games will be available for live viewing. Every Fever home game in 2009 will be shown live on TV or on FeverBasketball.com, with all but one road game available. The Fever will produce 10 webcasts from Conseco Fieldhouse, completing a home schedule that includes one game on ESPN2 and six regional telecasts on FOX Sports Indiana. The only game unavailable for viewing will be July 23 at San Antonio.
For the 10th consecutive year, the Fever will partner with regional sports network FOX Sports Indiana to produce its local TV package. The tandem of Chris Denari and Debbie Antonelli will team for an eighth straight summer calling the action on Indiana's local telecasts.
Exactly ten years from the day Indianapolis was awarded its WNBA franchise - June 7, 1999 - the Fever hosts the Minnesota Lynx in a home opener that is the first of six home games televised on FOX Sports Indiana. Three games against Eastern Conference rivals Detroit and Connecticut highlight the package, featuring a pair of opponents that the Fever has faced in each of five straight playoff series over the past four years. The package also includes an August date with San Antonio and a September meeting against Phoenix.
In addition, Indiana's home game on Tuesday, June 9 against Seattle, is part of the league's ESPN Tuesday package which runs exclusively on ESPN2.
The complete TV schedule is as follows:
Date Opponent Time TV
JUNE
Sun. 7 Minnesota 7:00 p.m. FSI
Tue. 9 Seattle 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
Sun. 21 Detroit 6:00 p.m. FSI
JULY
Thu. 2 Connecticut 7:00 p.m. FSI
Thu. 30 Connecticut 7:00 p.m. FSI
AUGUST
Thu. 27 San Antonio 7:00 p.m. FSI
SEPTEMBER
Wed. 2 Phoenix 7:00 p.m. FSI
All Times Eastern
The Indiana Fever celebrates its 10th anniversary season in 2009, opening the summer season at Atlanta on Saturday, June 6 (7:00 p.m.), and hosting the Minnesota Lynx on June 7 (7:00 p.m.) - exactly 10 years after the franchise was founded (June 7, 1999). Led by Griffith, two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings, Olympic silver medalist Tully Bevilaqua, 2008 WNBA Most Improved Player Ebony Hoffman and two-time WNBA All-Stars Katie Douglas and Tammy Sutton-Brown, the Fever bids for its fifth consecutive playoff appearance in 2009. Season tickets are available at FeverBasketball.com, or by calling (317) 917-2500.
FOX Sports Indiana, a regional sports television network, reaches more than 1.2 million cable and satellite homes and telecasts more than 200 regional events annually including Indiana Pacers basketball, Indiana Fever basketball and Cincinnati Reds baseball. FSN is the nation's leading provider of local sports. Through its 19 owned-and-operated regional networks, FSN serves as the TV home to more than half of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams. In addition to home team games and locally produced sports programs, FSN telecasts national sports events and programming, including ACC, Big 12 and Pac-10 basketball; Big 12 and Pac-10 football; Best Damn Sports Show Period and The Final Score.
Women's National Basketball Association Stories from May 13, 2009
- Two players selected at Mercury Open Tryouts to practice with team in pre-training camp workouts - Phoenix Mercury
- Live Viewing for 33 of 34 Games in 10th Season - Indiana Fever
- Minnesota Lynx to Webcast Games Live For the First Time on Lynxbasketball.com - Minnesota Lynx
- DetroitShock.com to webcast all 17 home games live - Detroit Shock
- WNBA to Webcast Over 200 Games During the 2009 WNBA Season - WNBA
- Mercury Announces 2009 Local Television Broadcast Schedule - Phoenix Mercury
- Tickets On Sale For 2009 All-Star Game - WNBA
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