Posted on 10/04/2025 9:11:16 AM PDT by DFG
BRISTOL, CT — ESPN will bring its 45 years of sports coverage to a close as it shifts to exclusively covering the WNBA.
After originating the 24-hour sports news cycle and becoming a household staple behind its flagship show "Sportscenter", the network had steadily moved away from sports over the past decade to start covering the WNBA. With ESPN canceling its contract with Major League Baseball, the network has officially shut down its last relationship with a sports league.
"We want to bring our audience something besides sports. We want to bring them the WNBA," announced ESPN President James Pitaro. "No more athletes, no more competition. Just round-the-clock coverage of women's basketball. It's a new era for ESPN."
In lieu of its former "Top 10 Plays", ESPN will instead air clips of the WNBA players almost making layups. "Look at those moves, gettin' to the hoop, and OH! SHE CAUGHT SOME BACKBOARD!" shouted new anchor Julia Hemboldt. "And our top play of the week... watch as Angel Reese tries to throw an inbounds pass and HITS THE RIM! DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?!"
At publishing time, ESPN had confirmed that it still would air soccer.
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the only thing i like less than basketball is womens basketball...
WNBA fans watching this Game 1 right now: pic.twitter.com/Z7GORqKMBk— ESPN (@espn) October 4, 2025
Old Friend calls it the black lesbian employment act .
The WNBA is all over the front page of their site.
ESPN is based in Connecticut, and the UConn Lady Huskies are a big deal in Connecticut.
Bring back Australian Rules Football. I think I did see a women’s rugby game a couple of weeks ago - but that might not have been ESPN. And during Covid, I remember them showing Men’s Cornhole.
Instead of a dead horse like the WNBA ESPN should cover sports like Cricket or Hurling in an attempt to make them popular.
Just went to their page. It's mostly college football.
Maybe it was during the week. Too many gamblers need to know the scores so they can hit their parlays.
ROTFL! WNBA- It gives the term bouncy, bouncy a whole new meaning.
i actually prefer womens soccer to mens.....what little i watch (which is next to nothing) the women play while the guys lay on the field feigning injury...
they worked wonders for cornhole...
You have to do what the sponsors want. Big Dildo calls the shots.
I know this is the Bee. But.....It is scary to watch the WNBA. Most of the “women” look like mutants.
God luvs America wrote: “the only thing i like less than basketball is womens basketball...”
Corrections: the only things i like less than basketball is womens basketball and soccer. I’d watch curling before I’d watch any of those.
I wonder how many say they like womens basketball because ‘viture signalling’.
Ever since the Whalers left, UConn Women are the only professional sports team in the once great nutmeg state. Yardgoats don’t count. Let me tell you about Maine’s processional teams…
I might watch it if Caitlin Clark was playing.
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