The WNBA is celebrating the halfway mark of the 2025 season this weekend in Indianapolis, but looming labor issues could dampen spirits. The big picture: The WNBA is the hottest brand in pro sports.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030. Each paid a $250 million expansion fee ...

Amid critical negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) before the current deal ends after this season, coupled with the expansion boom and new superstars like Caitlin Clark, Paige ...

When Cleveland's WNBA team takes the court in 2028, it will enter a league vastly different from the one the Rockers unceremoniously exited in 2003. Why it matters: This time around, the ...

Other popular player picks included Nashville, Charlotte, and Boston. Nashville came in second and notably submitted a bid during the league’s most recent expansion process. Boston, tied for third, ...

Miami was named as the most popular "ideal" destination for a WNBA expansion franchise in a recent player poll shared by The ...

What's more, the league shattered attendance and viewership records last year as a rookie class that included headline names ...

When an outside source owns the majority of your league...it's going to very hard," union vice president Napheesa Collier ...

The WNBA’s popularity has caught on like wildfire—so it’s fitting that one of the league’s next expansion teams will be fanning the flames. In 2026, the WNBA ma ...

The league announced in June that it will be welcoming three new franchises in Cleveland (2028), Detroit (2029) and ...

The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030.