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ESPN currently charges the highest retransmission consent fee of any major cable television network in the United States. In 2011, the main channel alone carried a monthly rate of $4.69 per subscriber (nearly five times the price of the next-costliest channel, TNT), with ESPN's other English language channels costing an additional $1.13 per subscriber; these prices rise on a nearly constant basis.
Along with this deal, came the first-ever rights fees to be paid to a women's professional sports league. Over the eight years of the contract, "millions and millions of dollars" will be "dispersed to the league's teams". [173] In 2013, the WNBA and ESPN signed a six-year extension on the broadcast deal to cover 2017–2022.
The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the WNBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season. Eight first picks have won the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award : Lauren Jackson (three-time winner), Candace Parker (two-time winner), Diana Taurasi , Tina Charles , Maya Moore , Nneka Ogwumike , Breanna ...
The Aces had the No. 1 picks in both 2018 and ‘19, drafting A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young. Three years later, the Aces were 2022 WNBA champions, and Wilson was the league MVP.
That means with plenty of talent on the table, Atlanta opted for three draft-and-stash picks. The Dream currently have 12 players on their roster, which means every spot is pretty much spoken for.
The 2022 WNBA Draft, the WNBA's draft for the 2022 WNBA season, was held on April 11, 2022, in New York City and aired live on ESPN in the United States and on TSN1/4 in Canada at 7:00 p.m. EDT. [1] The draft was the 27th in WNBA history.
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The following is a list of current (entering the 2024 WNBA season) Women's National Basketball Association broadcasters for each individual team. The announcers who call the television broadcasts also call the WNBA League Pass Production broadcasts unless noted otherwise. Teams listed under local broadcasts for them are 2024 broadcast teams.