Women's Sports
LPGA event gets $1M bump in purse
The purse for the JM Eagle LA Championship golf event has been increased by $1M to $4.25M, JM Eagle CEO Walter Wang announced. The event has the largest purse on the LPGA Tour other than the majors or the Tour championship. The winner’s share is $712,500. Sei Young Kim enters today’s final round wit...
Fever’s Aliyah Boston signs first WNBA EPIC extension
Fever C Aliyah Boston became the first player in WNBA history to “sign an extension on the EPIC (exceptional players on initial contracts) clause” that was introduced in the new CBA. It allows players who have made All-WNBA teams to “renegotiate their fourth-year contracts up to the max, as long as ...
PWHL set to eclipse 1 million fans in a season for first time
The PWHL on Friday is set to surpass 1 million fans in attendance in a single season for the first time in league history. The milestone comes in the league’s 109th game of its third season, a matchup between the Montréal Victoire and Boston Fleet. The milestone comes in 46 games fewer than the PWHL...
Tempo plan to open C$100M training facility in 2028
WNBA expansion team Toronto Tempo on Friday unveiled “plans to develop a high-performance training facility” in partnership with the city that is “scheduled to open in 2028.” The C$100M multi-use facility, which will be “fully funded by the Tempo,” is “expected to include two WNBA regulation courts ...
Wings downplay Fudd-Bueckers relationship at press conference
The Wings introduced G Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft, to the local media on Thursday, but a team rep “interjected before Fudd could answer” a question about her relationship with Wings G Paige Bueckers, according to Declan Walsh of the NEW HAVEN REGISTER. Bueckers, the top draft pick i...
Report: NWSL to vote on calendar shift to match European leagues
The NWSL’s BOG is expected to “vote later this month on whether to flip the league’s calendar to a fall-to-spring season‚” according to the sources cited by ESPN.com. The NWSL season currently kicks off in March and ends in November, but a “change -- one that has been debated for years and previousl...
CAA World Congress of Sports: Women’s sports needs new narratives to continue growth
LOS ANGELES -- Angel City co-founder Julie Uhrman believes it’s time to stop talking about the “the moment” of women’s sports.
Time 100 showcases some professional athletes in 2026 list
TIME magazine on Wednesday released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2026, and a few athletes made the list, with the writeups on each athlete’s contribution to the culture. Below are some excerpts from their profiles:
Audience Analysis: WNBA Draft gets second-best figure; UFC has top viewership in 10 years
Women’s basketball continued to show its growth Monday night, as ESPN saw the second-best WNBA Draft audience on record. The event, which saw the Wings select UConn G Azzi Fudd with the No. 1 overall pick, averaged 1.5 million viewers, which is second all-time behind only Fever G Caitlin Clark’s dra...
Ally aims to maintain 50-50 gender-parity split after reaching goal early
Ally CMO Andrea Brimmer’s goal after the company reached its 50-50 goal in splitting marketing spend across men’s and women’s sport is to “stay there” while tackling the “burgeoning problem of ‘fanflation,’” according to Emma Hinchliffe of FORTUNE. Ally, which reached its goal a year early, did not ...
Engelbert’s response to question on her future draws strong reaction
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s response to a question about her future on Monday drew a lot of reaction on social media. Engelbert wondered if her gender played a role in the issue being repeatedly raised, replying to a female reporter: “I wonder whether you would ask that of a man, by the way....
SBJ Women’s Sports: Takeaways from Engelbert’s WNBA Draft address
Three keys from WNBA Cathy Engelbert's WNBA draft comments heading into the new season. Also: Ally reaches its 50-50 women's sponsorship pledge well ahead of its deadline, WNBA ticket price trends and JCPenny's driving into women's basketball.
JCPenney taking ‘Inside Lane’ in deal with women’s basketball stars
Gucci, Dior and Prada have had their time in women’s basketball tunnel walks. Now JCPenney is joining the high-fashion brands that have cast athletes as desirable models and fashion icons.
Data Drive: Get-in prices for WNBA games
The WNBA offseason has ramped up throughout the last two weeks, so we asked SBJ’s ticketing reporter Ethan Joyce to take a closer look.
3 takeaways from WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert in her first post-CBA speech
SBJ’s Mike Mazzeo attended WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s draft press conference Monday in New York City. Here’s what stood out from her time at the podium following a contentious offseason CBA negotiation with the players’ union and amid questions on Engelbert’s future.
WME Basketball represents most players in first round of 2026 WNBA Draft
WME Basketball led all agencies with three clients selected in the first round, including two in the top five, of the 2026 WNBA Draft. TCU G Olivia Miles, UCLA C Lauren Betts and South Carolina G Raven Johnson were chosen second by the Lynx, fourth by the Mystics and 10th by the Fever, respectively....
New grass at Lumen Field reason for USWNT’s long-awaited return
The USWNT for the “first time in nearly a decade” will “play a competitive match in the state of Washington” on Tuesday night when it faces Japan at Lumen Field, according to Tim Booth of the SEATTLE TIMES. There is “expected to be a record crowd” for the stand-alone match, with U.S. Soccer announci...
Columbus City Council nears vote on investor deal in NWSL expansion bid
Columbus City Council is “moving toward voting on a deal with private investors” in the bid to bring a NWSL expansion franchise to the city -- but the deal “isn’t final yet,” according to Jordan Laird of the COLUMBUS DISPATCH. A Development Agreement with investors and Franklin County was on “first-...
WNBA Draft draws full, engaged crowd
The WNBA held its draft Monday night in front of a “room full of fans” that were “engaged enough to boo” during a trade. A few years ago, it was a “largely quiet affair,” but now the league has leveled up and made the draft a “true public event,” which came with the tradition of fans “booing as the ...
Engelbert says WNBA in ‘a good spot’ after contentious labor negotiations
NEW YORK -- WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said she “feels really good” about her relationship with the players as the league looks to move forward after a contentious labor negotiation. A seven-year labor deal through 2032 that features the first multimillion-dollar contracts in league history m...
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