Women's Sports

The Sun will “return to Hartford” for a WNBA game for the first time in 23 years with the goal of helping fans, and the state of Connecticut, “appreciate what it has” until the team’s planned relocation to Houston in 2027. Saturday’s clash with the Sparks marks the first of two games that will be pl...

The ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open the Kaiser Permanente Performance Center, the training facility shared by the WNBA Portland Fire and the NWSL Portland Thorns, is scheduled for Aug. 22, according to Anne Peterson of the AP. It is the nation’s first performance center shared by a “pair of...

Serena Williams is “set to make her comeback” to competitive tennis next month at the Queen’s Club Championships after “requesting a women’s doubles wild card,” according to Tom Kershaw of the London TIMES. Andy Roddick on his “Served” podcast first reported that Williams was coming back. Williams h...

The NWSL officially unveiled its “Summer of Soccer” initiative, a multi-week campaign to “embed the league into the heart of the international buzz” around this summer’s FIFA World Cup. The initiative centers on a “summer trip anchored by a league-branded bus tour that will position the league in co...

WTA Tour Chair Valerie Camillo met with French Open organizers, including Tournament Dir Amélie Mauresmo, in the days before the tournament’s main draw began to “directly advocate for scheduling women’s matches in primetime,” according to Ava Wallace of THE ATHLETIC. The scheduling of women’s matche...

Valkyries President Jess Smith said she is excited for her franchise, recently valued at over $1B, to eventually be “one of many” women’s sports teams valued at the mark, which she believes is “on the horizon.” Speaking on “Sports Seriously,” she said, “The fact that it’s now here I think feels real...

The PWHL is “making a concerted effort to maintain healthy competition as four new teams enter the fold,” as the league expands for the second consecutive year, according to SPORTSNET.ca. A league statement outlined a “six-phase expansion process that is ‘designed to support roster construction for ...

New details have emerged about “how the historic revenue sharing system agreed upon by the WNBA and its Players’ Association works," according to Alexa Philippou of ESPN.com. The salary cap is determined by taking a designated 20% of “Shared Basketball Revenue,” which is defined as the “sum of leagu...

CBS Sports has signed a four-year deal to carry all matches from the top division of women’s soccer in England, the Women’s Super League (WSL). The deal begins with the 2026-27 season -- the first with an expanded 14-team field -- and runs through the 2029-30 season.

Just Women’s Sports has closed a new investment round as the women’s sports calendar enters what founder and CEO Haley Rosen calls “the heart” of a pivotal year for the space. The round is led by Bolt Ventures, the family office of sports investor David Blitzer, which is doubling down after particip...

NWSL club San Diego Wave FC has named Premier League club Leeds United Chief Business Officer Morrie Eisenberg CEO, effective August 2026. Eisenberg also currently serves as Board Trustee for the Leeds United Foundation and as senior advisor to Leeds owner 49ers Enterprises (San Diego Wave). Eisenbe...

In Toronto, Jane Stevenson reported Sharks C Macklin Celebrini is part of a two-night event with Airbnb in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup. There are five spots available for the July 1-3 trip. On July 1, guests will “check into one of five of Toronto’s ‘most vibrant neighbourhoods,’” then on Ju...

The PWHL Players Association is disclosing salaries to the public for the first time in the league’s three-season history in “an effort to promote transparency,” according to Hailey Salvian of THE ATHLETIC. A “Player Salary Guide” went live on the PA’s website on Tuesday morning. The guide provides ...

Upgrades to Oklahoma City’s Devon Park that were fast-tracked due to it hosting softball during the LA28 Games have “already caught the NCAA’s attention,” according to Jenni Carlson of the OKLAHOMAN. When Oklahoma City was selected as the home of softball for LA28, city leaders “knew there was work ...

The Univ. of Oklahoma will not take part in the Women’s College World Series for the first time in a decade, raising questions on whether Devon Park in Oklahoma City “will lack some of the electricity that has powered the WCWS into one of the early summer’s most popular sporting events,” according t...

Centerville Bank Stadium in Rhode Island is finding success, and revenue, by hosting games for the NWSL's Boston Legacy FC, the Women's Lacrosse League and women's rugby. Also: Ally's deepening LPGA ties and where women's sports is expanding in the U.S.

April showers bring May flowers🌷... and new women’s sports teams! Women’s sports leagues have been expanding at a steady clip in recent years, and the past two weeks have accelerated that dramatically. With the PWHL adding four teams, LOVB adding a team in Miami and MLV announcing an L.A. club as w...

One weekend this month, Centreville Bank Stadium in Rhode Island took center stage to make history with the Women’s Lacrosse League kicking off its first season of full-field play.

The PWHL Players Association posted total income of around $828,000 for the 2025 calendar year, according to an LM2 filing made on Sunday. The vast majority of that total, down slightly from revenue of $1M in 2014, was from a $583,495 commercial rights fee from the PWHL and a nearly $150,000 contrib...

Bloomberg News’ Megan Greenwell said the WNBA is facing an “interesting challenge” that is common for businesses where it is aiming to prevent itself from “alienating those folks who were with you from the very beginning while still bringing in massive new audiences.” Greenwell, appearing on Bloombe...