This weekend’s stop in Westfield was expected to set records for the tour, which confirmed it would use its one-year option and return to The Club at Chatham Hills for a 2026 contest.
The tour has already sold out grounds passes for its Friday and Saturday rounds, along with several premium hospitality spaces. Click through our gallery to see photos of all the action on Friday.
After years of contentious negotiations, fans will now flip among ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, NBA TV and Amazon’s Prime Video for national broadcasts.
Moving forward, the award will also be named for its inaugural honoree, who the Fever said has spent her 50-plus-year career “breaking barriers and building opportunities for women in basketball.”
Injuries have kept Caitlin Clark, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier and Angel Reese out, but that hasn’t dampened fan interest in the league.
Down Clark, Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald, the Fever signed Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract Sunday.
The league and ESPN still have to negotiate a final agreement and get approval from NFL owners. The agreement will also have to undergo regulatory approvals.
The proposed move comes as ESPN is expected to soon launch its direct-to-consumer service, likely before the end of August.
The game capped off a weekend during which negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement took centerstage. Players wore warmup shirts before the game that said “Pay us what you owe us.”
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert feels optimistic that the league and the players’ union will be able to come to a new collective bargaining agreement at some point, even if it’s after the end of October deadline.
Afraid you missed something? Scroll through our WNBA All-Star Weekend blog to relive the dayslong party.
Indiana’s Miss Basketball, Maya Makalusky, a rising freshman forward for Indiana University, was among the current and former Indiana stars who played in the Legends Game at the Indiana Convention Center.
Nine players from seven teams took part, including former Indiana Miss Basketball Skylar Diggins, former Indiana Fever Erica Wheeler and the Fever’s Lexie Hull
Meanwhile, tickets for other weekend entertainment options are becoming increasingly difficult to come by.
As it has been with most of the WNBA’s big moments since early 2024, the spotlight is once again on Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, who was sidelined just a day before All-Star Weekend was set to tip off.
Four Fever players—Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell and Sydney Colson—chatted with Robin Roberts during the telecast.
The Republican governor’s statements came on the heels of a string of shootings involving youth in the city’s core, including one on July 5 that killed two minors, and just before Indianapolis hosts WNBA All-Star Weekend.
Indianapolis is hosting the WNBA All-Star Weekend July 18-19, and dozens of events have been announced to celebrate the occasion.
Throughout All-Star Weekend, users can accumulate points by visiting 25 locations across the city and redeeming them for merch or the chance to win a signed basketball or tickets to a 2026 Indiana Fever game.
The two sides will have their first face-to-face meeting about a new collective bargaining agreement in Indianapolis on Thursday heading into All-Star weekend.
