For the first time, every WNBA preseason game — including the Indiana Fever‘s game vs. the Brazilian national team on Sunday in Iowa City — will be available via national broadcast or through online streaming this year.
The Fever’s game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4 p.m. ET) — one of four WNBA preseason games to be televised nationally — will be a homecoming for 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark, who became the all-time Division I scoring leader while at Iowa from 2020-2024. It will be shown on an ESPN platform to be announced.
The availability of preseason games for viewers is a big change for the league. Previously, only one preseason game in WNBA history was shown on national television — the New York Liberty vs. the Chinese national team in 2019.
The 2025 WNBA preseason starts Friday, with past Notre Dame and LSU stars also having homecoming games. They will be televised as a doubleheader on ION at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET.
In the first game, the Las Vegas Aces, featuring former Notre Dame guards Jewell Loyd and
