WNBA season to tip May 14, includes break for Paris Olympics - ESPN

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The WNBA will start its 28th season on May 14 with last season's champions, the Las Vegas Aces, and the runner-up New York Liberty both in action.

The league on Monday released its 40-game schedule for 2024, which includes a more compact format for the Commissioner's Cup as well as a monthlong break for the Summer Olympics from July 18 to Aug.

14. «We would have made the changes to the Commissioner's Cup even if we didn't have the Olympic break this year,» WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. «But it helped making [the Cup] earlier in regard to the the Rubik's Cube that is our schedule. »We always want to have an All-Star Game now, even in an Olympic year.

The condensed two-week period for the Commissioner's Cup will be before All-Star. We've been listening to players and fans." The 20th WNBA All-Star Game is scheduled for July 20 at Footprint Center in Phoenix.

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