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CBS sports signs multiyear deal with WNBA

The WNBA is nearly doubling its national TV exposure with a multiyear deal with CBS Sports. CBS Sports Network will broadcast 40 WNBA games beginning next month when the season opens. The Minnesota Lynx vs. the Chicago Sky on May 25 will be the first game on the CBS Sports Network. “Through our partnership with...

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KeyArena’s renovation progress shows the interior of the arena, originally built for the 1962 World’s Fair, as it is being demolished. The arena will be completely replaced with the exception of the classic old Coliseum roof. The floor of the new arena will be 15 feet deeper than where the current floor exists today.

Photographed on April 19, 2019. 209971

April 20, 2019 at 6:26 pm

Rising costs of KeyArena doesn’t impact Seattle taxpayers — but there’s cause for concern | Matt Calkins

The rising cost of the project is covered, but there's plenty of uncertainties about when the arena will finally host WNBA and NHL games.

Breanna Stewart gets an ovation when the postgame announcer says she’s the youngest player in league history to reach 1,000 career points, and 500 rebounds. The Dallas Wings played the Seattle Storm in WNBA action Friday, July 28, 2017 at KeyArena in Seattle, WA. 202365

April 19, 2019 at 6:00 am

Breanna Stewart’s Achilles injury underscores need for WNBA to find solution to pay issue | Larry Stone

Stewart's season-ending injury is devastating news to the Storm, who had their sights set on a WNBA title defense. For the league, it’s a huge...

Breanna Stewart cracks a smile after winning the game against Minnesota 85-75 at Key Arena on August 3, 2018. Stewart scored 20 points. 207268

April 17, 2019 at 10:08 am

Storm star Breanna Stewart undergoes surgery on Achilles, will miss 2019 WNBA season

The Storm will to be without the WNBA's reigning most valuable player, Breanna Stewart, for the 2019 season after having surgery to repair the ruptured...

League MVP Breanna Stewart finished the game with 27 points and 2 blocked shots.

The Phoenix Mercury played the Seattle Storm in the second game of the best-of-five WNBA Semifinals Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at KeyArena in Seattle. 207562

April 15, 2019 at 8:49 pm

Storm star Breanna Stewart will likely miss upcoming season with torn Achilles tendon

The WNBA defending champion Seattle Storm could be without reigning MVP Breanna Stewart for the upcoming season.

FILE – In this June 7, 2017 file photo, New York Liberty guard Shavonte Zellous (1) gestures in the second half of an WNBA basketball game against the Atlanta Dream in New York. Zellous is thrilled that the New York Liberty will have a float in Sunday’s pride parade, the first for a sports franchise in the city. “I’m excited. I haven’t been in a pride parade before, so I think I’m more excited than most,” said Zellous, a guard who wore rainbow-colored shoes Friday night, June 23 for the Liberty’s pride game. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

April 11, 2019 at 4:44 pm

Storm adds veteran free agent guard Shavonte Zellous

Zellous started 22 games last year while averaging 8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and career-high 3.0 assists per game.

Storm fans react to the choice of Ezi Magbegor from Australia with the 12th pick in Wednesday’s WNBA Draft. Ozzie’s on lower Queen Anne hosted Storm fans Wednesday come to see who the team would draft in the 2019 WNBA draft. The Storm chose Ezi Magbefor, a forward out of Australia. Photographed Wednesday, April 10, 2019. 209870

April 10, 2019 at 9:29 pm

The Storm is No. 1 on the court. With rising fan interest, can it lead the WNBA off it?

The Storm is now No. 1 in the league in merchandise sales, boosted by a record-breaking 48-hour period following the championship victory. Ticket sales are...

Seattle Storm’s Noelle Quinn (45) tries to drive past Connecticut Sun’s Jasmine Thomas during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Friday, June 15, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

February 21, 2019 at 11:15 am

Veteran Storm guard Noelle Quinn calls it quits and joins Seattle’s coaching staff

After 12 years in the WNBA, Quinn is moving to the sidelines and will start her coaching career with the Storm.

Seattle Storm star Sue Bird was at Wednesday night’s game scouting for the Denver Nuggets.

USC played Washington in men’s Pac-12 Basketball Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, WA. 209152

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am

Sue Bird has an eye for basketball talent. Here’s how she’s using it in her NBA role with the Nuggets.

A three-time champion with the Storm, Sue Bird used her offseason to keep working. Just in a different way. While she's still preparing for another...

Storm forward Crystal Langhorne warms up before the Seattle Storm took on the Washington Mystics for game three of the WNBA Finals September 12. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

February 1, 2019 at 4:07 pm

Storm re-signs Crystal Langhorne, Mercedes Russell to long-term deals

On the first day of WNBA free agency, the Storm secured veteran forward Crystal Lanhorne and second-year center Mercedes Russell to shore up its depth...

January 22, 2019 at 5:20 pm

Poll: Which of these Seattle pro athletes will be the next one voted into their sport’s Hall of Fame?

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