in the WNBA is set to get a larger platform. Per a report by Sports Media Watch, the clash between the two former college hoops superstars will be broadcast on ESPN instead of NBA TV as originally scheduled
ESPN was somehow scheduled for zero games between Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever and Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky, but that has been remedied. June 1 game flexed from NBA TV to ESPN,” Sports Media Watch tweeted before linking their schedule of WNBA regular season games and where they’d be broadcast.
This is welcome news for both Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese fans alike, as the Sky and Fever are set to duel on a Saturday afternoon live on ESPN. The game is expected to draw significant attention. Clark’s first WNBA regular season game versus the Connecticut Sun, broadcasted on ESPN, attracted 2.1 million viewers across ESPN2, ESPN+, and Disney+. Peak viewership hit 2.3 million from 7:45 p.m. to 7:59 p.m., as reported by NBC Connecticut, surpassing ESPN’s prior record of nearly 1.5 million viewers set during a Phoenix Mercury-Connecticut Sun game on May 22, 2004, during Diana Taurasi’s rookie year.
