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Pro women’s basketball · the magazine

The pro leagues.

The WNBA at the center. Unrivaled in the winter, Athletes Unlimited in the spring, and the overseas circuit where the rest of the year happens. Bylined columnists, long-form features, power rankings, TV guide. Sister to girlhoop.com for college, high school, and global youth.

4
pro leagues covered
15
WNBA teams in 2026
12+
overseas leagues tracked
2
winter circuits (Unrivaled / AU)

The W’s media moment isn’t a bubble — it’s a re-pricing.

Three years of climbing ratings, a new Disney/NBC/Amazon rights deal, two expansion clubs paying record entry fees: the case for treating women’s pro hoops as undervalued is no longer a niche argument.

The 2024 Finals drew the largest WNBA audience of the streaming era. The 2025 draft pulled bigger numbers than three of the last five NBA drafts. The 2026 schedule places the W on ABC, NBC, Prime Video, and ION simultaneously for the first time. None of that is a bubble; it’s the market catching up to a sport that was always there. Read the column →

This week, on TV.

Full TV-by-network guide →
ION · Friday Night Hoops
Connecticut @ New York Liberty
Fri, May 8 · 7:30 PM ET · preseason
ION · Friday Night Hoops
Washington @ Toronto Tempo
Fri, May 8 · 7:30 PM ET · preseason
ION · Friday Night Hoops
Golden State @ Seattle Storm
Fri, May 8 · 10:00 PM ET · preseason
NBC · opening Sunday
Las Vegas Aces @ Atlanta Dream
Sun, May 17 · 1:30 PM ET · regular season
Bylines · the masthead

The columnists.

Four voices, four beats. Standing columns, refreshed each week through the season.
The Lead
Pro · weekly

Whoever’s having the best week. Gets the front of the room.

The Bench
Roles · weekly

The careers no one tracks — bench scorers, sixth-women, late-rotation glue.

The Tape
Coaching · biweekly

Plays drawn out, sets diagrammed. What the X’s and O’s actually look like.

The Books
Business · monthly

Salary cap, CBA, ownership groups, expansion economics. Where the money flows.

Long form · updated when warranted

The features.

Stories that take three thousand words, not three hundred. Reported and edited at length.
Hoopwomen power index · Week 0

Pre-season rankings.

A predictive ranking, not a who-played-best-last-week ranking. Refreshed every Sunday once the season starts.
  1. 1New York Libertydefending champ · held core
  2. 2Las Vegas Aces+ a’ja health, deeper bench
  3. 3Minnesota Lynxcollier + reeve continuity
  4. 4Indiana Feverthird-year jump expected
  5. 5Phoenix Mercuryfree-agent winners

A computed, opinion-flavored top fifteen. Methodology lives on the rankings page; the numbers refresh every Sunday once the games matter.

See the full 15 →

The same sport, two registers. If you came in for high-school recruiting, college coverage, or the global game, that side of the house lives at girlhoop.com. hoopwomen is the pro-and-magazine sister.
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