{"id":562578,"date":"2026-03-26T18:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/562578\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:14:20","slug":"cbs-sports-inks-new-wnba-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/562578\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Sports Inks New WNBA Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"0ffb9caf-488c-4464-9b53-0500bcffaac3\">CBS Sports and the WNBA have expanded their seven\u2011year deal through a new long\u2011term, multiplatform rights agreement. Under the new package of rights, CBS Sports will feature up to 20 regular\u2011season games annually on the CBS Television Network and streaming live on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports will present 20 regular-season games for the upcoming 2026 season, marking the network\u2019s most ever WNBA games on broadcast television.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"0ffb9caf-488c-4464-9b53-0500bcffaac3-2\">\u201cThe WNBA\u2019s growth and cultural impact have never been stronger, and CBS Sports is proud to deepen our longstanding partnership with a league that continues to drive the evolution of women\u2019s sports,\u201d said Dan Weinberg, executive vice president, programming, CBS Sports. \u201cWith our entire schedule of games on broadcast television, we are broadening the league\u2019s reach and amplifying the WNBA\u2019s momentum with best\u2011in\u2011class coverage that reflects the excellence of its athletes and resonates with fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below <\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports said that Jordan Kent (play-by-play), Isis \u201cIce\u201d Young (analyst) and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) will return as the WNBA on CBS\u2019s lead broadcast team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WNBA Tip Off Show\u201d the Network\u2019s pregame, halftime and postgame studio show, will expand to support 10 matchups including six shows airing on CBS and Paramount+ and four digital-exclusive editions available via CBS Sports HQ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The professional video industry&#8217;s #1 source for news, trends and product and tech information. Sign up below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CBS Sports and the WNBA have expanded their seven\u2011year deal through a new long\u2011term, multiplatform rights agreement. Under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-562578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}