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WNBA Kicks Off 15-Team Season, Adds New Franchise

5/4/2026

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Story summary
  • The WNBA opens Friday with 15 teams, adding a franchise after a CBA-TV deal with NBC and USA Sports.
  • The Las Vegas Aces start as champions, retain five starters and add Carter, Talbot and Brianna Turner.
  • The New York Liberty start with Stewart, Jones, Ionescu and Sabally, plus Laney-Hamilton.
  • Indiana Fever rely on Clark, Mitchell and Boston with help from rookie Johnson.
  • Atlanta Dream’s volume and Brionna Jones’s return yield wins.