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Where to Find WNBA Game Scores Online

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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is more than 20 years old now. Over the time it's expanded from the original eight teams that made up the sport in 1996 to the current 12 split that are across Eastern and Western conferences. Although the women's version of the game can't compete for attendance and TV numbers with the men's, this is a growing sport that's now running with a major multi-million dollar TV deal. If you'd like to keep up with the sport, you'll need access to ABC, ESPN or NBA TV to watch the matches live. If not, where can you find the best information on the sport?

Coverage

It seems to be true with sport that the broadcasters which have the current TV deal with the sport support the competition by producing a lot of content on their website. Those that no longer show a sport tend to wind down their coverage of it so the best site to visit for news on the sport is ESPN. ESPN.com run real-time game scores on their site on the WNBA Scoreboard part of the site. You'll also find regular updates on their Twitter feed.

WNBA

The other site you need to check out if you want to know the scores is the game's official site wnba.com. There you'll be able to find out about everything you'd like to know about the sport, its teams, and its players. News and standings keep you informed on the current season, and you can watch videos of action from the most recent games. You can also check out stats and look back over the history of the sport.

Inequality

Women's sports never pay as much as men's. That's true of golf and professional wrestling but it's no longer the case with women's tennis, a sport that's really pushed the boundaries for professional women's sports. The same can't be said for basketball where the top male players like LeBron James and Stephen Curry earn upwards of 30 million dollars while the best players in the WNBA earn only $113,000 for their work.

Wages

The average wage for WBNA players is currently $75,000. These players put their bodies on the line just as much as their male counterparts but they don't earn anything like the sort of money the major NBA players do. That's mainly down to the popularity of the sport and the sort of commercial deals on offer to the teams participating in each version of basketball. Each team in the NBA take a share from the $2.6 billion paid out each year in the latest TV deal while those in the WNBA only earn $1 million each from the current ESPN deal.

Watching Online

When you check out the history of women's sports you get a long list of female-only versions of major sports that didn't last very long. The National Women's Football League and the Women's Professional Basketball League are two examples of female-only leagues that only ran for a handful of seasons. By contrast, the WBNA is a major success that continues to grow. Coverage is available on cable TV and online through NBA TV, where you can get access to 54 matches, and Twitter which will broadcast 20 matches in 2018. But if you want access to every match, you'll need to subscribe to WNBA League Pass which you can access through iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Chromecast and Android devices.