WNBA All-Star weekend is tipping off Friday night with the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The show will go on despite Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark sitting out the 3-point Contest and the All-Star Game due to injury.

Starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, the WNBA All-Star Weekend airs on ESPN starting on Friday (July 18). The WNBA All-Star 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge is available to livestream with Sling TV.

Let’s take an easy example, and focus specifically on TV money: The WNBA’s new TV deal, which goes into effect next season, is around $200 million a year. Half would go to player salaries. Split that $100M among the 15 teams in 2026. That’s $6.5 million per year per team for salaries, a $5 million increase from the current salary cap.

Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman started a Twitch live stream a couple of months ago. It went viral during All-Star weekend in Indianapolis.

While fellow WNBA stars like Angel Reese and Cameron Brink have shown love for the dating show, Clark prefers a more low-key approach to relaxation. Her go-to de-stressors? Rewatching “The Parent Trap,” playing golf and sleeping, lots of it.

Wagner is joining the Storm’s ownership group, becoming the latest pro athlete to invest in the surging league.

WNBA players made a statement about being paid more as they negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the league.