WNBA Sky Ink Five-Year Local TV Deal Mercury Proudly Promoting Brittney Griner Griner Now Set To Be Face Of WNBA State Farm Signs Multiyear Deal With WNBA Griner A Key Cog In WNBA Rebranding Weekend Plans With WNBA President Laurel Richie ESPN Signs Six-Year Extension With WNBA League Notes League Notes WNBA Donations To Presidential Campaigns
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WNBA Chicago Sky Strike Five-Year Local TV Deal With A Ratings-Earning Station
Published May 21, 2013The WNBA Sky for the first time will have "nearly an entir... ESPN announced WNBA Storm G Sue Bird will be part of the net's studio...
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Top Pick Brittney Griner Playing Prominent Role In WNBA Mercury's Marketing Efforts
Published May 13, 2013WNBA Mercury C Brittney Griner has “generated large-sc... And it’s not just Phoenix, it’s not just the WNBA;” WNBA President Laurel Richie said, “She has an amazing...
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Brittney Griner "Unfazed" During WNBA Draft As She Is Set To Become Face Of The League
Published April 16, 2013WNBA Commissioner Laurel Richie said the introduction... The WNBA Draft last night was "promoted as a three-star as... Former WNBAer Sheryl Swoopes said, "I think what Brittney Gri... " The challenge for Griner and the WNBA "will be drawing an audience. ...Following record-low attendance last season, the WNBA has made Griner the "focal point of a new era," h...
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State Farm Kicks Off Multiyear Presenting Sponsorship Deal For WNBA Draft
Published April 15, 2013 by Theresa ManahanAs the WNBA ramps up preparations for its 17th season with it... ...ultiyear deal to be the presenting sponsor of the WNBA Draft, with signage at the event hosted on ESPN’s... ...as well as the presenting sponsor for the monthly WNBA Community Assist Award. ...and previously has had team-specific deals in the WNBA before brokering the league-wide partnership. ...the company plans to take a similar tone with the WNBA deal.
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Presumed Top Draft Pick Brittney Griner A Key Cog In WNBA's Rebranding Efforts
Published April 15, 2013...to be the No. 1 overall draft pick" in tonight's WNBA Draft, and she has “become a focal point of a lea... ESPN President John Skipper said that for WNBA viewership and attendance to grow at a desired le... ...ant," as perhaps no other player “has entered the WNBA with such visibility. The WNBA and ESPN are “hoping that Griner will create simi... ” The WNBA also should “get a boost” from Univ.
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Weekend Plans With WNBA President Laurel Richie: Bowling Pins & Future Planning
Published April 12, 2013 by Theresa ManahanAs March Madness winds down, WNBA President LAUREL RICHIE picks up the start of her... ...ague hosts a rookie orientation in advance of the WNBA Draft on Monday. ...who we believe are going to be entering into the WNBA on Monday.
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ESPN Signs Six-Year Extension With WNBA That Is Worth $12M Per Year
Published March 28, 2013 by Terry Lefton & John OurandThe WNBA has signed a six-year extension with ESPN that is... ...rth $12M per year, which amounts to about $1M per WNBA team, and runs through the '22 season. ...this afternoon, coinciding with a relaunch of the WNBA brand. ...reflect "the diversity and athleticism of today's WNBA," according to WNBA President Laurel Richie. ...ked up TV Everywhere rights that allow it to show WNBA games on ESPN3 and its WatchESPN app.
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League Notes
Published March 21, 2013...e under the header, “Can Brittney Griner Save The WNBA? ...r career, and that “will sell some tickets in the WNBA, a league desperate to get people in seats” (AP,...
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League Notes
Published March 14, 2013com's Mechelle Voepel reported WNBA Storm G Sue Bird "will join" Seattle F Lauren Jac... kson "on the sidelines for the 2013 WNBA season. ..."simply a health-based reality that most longtime WNBA players face at one time or another." It has been "this way since the WNBA began in 1997. ...pro athletes have to make money, the majority of WNBA players have competed overseas.
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WNBA Owners Give $55,900 To Presidential Campaigns During Election Cycle
Published October 31, 2012WNBA owners have contributed $55,900 to the campaigns... Obama has had four WNBA owners give donations, with three at the $5,000...
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WNBA Lynx' On-Court Success Translating To Increase In Tickets, Merch Sales
Published October 16, 2012The Lynx have now reached the WNBA Finals two straight seasons and the team's "on-co... " For some WNBA teams, "such a sponsorship is worth $1 million" a...
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WNBA Still Facing Attendance Challenge After 16 Seasons; League Shifts Marketing Ideals
Published October 08, 2012The WNBA “continues to fly under the radar even as it prep... WNBA officials said that merchandise sales have “incre... " Despite an uptick in season-ticket sales, the WNBA “had its lowest average regular-season attendance... ” The WNBA in a “significant shift" is now promoting "its to... ” Former WNBAer Chamique Holdsclaw said, “Sometimes it wasn’t t...
