The WNBA was already set to launch 11 years’ worth of season play across the many properties of NBCUniversal ….and then NBCU said it planned to spin off its cable networks.

As a result, the new spin off company, Versant , said Tuesday it had struck its own 11-year media rights pact that will make its USA cable network the home for WNBA games, as well as portions of the league’s playoffs and finals in certain years, all starting with the 2026 season. Some WNBA games will stay at NBCU , but the new agreement means USA will field its own production team, and, presumably, its own sportscasters. Comcast, the parent of NBCUniversal, is expected to finalize the spin off of Versant sometime around the end of 2025.

The new pact essentially expands the package of games that was slated to

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