The 2025 WNBA season will get underway on Friday, May 16, with three games on ION, which, like Scripps News, is also owned by the E.W. Scripps Company.

Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx will take on this year's No. 1 overall draft pick Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings at 7:30 p.m. ET. At the same time, Brittney Griner and the Atlanta Dream will visit Brittney Sykes and the Washington Mystics.

Then at 10 p.m. ET, the inaugural season for the Golden State Valkyries gets underway against Cameron Brink and the Los Angeles Sparks.

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The action continues Saturday with a doubleheader on ABC when three-time WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas A

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