NBC broadcast lineup for 2026 WNBA coverage announced

by March 19, 2026

written by March 19, 2026

News of a tentative collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA and players association has sent a wave of relief and excitement across women’s basketball.

With fears of a work stoppage subsiding, attention turns to the start of the WBNA season on May 8.

Front Office Sports reported on March 19 that NBC Sports has set its broadcast lineup for WNBA games. NBC will broadcast the WNBA for the first time since 2002.

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Noah Eagle, Michael Grady and Zora Stephenson will call the games, as shared by the Front Office Sports X account.

Noah Eagle, the son of longtime CBS Sports announcer Ian Eagle, is NBC’s lead college football announcer. He also calls NBA games and covered men’s and women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Grady covers the NBA and WNBA for NBC and Amazon Prime. He will be the lead announcer along with WNBA great Candace Parker for WNBA games on Amazon Prime. Stephenson calls women’s college basketball games and is a sideline reporter for NBA games.

According to Front Office Sports, NBC, Peacock and USA will broadcast “at least 50” WNBA regular-season and playoff games this season with five games slated for NBC. A broadcast schedule has not been released. In January, USA revealed Kate Scott as its lead WNBA play-by-play announcer and Elle Duncan as studio host.

ESPN reported the verbal agreement between the WNBA and players association on March 18. The new salary cap will start at $7 million, with supermax contracts starting at $1.4 million per year.

The season begins with a three-game slate on May 8. Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever face Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings in the season opener for both teams on May 9.