How long is the WNBA All-Star break? Date, TV schedule for next games after 2024 Olympic break
After a hectic opening two months of basketball, the WNBA is taking a pause.
Women’s basketball’s best, including A’ja Wilson, Marine Johannes, and Ezi Magbegor, among others, is on hiatus for the time being, with the 2024 Paris Olympics bringing scores of WNBA talent to the French capital.
For many of the league’s top talents, the break is much needed. The W’s rookies have been through the gauntlet for much of the past year, thrust into professional competition immediately after their collegiate careers concluded. Newcomers and veterans alike have been greeted with a frantic schedule to start the WNBA campaign. The Fever, for example, played seven games in the first 11 days to begin their season.
Time waits for no one. The WNBA does, however, giving players about a month to tend to any nicks and scratches they have carried thus far. In the meantime, they’ll be able to follow along with all the Olympic action as it happens.
So, when is the W back in session? The Sporting News fills you in on the league’s scheduled return date once it finishes its Olympic-led hibernation.
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Will the WNBA break for the Paris Olympics?
Much like the NHL, the WNBA will halt its regularly scheduled programming over the course of the Olympics. The break will last about a month, giving fans and players alike a chance to recalibrate ahead of the stretch run.
The break will start on Thursday, July 18, with just one event — the WNBA All-Star game — interrupting it. That contest will serve as a tune-up game for Team USA, with the U.S.’s women’s 5v5 time slated to clash with Team WNBA, an All-Star bunch headlined by Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Arike Ogunbowale.
Beyond that, Olympic competition will have a clean slate to establish a basketball monopoly over the 16-day run of the Paris Games.
When does the WNBA come back?
The W is set to return on Thursday, Aug. 15, just four days after the Olympics concludes. That could prove a tight turnaround for the WNBA stars that litter rosters across the Olympic landscape. After all, the gold medal game is set to start at 9:30 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local time) on Aug. 11.
WNBA national TV schedule 2024
| Date | Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| Aug. 15 | Mercury at Sky | 8 p.m. | Prime |
| Mystics at Lynx | 8 p.m. | ESPN3, Sling | |
| Liberty at Sparks | 9 p.m. | ESPN, Sling | |
| Aug. 16 | Storm at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo |
| Mercury at Fever | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sun at Wings | 9:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Aug. 17 | Lynx at Mystics | 2 p.m. | CBS, Paramount+, Fubo |
| Liberty at Aces | 4 p.m. | CBS, Paramount+, Fubo | |
| Sky at Sparks | 5 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Aug. 18 | Sun at Dream | 3 p.m. | ESPN3, Sling |
| Storm at Fever | 3:30 p.m. | ABC, Sling | |
| Sparks at Aces | 6 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Sky at Mercury | 9 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Aug. 20 | Sparks at Sun | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Wings at Liberty | 7 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Storm at Mystics | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Aug. 21 | Mercury at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Lynx at Aces | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN, Sling | |
| Aug. 22 | Wings at Liberty | 7 p.m. | Prime |
| Aug. 23 | Mercury at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo |
| Sky at Sun | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sparks at Mystics | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Aces at Lynx | 9:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Aug. 24 | Sun at Liberty | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Fever at Lynx | 8 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Aug. 25 | Aces at Sky | Noon | CBS, Paramount+, Fubo |
| Sparks at Wings | 4 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Aug. 26 | Fever at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Liberty at Mercury | 10 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Mystics at Storm | 10 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Aug. 27 | Aces at Wings | 8 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Aug. 28 | Sun at Fever | 7 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Mystics at Sky | 8 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Liberty at Sparks | 10 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Lynx at Mercury | 10 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Dream at Storm | 10 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Aug. 30 | Fever at Sky | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo |
| Lynx at Wings | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Dream at Aces | 10 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Liberty at Storm | 10 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Aug. 31 | Sun at Mystics | 3 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Sept. 1 | Storm at Sun | 1 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Sky at Lynx | 3 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Fever at Wings | 4 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Aces at Mercury | 4 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Dream at Sparks | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sept. 3 | Storm at Sun | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Mystics at Wings | 8 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sky at Aces | 10 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Dream at Mercury | 10 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sept. 4 | Sparks at Fever | 7 p.m. | CBSSN, Fubo |
| Sept. 5 | Storm at Liberty | 7 p.m. | Prime |
| Mystics at Mercury | 10 p.m. | Prime | |
| Sept. 6 | Wings at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo |
| Aces at Sun | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Lynx at Fever | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sparks at Sky | 9:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sept. 7 | Mercury at Storm | 9 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Sept. 8 | Lynx at Mystics | 3 p.m. | ESPN3, Sling |
| Dream at Fever | 4 p.m. | ESPN3, Sling | |
| Aces at Liberty | 4 p.m. | ESPN, Sling | |
| Wings at Sky | 6 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sun at Sparks | 9 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sept. 10 | Lynx at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Liberty at Wings | 8 p.m. | CBSSN, Fubo | |
| Sun at Sparks | 10 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sept. 11 | Aces at Fever | 7 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Mystics at Sky | 8 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Storm at Sparks | 10 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sept. 12 | Liberty at Wings | 8 p.m. | Prime |
| Sept. 13 | Mystics at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo |
| Aces at Fever | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Storm at Wings | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sky at Lynx | 7:30 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sun at Mercury | 10 p.m. | ION, Fubo | |
| Sept. 15 | Wings at Fever | 3 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling |
| Lynx at Liberty | 3 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Dream at Mystics | 3 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Mercury at Sky | 6 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sun at Aces | 6 p.m. | CBSSN, Fubo | |
| Sparks at Storm | 6 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Sept. 17 | Lynx at Sun | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Liberty at Mystics | 7 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Sky at Dream | 7:30 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Aces at Storm | 10 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Mercury at Sparks | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN, Fubo | |
| Sept. 19 | Sky at Sun | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
| Dream at Liberty | 7 p.m. | NBA TV, Sling | |
| Fever at Mystics | 7 p.m. | Prime | |
| Sparks at Lynx | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Wings at Aces | 9 p.m. | WNBA League Pass | |
| Storm at Mercury | 9 p.m. | WNBA League Pass |
