WNBA Reaches Deal With Scripps as Sports Leagues Embrace Free TV

The WNBA has reached a deal to air regular season games on Friday nights on the ION network in a sign of how sports leagues are trying to reach more fans on free over-the-air TV.

ION will broadcast the Women’s National Basketball Association games from May 26 to Sept. 8, according to a statement from the league and ION’s owner, Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps Co.