MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Lynx at present introduced their broadcast schedule for the 2023 WNBA season. In a landmark deal, Ion will now nationally televise seven Minnesota video games on every Friday all through the 2023 season. Bally Sports North (BSN) will proceed their historic protection of the Lynx and can carry 31 absolutely produced video games that may air on BSN or BSN Extra.  

The 2023 season contains a record-high 40 common season video games (up from final season’s league-high 36) from May 19 by Sept. 3. The addition of Ion as a nationally televised recreation serves as a landmark enhance for continued enlargement of media protection of girls’s athletics.   

Minnesota’s schedule consists of 9 nationally televised video games (a rise from 4 in 2022) that may air on ESPN (July 22 vs. Vegas and Aug. 1 at Connecticut) and Ion (June 9 vs. Indiana, June 16 at Los Angeles, July 7 vs. Phoenix, Aug. 4 vs. New York, Aug. 18 at Seattle, Sept. 1 vs. Atlanta and Sept. 8 at Chicago). Amazon Prime Video will stream 4 video games (May 25 at Phoenix, June 1 vs. Connecticut, July 20 vs. Los Angeles and Aug. 10 at Indiana). Twitter and Meta VR will stream three video games alongside every platform ( May 23 vs. Atlanta, July 12 vs. Dallas and Aug. 22 vs. Dallas). Meta VR will even stream video games on May 19 vs. Chicago, June 7 at New York, June 11 vs. Los Angeles, Aug. 26 vs. New York and Sept. 10 at Indiana. Meta VR video games will solely be accessible by way of Meta Quest VR headsets.  

Saturday’s historic preseason recreation in Toronto, Canada in opposition to the Chicago Sky at Scotiabank Arena can be aired on Bally Sports North Extra with tip set for 3:00 p.m. CST. Bally Sports North’s protection of the common season begins on Friday, May 19 when the Lynx open their season at Target Center in opposition to the Chicago Sky at 7:00 p.m. CST.