Ep. 43 | A WNBA Title Could Be Clinched at 12:30 in the Afternoon

Raising the Game: Covering WNBA, NWSL, PWHL & More · Oct 28, 2026 · 1h 8m

The WNBA could crown a champion at 12:30 in the afternoon on a Thursday, and that tells you most of what you need to know about how women's sports still get scheduled.

Game 6 of the WNBA Finals tips at 12:30 p.m. Eastern at State Farm Arena, 9:30 a.m. on the West Coast, because the Atlanta Hawks had the building that evening. Caitlin's word for it is egregious. Not surprising, which is its own indictment, but egregious. The reporting says the conflict has been in conversations for months, and if that's true it makes the outcome worse rather than better: the league had time to figure it out…