Toronto’s Newest Pro Basketball Team Takes the Court This Week. Here Is How You Can Watch Their Games
- On Tuesday, Bell Media became the official Canadian broadcast rights-holder for the WNBA in a multiyear agreement coinciding with the inaugural Toronto Tempo season.
- Marking the league's 30th season and first international expansion, the Tempo will tip off at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Friday against the Washington Mystics.
- TSN will deliver live coverage of all Tempo games, with additional matchups airing on CTV and streaming on Crave, while 19 games air nationally in the United States.
- Canadian players Kia Nurse and Bridget Carleton praised the increased visibility, with Nurse saying Monday, "The welcome I got from the fans was so amazing."
- WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league plans to play games outside North America next year, signaling expansion beyond Canada as the sport's global reach grows.
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Toronto’s newest pro basketball team takes the court this week. Here is how you can watch their games
Bell Media was named the Canadian broadcast rights-holder for the WNBA on Tuesday as part of a multi-year agreement that coincides with the Toronto Tempo’s first season in the league.
WNBA is new in Toronto but women’s basketball has a long history in Canada
The WNBA, not surprisingly, chose Canada as the country to extend its footprint outside of the U.S. for the first time. But while the league will have a new franchise in the country with the expansion Toronto Tempo making their debut this season, Canada has been sending a pipeline of players to the U.S. for more than three...
While Toronto Tempo are new to WNBA, women's basketball has long history in Canada
The WNBA, not surprisingly, chose Canada as the country to extend its footprint outside the United States for the first time. Canadian players have been playing in America for more than 30 years.
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TSN to broadcast and stream all Tempo games as part of multi-year deal with WNBA
TORONTO - Bell Media was named the Canadian broadcast rights-holder for the WNBA on Tuesday as part of a multi-year agreement that coincides with the Toronto Tempo's first season in
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