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EPISODE · Jul 6, 2026 · 38 MIN

The WNBA at 30: Inside the League's Biggest Moment

from Business & Beyond with Gerry Dick · host IBJ Media

Thirty years ago, many questioned whether the WNBA would survive. Today, it's one of the hottest properties in sports. In this special edition, Gerry Dick sits down with Val Ackerman, the league's founding president, and Kelly Krauskopf, who helped launch the Indiana Fever and now oversees one of the league's most valuable franchises. They explore the league’s 30-year journey—from financial uncertainty and skepticism to record television audiences, sold-out arenas and unprecedented corporate interest. Ackerman and Krauskopf also discuss whether they believed this moment would eventually arrive—and why their answer is an emphatic "yes."  It's an insider's look at one of the great growth stories in professional sports—and where the WNBA goes from here.

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