WCIU will be the broadcast partner for Sky games for another season.
The Sky announced Monday that The UToo, Channel 26.2, which has broadcast Sky games for the last two seasons, will air 15 home and eight road games in 2019.
The first game available on The UToo is the Sky’s home opener at 7 p.m. June 1, when they host the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm at Wintrust Arena.
The Sky brought in Jordan Cornette to be the analyst. He’ll join play-by-play announcer Lisa Byington and sideline reporter Patricia Babcok-McGraw. Cornette, who played basketball at Notre Dame, is a TV studio analyst and color commentator for ESPN. He also serves as co-host of WCIU’s “The Jam” and appears on ESPN 1000’s “Kap & Co.”
Additionally, five Sky games will air on CBS Sports Network, and four will be streamed live on Twitter.
The first game on CBSSN will be the Sky’s season opener May 25 against the Minnesota Lynx. CBSSN also will televise the Sky when they face former league MVP Elena Delle Donne and the Washington Mystics on June 5 and when they host the Lynx at Wintrust Arena on July 10.
The Sky’s last two games on CBSSN will be Aug. 9 against the Las Vegas Aces and Aug. 16 against the Los Angeles Sparks.
Meanwhile, the Sky’s June 25 game against the Aces will be available on the WNBA’s Twitter account (@WNBA). The social-media site also will stream the Sky when they face the Atlanta Dream on two occasions, July 17 and Aug. 20. The Sky-Liberty game Aug. 7 also will be available on Twitter.
All Sky games will be streamed on WNBA League Pass, which will be available on iOS and Android devices.
Here’s the full schedule on WCIU:
Fans can find The UToo over the air on channels 48.1 and 26.2 as well as through the respective cable and satellite providers listed below:
Xfinity – Channel 230
RCN – Channel 610
AT&T U-Verse – Channel 24
WOW! – Channel 170
DISH Network – Channel 48
