How to Watch FREE WNBA Games Live Online

Tina Charles, right, and other WNBA stars can be seen live online.

The Women's National Basketball Association games were available live online in the 2011 season. The only exceptions were games blacked out by the local market. Some other online services may provide live coverage if they happen to carry a channel showing WNBA action.

Instructions

1. Register for WNBA Live Access at wnba.com. It is a free service, but users do need an account with the site and a password.

2. Check the computer for minimum system requirements. As of 2011, the minimum Windows requirements included a Pentium III 1 GHz or higher and a minimum of 512 MB of memory, and an operating system of Windows 7 or higher. Windows and Macs require Firefox and an Adobe Flash Player of 10.1.

3. Check the game schedules for live events, and the site schedule for archives. The site does keep a file for all games played that season.

4. Check some other sites that stream sporting events like TVUnetworks.com, Ustream.com and Justin.tv. These sites show some programming from TV and cable channels around the world. There is no guarantee they will have the channels showing WNBA games. Even when they do, the number of viewers online can diminish the quality of the live stream.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are getting very slow broadcast speeds and are sure your connection is ok then you may want to also have an alternate website in your bookmarks with streaming sports. Sometimes these sites get so many people watching the free WNBA games live that the quality of the stream suffers and changing to your alternate website to watch relieves the problem.

References

• WNBA.com/Live Access Q&A