Women's National Basketball Association references on wikipedia
Women's_National_Basketball_Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. It currently is composed of thirteen teams from around the United States. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA. League play started in 1997; the regular season is played from June to September with the playoffs starting in mid-September and running into October.