March 26, 2026
Amy Audibert (Game and Studio) and Lea B. Olsen (Game) to Serve as Analysts; Carlan Gay to Call Games as Play-by-Play Commentator
USA Sports’ WNBA Announce Team Includes: Elle Duncan and Renee Montgomery (Studio Coverage), Kate Scott and Meghan McPeak (Play-by-Play), Sarah Kustok (Game Analyst), and Paris Lawson and Edona Thaqi (Game Broadcasts and Studio Coverage)
USA Sports to Present 50-Plus WNBA Games in 2026 Including Playoff and WNBA Finals Games
STAMFORD, Conn. – March 26, 2026 – USA Sports today announced that WNBA legends Tamika Catchings and Chamique Holdsclaw and esteemed commentators Amy Audibert and Lea B. Olsen will be analysts and Carlan Gay will be a play-by-play commentator for its upcoming inaugural season of WNBA coverage on USA Network, adding to the previously announced broadcasters for USA Sports’ coverage of the 2026 WNBA season.
Catchings and Holdsclaw, WNBA all-time greats and former University of Tennessee teammates for two seasons including the Lady Vols’ undefeated 1997-98 National Championship team, will join USA Sports as WNBA analysts, with Holdsclaw handling studio coverage and Catchings serving as a game analyst.
Catchings, one of the most decorated basketball players of all-time with a career that included winning a WNBA championship, an NCAA National Championship, and four Olympic gold medals, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020. Holdsclaw, the 1999 WNBA Rookie of the Year whose playing career included six WNBA All-Star selections, is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Finalist this year for the Class of 2026.
Audibert, radio and television studio analyst for the Miami Heat who will work game and studio coverage, and Olsen, a long-time analyst for the Minnesota Lynx who will work games, will serve as analysts on USA Network this season.
Gay has served as play-by-play voice for FIBA since 2017, covering a wide range of international events, including multiple World Cups, EuroBasket tournaments, men’s and women’s AmeriCups, and men’s and women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
Catchings, Holdsclaw, Audibert, Olsen, and Gay join USA Sports’ previously announced WNBA commentators (click here for more on each individual):
Play-by-play: Kate Scott, Meghan McPeak, Carlan Gay
Game Analysts: Sarah Kustok, Tamika Catchings, Amy Audibert, Lea B. Olsen, Edona Thaqi
Sideline Reporter: Paris Lawson, Edona Thaqi
Studio Hosts: Elle Duncan, Paris Lawson
Studio Analysts: Renee Montgomery, Chamique Holdsclaw, Amy Audibert, Edona Thaqi
Following are more details on USA Sports’ newly announced WNBA commentators:
TAMIKA CATCHINGS – GAME ANALYST
Played her entire 15-year WNBA career with the Indiana Fever; Was the 2011 WNBA MVP, a 10-time WNBA All-Star, 12-time All-WNBA selection and won five WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards
Led the Fever to the 2012 WNBA Championship and was named Finals MVP
Won four Olympic gold medals as a member of Team USA (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Was a four-time All-American at the University of Tennessee, a member of the 1997-98 undefeated National Championship team, and was named the 2000 Naismith Player of the Year
Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020
Has served as a women’s college basketball game analyst on the SEC Network
CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW – STUDIO ANALYST
Eleven-season WNBA career included six WNBA All-Star, three All-WNBA selections and was the 2002 scoring champion
Inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 and is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Finalist for the Class of 2026
Won the 1999 WNBA Rookie of the Year after being selected No. 1 overall in the 1999 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics
Led the University of Tennessee to three consecutive NCAA Championships (1996-98), was a two-time Naismith College Player of the Year, and is the SEC women’s basketball all-time leading scorer
Won a gold medal as a member of Team USA at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
Won the 2010 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award
AMY AUDIBERT – GAME & STUDIO ANALYST
Has served as a radio and television studio analyst for the Miami Heat since the 2022-23 season
Previously spent the 2021-22 NBA season as a courtside analyst and reporter for Sportsnet on Toronto Raptors games and was part of broadcast history in 2021 when she served as the studio analyst for the first all-female NBA broadcast on TSN
Served as an analyst for Atlanta Dream games in 2019 and has called basketball games across CBS Sports, NBA TV, ESPN+, The ACC Network Extra, and more
Played four seasons at the University of Miami and was named team captain and earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball Team during her senior season
LEA B. OLSEN – GAME ANALYST
Has served as an analyst for the Minnesota Lynx for 15 seasons
Has covered the Minnesota Timberwolves as a sideline reporter and has served as an analyst on ESPN’s WNBA coverage
Played basketball at the University of Minnesota and was named a team captain
Founder of Rethink the Win, championing young athletes as complete people and the positive impacts of sports beyond the game
CARLAN GAY – PLAY-BY-PLAY
Has called a wide range of international basketball events for FIBA since 2017, including multiple World Cups, EuroBasket tournaments, men’s and women’s AmeriCups, and men’s and women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Serves as an assistant managing editor for The Sporting News, overseeing official NBA.com sites in Australia, Canada and India
A native of Canada, writes columns for NBA International focused on Canadian players across the league
Last year, USA Sports and the WNBA announced an 11-year media rights agreement for USA Network to present WNBA games – including the regular-season and portions of the Playoffs and WNBA Finals in select years – beginning with the 2026 season.
As part of the multi-year agreement which runs through 2036, USA Sports will present at least 50 WNBA games annually on USA Network, including coverage of the WNBA Playoffs and WNBA Finals games in select years beginning this year.
USA Sports’ WNBA coverage on USA Network will be anchored by Wednesday night doubleheaders featuring marquee matchups across the league. Each broadcast night will also include dedicated pre-game and post-game studio programming, establishing USA Network as a weekly destination for WNBA fans.
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