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Reigning WNBA MVP Elena Donne and the Chicago Sky will help open the new season when they host the Connecticut Sun at 7 p.m. CT on May 14, as the league announced key dates in its 2016 schedule on Thursday.

The Sky will play at least three nationally televised games, with a date against the Los Angeles Sparks (May 24) and two against the defending champion Minnesota Lynx set to air on ESPN2 (July 5, Sept. 13).

More local and national TV dates will be announced later.

The regular season will run through Sept. 18, with a break from July 23 throgh Aug. 25 for the Rio Olympics, which begin Aug. 5. The WNBA playoffs begin Sept. 21.

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DATE OPPONENT TIME TV
May 14 Connecticut Sun 7 p.m.  
May 18 Minnesota Lynx 11:30 a.m.  
May 22 at Atlanta Dream 2 p.m.  
May 24 L.A. Sparks 6 p.m. ESPN2
May 27 at San Antonio Stars 7 p.m.  
May 29 at Dallas Wings 3:30 p.m.  
June 1 at Washington Mystics 6 p.m.  
June 3 Washington Mystics 7:30 p.m.  
June 10 at Indiana Fever 6 p.m.  
June 12 at Phoenix Mercury 5 p.m.  
June 14 at L.A. Sparks 9:30 p.m.  
June 17 at Atlanta Dream 6:30 p.m.  
June 21 San Antonio Stars 7 p.m.  
June 24 at N.Y. Liberty 6:30 p.m.  
June 29 Indiana Fever 11:30 a.m.  
July 1 Washington Mystics 7:30 p.m.  
July 5 at Minnesota Lynx 7 p.m. ESPN2
July 8 N.Y. Liberty 7:30 p.m.  
July 10 Phoenix Mercury 5 p.m.  
July 13 L.A. Sparks 11:30 a.m.  
July 15 Dallas Wings 7:30 p.m.  
July 17 at Seattle Storm 6 p.m.  
July 19 at Phoenix Mercury 9 p.m.  
July 22 Connecticut Sun 7:30 p.m.  
Aug. 26 Atlanta Dream 7:30 p.m.  
Aug. 28 at Dallas Wings 3:30 p.m.  
Sept. 2 Seattle Storm 7:30 p.m.  
Sept. 4 San Antonio Stars 5 p.m.  
Sept. 7 at Washington Mystics 6 p.m.  
Sept. 9 at Indiana Fever 6 p.m.  
Sept. 11 at Connecticut Sun Noon  
Sept. 13 Minnesota Lynx 7 p.m. ESPN2
Sept. 16 N.Y. Liberty 7:30 p.m.  
Sept. 18 at Seattle Storm 6 p.m.

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