Get ESPN WBB News
Get ESPN Women's College Basketball News
Value
Returns a tibble of news articles.
| col_name | types | description |
| id | character | Unique play identifcation number |
| type | character | Record type / category. |
| headline | character | News headline. |
| description | character | Long-form description text. |
| published | character | Publication timestamp (ISO 8601). |
| premium | logical | Premium. |
| byline | character | News article byline / author. |
| link_web | character | Web link / URL. |
| league_id | character | League identifier ('10' = WNBA). |
Details
Retrieve ESPN women's college basketball news. Uses
getOption("wehoop.proxy") or http_proxy/https_proxy environment
variables for proxy configuration (per-call proxy override is not
supported for ESPN wrappers).
See also
Other ESPN WBB Functions:
espn_wbb_athletes_index(),
espn_wbb_award(),
espn_wbb_calendar(),
espn_wbb_coach(),
espn_wbb_coach_record(),
espn_wbb_coach_season(),
espn_wbb_coaches(),
espn_wbb_conferences(),
espn_wbb_franchise(),
espn_wbb_franchises(),
espn_wbb_game_all(),
espn_wbb_game_broadcasts(),
espn_wbb_game_odds(),
espn_wbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_wbb_game_officials(),
espn_wbb_game_play(),
espn_wbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_wbb_game_player_box(),
espn_wbb_game_powerindex(),
espn_wbb_game_predictor(),
espn_wbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_wbb_game_propbets(),
espn_wbb_game_rosters(),
espn_wbb_game_situation(),
espn_wbb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_wbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_wbb_game_team_records(),
espn_wbb_game_team_roster(),
espn_wbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_wbb_game_team_score(),
espn_wbb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_wbb_injuries(),
espn_wbb_leaders(),
espn_wbb_pbp(),
espn_wbb_player_awards(),
espn_wbb_player_box(),
espn_wbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_wbb_player_eventlog(),
espn_wbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wbb_player_gamelog(),
espn_wbb_player_info(),
espn_wbb_player_overview(),
espn_wbb_player_seasons(),
espn_wbb_player_splits(),
espn_wbb_player_statisticslog(),
espn_wbb_player_stats(),
espn_wbb_player_stats_v3(),
espn_wbb_position(),
espn_wbb_positions(),
espn_wbb_powerindex(),
espn_wbb_rankings(),
espn_wbb_scoreboard(),
espn_wbb_season_awards(),
espn_wbb_season_group(),
espn_wbb_season_group_children(),
espn_wbb_season_group_teams(),
espn_wbb_season_groups(),
espn_wbb_season_info(),
espn_wbb_season_leaders(),
espn_wbb_season_ranking(),
espn_wbb_season_rankings(),
espn_wbb_season_type(),
espn_wbb_season_types(),
espn_wbb_season_week(),
espn_wbb_season_weeks(),
espn_wbb_seasons(),
espn_wbb_standings(),
espn_wbb_team(),
espn_wbb_team_box(),
espn_wbb_team_injuries(),
espn_wbb_team_leaders(),
espn_wbb_team_news(),
espn_wbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_wbb_team_roster(),
espn_wbb_team_schedule(),
espn_wbb_team_season_profile(),
espn_wbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_wbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_wbb_team_stats(),
espn_wbb_teams(),
espn_wbb_tournament(),
espn_wbb_tournament_season(),
espn_wbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_wbb_tournaments(),
espn_wbb_venues(),
espn_wbb_week_ranking(),
espn_wbb_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_wbb_news(limit = 5)
#> ── ESPN WOMENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL News from ESPN.com ─────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 05:45:08 UTC
#> # A tibble: 5 × 9
#> id type headline description published premium byline link_web league_id
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 4.90e7 Head… Arizona… "Arizona w… 2026-06-… FALSE NA https:/… 54
#> 2 4.90e7 Head… SEC's S… "SEC commi… 2026-06-… FALSE NA https:/… 3170
#> 3 4.90e7 Head… NCAA pa… "The NCAA … 2026-06-… FALSE NA https:/… 3170
#> 4 4.90e7 Head… Virgini… "Virginia … 2026-06-… FALSE Andre… https:/… 23
#> 5 4.90e7 Head… Nick Sa… "Nick Saba… 2026-06-… FALSE Heath… https:/… 23
# }