Get ESPN WNBA News
Get ESPN WNBA 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 WNBA 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 WNBA Functions:
espn_wnba_athletes_index(),
espn_wnba_award(),
espn_wnba_calendar(),
espn_wnba_coach_season(),
espn_wnba_coaches(),
espn_wnba_conferences(),
espn_wnba_draft(),
espn_wnba_draft_athlete_detail(),
espn_wnba_draft_athletes(),
espn_wnba_draft_pick(),
espn_wnba_draft_rounds(),
espn_wnba_draft_status(),
espn_wnba_franchise(),
espn_wnba_franchises(),
espn_wnba_freeagents(),
espn_wnba_futures(),
espn_wnba_game_all(),
espn_wnba_game_broadcasts(),
espn_wnba_game_odds(),
espn_wnba_game_official_detail(),
espn_wnba_game_officials(),
espn_wnba_game_play(),
espn_wnba_game_play_personnel(),
espn_wnba_game_player_box(),
espn_wnba_game_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_game_predictor(),
espn_wnba_game_probabilities(),
espn_wnba_game_propbets(),
espn_wnba_game_rosters(),
espn_wnba_game_situation(),
espn_wnba_game_team_leaders(),
espn_wnba_game_team_linescores(),
espn_wnba_game_team_records(),
espn_wnba_game_team_roster(),
espn_wnba_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_wnba_game_team_score(),
espn_wnba_game_team_statistics(),
espn_wnba_injuries(),
espn_wnba_leaders(),
espn_wnba_pbp(),
espn_wnba_player_awards(),
espn_wnba_player_box(),
espn_wnba_player_career_stats(),
espn_wnba_player_eventlog(),
espn_wnba_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wnba_player_gamelog(),
espn_wnba_player_info(),
espn_wnba_player_overview(),
espn_wnba_player_seasons(),
espn_wnba_player_splits(),
espn_wnba_player_statisticslog(),
espn_wnba_player_stats(),
espn_wnba_player_stats_v3(),
espn_wnba_position(),
espn_wnba_positions(),
espn_wnba_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_scoreboard(),
espn_wnba_season_awards(),
espn_wnba_season_draft(),
espn_wnba_season_group(),
espn_wnba_season_group_children(),
espn_wnba_season_group_teams(),
espn_wnba_season_groups(),
espn_wnba_season_info(),
espn_wnba_season_leaders(),
espn_wnba_season_ranking(),
espn_wnba_season_rankings(),
espn_wnba_season_type(),
espn_wnba_season_types(),
espn_wnba_season_week(),
espn_wnba_season_weeks(),
espn_wnba_seasons(),
espn_wnba_standings(),
espn_wnba_team(),
espn_wnba_team_box(),
espn_wnba_team_injuries(),
espn_wnba_team_leaders(),
espn_wnba_team_news(),
espn_wnba_team_record(),
espn_wnba_team_record_detail(),
espn_wnba_team_roster(),
espn_wnba_team_schedule(),
espn_wnba_team_season_profile(),
espn_wnba_team_season_roster(),
espn_wnba_team_season_statistics(),
espn_wnba_team_stats(),
espn_wnba_teams(),
espn_wnba_transactions(),
espn_wnba_venues(),
espn_wnba_week_ranking(),
espn_wnba_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_wnba_news(limit = 5)
#> ── ESPN WNBA News from ESPN.com ──────────────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 05:45:48 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 Recap Janelle… — Janelle … 2026-06-… FALSE NA http://… 59
#> 2 4.90e7 Media Seattle… Watch the … 2026-06-… FALSE NA https:/… 59
#> 3 4.90e7 Recap Citron … — Sonia Ci… 2026-06-… FALSE NA http://… 59
#> 4 4.90e7 Media Washing… Watch the … 2026-06-… FALSE NA https:/… 59
#> 5 4.87e7 Story Fantasy… Whether le… 2026-06-… FALSE ESPN … https:/… 59
# }