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_athlete_awards(),
espn_wnba_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_wnba_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_wnba_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wnba_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_wnba_athlete_info(),
espn_wnba_athlete_overview(),
espn_wnba_athlete_seasons(),
espn_wnba_athlete_splits(),
espn_wnba_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_wnba_athlete_stats(),
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_athletes(),
espn_wnba_draft_pick(),
espn_wnba_draft_rounds(),
espn_wnba_draft_status(),
espn_wnba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_wnba_event_odds(),
espn_wnba_event_officials(),
espn_wnba_event_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_event_predictor(),
espn_wnba_event_probabilities(),
espn_wnba_event_propbets(),
espn_wnba_event_situation(),
espn_wnba_franchise(),
espn_wnba_franchises(),
espn_wnba_freeagents(),
espn_wnba_futures(),
espn_wnba_game_all(),
espn_wnba_game_rosters(),
espn_wnba_injuries(),
espn_wnba_leaders(),
espn_wnba_pbp(),
espn_wnba_player_box(),
espn_wnba_player_stats(),
espn_wnba_powerindex(),
espn_wnba_scoreboard(),
espn_wnba_season_awards(),
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_roster(),
espn_wnba_team_schedule(),
espn_wnba_team_season_profile(),
espn_wnba_team_season_roster(),
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: 2026-05-19 01:33:15 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 4.88e7 Story Azzi Fu… "Fudd has … 2026-05-… FALSE J.J. … https:/… 59
#> 2 4.88e7 Media Los Ang… "Watch the… 2026-05-… FALSE NA https:/… 59
#> 3 4.88e7 Head… Clark s… "A statist… 2026-05-… FALSE Karee… https:/… 59
#> 4 4.88e7 Recap Sykes h… "— Brittne… 2026-05-… FALSE NA http://… 59
#> 5 4.88e7 Head… Sky lea… "Rickea Ja… 2026-05-… FALSE Alexa… https:/… 59
# }