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After a record-breaking 2024 and exciting offseason, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is primed to keep the ball dribbling in 2025. The season kicks off tonight (Friday, May 16, 2025) with three exciting matchups. Here is everything you need to knowas well as some fun facts and historyin order to get up to speed about the new season, including how to stream the games live. A brief history of the WNBA The WNBA was not the first professional womens basketball league. That honor fell to the American Basketball League, which operated from 1996 to 1998. But it is the only one to have the support of the NBA. The WNBA was founded in 1996 and began balling in 1997, following the popularity of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team at the Summer Olympic Games. Eight teams battled it out on the court, but the Houston Comets prevailed as the first-ever WNBA champions. What happened during the 2025 WNBA offseason? Fast-forward to 2024 and the league had 12 teams. This year, its expanding to 13, with the addition of the Golden State Valkyries, based out of San Francisco. The new team on the block will be led by the first Asian American WNBA head coach, Natalie Nakase. Her impressive résumé includes being assistant coach for the NBAs Los Angeles Clippers and the WNBAs Las Vegas Aces. Last season, the Dallas Wings were shut out of the playoffs for the first time since 2020. This year, the organization has made changes, such as adding No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers to the roster. She will be led by new general manager Curt Miller and new head coach Chris Koclanes, who both have high hopes for a comeback. One cannot talk about the WNBA without mentioning last seasons rookie of the year, Caitlin Clark. Despite coming off a grueling college season, she helped the Indiana Fever reach the playoffs for the first time in eight years and set a new record of 337 assists. Imagine what she might do this year after getting a bit of a rest. Weekend WNBA schedule and how to stream the games live Be prepared, fans, as this weekend is going to be jam-packed with layups and three-pointers. Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET national: The Minnesota Lynx will face the Dallas Wings. Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET local: The Atlanta Dream take on the Washington Mystics. Friday, 10 p.m. ET national: The final game of the night has a California theme, with the Golden State Valkyries hosting the Los Angeles Sparks. All of these games can be viewed on the broadcast TV network Ion, whose full WNBA schedule is on its website. The station is available in many areas with an over-the-air antenna, or as part of a cable bundle. You can also watch Ion on live-TV streaming services such as Fubo and YouTube TV. The league also has a subscription-based service, WNBA League Pass. Saturday brings another triple-header. Saturday, 1 p.m ET: The Las Vegas Aces will try to take a bite out of the Big Apple, playing the New York Liberty. Saturday, 3 p.m. ET: Following that, things get hot and windy with the Chicago Sky challenging the Indiana Fever. Saturday, 10 p.m. ET: To end the day, the Seattle Storm will face off against the Phoenix Mercury. The first two Saturday games can be viewed on ABC, ESPN+, and Disney+, while the last one can only be watched on WNBA League Pass. Sunday will bring two more chances to see nothing but net. Sunday, 1 p.m. ET: In the afternoon, the Washington Mystics take on the Connecticut Sun. Sunday, 6 p.m. ET: In the evening, the Minnesota Lynx face the L.A. Sparks. Both games can be viewed on WNBA League Pass. How can I stream the rest of the WNBA season? This weekend is just the beginning of 175 regular-season games. These feats of athleticism will be available to watch across multiple networks and streaming services: ABC, ESPN, CBS, CBS Sports Network, Ion, NBA TV, Prime Video, and WNBA League Pass. Theres so much basketball to look forward to. The All-Star Game comes around on July 19. The playoffs begin on September 14, with the finals following in October. To plan accordingly, you can see the full WNBA schedule here.
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OpenAI launched a research preview on Friday of what its calling its most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex, a cloud-based software engineering agent, can write features, answer questions about a codebase, fix bugs, and propose pull requests for review. Several tasks can run simultaneously, and users retain full access to their computers while the agent takes anywhere from one to 30 minutes to complete a task. Since its still in research preview, the tool remains in early development. The company said in a blog post that it “currently lacks features like image inputs for front-end work, and the ability to course-correct the agent while it’s working. Additionally, delegating to a remote agent takes longer than interactive editing, which can take some getting used to.” Over time, however, the company said using the service will feel more like asynchronous collaboration with colleagues. Codex is available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team subscribers. Users will have “generous access at no additional cost” for a few weeks, after which OpenAI plans to introduce pricing options and rate-limited access. Friday’s launch comes as part of a broader rise of AI tools for software engineers that are meant to handle repetitive, boring tasks rather than take over the whole gamut. “We imagine a future where developers drive the work they want to own and delegate the rest to agentsmoving faster and being more productive with AI,” OpenAI said. Companies in the AI coding space are seeing massive revenues and high valuations. Anysphere, the startup behind coding platform Cursor, reportedly raised $900 million at a $9 billion valuation. Major tech companies are also racing to stake their claim. OpenAI competitor Anthropic released an agentic coding tool in February. In April, Google added new features to its AI coding agent, and Microsoft has been active in the space as well. In addition to Codex, OpenAI is reportedly in talks to acquire Windsurf, a maker of AI coding tools, for around $3 billionpotentially its largest acquisition to date. Investor confidence in OpenAI appears strong. In March, the company announced it had raised $40 billion at a $300 billion post-money valuation, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.
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Adults with grown children are often still helping support them financially. And sometimes, those contributions take away from the funds they would otherwise be saving for retirement. According to a recent Savings.com survey of 1,000 U.S. adults with grown children, half regularly assist them financially. Those numbers are going up in recent years. On average, parents are shelling $1,474 monthly to help their adult children, which is about 6% more than they provided the previous year. More than 80% said they helped pay for groceries; 65% said they foot their grown child’s cellphone bill; and nearly half (46%) even fund their adult children’s vacations. Those monthly contributions add up, coming out to a contribution of around $17,688 per yeararound twice as much as theyre putting into their own retirement savings. Nearly half (47%) say they’ve sacrificed their own financial well-being and preparedness to help their grown kids find their footing. While older generations are often quick to call Gen Zers lazy or entitled, young workers are at a financial disadvantage. Not only are unemployment rates rising for recent college graduates, but an increasing number are underemployed. And, according to LinkedIn’s 2025 Grad Guide, college graduates are more frequently taking jobs that don’t typically require degrees. In fact, the fastest growing field for college graduates is construction. Real estate, utilities, wholesale, and administrative service jobs are up for the group, too, suggesting that four-year-degrees are not necessarily helping graduates land higher-paying jobs as often as they once did. Parents seem to know that their adult children are up against big challenges, which is likely why so many help pay their bills. Forty percent said they felt pressured to give to their grown children even when it negatively impacted their own stability, and 35% said they feel it’s their responsibility to provide that support. Some say they’ve set deadlines for when they will stop funding their adult children’s lives. Eleven percent plan to cut the cord within a year; 26% within one to two years; and 28% three to four years down the line. However, for some, the commitment is for life. Around 18% say there is no deadline at all for their grown children to become financially independent.
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