Sky announce local broadcast schedule for 2019 season

WCIU will be the Sky’s broadcast partner for another season.

The Sky announced Monday that The UToo, Channel 26.2, which has broadcast Sky games the last two seasons, will air 15 home and eight road games in 2019.

The first game on The UToo will be the Sky’s home opener June 1 at 7 p.m. against the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm at Wintrust Arena.

The Sky brought in Jordan Cornette to be the analyst. He’ll join play-by-play announcer Lisa Byington and sideline reporter Patricia Babcock-McGraw. Cornette, who played basketball at Notre Dame, is a TV studio analyst and color commentator for ESPN. He also serves as co-host of WCIU’s “The Jam” and appears on ESPN 1000’s “Kap & Co.”

Additionally, five Sky games will air on CBS Sports Network, and four will be streamed live on Twitter.

The first game on CBSSN will be the Sky’s season opener May    25 against the Minnesota Lynx. CBSSN also will televise the game against former Sky star Elena Delle Donne and the Washington Mystics on June 5 and another game against the Lynx on July 10 at Wintrust Arena.

The Sky’s last two games on CBSSN will be Aug. 9 against the Las Vegas Aces and Aug. 16 against the Los Angeles Sparks.

Their June 25 game against the Aces will be available on the WNBA’s Twitter account (@WNBA). The social-media site also will stream the Sky when they face the Atlanta Dream on July 17 and Aug. 20. The Sky-Liberty game Aug. 7 also will be available on Twitter.

All Sky games will be streamed on WNBA League Pass, which will be available on iOS and Android devices.

Here’s the full schedule on WCIU:

Fans can find The UToo over the air on channels 48.1 and 26.2 as well as through the respective cable and satellite providers listed below:

Xfinity – Channel 230

RCN – Channel 610

AT&T U-Verse – Channel 24

WOW! – Channel 170

DISH Network – Channel 48