WNBA opens with highest attendance in 26 years

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The WNBA registered its highest attendance in 26 years for an opening month to the season as well as its most-watched start.

The league announced Monday that 400,000 fans attended games since the season tipped off on May 14 through the end of the month, its highest since nearly the league's inception; the WNBA began play in 1997. Further, more than half of all WNBA games were