Overview
- Roberts returned to the broadcast booth with Geno Auriemma and play-by-play announcer Beth Mowins to call the New York Liberty vs. Dallas Wings game at Barclays Center on Tuesday.
- Roberts said the experience felt like “coming home,” reflecting on her role in the league’s early coverage and the rise in the level of play since 1997.
- ESPN senior vice president Tim Corrigan said the reunion was staged to honor the WNBA’s history, and the network described the appearance as a one-night tribute rather than a permanent return to sports broadcasting.
- Roberts and Auriemma originally teamed for ESPN’s first WNBA broadcast in 1997, Roberts left the network for Good Morning America in 2005, and she became a New York Liberty investor in 2025.
- The reunion is part of broader 30th-season programming that spotlights the people who built the league, including honorary All-Star managers and other events that reconnect current stars with the WNBA’s early figures.