BRISTOL, CT — ESPN will bring its 45 years of sports coverage to a close as it shifts to exclusively covering the WNBA.

After originating the 24-hour sports news cycle and becoming a household staple behind its flagship show "Sportscenter", the network had steadily moved away from sports over the past decade to start covering the WNBA. With ESPN canceling its contract with Major League Baseball, the network has officially shut down its last relationship with a sports league.

"We want to bring our audience something besides sports. We want to bring them the WNBA," announced ESPN President James Pitaro. "No more athletes, no more competition. Just round-the-clock coverage of women's basketball. It's a new era for ESPN."

In lieu of its former "Top 10 Plays", ESPN will instead air clips of the WNBA players almost making layups. "Look at those moves, gettin' to the hoop, and OH! SHE CAUGHT SOME BACKBOARD!" shouted new anchor Julia Hemboldt. "And our top play of the week... watch as Angel Reese tries to throw an inbounds pass and HITS THE RIM! DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?!"

At publishing time, ESPN had confirmed that it still would air soccer.