Clay Travis offers $10 million challenge to WNBA champions

Media commentator Clay Travis has issued a $10 million challenge to the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, proposing a head-to-head basketball game against a boys high school state championship team of his choosing. The offer, made on Monday, August 3, 2026, significantly increases a $1 million wager Travis first proposed in 2023, which the Aces did not accept.

Under the terms of the challenge, the Aces would receive $10 million if they win the game. If the high school boys team wins, the players would split the same sum. Travis stated the game would be streamed on pay-per-view, with all profits donated to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which provides mortgage-free homes to families of fallen first responders and military personnel. He described the potential payout as the most money ever paid to win a single basketball game.

The Aces have not publicly accepted the offer as of Monday afternoon. Aces guard Chelsea Gray responded to a story about the challenge on social media with a single dismissive word.

Travis framed the challenge as a test of the WNBA’s stated positions on inclusivity and competition, particularly in the context of biological males participating in...