West Ham United operates the professional football team West Ham United FC, known to its supporters as "The Hammers." Competing in the English Premier League, the club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and boasts three FA Cups. West Ham United generates revenue primarily through sponsorships and broadcasting rights, as well as through gate receipts. It plays host at Boleyn Ground in London. David Sullivan and David Gold, who previously controlled the team Birmingham City, acquired a 50% stake in West Ham in 2010 from CB Holdings, a consortium of Icelandic banks led by Straumur Burdaras Investment Bank.

Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) operates the Central Hockey League (CHL), a development league with 16 teams located in Texas, Oklahoma, and a half dozen other states. Affiliated with the National Hockey League, the CHL serves as a proving ground for young players before they are called up through the ranks. Teams including the Arizona Sundogs (Prescott Valley), the Corpus Christi Rayz (Texas), and the Texas Brahmas (Fort Worth) compete each season for the Ray Miron President's Cup. Started in 1992, the CHL regulates franchise ownership and helps promote its teams. WPHL is a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation.

Wigan Athletic Football Club has a long history in various divisions in English football. Nicknamed the Latics, the team played at Springfield Park stadium from 1897 until 1999. However, their first season in the professional English League was in 1978. Wigan Athletic FC now plays in the JJB Stadium that opened in 1999. The 25,000-capacity stadium also plays host to the Wigan Rugby League Club. In 2005 the team finished 2nd in the Championship (formerly Division 1) to gain promotion to the Premiership. Following the demise of Wigan Borough, the team was formed as Wigan Athletic in 1932.

Wildcat Golf Club is a 36-hole golf facility that features two world-class golf courses, rolling hills, and panoramic views of the Houston skyline. Wildcat Golf club also hosts such non-golf events as conventions, wedding receptions, corporate groups, charity events, parties, reunions, bar/bat mitzvahs, and competitions. Wildcat's 15,000-sq.-ft. clubhouse features a pro shop, locker rooms and shower facilities, a restaurant, banquet facilities, Internet services, a private boardroom, and a tent pavilion for outdoor events. The club also offers learning programs through its Wildcat School of Golf.

Williams Grand Prix Engineering owns and operates the Williams F1 auto racing team that competes in the Formula One racing circuit governed by Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA). The company designs and builds its own cars and supports the team as it competes in races around the world. One of the leading F1 racing teams in the world, Williams F1 boasts nine Constructors' Championships and seven Diver's Championships. Frank Williams and Patrick Head started Williams Grand Prix Engineering in 1977.

WNBA operates the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), comprised of 12 professional teams throughout the US that play from May through September after the NBA wraps its season. Several of the league's teams are controlled by current NBA franchise owners and most share the same arenas as their men's league counterparts. The WNBA governs league operations, regulates franchise ownership, and negotiates broadcasting rights and marketing sponsorships. Its games are broadcast on Walt Disney's ABC and ESPN networks, as well as on NBA TV.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (1986) owns and operates Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., a soccer team that competes in the UK leagues. The club was formed as St. Luke's FC in 1877 (it merged with a cricket and football club two years later and changed its name) and plays host at Molineux Stadium in west central England. Known to its supporters as Wolves, the football team boasts three First Division titles (its last in 1959) and four FA Cups (most recently in 1960). Real estate developer Steve Morgan, who founded homebuilder Redrow, has owned Wolverhampton Wanderers since 2007.

WTA Tour regulates the sport as a member of the International Tennis Federation and it sanctions more than 50 tennis events each year in more than 30 countries. Boasting more than 2,200 players from more than 95 different countries, the association markets the game and its players and generates revenue through merchandising, sponsorships, and selling broadcasting rights to its events. The WTA Tour was founded in 1973 when a number of top players, including Billie Jean King, decided to take the sport from an amateur level to professional.

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