ESPN and ABC will be the only networks to showcase matchups of ranked teams in college football’s week 5, starting Friday, Sep. 29, with ESPN airing No. 5 USC at No. 16 Washington State (10:30 p.m. ET). On Saturday, Sep. 30, ABC’s “Saturday Night Football” will televise the defending national champion Clemson Tigers (currently ranked […]
ABC’s “Saturday Night Football” will feature a top-5 team for the fourth time in as many weeks when the No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions play their first road game of the season at the 3-0 Iowa Hawkeyes at 7:30 p.m. on Sep. 23 as both teams open Big Ten play from Kinnick Stadium in […]
In prime time on Saturday, Sep. 16, two of ACC’s premiere teams, the defending national champions Clemson Tigers and the Louisville Cardinals that featured last year’s Heisman Trophy award-winning quarterback Lamar Jackson face off on ABC’s “Saturday Night Football”. Airing directly opposite that game on Fox is the Texas Longhorns at the USC Trojans, which […]
Like Yankees rookie slugger Aaron Judge, ESPN reigned supreme on Monday night with the 2017 edition of “MLB Home Run Derby”, the sport’s perennial pre-All-Star event. From 8-11 p.m., ESPN led among total viewers (approx. 7 million), adults 18-49 (approx. 2.3 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.9 rating), and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.5 rating). It was […]
In a memorable 2017 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby from Miami, Fla. on July 10 that aired on ESPN and ESPN2, New York Yankees outfielder and instant rookie sensation Aaron Judge wowed the crowd as he slugged many exhilarating home runs en route to winning the All-Star event. Several of his hit balls traveled […]
It is the Super Bowl of competitive eating: the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY on July 4. Superstar eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut continues to dominate the sport in 2017 earning his tenth contest title in 11 years (Matt Stonie won in 2015; placed third in 2017), and setting a […]
The 2017 NBA Playoffs have arrived! For the next two months, starting April 15, up to 16 teams — eight from each conference, East and West — will vie for the coveted Larry O’Brien trophy. With the Golden State Warriors’ acquisition of former longtime Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant last July, it seems likely […]
There will be eight Regional Semifinal tournament games played on March 24-26. Unlike the tournament’s early round games, each game will air in its entirety nationwide on ESPN or ESPN2, beginning on March 25. The Final Four and national title games will be held in Dallas, Tex. on March 31 and April 2 — all […]
The networks of ESPN will televise the entire NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Championship tournament live for its thirteenth consecutive year in 2017. Twelve regional games will be played from March 24-26. The University of Denver was the No. 1 overall seed. The other No. 1 seeds, in order, include the University of Minnesota […]
