The June 20 Iowa Corn Indy 250 drew a 0.2 U.S. rating and 400,000 viewers on Versus, not surprisingly down from last year’s race on ABC (1.130 mil), and the second-least viewed IndyCar race of [...]

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The Indianapolis 500 was the top draw in the Milwaukee market on a busy sports weekend. Sunday’s race drew a 6.1 rating on WISN-TV, beating all three Brewers games over the weekend (4.8 Saturday, 4.6 [...]

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The NFL season may be over, but live football will return to NFL Network as soon as April. NFL Network is set to sign a one-year deal to televise games from the new Arena Football [...]

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Report: AFL to fold.

AFL 08/03/2009 at 1:54 pm 0 comments

The Arena Football League is unlikely to return from its one year hiatus. Citing sources, NBC’s Pro Football Talk reports that the AFL is set to shut down permanently, with a press conference expected before [...]

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After three years of obscurity on NFL Network, the Texas Bowl is moving to ESPN. The ’09 Texas Bowl will air on ESPN New Year’s Eve at 3:30 PM ET. This marks the latest date [...]

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2008 was a difficult year for the Arena Football League. The year started out well enough. Attendance during the 2008 season was up 4%, while ESPN2 saw a 17% increase in viewership for regular season [...]

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