The Notre Dame/Michigan rivalry will end after 2014. In other news, MLB Network will continue airing playoff games under the new MLB TV deal, and Wednesday’s WNBA Draft Lottery will air live on “SportsCenter.”

The second USA men’s basketball exhibition game had another big increase in viewership from 2008. In other news, WNBA ratings are up on the ESPN family of networks, and Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series had a [...]

The WNBA season got off to the strongest start on broadcast since NBC held the rights in 2002.

Viewership dropped by more than a third for Monday’s WNBA Draft. Elsewhere, Bulls/Heat was a slightly smaller draw Thursday night than a week before, and ratings for the Texas Rangers during the early part of [...]

ESPN has apparently given up on programming a consistent night of WNBA telecasts, instead spreading a pittance of games across any given night of the week. The ESPN family of networks will combine for just [...]

Recent sports TV ratings notes, including the newest ESPN Films documentary, local ratings for the WNBA Finals in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and record viewership for the PGA Tour Fall Series.

ESPN2 earned mixed numbers for the final two games of the 2011 WNBA Finals. The Lynx’ series-clinching Game 3 win over the Dream in the WNBA Finals, quite possibly the final professional basketball game of [...]

Shifted to primetime at the last minute, Sunday’s Game 1 of the 2011 WNBA Finals had a modest rise in viewership on ESPN. Game 1 between the Dream and Lynx earned a 0.30 U.S. rating [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including Week 4 of the college football season on FX and Versus, Week 5 action on ESPN, and the deciding game of the Dream/Fever WNBA playoff series.

Additional sports TV ratings, including the U.S. Open Men’s Final, the 2011 WNBA Playoffs, and the Kansas City Royals on Fox Sports Kansas City.