Post Tagged with: "MLB on ESPN"

The Bruins’ first round series has been a big draw in Boston, but quite as big as last year.

Not surprisingly, the Red Sox and Bruins attracted large television audiences in Boston last weekend.

The Golden State Warriors had a big increase in local TV ratings during the 2012-13 NBA season.

The final full season of Major League Baseball on FOX got off to a slower start over Final Four weekend.

Opening Day of the baseball season was not exactly a blockbuster draw on ESPN and ESPN2, but the networks had a substantial increase in viewership over last year.

The 2013 Major League Baseball season got off to a slower start on ESPN Sunday night.

Jay Mariotti‘s freelance project for ESPN may not result in a regular role with the network.

ESPN MLB analyst John Kruk will join the “Sunday Night Baseball” team next season.

While ESPN has already locked up a piece of baseball TV rights for eight additional years, the most intriguing negotiations are yet to come.

While the new ESPN deal with Major League Baseball was largely a case of the network playing defense rather than offense, there are a few new wrinkles of note.