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  • College football
    Big 12 Media Days - Day 2
    11:00 am — ESPNU
  • Tennis
    Newport (ATP/WTA) Challenger
    11:00 am — Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel app
  • Major League Baseball
    Toronto Blue Jays
    vs
    San Francisco Giants
    3:45 pm — ESPN Unlimited GOTD, MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Chicago Cubs
    vs
    Baltimore Orioles
    6:35 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Athletics
    vs
    Detroit Tigers
    6:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Atlanta Braves
    vs
    Pittsburgh Pirates
    6:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    New York Yankees
    vs
    Tampa Bay Rays
    6:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Seattle Mariners
    vs
    Miami Marlins
    6:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Houston Astros
    vs
    Washington Nationals
    6:45 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • WNBA
    Golden State Valkyries
    vs
    Toronto Tempo
    7:00 pm — WNBA League Pass
  • United Soccer League - USL League One
    Greenville Triumph SC
    vs
    Sarasota Paradise
    7:00 pm — ESPN+
  • United Soccer League - USL Championship
    Hartford Athletic
    vs
    Orange County SC
    7:00 pm — ESPN+
  • United Soccer League - USL League One
    New York Cosmos
    vs
    FC Naples
    7:00 pm — ESPN+
  • Major League Baseball
    Kansas City Royals
    vs
    New York Mets
    7:10 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Philadelphia Phillies
    vs
    Cincinnati Reds
    7:10 pm — ESPN
  • WNBA
    Minnesota Lynx
    vs
    Connecticut Sun
    7:30 pm — USA Network
  • Major League Baseball
    Boston Red Sox
    vs
    Chicago White Sox
    7:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Cleveland Guardians
    vs
    Minnesota Twins
    7:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Milwaukee Brewers
    vs
    St. Louis Cardinals
    7:45 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Athletes Unlimited Softball
    Carolina Blaze
    vs
    Portland Cascade
    8:00 pm — CBSSN
  • Other events - World Series of Poker
    Main Event
    8:00 pm — ESPN+
  • Major League Baseball
    Los Angeles Angels
    vs
    Texas Rangers
    8:05 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • FIBA - 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers - Americas
    Venezuela
    vs
    Colombia
    8:10 pm — Courtside 1891 (DAZN)
  • WNBA
    Indiana Fever
    vs
    Los Angeles Sparks
    10:00 pm — USA Network, CNBC
  • Major League Baseball
    Arizona Diamondbacks
    vs
    San Diego Padres
    10:10 pm — ESPN
  • Major League Baseball
    Colorado Rockies
    vs
    Los Angeles Dodgers
    10:10 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • United Soccer League - USL Championship
    Sacramento Republic FC
    vs
    Rhode Island FC
    10:30 pm — ESPN+

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Sports Ratings Tracker
Last weekend’s second week of the BIG3 averaged a 0.4 rating and 677,000 viewers on CBS, up a third in ratings and 23% in viewership from week two last year. Both weeks of the three-on-three basketball league have increased from a year ago despite World Cup competition (with the standard caveat regarding changes in Nielsen methodology).
Benefitting from a FIFA World Cup lead-in, last weekend’s NHRA Nationals from Norwalk (Ohio) averaged a 0.8 rating and 1.47 million viewers on FOX — the sixth-largest audience on record for an NHRA event. The telecast, which peaked with 2.7 million viewers, more-than-doubled last year’s Norwalk event. Read more
Last weekend’s Yankees-Red Sox Major League Baseball game on ABC averaged a 1.0 rating and 1.99 million viewers, comfortably surpassing the network’s previous MLB window last month (Giants-Cubs: 1.41M). Read more
CBS averaged a 1.0 rating and 1.57 million viewers for Sparks-Fever last Saturday night and a 0.9 and 1.53 million for Aces-Sky the following day, marking the fourth and fifth-largest audiences of the WNBA season, and the top two that did not feature Fever G Caitlin Clark. Read more
Last Friday’s opening round of the NHL Draft averaged 616,000 viewers on ESPN, up 15% from last year, and behind only the Connor Bedard draft of 2023 (681K) as the most-watched on record.
The season premiere of the BIG3 basketball league — including a Miami-Los Angeles game that was shortened after an altercation — averaged 560,000 viewers on CBS last weekend, on par with last year’s season average.
Last Thursday’s Dream-Fever WNBA regular season game averaged 816,000 viewers on Amazon Prime Video, the largest WNBA audience yet for the streamer, which is in its first season of carrying Nielsen-rated games. Read more

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