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  • Little League - Little League Softball Qualifying
    Cranston, RI
    vs
    Bristol, CT
    12:00 pm — ESPN
  • Track & Field - USATF Para National Championships
    Day 1
    12:00 pm — Peacock, USATF.tv
  • Major League Baseball
    San Diego Padres
    vs
    Atlanta Braves
    12:15 pm — MLBN, MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Major League Baseball
    Minnesota Twins
    vs
    Cleveland Guardians
    1:10 pm — ESPN Unlimited GOTD, MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Little League - Little League Softball Qualifying
    Boise, ID
    vs
    Snohomish, WA
    1:45 pm — ESPN
  • Professional Darts - 2026 World Matchplay
    Quarterfinals
    2:00 pm — ESPN+
  • Other events - ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
    Day 4 - Kayak Finals
    3:00 pm — beIN Sports Connect, Peacock, Planet Canoe on YouTube
  • Major League Baseball
    Tampa Bay Rays
    vs
    Toronto Blue Jays
    3:07 pm — Peacock GOTD, MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Little League - Little League Softball Qualifying
    Massapequa, NY
    vs
    Minersville, PA
    3:30 pm — ESPN
  • PGA Tour - 3M Open
    First Round
    4:00 pm — Golf Channel, Golf Channel app
  • Track & Field - USATF Outdoor National Championships
    Day 1
    4:00 pm — USATF.tv
  • Major League Baseball
    Arizona Diamondbacks
    vs
    St. Louis Cardinals
    5:15 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • Little League - Little League Softball Qualifying
    Live Oak, CA
    vs
    Las Vegas, NV
    5:15 pm — ESPN
  • Major League Baseball
    Kansas City Royals
    vs
    Detroit Tigers
    6:40 pm — MLB.TV, MLB Extra Innings
  • The Basketball Tournament
    Hall In (Seton Hall)
    vs
    Boeheim's Army (Syracuse)
    7:00 pm — FS1
  • Savannah Bananas baseball
    Indianapolis Clowns
    vs
    Party Animals
    7:00 pm — ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+, YouTube
  • The Basketball Tournament
    Red Rose War Ready
    vs
    The Mecca
    8:00 pm — TBT on YouTube
  • BIG3 Basketball
    LA Riot
    vs
    Boston Ball Hogs
    8:00 pm — YouTube
  • Athletes Unlimited Softball - AUSL Championship
    Carolina Blaze
    vs
    Chicago Bandits
    9:00 pm — ESPN
  • The Basketball Tournament
    The Enchantment (New Mexico)
    vs
    Aftershocks (Wichita State)
    9:00 pm — FS1
  • CFL
    Edmonton Elks
    vs
    Saskatchewan Roughriders
    9:00 pm — CBSSN
  • BIG3 Basketball
    Chicago Triplets
    vs
    Detroit Amps
    9:00 pm — YouTube
  • Water Polo - Women's Water Polo World Cup
    China
    vs
    Italy
    9:30 pm — WorldAquatics.com
  • The Basketball Tournament
    Gotham City Bockers
    vs
    Black Sheep Boyz Hoops
    10:00 pm — TBT on YouTube
  • Water Polo - Women's Water Polo World Cup
    Netherlands
    vs
    Hungary
    11:15 pm — WorldAquatics.com
MLB at midseason: State of the game and lockout concerns with guests John Smoltz and Frank Thomas
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Last week’s ESPY Awards averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.6 million viewers on ABC, trailing only an audience of 2.64 million two years ago — when coverage was delayed due to a special report — as the largest audience for the event since 2019 (3.87M). Read more
The fourth week of the BIG3 basketball season averaged a 0.3 rating and 596,000 viewers on CBS last weekend, flat and up 1% respectively from last year (0.3, 588K), a figure that is within the margin that can be explained by Nielsen methodological changes. Read more
Final round coverage of the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament averaged 1.5 million viewers on NBC across a Nielsen-measured linear audience (0.9 rating, 1.50M viewers) and streaming viewership tracked by Adobe Analytics — up 49% from last year (1.0M) and the highest for the event since 2004 (1.6M). Read more
Final round coverage of the Scottish Open golf tournament averaged a 1.2 rating and 1.944 million viewers on CBS last Sunday, virtually even with the live portion of last year’s final round, which ended about an hour earlier than scheduled due to inclement weather (1.943M). (Compared to last year’s full window, which included 45 minutes of replay coverage, viewership increased 16% from 1.67 million.) Read more
Last weekend’s rain-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race from Atlanta averaged a 0.8 rating and 1.47 million viewers on TNT Sports, per the official Nielsen “Big Data + Panel” methodology, and a 0.9 and 1.57 million per the old ‘panel-only’ metric NASCAR is now publicizing — both down from last year’s race at the track, which was not as severely delayed (1.61M). Read more
Last Tuesday’s Wings-Liberty WNBA regular season game averaged 954,000 viewers on ESPN, marking the third-largest audience of the season on cable or streaming — with the top three coming within four days. Read more
Athletes Unlimited Softball games were averaging 204,000 viewers on the ESPN networks through last weekend (10 telecasts), up 213% from last year, when the majority of games aired on ESPNU and none were carried on the flagship ESPN network. Read more

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