- CBS is getting back into the mixed martial arts game. A year after televising the now-defunct EliteXC, CBS will air the November 7 Strikeforce bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers.
- ESPN will begin its college basketball coverage with 24 consecutive hours of live games on November 17. Coverage begins with Cal State Fullerton/UCLA at 12 AM ET and concludes with Memphis/Kansas at 10 PM. Overall, ESPN will air 12 games in a row. In addition, ESPN2 will air 4 games — the first starting at 5:30 PM and the last beginning at 11:30 PM — and ESPNU will air 2.
- FOXSports.com debuted a new online series called Cubed on Thursday, as part of a new series of five weekly webcasts. The debut of Cubed may have been more suited for 3 AM on premium cable than a mainstream sports site, as the self-proclaimed NSFW (not safe for work) show featured gratuitous nudity (including “15 seconds of a naked woman brushing her teeth“) and graphic language.
WNBA viewership continues to rise heading into stretch run
WNBA viewership is comfortably ahead of last year's pace entering the final weeks of the regular season.
