- Sunday’s MLS Cup drew a 5.8 rating in Salt Lake City, the market’s highest rating for an MLS telecast on ESPN/ABC since ’01. The match also drew a 1.9 in Los Angeles and a 2.8 in host-city Seattle — the third-highest rated ESPN/ABC MLS telecast since ’01 in each market. (ESPN)
- NBC drew a 2.5 overnight for Saturday’s Connecticut/Notre Dame game, the final Notre Dame telecast of the season on the network. The 2.5 marks a 79% increase from the net’s final Notre Dame game last year (1.4 for Syracuse/Notre Dame), and a 67% jump from the final Notre Dame game in ’07 (1.5 for Duke/Notre Dame). The 2.5 is the highest overnight for NBC’s final Notre Dame game of the season since ’99. (Sports Business Daily, USA Today)
- Through the first month of the season, TNT is averaging a 1.5 U.S. rating and 2.3 million viewers for NBA coverage, up 25% and 24%, respectively, from a 1.2 and 1.8 million through the same point last year. So far, this has been the most-watched NBA season ever on Turner. (Turner Sports)
Linda Cohn to retire from ESPN next week
Longtime "SportsCenter" anchor Linda Cohn is retiring from ESPN a week from Tuesday.
