List of ESPN sports properties

ESPN and its family of domestic networks (ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes and (to a lesser extent) ESPN Classic) have or previously had rights to the following sports and events.

Current properties

American football

NFL on ESPN

  • Monday Night Football: 2006–present
  • Manningcast
  • NFL Live
  • Saturday night regular season games (Weeks 14-18 only).
  • Pro Bowl: 1988–1994, 2003–2005, 2010, 2015–2023 (acquired rights from ABC through 2005, acquired from CBS in 2010, direct from 2015 onward)
  • NFL playoffs
    • One wild card game (since January 2015)
    • One divisional playoff game (starting in January 2024)
  • Super Bowl (starting in February 2027)

Other:

Soccer

Soccer on ESPN

Clubs

Baseball

ESPN Major League Baseball: 1990–2028

Little League World Series

Basketball

NBA on ESPN: 1982–1984, 2002–2025

  • Wednesday and Friday night regular season games (co-exists with regional broadcasts).
  • Saturday Primetime
  • Sunday Showcase
  • Exclusive Christmas games.
  • NBA play-in tournament:
    • Exclusive 9–10 seeded games, both conferences
    • Exclusive Eastern Conference No. 8 seed game (even-numbered years)
    • Exclusive Western Conference No. 8 seed game (odd-numbered years)
  • NBA playoffs:
    • First round (generally Fridays and selected weekend games, co-exists with regional broadcasts)
    • Second round (generally Thursdays, Fridays, and selected weekend games)
    • Exclusive Eastern Conference Finals (even-numbered years)
    • Exclusive Western Conference Finals (odd-numbered years)
  • Exclusive NBA Finals

WNBA on ESPN: 1997–2025

Cricket

Handball

Ice Hockey

NHL on ESPN

  • 1985–1988 (National television deal, agreements with individual clubs as early as 1979)
  • 1992–2004
  • 2021–2028
    • Exclusive Thursday and Saturday night regular season games
    • Thanksgiving Showdown (odd-numbered years)
    • Stadium Series (selected years, depending on scheduling conflicts)
    • Heritage Classic (selected years, the Heritage Classic is not held every season)
    • NHL All-Star Weekend
    • Stanley Cup Playoffs
      • Selected first and second round games (primarily on days when not airing the NBA, depending on which league begins their postseason first or if both leagues start their playoffs at roughly the same time; first round co-exists with regional broadcasts)
      • One exclusive conference finals series per season (ESPN has first choice as to which conference to air.[4])
    • Exclusive Stanley Cup Finals (even-numbered years)

NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament

World Cup of Hockey 2016-[6]

Tennis

Tennis on ESPN

Golf

Golf on ESPN

Canadian football

Canadian Football League

  • 1983–1986 (approximate)
  • 1994–1997
  • 2008–2013 (ESPN3 only; by virtue in its stake in Canadian broadcaster TSN, the official broadcaster of the CFL, it held internet streaming rights.)
  • 2013–present (Select games on ESPN2, streaming coverage on ESPN+)

Motorsports

College and high school sports
  • ESPN College Baseball (2003–present)
  • ESPN College Basketball (1979–present)
  • ESPN College Football (1979–present)
  • ESPN College Hockey (2005–present)
  • ESPN College Lacrosse (2005–present)
  • ESPN College Soccer (2005–present)
  • ESPN College Softball (2005–present)
  • ESPN College Volleyball (2005–present)
  • High School Showcase (2005–present)

Mixed Martial Arts

Boxing

Former properties

National teams

FIFA World Cup

  • Finals: 1986, 1994-2014
  • UEFA Qualifying: 2018-2022

Australian Football League

  • 2009–2011

UEFA Champions League

  • 1995–2009

Major Indoor Soccer League

  • 1985–1987
  • 2005–2006 (championship games only)

ESPN Major League Soccer (1996–2022)

Premier League

  • 2009–2013

Lega Serie A[9] (2018-2021)

IndyCar Series

  • 1996–2008 (ESPN continued to produce the broadcasts of five races that aired on ABC through 2018, including the Indianapolis 500.)

CART on ESPN

  • 1980–2001
  • 2007 (series merged with IRL, beginning with the 2008 season)

NASCAR on ESPN

  • 1981–2000 (Contracts with individual races)
  • 2001–2002 (Contract with NASCAR, Truck Series only)
  • 2007–2014 (Contract with NASCAR)

NHRA

  • 1980(?)–2000 (Contracts with individual races)
  • 2001–2015 (Contract with NHRA)

Global RallyCross Championship

  • 2011–2013

American Le Mans Series

  • 1999–2013

Thoroughbred Racing on ESPN

Premier Boxing Champions

  • 2015–2017, returned again for 2020 only, based on the Top Rank main feed.

AWA Championship Wrestling

  • 1985-1990

Global Wrestling Federation

  • 1991-1994

UWF Fury Hour

  • 1995 only

References
  1. "ACC, ESPN agree to 20-year rights deal that will lead to 2019 launch of ACC Network". 19 July 2016.
  2. "Sun Belt & ESPN Expand Media Rights Partnership". 22 July 2021.
  3. "Little League Chronology". Little League Online. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2007. ESPN2 broadcasts started in 1997.
  4. "NHL moving to Turner Sports is $1 billion risk-reward for hockey". CNBC. July 9, 2021.
  5. "Frozen Four championship back on ESPN; semifinal games both to air on ESPN2 :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09.
  6. Gentille, Sean. "ESPN to broadcast World Cup of Hockey, report says". The Sporting News. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  7. "BREAKING: F1 moving to ESPN/ABC TV in 2018". 4 October 2017.
  8. "Top Rank Boxing lands 7-year deal with ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  9. "ESPN+ and ESPN Acquire Rights to Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana - ESPN Press Room U.S." 2 October 2018.
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