NBC Sports
Launched | May 17, 1939[1] |
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Division of | NBC |
Country of origin | United States |
Key people | Richard Cordella (President, NBC Sports) |
Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut |
Major broadcasting contracts | |
Sister network | NBC USA Network Peacock NBC Sports Regional Networks |
Official website | nbcsports |
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports cable channels. Formerly operating as "a service of NBC News", it broadcasts a diverse array of sports events, including the French Open, the Premier League, the IndyCar Series, NASCAR, the National Football League (NFL), Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football, the Olympic Games, professional golf, the Tour de France and Thoroughbred racing, among others. Other programming from outside producers – such as coverage of the Ironman Triathlon – is also presented on the network through NBC Sports. With Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011, its own cable sports networks were aligned with NBC Sports into a part of the division known as the NBC Sports Group.
History
Early years
2000s
In 2000, NBC declined to renew its broadcast agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2002, it was additionally outbid by ESPN and ABC for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s new broadcast contract, ending the league's twelve-year run on NBC.
During this era, NBC experimented with broadcasting emerging sports. In 2001, the network partnered with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to establish the XFL – a new football league which introduced modified rules and debuted to tremendous, but short-lived fanfare, only lasting one season (NBC shared broadcast rights to the league's games, which were mainly held on Saturday nights, with UPN). In 2003, NBC obtained the broadcast rights and a minority interest in the Arena Football League (AFL). The network televised weekly games on a regional basis, as well as the entire playoffs. The deal lasted four years, after which the league and NBC parted ways.
Beginning with the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NBC began its foray into NASCAR. NBC, along with Fox and TNT, obtained the broadcast rights of the top two series – the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series – in a six-year deal, beginning in 2001. NBC televised the second half of the season and alternated coverage of the Daytona 500 with Fox. In December 2005, NBC announced that it would not renew its agreement with NASCAR. In 2001, NBC obtained the broadcast rights to horse racing's Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in a five-year deal.
In 2004, NBC reached a broadcast agreement with the
The NFL also returned to NBC in 2006 after an eight-year hiatus, broadcasting the league's new flagship Sunday Night Football game, along with select postseason games and Super Bowls XLIII, XLVI, XLIX, LII, LVI and LX.
2010s: Comcast/NBCUniversal era
In January 2011,
The merger also helped influence an extension of NBC Sports' contract with the NHL; the 10-year deal – valued at close to $2 billion, unified the cable and broadcast television rights to the league and introduced a new "
From 2012 until 2015,
NBC Sports held broadcast rights to the Formula One (formerly held by Speed and Fox Sports) from 2013 until 2017. The majority of its coverage (including much of the season, along with qualifying and practice sessions) aired on NBCSN, while NBC aired the Monaco Grand Prix, Canadian Grand Prix and the final two races of the season, which in the first year of the deal included the United States Grand Prix. All races were also streamed online and through the NBC Sports Live Extra mobile app.[10][11][12] They lost the broadcast rights to ESPN beginning from the 2018 season.[13][14]
On March 18, 2013, nearly all of the operations for NBC Sports and NBCSN began to be based out of a purpose-built facility in
NASCAR returned to NBC Sports properties in 2015 under a ten-year deal, with NBC once again airing the second half of the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series seasons. While no specific financial details were disclosed, NBC reportedly paid 50% more than ESPN and TNT (who took over the portion of the season previously held by NBC) combined under the previous deal.[16][17]
In May 2015, NBCUniversal announced the formation of NBC Deportes (later renamed
On June 7, 2015, amid its loss of rights to the
Universal Sports ceased operations in November 2015. NBCUniversal acquired the rights to the content that was previously held by Universal Sports Network. Much of the programming moved to either Universal HD, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra.[21]
From 2016 until 2018, NBC Sports held the rights to Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, through a three-year deal. The contract included up to 24 regularly-scheduled games on NBCSN per-season, and up to 50 streaming. Its first live match was on March 12, 2016, when London Irish hosted Saracens F.C. at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.[22]
In June 2016, NBC Sports launched NBC Sports Gold, a suite of sport-specific over-the-top subscription services that would included expanded and overflow coverage of its properties.[23]
On July 15, 2017. NBCUniversal relaunched Universal HD as Olympic Channel, a network that would carry Olympic sports programming as a complement to its long-standing agreement to cover the Games.[24][25]
In early 2018, it was announced that NBC Sports would renew its contract with the
2020s
Following the launch of NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock, NBC Sports began to migrate some of its overflow content (including the Premier League and other NBC Sports Gold services) to the service.[30] On June 29, 2020, Fox sold the last seven years of its contract to air USGA tournaments to NBC, regaining rights to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2015.[31][32]
In January 2021, it was reported that NBCUniversal planned to shut down NBCSN by the end of the year; an internal memo cited increased competition from streaming services and the other mainstream sports networks as reasoning.[33][34]
NBC's contract with the NHL expired after the 2020–21 season, with the league signing new contracts with ESPN and TNT.[35][36]
On December 31, 2021, NBCUniversal shut down NBCSN;[37] its remaining programming rights were moved to other NBCUniversal platforms, particularly USA Network and Peacock.[37]
On April 6, 2022, NBC Sports announced a deal to carry a package of Sunday afternoon MLB games on Peacock beginning in the 2022 season.[38][39] On July 1, 2022, NBC Sports announced that Olympic Channel would shut down as a linear channel on September 30, 2022.[40][41]
On August 18, 2022, NBC Sports announced a seven-year deal to carry Big Ten Conference college athletics across its platforms beginning in the 2023–24 academic season. This contract will most notably include a new package of primetime Big Ten college football games on NBC beginning in the 2023 season, as well as a package of college basketball and Olympic sports coverage on Peacock.[42][43]
Olympics
In 1964, NBC televised the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo; in 1972, NBC televised the 1972 Winter Olympics for the first time. 1980 would prove to be a stinging disappointment for the network; after contentious negotiations, NBC won the broadcast rights to the 1980 Summer Olympics. After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the United States and 64 other countries boycotted the event. NBC substantially scaled back its coverage and lost heavily in advertising revenue. In 1988, NBC televised the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Since then, it has branded itself as "America's Olympic Network", televising every Summer Olympic Games since the Seoul event, as well as every Winter Olympic Games since 2002 Winter Olympics. In total, NBC has aired 13 Summer and Winter Olympics, the most by any one U.S. network. The Olympic Games have also become an integral part of the network, despite some recurring controversy over its method of broadcast delaying events in part to take advantage of a wider national audience in prime time.
In 1998, Ebersol was named president of NBC Sports and Olympics.
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were watched by a total of 190 million viewers,[44] including 27.6 million viewers of the gold medal game in men's hockey.[45]
During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, over 500 hours of the games were broadcast across five NBC-owned television channels (NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, MSNBC and USA Network), with 1,000 hours being streamed digitally.[46] In January, the company announced some exclusive digital-only streaming of the 2014 Olympics via the NBCOlympics.com website and the NBC Sports Live Extra app for Android and iOS, including exclusive content such as Gold Zone, Olympic Ice and NBC's Olympic News Desk.[47]
Branding
With the premiere of Sunday Night Football, NBCUniversal hired Troika Design Group to design an overall visual identity for its coverage, including branding, on-air graphics, and other visual elements.[48]
Concurrent with the relaunch of Versus as NBC Sports Network on January 2, 2012, and the 2012 NHL Winter Classic, NBC Sports also launched a comprehensive redesign of its branding, including a new on-air graphics design built around the NBC peacock, and an updated logo for the division as a whole (replacing a logo that had been in use since 1989). The new design was also intended to be modular, allowing it to be expanded for use in larger events across multiple networks (such as the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games).[49] A refreshed design for on-air graphics was introduced on January 1, 2015 (in time for the 2015 NHL Winter Classic and NFL playoffs), with a cleaner and brighter visual appearance.[50]
NBC began using dedicated graphics packages specifically for Sunday Night Football during Super Bowl LII, and unveiled a second redesign for the 2022 season during Super Bowl LVI.[51][52] NBC similarly diverged for its Premier League coverage in 2019, adopting elements of its new British sibling Sky Sports.[53] In 2023, NBC transitioned college football (which had continued to use the 2015 graphics) to new graphics derived from the Sunday Night Football graphics introduced in 2022.[54]
Programs throughout the years
Current programs
- Major League Baseball on NBC (1947–1989, 1994–2000, 2022–present)
- MLB Sunday Leadoff (2022–present; Peacock will broadcast these games, with NBC carrying one game per season.)
- Golf on NBC (1954–present)
- USGA Championships (1954–1965, 1995–2014, 2020–present)
- Ryder Cup (1991–present)
- Presidents Cup (2000–present)
- Senior PGA Championship (1990–present)
- 2015–present)
- The Open Championship (2016–present)
- Senior Open Championship (2016–present)
- Women's British Open (2016–present)
- Olympics on NBC
- , 2032)
- , 2030)
- Thoroughbred Racing on NBC (1949–present)
- Kentucky Derby (2001–present)
- Preakness Stakes (2001–present)
- Breeders' Cup (1984–2005, 2012–present)
- Haskell Invitational Stakes(2014–present)
- Santa Anita Derby (2009–present)
- Pegasus World Cup(2017–present)
- Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (2010–present)
- Royal Ascot(2017–present)
- French Open (1983–present)
- College Football on NBC Sports (1946–1965, 1991–present)
- Notre Dame Football on NBC (1991–present)
- Bayou Classic (1991–2014, 2022–present)
- All-American Bowl (2004–present)
- Big Ten Saturday Night (2023–present)
- College Basketball on NBC Sports (1969–1998, 2022–present)
- NFL on NBC (1951–1953, 1955–1964, 1970–1997, 2006–present)
- NBC Sunday Night Football (2006–present)
- NFL Wild Card playoff game (2007–present)
- NFL Divisional playoff game (2015–present)
- Super Bowl: I (shared with CBS), III, V, VII, IX, XI, XIII, XV, XVII, XX, XXIII, XXVII, XXVIII, XXX, XXXII, XLIII, XLVI, XLIX, LII, LVI, LX, LXIV, and LXVIII
- Football Night in America (2006–present)
- Tour de France (2011–present)
- Premier League (2013–present)
- Motorsport
- NASCAR on NBC (1979–2006, 2015–present)
- Drone Racing League (2019–present)
- IndyCar Series on NBC (2009–present)
- Indianapolis 500 (2019–present)
- IMSA on NBC(2019–present)
- Rolex 24 at Daytona (2019–present)
- Monster Jam (2019–present)
- AMA Supercross Championship (2019–present)
- AMA Motocross Championship (2023–present)
- Include WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 Races
- Malaysian Cub Prix (2023–present)
- Olympic sports
- ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (2004–present)
- U.S. Figure Skating Championships (2008–present)
- FINA World Aquatics Championships
- World Athletics Championships
- Diamond League
- World Men's Handball Championship (2019–present)
- USA Swimming
- USA Track & Field
- Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
- Bobsleigh World Cup
- Skeleton World Cup
- Fencing World Cup
- FINA Diving World Cup
- FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
- World Marathon Majors
- Rugby
- Rugby World Cup (2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
- Six Nations Championship (2018–present)
- Other
- National Dog Show (2001–present)
- WWE Raw (1993–2000, 2005–present)
- WWE NXT (2010, 2019–2024)
Former programs
- Major League Baseball on NBC
- World Series (1947 (Games 1 & 5), 1948–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995 (Games 2, 3, & 6), 1997, 1999)
- Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1956–1989)
- Major League Baseball: An Inside Look (1979–1989)
- The Baseball Network (1994–1995) (co-production with ABC Sports and Major League Baseball)
- NBC College Football Game of the Week
- Rose Bowl Game (1952–1988)
- Sugar Bowl (1959–1969)
- Orange Bowl (1965–1995)
- Fiesta Bowl (1978–1995)
- Cotton Bowl Classic (1953–1957, 1993–1995)
- Gator Bowl (1996–2006)
- )
- Citrus Bowl (1984–1985)
- Army–Navy Game (1945–1953, 1955–1959, 1964–1965)
- Blue–Gray Football Classic (1958–1963)
- NBA on NBC (1954–1962; 1990–2002)
- NFL on NBC
- 2021)
- College Basketball on NBC
- )
- Sportsworld (1978–1992)
- )
- WWF/E Saturday Night's Main Event (1985–1992, 2006–2008)
- 2008)
- 2017)
- Global Rallycross (2014–2017)
- Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960)
- Michael Jordan Celebrity Golf Classic (1990s)
- Soccer
- FIFA World Cup (1966, 1986)
- MLS on NBC (2012–2014)
- Superstars (1985–1990)
- XFL (2001)
- AFL on NBC (2003–2006)
- CFL on NBC (1954, 1982, 2012–2013)
- Professional Bowlers Association (1984–1991)
- Association of Volleyball Professionals (1990–2009)
- Hambletonian Stakes (2007–2012)
- Premier Boxing Champions (2015–17)[56]
- NASCAR on NBC
- 2002, 2004, and 2006 Daytona 500
- Extreme Championship Wrestling (2006–2010)
- MotoGP World Championship (2020–2023)
- Include Moto2 and Moto3 Races
- WWE SmackDown (2010–2019)
- Superbike World Championship (2020–2023)
- Premier Lacrosse League (2019–2021)
- Belmont Stakes (1950–1952, 2001–2005, 2011–2022)
- )
Notable personalities
Present
Play-by-play
- Kenny Albert
- Rick Allen
- Brendan Burke
- Paul Burmeister
- Dave Burns
- Jon Champion
- Jac Collinsworth
- Larry Collmus
- Leigh Diffey
- Peter Drury
- Noah Eagle
- Bob Fitzgerald
- Terry Gannon
- Todd Harris
- Dan Hicks
- Jason Knapp
- Jim Kozimor
- Phil Liggett
- Kenny Rice
- Ted Robinson
- Steve Sands
- Andrew Siciliano
- Bill Spaulding
- Mike Tirico
- Matt Vasgersian
Color commentators
- NBC Sunday Night Football – Cris Collinsworth, Todd Blackledge, Jason Garrett, Terry McAulay
- NASCAR on NBC – Steve Letarte, Jeff Burton, Dale Jarrett, Parker Kligerman, Brad Daugherty
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Townsend Bell, James Hinchcliffe
- Tennis on NBC – John McEnroe, Mary Carillo
- Big Ten Saturday – Todd Blackledge, Jason Garrett, Chris Simms, Michael Robinson, Kyle Rudolph, Joshua Perry, Anthony Herron, Terry McAulay, Reggie Smith
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Jason Garrett, Todd Blackledge, Terry McAulay, Reggie Smith
- Premier League on NBC – Lee Dixon, Graeme Le Saux, Tim Howard, Robbie Earle, Robbie Mustoe, Danny Higginbotham, Stephen Warnock
- Tour de France – Bob Roll
Reporters
- NBC Sunday Night Football – Melissa Stark, Kathryn Tappen, Kaylee Hartung
- Trenni Kusnierek, Lewis Johnson, Steve Sands, Tina Dixon
- MLB Sunday Leadoff – Ahmed Fareed
- NASCAR on NBC – Marty Snider, Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Kim Coon, Dillon Welch, Matt Yocum, Kevin Lee
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Marty Snider, Kevin Lee, Dillon Welch, Dave Burns, Georgia Henneberry
- IMSA on NBC – Marty Snider, Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Kevin Lee, Brian Till, Dillon Welch, Georgia Henneberry, Matt Yocum, Hannah Newhouse
- Big Ten Saturday – Kathryn Tappen, Zora Stephenson, Caroline Pineda, Lewis Johnson
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Zora Stephenson, Kathryn Tappen, Ahmed Fareed, Lewis Johnson
- World Athletics/USA Track & Field – Lewis Johnson, Todd Harris
- ,
- Tour de France – Steve Porino, Jens Voigt
- USFL – Corey Robinson, Zora Stephenson, Lewis Johnson, Caroline Pineda
Studio hosts
- Football Night in America – Maria Taylor, Jac Collinsworth, Ahmed Fareed
- Olympics on NBC – Mike Tirico, Rebecca Lowe, Jimmy Roberts, Kathryn Tappen, Ahmed Fareed, Maria Taylor
- MLB Sunday Leadoff - Ahmed Fareed
- NASCAR on NBC – Marty Snider
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Mike Tirico
- Golf Channel on NBC – Jimmy Roberts
- College Countdown – Maria Taylor, Ahmed Fareed
- Premier League on NBC – Rebecca Lowe, Ahmed Fareed, Paul Burmeister, Cara Banks, Anna Jackson
- National Dog Show – John O'Hurley
- Tour de France – Paul Burmeister
Studio analysts
- Football Night in America – Tony Dungy, Jason Garrett, Mike Florio, Rodney Harrison, Chris Simms, Devin McCourty, Steve Kornacki, Matthew Berry
- NASCAR on NBC – Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett, Brad Daugherty
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Danica Patrick
- Premier League on NBC – Robbie Mustoe, Robbie Earle, Tim Howard, Danny Higginbotham, Stephen Warnock
- Tour de France - Christian Vande Velde, Chris Horner
- College Countdown – Joshua Perry, Matt Cassel, Michael Robinson, Nicole Auerbach
Emeritus
Former
Play-by-play
- NFL on NBC - Dick Enberg, Don Criqui, Curt Gowdy, Marv Albert, Charlie Jones, Tom Hammond, Al Michaels
- NBA on NBC - Greg Gumbel, Dick Enberg, Don Criqui, Mike Breen, Bob Neal, Curt Gowdy, Dan Hicks, Paul Sunderland, Jim Lampley, Tom Hammond, Mike Breen, Marv Albert, Bob Costas
- NHL on NBC – Tim Ryan, Mike Emrick, Dave Strader, Chris Cuthbert, Kenny Albert, Mike Tirico, John Forslund, Gord Miller, Brendan Burke, Randy Hahn, Rick Peckham, Alex Faust
- NASCAR on NBC – Bill Weber, Allen Bestwick, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Bob Jenkins, Brian Till, Bob Varsha
- IMSA on NBC – Allen Bestwick, Bill Weber
- MLS on NBC – John Strong, Steve Cangialosi, Richard Fleming
- Thoroughbred Racing on NBC – Tom Durkin
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Don Criqui, Dick Enberg, Tom Hammond, Dan Hicks
- SportsWorld – Paul Page
- The Championships, Wimbledon– Dick Enberg
- Formula One – Leigh Diffey, Bob Varsha
- Premier League on NBC - Steve Bower, Derek Rae, Clive Tyldesley, Bill Leslie, Arlo White
Color commentators
- NFL on NBC – Merlin Olsen, Paul Maguire, Phil Simms, Bob Trumpy, Len Dawson, Al DeRogatis
- Major League Baseball on NBC – Joe Morgan
- NBA on NBC – Bill Walton, Matt Guokas, Doug Collins, Quinn Buckner, Tom Tolbert, Dan Issel, Chuck Daly, Cotton Fitzsimmons, Julius Erving, Steve "Snapper" Jones
- NHL on NBC – Ted Lindsay, Bill Clement, John Davidson, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire, Brian Engblom, Brian Hayward, Peter McNab, Joe Micheletti, A. J. Mleczko, Mike Johnson, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Peter McNab, Jim Fox
- NASCAR on NBC – Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr., James Hinchcliffe, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- AJ Allmendinger, Jimmie Johnson
- IMSA on NBC – AJ Allmendinger, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- MLS on NBC – Brian Dunseth, Stuart Holden, Shep Messing, Robbie Russell
- Golf Channel on NBC – Johnny Miller
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Pat Haden, Mike Mayock, Drew Brees
- College Basketball on NBC – Al McGuire, Billy Packer
- Formula One – David Hobbs, Steve Matchett
- Tour de France – Paul Sherwen
Reporters
- NBC Sunday Night Football – Andrea Kremer, Alex Flanagan, Michele Tafoya,
- Thursday Night Football – Heather Cox
- Major League Baseball on NBC – Bob Costas
- NBA on NBC – Jim Gray
- NASCAR on NBC – Bill Weber, Allen Bestwick, Matt Yocum, Mike Massaro, Alex Hayden, Jim Noble, Lindsay Czarniak, Dorsey Schroeder, Kelli Stavast
- NHL on NBC – Pierre McGuire, Brian Boucher, Ray Ferraro, Cammi Granato, Darren Pang
- Bruce Jenner, Sally Larvick, Cameron Steele, Bill Stephens, Lindy Thackston, Anders Krohn, Robin Miller, Kelly Stavast
- Olympics on NBC – Melissa Stark, Lesley Visser, Chris Wragge, Craig Sager, Marty Snider
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Lewis Johnson, Alex Flanagan
- The Championships, Wimbledon – Bud Collins
- French Open – Bud Collins
- Formula One – Will Buxton, Townsend Bell
Studio hosts
- NFL on NBC – Gayle Gardner, Bryant Gumbel, Greg Gumbel, Jim Lampley, Bob Costas
- Major League Baseball on NBC – Bill Macatee
- NBA on NBC – Bob Costas, Hannah Storm
- NHL on NBC – Bill Clement, Pierre McGuire, Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Liam McHugh, Kathryn Tappen, Mike Tirico, Ahmed Fareed, Paul Burmeister, Russ Thaler
- Olympics on NBC – Bob Costas, Dick Enberg, Gayle Gardner, Curt Gowdy, Bryant Gumbel, Greg Gumbel, Jim Lampley, Dan Patrick, Alex Flanagan, Liam McHugh
- NASCAR on NBC – Bill Weber, Brian Williams, Krista Voda
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Kevin Lee, Krista Voda
- MLS on NBC – Russ Thaler
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Hannah Storm, Liam McHugh
- Premier League – Steve Bower, Russ Thaler, Liam McHugh, Derek Rae, Arlo White
- USFL– Sara Perlman
Studio analyst
- NFL on NBC – Ahmad Rashad, Cris Collinsworth, Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs, Sam Wyche, Paul Maguire, Joe Montana, O. J. Simpson
- NHL on NBC – Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Patrick Sharp, Anson Carter, Mike Babcock, Dominic Moore, Ryan Callahan, Ray Ferraro, Mike Milbury, Jeremy Roenick, Brett Hull
- IndyCar Series on NBC – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Notre Dame Football on NBC – Doug Flutie, Corey Robinson
- Premier League – Kyle Martino
Telemundo personalities
Presidents and chairmen
- Chet Simmons (1977–1979)[58]
- Arthur Watson (1979–1989)[59]
- Dick Ebersol (1989–2011)[60]
- Ken Schanzer (1998–2011)[61]
- Jon Miller (2011–present)[62]
Main competitors
- CBS Sports – sports division of Paramount Global
- ESPN Inc. – joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications
- Fox Sports – sports division of Fox Corporation
- Stadium – joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Chicago White Sox
- Warner Bros. Discovery Sports – sports division of Warner Bros. Discovery
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