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"People view sports as their escape."
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Not surprisingly, the NFL Draft and The Last Dance dominate sports viewing without live events
Repeats of past events aren't among the most-viewed sports telecasts.
May cable coverage estimates show big drops for ESPN, FS1, NBCSN, and league networks
Every sports network lost subscribers from April to May as per Nielsen's estimates, and many were hit quite hard.
April cable coverage estimates see ESPN, FS1 hold steady, Big Ten Network with a big rise, other league networks dropping
The Big Ten Network came in with the largest month-to-month rise, adding 1.7 million households.
March cable coverage estimates see ESPN up, FS1 down, NBCSN way up, FS2 way down, and major changes since last year
Recent changes see ESPN actually gaining subscribers and FS1 losing them. Both channels are well down from last year and from five years ago, though.
December cable coverage estimates suggest ESPN and FS1 have lost almost a million homes this year
ESPN dropped an estimated 100,000 subscribers from November to December, 274,000 from August to December, and 916,000 since February. FS1 has lost an estimated 775,000 since February.