ESPN continues to tout significant increase in ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ ratings
"ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball has been on a heater the past four weeks..."
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. missed throw during mic’d-up ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ interview: ‘Dammit!’
This gave in-game interview critics more ammunition.
Rob Manfred having second thoughts about ESPN opt-out?
"Do I wish I wasn’t in a position to sell three years, so we can line our rights up to 2028? The answer to that is yes.”
Dodgers-Yankees draws highest ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ audience since 2018
The high-profile World Series rematch between the Dodgers and Yankees drew the best audience numbers for Sunday Night Baseball in seven years.
ESPN’s Karl Ravech says Shohei Ohtani ‘struggled’ after two-hit performance
"Shohei, who struggled yesterday in that 18-run game by the Dodger offense."
Sarah Langs narrates feature on ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ for ALS ahead of Lou Gehrig Day
"We can't tell the story of ALS without Lou Gehrig."
ESPN leans into rivalries for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ schedule
Six straight Sunday Night Baseball matchups will feature the Yankees, Dodgers, or Mets.
NBCUniversal reportedly making bid for ESPN’s MLB package, including ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
NBC would not be seeking international and radio rights or the rights to highlight clips.
Subway Series draws best ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ viewership since 2018
According to ESPN, it was the most-watched MLB game of 2025 across all platforms.
ESPN shifts from Juan Soto to Brandon Nimmo as mic’d up player for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
Juan Soto was originally slated to discuss his former teammate, Aaron Judge.
Did Roku and Apple deals bury MLB?
Jon Miller reflects on ‘Sunday Night Baseball’: ‘It was the best of both worlds for a baseball fan like me’
"I had 21 years where Joe and I were together in primetime every Sunday night. Who has a run like that on national TV?"
Manny Machado on torpedo bats: ‘They should send a few over here’
"So, whoever's making them, you can send a few over here to Petco with this big ballpark."
ESPN to air six ‘Statcast Edition’ altcasts for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
Kevin Brown, Trevor May, and Mike Petriello will broadcast the games.
ESPN wanted to slash MLB payments by over $300m, per report
The network wanted to cut its annual rights payment from $550 million to $200 million.
The timeline of MLB and ESPN’s long, slow breakup
MLB reporter: ESPN and MLB ‘are going to keep talking’
"In no way at this point do I think... the ESPN-MLB relationship is truly finally done."
How will ESPN fill its programming void after MLB breakup?
ESPN keeps ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ crew unchanged for 2025
Karl Ravech will return as the lead play-by-play announcer alongside analysts David Cone and Eduardo Pérez.
ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ puts up best viewership numbers since 2019
SNB averaged 1,505,000 viewers across the 25 broadcasts.
Umpire Camera to debut on ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
"You just can’t really get inside that perimeter without something like this."
Yankees-Tigers is most-watched MLB Little League Classic ever
A tight game (and the Yankees) led to record-breaking viewership.
MLB announcing schedule for August 20-25
All non-national games will be free on MLB.TV from August 23-25 this weekend.
Beau Brieske’s Abraham Lincoln answer at the MLB Little League Classic garnered reactions
"I'd just like to pick his brain, to be quite honest. That sounds bad now that I say it."
MLB announcing schedule for August 13-19
This week, MLB returns to Williamsport for the annual Little League Classic.