Coming off its most-watched regular season ever, ESPN’s @WNBA postseason tips off Sunday on ABC
🏀 1:30p ET | WNBA Countdown Presented by Google Pixel
🏀 2p ET | @nyliberty-@minnesotalynx
🏀 4p ET | @IndianaFever-@LVAces
More: bit.ly/4yg48jv
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ESPN delivered its most-watched @WNBA regular season EVER! 👏
🏀 WNBA coverage on ESPN nets averaged 1.4M viewers, up 17% YoY
🏀 3rd straight year ESPN has delivered its most-viewed WNBA regular season
Details: bit.ly/47iWPeL
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Sunday, experience the Carolina Hurricanes' 2nd #StanleyCup victory all over again with the '2026 Stanley Cup Championship Film'
🏆 2p ET | ESPN2
🏒 Available to stream on ESPN+ afterward
🎬 Produced by @NHL Productions
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A record-setting moment ⭐
In the latest 'I Scored a Touchdown,' part of ESPN's Year of the Super Bowl initiative, Willie Parker revisits his 75 yard TD run in Super Bowl XL
A play that still stands as the longest from scrimmage in SB history
Watch: bit.ly/4iORaEl
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ESPN serves up ranked @NCAAVolleyball matchups this week
Including @StanfordWVB at @Pitt_VB as part of Women's Sports Sundays
Complete schedule: bit.ly/46wGzqp
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Next on Women's Sports Sundays: @NWSL
⚽️ Bay FC & Orlando Pride meet for the Bay's Latino Heritage match
⚽️ Goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz looks to break NWSL's single-season saves record
⚽️ Barbra Banda & Marta lead Orlando
5p ET | ESPN, @ESPNDeportes
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Sierra Leone ➡️ @UTKnoxville
Edwin Spillman’s journey is one of resilience, sacrifice & hope
Saturday, @MartySmithESPN reports on the remarkable story behind the @Vol_Football linebacker
🏈 9a ET | @CollegeGameDay | ESPN
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This '26 @NCAAVolleyball season, ESPN is mic-ing up coaches
Fans can tune in this weekend & beyond to get 1st-person, up close looks into team huddles, courtside conversations & more
Schedule: bit.ly/46wGzqp
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Friday, @RealSkipBayless returns to @FirstTake with @stephenasmith, @shaepeppler & Marcus Spears all from remote locations
🇧🇷 SAS | Rio de Janeiro
🌴 Bayless | Los Angeles
🤠 Spears | Dallas
🗽 Cornette | New York
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This past Sunday’s #ElDerbiDeMadrid delivered record #LALIGA viewership
⚽️ #Atletico & #RealMadrid matchup averaged 574K viewers across ESPN2, ESPN+ & @ESPNDeportes
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ESPN PR retweeted
Ben Simmons is back - and he’s got a story to tell 👀
Watch the E60, in collaboration with Andscape: “Being Ben” October 18, 4 PM ET on ESPN
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🤘 UT vs UT 🟠
Saturday, @CollegeGameDay heads to Knoxville, Tenn. for 1st-ever regular season meeting between No. 1 @TexasFootball & No. 14 @Vol_Football
⭐️ Guest picker: Johnny Knoxville
🏈 Peyton Manning joins Pat McAfee's kicking contest
More: bit.ly/3Ts7d0q
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ESPN PR retweeted
"The fun for me is in the discovery of how to tell stories & how to be better at doing that."
@andscape's @KelleyLCarter on hosting & executive producing interview series 'The Trade' ➡️ bit.ly/4xEpdmB
Watch on ESPN App (Unlimited subs) & ESPN on Disney+ (Bundle subs)
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Monday Night Football’s historic start to ESPN’s Super Bowl LXI season continued with a record-setting Week 2 audience🏈
Details: bit.ly/4hJNwdS
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Wednesday, ESPN presents an exclusive MLB doubleheader with possible #Postseason implications
Plus every out-of-market regular season game on the ESPN App with an MLB.TV subscription
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ESPN delivered record @PremierLacrosse viewership!
🥍 This past Sunday's '26 PLL Champ on ABC was the most-viewed championship EVER
🥍 All regular & postseason games on ABC, ESPN & ESPN2 marked the most-watched season EVER (up 22% YoY)
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Week 3 belonged to @ESPNCFB 🏈
✅ Top 5 most-watched games
✅ Won every Saturday window
✅ @LSUfootball-@OleMissFB (10.9M viewers) topped all nets, outperforming the nearest competitor by 237%
✅ 66% of total viewing share
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Another huge Saturday for @CollegeGameDay featured:
🏈 Most-watched Week 3 episode EVER
🏈 2.8M viewers from @OleMiss
🏈 All 3 '26 episodes rank among the top 8 regular season telecasts in show history
📈 Final hour outdrew competition by 216%
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