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The following is a list of programs currently, formerly, or soon to be broadcast on either
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
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ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).
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ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC (formerly known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006) is the branding used for sports event and documentary programming televised by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. Officially, the broadcast network retains ...
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Currently broadcast by ESPN
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Baseball Tonight
''Baseball Tonight'' (stylized as ''Baseball Tonight presented by Chevrolet'' for sponsorship reasons) is an American television program that airs on ESPN. The show, which covers the day's Major League Baseball action, has been on the air since ...
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College Football Final
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
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College Football Live
''College Football Live'' is a show that airs weekdays during the college football season on ESPN or ESPN2, and ESPNU. Its premiere was on Monday, July 23, 2007. Wendi Nix serves as the lead host, and it also features ESPN college football analyst ...
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College Football Scoreboard
''College Football Scoreboard'' is a program on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC that provides up-to-the-minute scores, highlights, pre-game and post-game interviews, and check-ins of games of interest through 'bonus coverage' during the college football s ...
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College GameDay'' basketball (since 2005)
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College GameDay'' football (since 1987)
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College Football Final
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
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ESPN FC
ESPN FC (formerly ESPN SoccerNet) is a website and a U.S. television studio program covering soccer that is broadcast daily over the streaming service ESPN+. ESPN FC's origin was a website owned by ESPN Inc. Originally established in 1995 as ...
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Monday Night Countdown
''ESPN Monday Night Countdown'' (officially ''Monday Night Countdown presented by Subway'') is an American pregame television program that is broadcast on ESPN, preceding ''Monday Night Football''. When it debuted in 1993 as ''NFL Prime Monday'', ...
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NBA Countdown
''NBA Countdown'', branded for sponsorship purposes as ''NBA Countdown Presented by Mountain Dew'', is an American pregame television show airing prior to National Basketball Association (NBA) telecasts on ABC and ESPN.
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NBA Today'' (since 2021)
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NFL Live'' (since 1998)
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NFL Matchup
''NFL Matchup'' is a National Football League (NFL) preview show that airs every week during the regular season and playoffs. At various times, the official name was based on the current sponsor in the format '' ponsor NameNFL Matchup''. Since 201 ...
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NFL Primetime
''NFL Primetime'' is a sports television program that has aired on ESPN since 1987. The show is presented similarly to ESPN's own '' SportsCenter'', featuring scores, highlights, and analysis of every game of the week in the NFL.
When it debut ...
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* ''NFL Rewind'' (since 2019)
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SportsCenter'' (since 1979)
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Sunday NFL Countdown'' (since 1985)
Talk / debate
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Around the Horn
''Around the Horn'' (''ATH'') is an American sports roundtable discussion show, conducted in the style of a panel game, produced by ESPN. The show premiered on November 4, 2002, as a replacement for ''Unscripted with Chris Connelly'', and has ...
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Get Up!'' (since 2018)
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First Take'' (since 2007)
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Pardon the Interruption
''Pardon the Interruption'' (abbreviated ''PTI'') is an American sports talk television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stor ...
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This Just In with Max Kellerman'' (since 2021)
Original series
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30 for 30'' (since 2009)
Game telecasts
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ACC Wednesday'' (since 2003)
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Big Monday
''Big Monday'' is a presentation of Division I college basketball on ESPN.
History
Since debuting on January 5, 1987, it has broadcast games from numerous conferences, including: the Big East, which had been a ''Big Monday'' staple from 1987 unti ...
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ESPN College Football Primetime (Saturday)
''ESPN College Football Primetime'' is a live game presentation of NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision college football on ESPN. In the past, the presenting sponsors have been Polaroid, AT&T and Hilton. The current presenting sponsor is PlayStation ...
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ESPN College Football Primetime (Thursday)'' (since 1997)
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ESPN Hockey Night'' (since 2021)
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ESPN Megacast
''ESPN Megacast'', formerly known as ''ESPN Full Circle'', is a multi-network simulcast of a single sporting event across multiple ESPN networks and serviceswith each feed providing a different version of the telecast making use of different featu ...
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ESPN2 College Football Friday Primetime
''ESPN College Football Friday Primetime'' is a live game presentation of Division I-FBS college football on ESPN or sometimes ESPN2 and ESPNU. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, games air on College Football on ABC, ABC. There is no main sponsor. ...
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ESPN2 College Football Saturday Primetime
ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).
ESPN2 was initially fo ...
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Monday Night Football
''ESPN Monday Night Football'' (abbreviated as ''MNF'' and also known as ''ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC'' for simulcasts) is an American live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games currently airing on ESPN, A ...
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Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli'' (since 2021)
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NBA Friday ''NBA Friday'' is a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on ESPN. Formerly known as ''NBA Friday Coast to Coast'' during doubleheader nights, the program starts the first Friday of the NBA season, and typically runs uninterru ...
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NBA Wednesday
''NBA Wednesday'' is a weekly presentation of the National Basketball Association on ESPN. Debuting in 2002, ''NBA Wednesday'' starts the first Wednesday of the NBA season and runs throughout the entire regular season. Games typically air at 9:30& ...
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Saturday Primetime
''Saturday Primetime'', officially ''Saturday Primetime presented by H&R Block'', is an American television program that appears on ESPN during the college basketball regular season. The game is played at the site of '' College GameDay'' every Sat ...
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Sunday Night Baseball'' (since 1990)
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Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday is the United States presidential primary election day in February or March when the greatest number of U.S. states hold primary elections and caucuses. Approximately one-third of all delegates to the presidential nominating co ...
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Throwdown Thursday'' (since 2003)
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Wednesday Night Hoops'' (since 2003)
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Wimbledon'' (since 2002)
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WNBA on ESPN'' (since 1997)
Formerly broadcast by ESPN
News / analysis
* ''Baseball 2Day'' (2000–)
* ''BassCenter'' (2003–2006)
* ''The Beat'' (2010-???)
* ''College Basketballs's Greatest Games'' (1995)
* ''College Football's Greatest Games'' (1995)
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College GameNight: Midnight Madness'' (2007-???)
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ESPN Hollywood
''ESPN Hollywood'' is a television program that aired on ESPN2 in 2005. The daily 30-minute show was centered on the convergence between the sports and entertainment worlds, and was a part of the network's ESPN Original Entertainment (''eoe'') p ...
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*''MLS Extratime'' (2000-2001)
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NASCAR Countdown
''NASCAR Countdown'' is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series prerace show that debuted on February 17, 2007. It was a live on-site pre-race show for all Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races televised on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. It cam ...
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NASCAR Now
''NASCAR Now'' was a NASCAR news and analysis show that aired year round Tuesday through Saturday as a thirty-minute show at 2:00am ET on ESPN2. ''NASCAR Now'', that debuted on February 5, 2007, was broadcast in HD from Bristol, Connecticut and ...
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*''Nation's Business Today'' (1980–1991)
*''NFL32'' (2004)
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NHL 2Night'' (1995–2004)
*''RPM 2Night'' (1995–2003)
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SpeedWeek'' (1984–1997)
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SportsNite
''SportsNet Central'' is a daily primetime sports news program that has aired since 1997 on Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia and its successor NBC Sports Philadelphia
NBC Sports Philadelphia is an American regional sports network owned by the NB ...
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*''The Trifecta'' (since 2005)
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World Cup Live'' (2006-2014)
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NFL Insiders'' (2013-2017)
* ''The Jump'' (2016-2021)
Talk / debate
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Always Late with Katie Nolan
Katherine Beth Nolan is an American sports television host known as Katie Nolan, most recently serving as a commentator for Apple TV+'s ''Friday Night Baseball'' and recently created short-form content at NBC Sports. She formerly hosted a weekly ...
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Cold Pizza
''Cold Pizza'' is an American television sports morning talk show that aired weekdays on ESPN2 from 2003 to 2007. The show's style was more akin to ''Good Morning America'' than ''SportsCenter''s straight news and highlights format. It included d ...
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The Fantasy Show
''The Fantasy Show'' is a fantasy football talk and debate show on ESPN2. The show was supposed to air for 18 weeks a year during the National Football League season every Thursday at 6:30pm ET on ESPN2. However, the debut season of the show onl ...
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Jim Rome is Burning'' (2003–2012)
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Highly Questionable'' (2011–2021)
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Mike & Mike
''Mike & Mike'' (formerly ''Mike and Mike in the Morning'') was an American sports-talk radio show that was hosted by Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on ESPN networks from 2000–2017. The show aired on ESPN Radio, and was simulcast on televis ...
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Best of Mike and Mike'' (2006–2017)
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Olbermann'' (2013–2015)
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Outside the Lines'' (1990–2022)
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Outside the Lines Nightly'' (2003–2006)
*''Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith'' (2005–2007)
* ''SportsNight'' (1993–1997)
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Talk2 ''Talk2'' is a talk show hosted by Jim Rome on ESPN2 from 1993 to 1998. The show ran one hour at night.
Jim Everett incident
Jim Rome's show achieved the ultimate in notoriety when he welcomed Jim Everett onto the show on April 6, 1994. Jim Everett ...
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*''Unscripted with Chris Connelly'' (2001–2002)
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Up Close'' (1982–2001)
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Winners Bracket'' (2010)
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Barstool Van Talk'' (2017)
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Intentional Talk'' (2017–2018, produced by
MLB Network
The MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, with Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit, Comcast's NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications, and Cox C ...
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Original series
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2 Minute Drill'' (2000–2001)
* ''All American'' (TV series)
*''Battle of the Gridiron Stars'' (2005–06)
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Beg, Borrow and Deal'' (2001–2002)
* ''Bill Walton's Long Strange Trip'' (2003)
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Bonds on Bonds'' (2006)
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Bound for Glory'' (2005)
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The Bronx is Burning'' (2007)
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The Captain'' (2022)
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Cheap Seats'' (2004–2006)
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The Contender'' (2005)
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Dream Job
''Dream Job'' is an American reality television show made by ESPN, which began on February 22, 2004. It was the network's second reality show, with two editions of ''Beg, Borrow & Deal'' having previously aired. However, this was the first realit ...
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* ''ESPN2 Block Party'' (since 2005)
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ESPN2 Garage
''ESPN2 Garage'' is a new ninety-minute programming block dedicated to the automotive and motorsports world on ESPN2. Debuting Saturday, January 6, 2006, the programming will air on ESPN2 from 5pm ET to 6:30pm ET on weekdays, from 10am ET to 12p ...
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Madden Nation'' (since 2006)
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NBA Live: Bring It Home'' (since 2007)
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The New American Sportsman'' (since 2006)
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Free Agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...
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I'd Do Anything'' (2004–2005)
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It's The Shoes''
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Knight School'' (2006)
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The Last Dance'' (2020)
*''The Life''
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Nine for IX'' (2013)
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Playmakers
''Playmakers'' is an American drama series that aired on ESPN from August 26 to November 11, 2003. It depicted the lives of the Cougars, a fictional professional football team in an unidentified city. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Th ...
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Shaquille'' (2005)
*''Sportraits'' (1988)
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Stump the Schwab
''Stump the Schwab'' is an American game show that aired on ESPN2 and ESPN Classic from July 8, 2004 to September 29, 2006. The show featured three contestants trying to defeat Howie Schwab, ESPN's first statistician, in a sports trivia contest. ...
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* ''Teammates'' (since 2005)
*''The Wild Rules'' (2003-2004)
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Tilt
Tilt may refer to:
Music
* Tilt (American band), a punk rock group, formed in 1992
* Tilt (British band), an electronic music group, formed in 1993
* Tilt (Polish band), a rock band, formed in 1979
Albums
* ''Tilt'' (Cozy Powell album), 1981
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Game telecasts
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ESPN Arena Football Monday'' (1987-1988, 1992-2002, 2007-2008)
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ESPN DayGame
''MLB on ESPN'' is an American presentation of live Major League Baseball (MLB) games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+. ESPN's MLB coverage debuted on April 9, 1990 with three Opening Day telecasts. ''ESPN Major League Baseball'' is guaranteed to remai ...
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Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for junior drum and bugle corps responsible for developing and enforcing rules of competition, and for providing standardized adjudication at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions througho ...
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ESPN National Hockey Night
The broadcasts of National Hockey League (NHL) games produced by ESPN have been shown on its various platforms in the United States, including ESPN itself, ABC, ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, and Hulu. Since 2021, games have been broadcast unde ...
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ESPN SpeedWorld
''ESPN SpeedWorld'' (formerly ''Auto Racing '79–'86'') is a former television series broadcast on ESPN from 1979–2006. The program that was based primarily based around NASCAR, Champ Car, CART, International Motor Sports Association, IMSA, Fo ...
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MLS Soccer Saturday'' (1996-2006)
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NASCAR on ESPN
''NASCAR on ESPN'' is the now-defunct former package and branding of coverage of NASCAR races on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. ABC, and later the ESPN family of networks, carried NASCAR events from the sanctioning body's top three divisions at various p ...
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NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsp ...
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Sunday Night Football'' (1987-2005)
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Thursday Night Baseball
''Thursday Night Baseball'' is the de facto branding used for live game telecasts of Major League Baseball on Thursday nights.
History ''USA Network Thursday Night Baseball'' (1979–1983)
From 1979 to 1983, the USA Network broadcast Major Lea ...
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Friday Night Fights
The cable television network ESPN has occasionally broadcast boxing events over the majority of its history, as part of several arrangements, including contracts with specific promotions and consortiums such as Golden Boy Promotions, Premier Box ...
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IndyCar Series on ESPN'' (1997-2008)
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NTRA Super Saturdays''
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Professional Bowlers Association
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the PBA membership consists of over 3,000 members worldwide. Member ...
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Monday Night Baseball
''Monday Night Baseball'' was a live game telecast of Major League Baseball that aired on Monday nights during the regular season.
These games formerly aired weekly on ESPN. The game started at 7 p.m. ET, following ''SportsCenter'', and usually l ...
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Wednesday Night Baseball
''Wednesday Night Baseball''
is a live game telecast of Major League Baseball.
The series formally aired every Wednesday night during the regular season on ESPN Major League Baseball, ESPN. However, beginning with the 2022 Major League Baseball ...
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MLS on ESPN (1996-2022)''
Other
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BodyShaping
''BodyShaping'' is an American fitness and exercise television series that has shown on ESPN, with segments on weight training, cardiovascular exercise, stretching and nutrition. It was in production from 1988 to 1998, and has been in reruns ever ...
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Professional Wrestling
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AWA Championship Wrestling'' (1985–1990)
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GWF Global SuperCard Wrestling'' (1991–1993)
*''Legends of WCCW / USWA'' (1988-1991)
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World Class Championship Wrestling
World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), later known as the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) (1986–1991) was an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Originally owned by promoter Ed ...
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USWA Wrestling'' (1986–1991)
Movies
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3: The Dale Earnhardt Story'' (2004)
*''Black Magic'' (2008)
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Code Breakers'' (2005)
*''Four Minutes'' (2005)
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Hustle'' (2004)
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The Junction Boys'' (2002)
*''Mr. and Mrs. America'' (2007)
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Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos'' (2006)
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Ruffian'' (2007)
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A Season on the Brink'' (2002)
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Through the Fire'' (2006)
See also
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ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
References
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