If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve likely been twiddling your thumbs since November when the Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series in a row.
The regular season for college football ended in late November, and the NFL regular season in early January.
However, Friday is the first day of spring training games in Florida and Arizona.
The Yankees took on the Orioles in Grapefruit League play, and the White Sox took on the Cubs in Cactus League action, with several more games this afternoon.
And while that’s glorious news to avid MLB watchers, there’s already some bad news for baseball junkies.
ESPN will replace “Sunday Night Baseball” with “Women’s Sports Sundays,” featuring top games from the WNBA and the WNSL.
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NBC to pick up ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
ESPN aired “Sunday Night Baseball” for the past 35 years, but the program will move to NBC for the 2026 MLB season.
The schedule will feature 25 “Sunday Night Baseball” games across NBC and Peacock, beginning Sunday, March 29, and an Opening Day doubleheader on Thursday, March 26.
The New York Post reported that ESPN is boosting its investment in women’s sports programming after seeing increased viewership for WNBA broadcasts. Last season, ESPN and ABC saw ratings for WNBA games rise 6%, with an average of 1.3 million viewers.
“Women’s sports are experiencing continuing momentum, and Women’s Sports Sundays is ESPN’s next step in meeting that demand,” Rosalyn Durant, an ESPN executive, said.
