Sports
New TV home for the league is reason to celebrate
Feb. 13, 2012
Company Town
Walt Disney Co. platforms ESPN+ and Hulu will carry 75 regular season games per year.
March 10, 2021
Entertainment & Arts
DirecTV says it will no longer carry Versus network
Aug. 22, 2009
Olympics
All over America Friday, CBS affiliates ditched popular midday programming for a seldom-seen live network alternative--the United States against the Unified Team in an Olympic semifinal hockey game.
Feb. 23, 1992
Hockey
NBC will start to feature regional games Saturday as league seeks to build audience in relaunch.
Jan. 12, 2006
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who last week got the league’s first over-the-air network TV contract in 20 years, is expected to use that deal to try to gain concessions from the NHL Players Assn. when the sides resume labor talks today in New York.
Sept. 16, 1994
For the NHL to sign a seven-year deal with ESPN is a smart, modern marriage, but also a lucrative one.
March 11, 2021
The NHL and ESPN signed a five-year contract that includes a game of the week and extensive playoff coverage, interim league President Gil Stein announced Wednesday as professional hockey returned to the network after a four-year absence.
Sept. 3, 1992
As sports leagues juggle new schedules, TV networks will confront the challenge of how to broadcast so many live events at the same time.
June 3, 2020
Hockey is trying to get comfortable with its place on cable TV’s OLN, where being a big fish still means dealing with weak ratings.
Dec. 12, 2005