ESPN has reached a comprehensive, long-term rights agreement with the Sun Belt Conference, extending ESPN and Sun Belt’s contract through the 2027-28 college season, adding eight additional seasons to the current deal that was set to expire following the 2019-20 season.
In its tenth year of existence, the High School Basketball Nationals tournament (formerly DICK’S Nationals) will have a new name starting in 2018. Paragon Marketing Group is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with GEICO to become the new title sponsor and continue the tournament’s rich tradition.
Today, 2018 National Signing Day Presented by Nissan provided five hours of coverage across ESPNU and ESPN2, including live college commitments from 12 of the nation’s top recruits, numerous coaches’ interviews and seven reporters stationed on campuses across the country.
National Signing Day coverage begins at 10 a.m. on ESPNU before shifting to ESPN2 at noon.
Coming off 12 hours of live coverage of December’s early signing period, ESPN will once again turn its attention to college football’s traditional National Signing Day with more than 10 hours of programming across ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network and Longhorn Network on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
ESPN will continue its commitment to NCAA Division I Softball with more than 650 games this season across its portfolio of networks. The industry-leading schedule features appearances by 23 of the preseason Top 25 with more than 20 television appearances by the top five teams—No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Washington.
The 2017-2018 GEICO ESPN High School Basketball Showcase continues this weekend with five games from the Spalding Hoophall Classic on ESPN and ESPNU in Springfield, Mass.
ESPN continues to lead the industry in NCAA Gymnastics coverage, demonstrated by its enhanced multi-network treatment for the 2018 season. More than 20 meets will be available across ESPN, ESPNU, SEC Network, and SEC Network +.
ESPN will provide multi-day, multi-platform coverage of the early National Signing Day period as the 2018 freshmen class is the first recruiting class to have the choice of utilizing the new signing period that runs for 72 hours beginning Wednesday, Dec. 20 and concluding Friday, Dec. 22.
All of the volleyball world will be digging the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship this week, live from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. After a dramatic Regional final, the field is set with No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Florida, defending champion No.3 Stanford and No. 5 Nebraska.
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