ESPN’s final year with Major League Baseball’s wild-card round was a historic one. The network announced Monday that the wild-card round of the playoffs last week averaged 4.6 million viewers. That’s ...

Tigers ace Tarik Skubal was on his game in the playoff series opener with the Guardians and so too was play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough (right). So of course ESPN assigned McDonough to the series ...

ESPN MLB analyst Ben McDonald caught some flak for his reaction to the network’s promotion of one of the first NHL games of the season between the Chicago Blackhawks and Florida Panthers. McDonald was ...

The MLB playoffs are underway, and the NHL regular season starts next week. So ESPN tried to get in a little cross-promotion for its Oct. 7 NHL tripleheader that will include the Florida Panthers ...

Ben McDonald and Kevin Brown have spent seven years broadcasting MLB games together for the Baltimore Orioles’ regional network MASN (Mid-Atlantic Sports Network), with the latter calling play-by-play ...

1. During Wednesday’s Padres-Cubs playoff game on ABC, play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown read a promo for ESPN’s coverage of the NHL season opener next week. Brown playfully tried to bring analyst ...

The opening game of the Yankees-Red Sox wild-card series had plenty of exciting moments in a tight ballgame. One thing less exciting, according to some of those who were viewing from home, was the ...

The NHL signed a seven-year media deal with ESPN/ABC to bring pro hockey back to the Worldwide Leader in 2021. Suffice it to say, MLB analyst Ben McDonald hasn’t been tuning in very much over that ...

An ESPN MLB announcer is getting called out for admitting that there's "zero chance" he'll be watching hockey. In 2021, the NHL announced a 7-year rights deal with ESPN. The league returned to ESPN ...

A rising star ESPN sideline reporter is blowing up on social media during the 2025 MLB postseason. The 2025 Major League Baseball postseason started on Tuesday, with the Wild Card Round. There are ...

ESPN and MLB agreed to part ways at the conclusion of the 2025 season, ending a long partnership with the two sides. The reason for the divorce ultimately came down to how ESPN covered the league.