Bleav in The Media Guide

NASCAR on NBC will celebrate the nation’s independence on a road course where the Cup Series hasn’t run since 1956. Wisconsin’s Road America hosts the NBC broadcast network’s first race of the season on Sunday. Hear from the booth of Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte as they talk about returning to full capacity in the grandstands, Kyle Larson’s triumphant comeback...

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School’s out for summer, which will be the season of Peyton Manning. First, the two-time Super Bowl champion will host the 10-episode Capitol One College Bowl, beginning Tuesday, June 22 at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on NBC. His “Peyton’s Places” history project will expand, starting July 7 on ESPN+, and soccer star Abby Wambach’s “Abby’s Places” will kick off an evolution of the Places series with...

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It’s graduation season, so we share advice and words of wisdom from the best in the business of sports reporting. Renowned broadcast journalist and Seton Hall University alum Bob Ley and the school’s College of Communication and the Arts professional-in-residence B.J. Schecter, who also serves as editor and publisher of “Baseball America,” shared their own insight while framing classroom Zooms...

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The Camping World SRX Series goes green Saturday for the first of six consecutive Saturday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and Paramount+. Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves gets behind the wheel two weeks removed from his record-tying fourth Indy 500 win. Another Indy 500 champion, Tony Kanaan, and IndyCar drivers Marco Andretti, and Paul Tracy look forward to learning on the...

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This week, CBS Sports Network and Paramount+ will broadcast the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, live from Denver. Before the U.S. men’s national soccer team plays Honduras and Mexico plays Costa Rica in Thursday’s semifinal, former U.S. players Clint Dempsey, Charlie Davies, and Oguchi Onyewu will join host Kate Abdo for the pregame studio show. Hear from Abdo, who has anchored UEFA Champions...

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ESPN and Major League Baseball reached a seven-year rights extension, highlighted by 30 exclusive regular-season games, Home Run Derby, alternate presentation rights for every live event, and simulcast rights for ESPN+. Enjoying a year-over-year ratings increase, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball has a new featured song for the first half of the season. Hear AJR’s version of “Way Less Sad.” Plus...

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This weekend, CBS will complete an unprecedented TV grand slam as it broadcasts its second of two PGA Championships in 10 months, bookending two Masters. As it has for those four tournaments, ESPN will team up with CBS from Thursday through Sunday at The Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship in 2012. Coming off his first win in a year and a half...

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The WNBA begins its 25th season on Friday with 100 national television broadcasts on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, CBS Sports Network, and NBA TV as well as live-streams on Twitter and Facebook. On Thursday, ESPN Films will premiere “144,” taking viewers inside last year’s “Wubble” and a season dedicated to social justice. Hear from the Atlanta Dream’s Elizabeth Williams, a member of the WNBPA Executive...

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Last week, the NHL announced the second half of its new seven-year multimedia rights agreement. Turner Sports will join ESPN, replacing NBC, as the league’s new rightsholders through 2028. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and WarnerMedia News & Sports Chairman Jeff Zucker discuss Turner’s connection with younger fans on Bleacher Report and House of Highlights as well as streaming on HBO Max. Plus...

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On April 29, 1961, ABC debuted Wide World of Sports as a summer replacement series. The show ran for nearly 40 years. This week, we celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary with longtime ABC Sports director Jim Jennett, who talks about its rise and fall and some memorable moments. He also discusses how he spans the globe with ABC Sports alumni — including legendary broadcaster Al Michaels and Disney...

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