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ESPN NBA Full Court Press: ESPN Presents an NBA Doubleheader Featuring Both Western Conference and Eastern Conference Leaders on Wednesday

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As the Playoff Push presented by Meta AI continues, ESPN features both Western Conference and Eastern Conference leaders in an NBA doubleheader on Wednesday

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Five Exclusive NHL Games This Week on ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu

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The NHL regular season continues this week with five exclusive games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu, beginning Tuesday, April 1, with an Eastern Conference matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu.

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ESPN’s Exclusive Coverage of Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees Game on March 27 Generated Largest National Opening Day Audience in Seven Years

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ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees game on Thursday, March 27, generated the largest national MLB Opening Day audience in seven years, since 2018, according to Nielsen. The Brewers vs. Yankees game averaged 1.93 million viewers, peaking with 2.23 million viewers. This excludes the 2020 MLB Opening Day game, which was delayed due to the pandemic. 

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ESPN, Disney+ and Skydance Sports Announce New ESPN Original Series on the Kansas City Chiefs

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ESPN, Disney+, and Skydance Sports today announced the development of an upcoming ESPN Original Series on the Kansas City Chiefs. Produced by Words + Pictures in association with Skydance Sports, NFL Films, 2PM Productions, and Foolish Club Studios, the six-episode docuseries is expected to premiere later this year on ESPN and Disney+ and will explore the franchise’s indelible and distinctive place in the NFL’s landscape for over more than six decades of history while offering an exclusive, revealing chronicle of the team’s extraordinary 2024 season. The docuseries is directed by Kristen Lappas of Words + Pictures (“Giannis: The Marvelous Journey,” Full Court Press, “Dream On”) and produced by much of the team behind “The Last Dance” (including executive producers Connor Schell, Jason Hehir, Libby Geist and Aaron Cohen, and showrunner Matt Maxson). 

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ESPN+ Exclusively Debuts OviCast Alternate Presentation for Alex Ovechkin’s GR8 Chase for the NHL All-Time Goals Record

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ESPN+ will exclusively present OviCast, a special alternate presentation focusing on the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin and his historic chase of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record.

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UFC Fight Night Presented by Bud Light: Moreno vs. Erceg

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UFC returns to Mexico City with UFC Fight Night presented by Bud Light: Moreno vs. Erceg live from Arena CDMX on Saturday, March 29. The main card begins at 7 p.m. ET, preceded by prelims starting at 4 p.m. ET, both available on ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, and SiriusXM Fight Nation. ESPN Deportes will join the prelims in progress beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

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