NHL, ESPN reach 7-year broadcast deal reportedly worth over $2.8B

The NHL is officially returning to "The Worldwide Leader."ESPN has signed a seven-year deal to become an NHL broadcast ...
Yahoo! Sports

What The NHL's ESPN And TNT Broadcasts Do Right – And Should Improve On

The 2025-26 NHL season is the fifth of a seven-year shared U.S. rightsholder agreement with ESPN and Turner Sports (now Warner Bros. Discovery Sports). As a play-by-play broadcaster and writer, I want ...
The New York Times

MLB analyst Ben McDonald says controversial ESPN NHL comments were ‘a joke’

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 ...
National Hockey League

Walt Disney Company, ESPN and NHL Reach Long-Term Agreement

The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and the National Hockey League have reached a historic and innovative seven-year television, streaming and media rights deal, taking the new partnership from the ...