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For the 28th year, ESPN returns as the exclusive home to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, with coverage tipping off on Wednesday, March 15 with the First Four

Dancin’ to Dallas: ESPN Once Again Exclusive Home of March Madness Women’s Basketball

ESPN will once again be the exclusive home of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), with the first round (March 14-15), second round (March 18-19), quarterfinals (March 21-22), semifinals (March 28) and championship (March 30) set to air across ESPN platforms.

ESPN Platforms Set to Air all 31 Games of the National Invitation Tournament Beginning March 14

The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships return to ESPN networks with 19 hours of live coverage from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend, March 16-18. ESPN will cover every mat and every single match from start to finish, including three nights of primetime wrestling action.

NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Return to ESPN, March 16-18, Live from Tulsa

UFC PPV returns to London this weekend with a trilogy fight for the welterweight title, UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3. The event will be live from the O2 Arena this Saturday, March 18 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, exclusively on ESPN+ PPV (English and Spanish).

UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 Saturday, March 18 Exclusively on ESPN+ PPV

On Sunday, ESPN’s expansive coverage of the 253rd FC Barcelona-Real Madrid ElClásico will begin at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+ with one-hour pregame editions of ESPN FC (English) and the Spanish-language Fuera de Juego. Headlined by match commentary and reporters from Camp Nou in Barcelona, the nine hours of match-day programming across ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes will originate from five locations – Barcelona, Bristol, Conn., Los Angeles, Miami, and Mexico City – across three countries.

LaLiga’s ElClásico, Emirates FA Cup Quarterfinals, Bundesliga and Eredivisie on ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes, March 16-19

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ABC Hockey Saturday highlighting the Washington Capitals against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday at 8 PM/ET on ABC and simulcast on ESPN+.

Five Exclusive NHL Games this Week on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+/Hulu

Through the first weekend of tournament play, no perfect brackets remain in either men’s or women’s ESPN Tournament Challenge games.

ESPN Tournament Challenge: Second Chance Game Gives Fans a Reset for Sweet 16

Ahead of the March 25 doubleheader at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, ESPN will air Top Rank’s The Dream Americano, a 30-minute celebration of the Mexican-American fighting spirit, featuring a visit with former U.S. Olympian José Ramírez and undefeated world champion Seniesa Estrada. Viewers will also be treated to special guest appearances by actors Danny Trejo and Mario Lopez.

Top Rank Presents: The Dream Americano, Debuts Sunday, March 19, on ESPNEWS at 6 p.m. ET

The ESPN Men’s Tournament Challenge collected more than 20 million completed brackets before the start of the tournament today, the most ever for the No. 1 most popular college basketball bracket game.

ESPN Tournament Challenge Sets New All-time Record: 20 Million Brackets

ESPN and SiriusXM have teamed up to give listeners nationwide access to ESPN’s live audio coverage of select UFC events on SiriusXM Fight Nation (channel 156), SiriusXM’s dedicated combat sports channel. Listeners tuning into SiriusXM Fight Nation will hear the live call from the UFC audio on ESPN networks, giving them access to the excitement of the UFC on the SiriusXM radios in their cars or anywhere they go with the SXM App.

ESPN’s Live UFC Audio Coverage to Air on SiriusXM

NHL viewership on ABC is experiencing double-digit increases, averaging 1.1 million total viewers – up 19% – versus ABC’s full-season average last year.

NHL Viewership on ABC Experiencing Double-Digit Increases versus 2021-22 Season

ESPN platforms will once again be home to the State Champions Invitational high school basketball tournament featuring state championship winning teams from around the country.

State Champions Invitational High School Basketball Tournament Live on ESPN Platforms, April 6-8

Season two of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball alternate presentation

KayRod Cast April Schedule

PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will stream exclusive, four-feed coverage of the Valspar Championship from Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, the last stop on the TOUR’s Florida swing.

PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+: Exclusive Four-Stream Coverage of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla.

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