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The two best words in sports: Game 7. The Oklahoma City Thunder and MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander host the Indiana Pacers and Tyrese Haliburton Sunday on ABC as a new NBA Champion will be crowned.
Sunday, June 22: Championship Action, Marquee Matchups and Game 7 on ESPN Platforms
ESPN today announced updates to its 2025 Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One and MLB on ESPN schedules. The Chicago Cubs will be featured in two key primetime matchups during the first week of July.
UFC action travels to Baku, Azerbaijan this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr., live from Baku Crystal Hall, on Saturday, June 21. The main card will be available on ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ and SiriusXM Fight Nation, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. The prelims will start at 12 p.m. on ESPN+, ESPN, ESPN Deportes & SiriusXM Fight Nation.
ESPN platforms will combine to exclusively broadcast the two-night 2025 NBA Draft Presented by State Farm on Wednesday, June 25, and Thursday, June 26, from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. It marks ESPN’s 23rd consecutive year broadcasting the NBA Draft. In May, the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Draft Lottery and thus have the number one selection in the event. Duke forward Cooper Flagg is widely expected to be this year’s top pick.
All four days of Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s singles Qualifying for The Championships, Wimbledon, will stream exclusively on ESPN+, with all-day action from one of the grass courts at the Community Sport Centre Roehampton, near Wimbledon and the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will showcase one of the strongest fields of the year at the PGA TOUR’s final Signature Event of the season, the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., exclusively for ESPN+ subscribers.
The incredible story of Jim Abbott, an unprecedented figure in sports history who was born without a right hand but pitched a no-hitter for the New York Yankees, will be told in a new edition of ESPN E60 on July 13.
After going up 3-2, the Thunder and MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander look to bring Oklahoma City its first-ever NBA Championship on Thursday as they head back to Indiana.
ESPN Delivered Third Most-Watched WNBA Game Ever on ABC: New York Liberty Vs Indiana Fever Averaged 2.2 Million Viewers, Up 76% from Last Year’s ABC Average