It’s trophy-lifting season and ESPN is raising one of its own after a record-breaking college football regular season across ESPN platforms. ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 averaged a combined 2.1 million viewers, up 7 percent from 2021 and the most-watched regular season since 2017.

During the upcoming college basketball season, SEC Network will premiere “Southern Hoops: A History of SEC Basketball,” a seven-part SEC Storied documentary chronicling the origin and progression of the sport for both men and women in the conference as the sport approaches the 75th anniversary of the first NCAA Championship won by an SEC institution.

ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot travels to Arlington, Texas, this Saturday, Dec. 3, for the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship game between No. 10 Kansas State and No. 3 TCU. It is GameDay’s first visit to the Big 12 Championship since 2007…

ESPN platforms will dedicate nearly 20 hours of live studio coverage to College Football Playoff Selection Day, including the exclusive reveal of the teams that will be part of the 2022 College Football Playoff during the College Football Playoff Selection Show Presented by AT&T 5G at noon ET on Sunday, Dec. 4.

ESPN will provide on-site coverage of the 2022 Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego, Calif., as the annual event returns to an in-person format for the first time since 2019.

The fifth season of the critically acclaimed TrueSouth Presented by Yellawood sets off on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. ET, with a gathering in the Gateway to the Golden Isles, Brunswick, Ga. The series, now in its fifth season on SEC Network, revolves around two food stories told from one place, which TrueSouth sets in conversation to make larger points about Southern beliefs and identities. Returning in season five is a special bonus episode with behind-the-scenes content and storytelling. 

The latest ESPN Cover Story featuring Minnesota Vikings star wide receiver Justin Jefferson debuts today across the network’s digital, linear and social platforms.

The 2022 NCAA Women’s College Cup will air on ESPNU this weekend, live from WakeMed Park in Cary, N.C.

The National Hockey League and ESPN today announced the 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series will be broadcast on ABC and simulcast on ESPN+. The Stadium Series make its ABC and ESPN+ debut on February 18 at 8 p.m. ET with last season’s Metropolitan Division-winning Carolina Hurricanes hosting the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin outdoors at NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C.

ESPN today announced a new schedule for ESPN NY 98.7 FM featuring an expansive 16 hours of local studio programming between 6 a.m. and midnight every weekday beginning Jan. 3.