The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged 2.2M viewers across ESPN networks, up 127% from 2025 and 19% from 2024.
It marks the most-watched postseason in NHL history.
90,000 show up to watch a soccer match on a Tuesday night. Not in LA, San Fran or New York. Auburn.. Auburn, Alabama. Right in the heart of the Deep South.
Gotta kill the narrative that Americans don’t care about the sport.
Next weekend, Cal Poly or West Virginia is going to play Little Rock or Troy in an opening-round game of the College World Series.
None of those four have ever played in the event. One of those four teams is going to win a game in Omaha.
That’s the first time in franchise history — which dates to 1901 — in which the Guardians won a game 1-0 with the run coming on a pinch-hit home run, per the Elias Sports Bureau.