These are events that used to be on network TV and have been or will be placed on ESPN:
Monday Night Football – ABC from 1970 – 2005. Since 2006, cable exclusive.
The Open Championship – Weekend coverage formerly on ABC for over 50 years. All four rounds on ESPN starting in 2010.
NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup – All 10 races formerly on ABC and 11 out of 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup races on ABC (2006-2009). Nine out of ten Chase races will be on ESPN in 2010. ABC will have just three Sprint Cup races in 2010.
Bowl Championship Series – All four bowl games and the BCS Championship Game to ESPN in 2011 after being on Fox and ABC.
I wonder if there will be more down the road. I know this doesn’t seem to be much, but I can certainly see more sports going all-cable, not just by ESPN, but perhaps other entities, especially if Comcast’s purchase of NBC goes through.
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