Baseball

10/1/2026 |  After topping regular season, Red Sox-Yankees dominates first day of playoffs (Sports Media Watch) After all these years, Red Sox-Yankees is still the biggest television draw in baseball.
Tuesday’s Red Sox-Yankees MLB American League Wild Card Series Game 1 averaged 7.3 million viewers across NBC platforms, per a Nielsen-measured audience that includes NBC’s first-party streaming data — marking the second-most watched Wild Card game under the best-of-three format that began in 2022. Only last year’s Red Sox-Yankees Game 3 on ESPN averaged a larger audience (7.4M).

10/1/2026 |  Texas-Tennessee scores big Noon audience for ABC (Sports Media Watch) ABC swept a second-straight college football Saturday, led by the biggest Noon audience of the young season.
Last Saturday’s Texas-Tennessee college football game averaged a 4.6 rating and 9.75 million viewers on ABC, marking the largest Noon ET audience of the young season and third-largest across all windows. Texas has played in two of the top three, with their week two win over Ohio State placing first (13.99M).

9/30/2026 |  How to watch the Red Sox vs. Yankees: Channel, live streams, odds, venue (Business Insider) The MLB Wild Card games are playing out, and an iconic rivalry has been reignited in the American League East. We've rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch the Red Sox vs. Yankees, including channels and live streaming options for the entire series.

9/29/2026 |  How to watch the Red Sox vs. Yankees: Channel, live streams, odds, venue (Business Insider) The MLB Wild Card games are officially underway, and an iconic rivalry has been reignited in the American League East. We've rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch the Red Sox vs. Yankees, including channels and live streaming options.

9/13/2026 |  Brewers and Rays Make Playoffs, Complicating MLB-Union Labor Fight (Front Office Sports) The first two teams to secure spots in MLB’s 2026 postseason are from its economic lower class, providing a fresh data point as the league and MLB Players Association continue a bitter labor fight centered in part around competitive balance. 
The Brewers and Rays each clinched playoff berths late Friday, further showcasing the upside-down nature of much of this season. Milwaukee is MLB’s smallest media market, and the Brewers’ run to the league’s best record extends a dominant stretch that also helped define the 2025 season.