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NFL Draft Sets Attendance Record as Three-Day Viewership Slips 12%

Evolving audience measurement complicates year-over-year comparisons.

NFL Draft Round 1 Averages 13.2 Million Across Platforms, Ranks Third All-Time

ESPN Execs Defend Pat McAfee After Survey Finds Rising Disapproval on College GameDay

CFP First-Round TV Audience Slips 7% as NFL Windows Crush Cable Games

Earlier Start Lifts Las Vegas Grand Prix to U.S. TV Record

NBA Early-Season Ratings Stay Well Above 2024, With NBC and ESPN Strong and Prime Video Trailing

World Series Game 7 Draws 51 Million Across U.S., Canada and Japan, Biggest MLB Audience Since 1991

MLB Attendance Ticks Up to 71.41 Million in 2025, Extending Three-Year Rise

NFL Preseason Averages 2.2 Million Viewers, Best Since 2018

Amazon Prime Video’s NASCAR Debut Draws 2.72 Million Viewers and Spurs DirecTV Deal