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How to watch the 2024 LPGA season finale, the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon

The 2024 CME Group Tour Championship will be on Golf Channel, NBC, Peacock and ESPN+.

The LPGA Player of the Year award has already been decided but there’s plenty of drama still to unfold at Tiburon Golf Club this week at the season-ending tournament in Naples, Florida.

The 2024 CME Group Tour Championship has a $11 million purse with $4 million going to the winner, doubling the amount the champ got in 2023. It’s the richest prize in women’s professional sports.

As for your viewing options, Golf Channel will have live coverage of the first three rounds of the CME Group Tour Championship as well as pre-game and post-game the entire week. NBC will take over Sunday with three hours of live coverage for the final round. Over the four tournament rounds, there will be live streaming on NBCSports.com, GolfChannel.com, Peacock and ESPN+.

Heads up: Saturday’s third round will not be live on network TV or cable. It will be streamed live and then shown on tape delay on Golf Channel.

You can watch Golf Channel for free on Fubo. You can sign up for ESPN+ and Peacock for the live streaming.

How to watch the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship

Tuesday, Nov. 19

Road to the CME Group Tour Championship, Golf Channel, 4:30-5 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Nov. 20

Golf Central, Golf Channel, 4-5 p.m. ET

2024 Rolex LPGA Awards, Peacock, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 21

First round, ESPN+ (Featured groups), 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame, Golf Channel, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

First round, NBCSports.com, GolfChannel.com 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

First round, Golf Channel, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Golf Central, Golf Channel, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 22

Second round, ESPN+ (Featured groups), 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame, Golf Channel, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Second round, NBCSports.com, GolfChannel.com 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Second round, Golf Channel, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Golf Central, Golf Channel, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 23

Third round, ESPN+ (Featured groups), 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame, Golf Channel, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Third round, NBCSports.com, GolfChannel.com, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Third round (tape-delayed), Golf Channel, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Golf Central, Golf Channel, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 24

Final round, ESPN+ (Featured groups), 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame, Golf Channel, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Final round, NBC, Peacock, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Golf Central, Golf Channel, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Final round replay, Golf Channel, 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.

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NBC Sports details 2025 Cup Series coverage plan, latest audience data

NBC Sports has detailed its plans for coverage of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series across NBC, USA Network and Peacock. Once again NBC Sports will take over at midseason, starting with the race from Iowa Speedway on Aug. 3 airing on USA. NBC Sports will …

NBC Sports has detailed its plans for coverage of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series across NBC, USA Network and Peacock. Once again NBC Sports will take over at midseason, starting with the race from Iowa Speedway on Aug. 3 airing on USA. NBC Sports will remain the exclusive home of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in 2025, including the Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on NBC for the 11th consecutive year.

NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series delivered a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 2.51 million viewers, up 2% vs. both the 2023 season (2.47 million) and the 2022 season (2.45 million TAD), according to data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. Additional viewership highlights:
  • Viewership for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs delivered year-over-year increases for 7 out of 10 races and averaged 2.35 million viewers, up 6% vs. 2023 (2.23 million);
  • Viewership for Sunday’s Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway was essentially flat with 2023, delivering a TAD of 3.0 million viewers across NBC, Peacock and NBC Sports Digital;
  • The NBC portion of the Cup Series season delivered a TAD of 3.0 million viewers, up 4% vs. 2023 (10 races);
  • The Oct. 6 Talladega race on USA Network saw the highest year-over-year viewership increase (25%), followed by Bristol on USA Network (Sept. 21; 19%) and Martinsville on NBC (Nov. 3; 14%).
  • Excluding races impacted by weather or breaking news, nine out of 14 races saw viewership increases from the same race in 2023.

Below is NBC Sports’ 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedules, featuring networks and race start times*:

Notre Dame, USC to be featured throughout NBC tripleheader Nov. 23

Don’t make any plans for that day.

Notre Dame and USC make up an intersectional rivalry unlike any other in the country. One upcoming Saturday will showcase both schools on national TV perhaps like never before.

NBC Sports has a longtime association with Irish football, and USC now is part of a Big Ten which has its games broadcast by the same company. And the stars are aligning for one heck of day.

NBC will kick off a tripleheader of coverage involving both schools with the Irish and Trojans women’s basketball teams meeting in Los Angeles at 4 p.m. EST. All eyes will be on that to see whether [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] and [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] get the best of JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen. Both duos are incredibly dangerous.

Next will be the Irish football team’s annual Shamrock Series game with Army at Yankee Stadium. Wrapping up the day’s coverage will be the Trojans football team facing UCLA at the Rose Bowl. Both games will be the teams’ last before playing each other at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum the following week.

Clear your schedule for Nov. 23, Irish fans. It will be the right day to do so.

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Ohio State at Oregon shatters almost decades-long viewership record

Ohio State vs. Oregon put on a show for NBC viewers Saturday, and let’s just say there was quite a few of them tuning in to the matchup.

Ohio State football is one of the most prominent names in college sports, and it typically commands an audience. There aren’t many more better-known names than the Buckeyes.

When you mix that with the Oregon Ducks and have both teams in the top three programs in the country, per the US LBM Coaches Poll, and coming in undefeated to an evening battle, it becomes a game that every fan wants to see.

Let’s just say there were quite a few of them that tuned into NBC on Saturday evening. There were so many that the game was the most-watched Big Ten primetime conference game since 2008 for the network.

The thriller did not disappoint either. The Buckeyes lost 32-31, so while it was a disappointing result, it was the high-scoring showdown the casual fan would want treated to.

It lived up to the hype, and it truly also kept both fanbases in the highest esteem for their public image as it was a high-profile, well-coached battle that came down to the wire.

The Buckeyes, now 5-1, will draw the Nebraska Cornhuskers at home in Week 8.

How to watch the 2024 Presidents Cup on NBC, Golf Channel, Peacock

NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock will tee up more than 100 hours of competition coverage.

Did you know Jim “Bones” Mackay has been involved in every Presidents Cup since it started in 1994? As either a caddie or broadcaster, Bones has seen every just about everything at the biennial match-play competition.

The 15th Presidents Cup is a four-day affair with competition beginning Thursday, Sept. 26, but the TV and streaming coverage of the biennial duel between the U.S. and the International squad starts Monday at Royal Montreal with Golf Channel’s Golf Central Live From the Presidents Cup.

It’s the beginning of 50 hours of studio coverage of the event on Golf Channel. In all, NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock will serve up more than 100 hours of competition coverage over seven days. There will also be streaming coverage on NBCSports.com as well as the NBC Sports app.

How to watch the 2024 Presidents Cup

Monday, Sept. 23

Golf Central Live From the Presidents Cup, 4 p.m. ET, Golf Channel, Peacock

Road to the Presidents Cup, 8 p.m.ET, Golf Channel

Tuesday, Sept. 24

Live from the Presidents Cup, noon ET, Golf Channel

Wednesday, Sept. 25

Live from the Presidents Cup, 2 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

Thursday, Sept. 26

Opening Ceremony, 11 a.m. ET, Golf Channel

Round 1 fourballs, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

Live from the Presidents Cup, 6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

Friday, Sept. 27

Round 2 foursomes, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

Live from the Presidents Cup, 6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

Saturday, Sept. 28

Round 3 fourballs, 8 a.m. ET, NBC, Peacock

Round 4 foursomes, 1:40 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock

Live from the Presidents Cup, 6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel, Peacock

Sunday, Sept. 29

Round 4 singles, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock

Live from the Presidents Cup including Closing Ceremony, 6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel, Peacock

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NBC commentary team hopeful for IndyCar TV opportunities with FOX

With Leigh Diffey committed to a long-term contract with NBC that will feature his talents in NASCAR and track & field, the remaining members of NBC Sports’ broadcast booth for the NTT IndyCar Series are hoping to follow the open-wheel championship …

With Leigh Diffey committed to a long-term contract with NBC that will feature his talents in NASCAR and track & field, the remaining members of NBC Sports’ broadcast booth for the NTT IndyCar Series are hoping to follow the open-wheel championship to its new television partner when FOX takes over in 2025.

No announcements have been made regarding IndyCar on FOX’s booth or pit lane rosters, but the trio leading the remainder of NBC’s IndyCar events say they’d welcome a chance to continue with the series owned by Penske Entertainment.

“I’m freelance, so I’m always available,” Kevin Lee, who took over leading IndyCar broadcasts from Diffey, told RACER. “And even my current deal with NBC could allow me to work for other networks. What I would love to do is to continue IndyCar with FOX and then do the endurance races in IMSA with NBC.”

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A staple in IndyCar television and radio broadcasts for decades, the Indianapolis-based Lee is among the most familiar voices for IndyCar fans. The same is true for driver analyst James Hinchcliffe, whose commentary career began in the 2000s in Champ Car while the Canadian was working his way up the open-wheel ladder.

With his use in IndyCar by NBC and regular presence on Formula 1 broadcasts on behalf of the series, Hinchliffe is in high demand, and like Lee, he’d love to keep the band together.

“It’s safe to say I’ve had an absolute blast commentary IndyCar for the last three years and getting to work with everyone at NBC has been a true privilege,” Hinchcliffe said. “I love IndyCar racing. I’ve always loved IndyCar racing. I would love to still be involved in IndyCar racing. We’ve certainly been in contact with people from FOX, and we hope to continue those conversations and see where things go.”

Hinchcliffe’s fellow driver analyst Townsend Bell echoed his boothmate’s sentiment.

“I love the job and would love an opportunity to continue doing what I’ve been refining for the last 20 years,” Bell said. “I have a lot of respect for the FOX people — I’ve worked with them closely on the Fort Lauderdale and Miami Boat shows over the last few years, which is a passionate side project of mine. I know the folks well and I’ve been in contact with them, but they have a process that they’ve got to work through.

“But I’ve got a lot of respect for what they’ve done, both in motorsports and on the NFL side and everything else they do. I got my broadcasting start with SPEED, aka FOX, way back when in 2004 when David Hobbs had a few conflicts. That’s where it started for me.”

Jon Champion absolutely nailed the call for the USWNT winning the Paris Olympics gold medal match

Jon Champion gave the USWNT the winning call it deserved.

The United States women’s national team won Saturday’s gold medal match over Brazil, cementing it as a historic day for American soccer.

It was such an electric match throughout, one where USWNT forward Mallory Swanson scored the lone goal for either team.

With this the first gold for the USWNT in 12 years, you had to hope the NBC Sports broadcast would bring it if the team was successful in bringing home the hardware.

Thankfully, broadcaster Jon Champion was up to the challenge.

He delivered such a memorable call of the closing moments, one that highlights how sweet it really was for the USWNT to finally get back to the gold medal match and win it outright.

While Swanson’s goal was easily the broadcast moment of the match, Champion’s outstanding call certainly deserves a ton of credit.

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NBC Sports has the New York Jets near the bottom of their NFL power rankings

The New York Jets are in a lowly spot in the PFT power rankings.

The big concern about the New York Jets is being highlighted by NBC Sports in their NFL power rankings.

In their late-June power rankings update, Pro Football Talk and Mike Florio have the Jets at No. 25 in the NFL. That puts the Jets third in the AFC East rankings with only the Patriots (No. 31) worse in the power rankings.

Their reason, according to Florio, is because “They’re counting on way too many injured veterans to stay healthy.”

And while Jets fans may not like the ranking, it is a valid concern expressed by Florio. Is the ranking a bit too low? Maybe. But the concern is there.

Consider that last year, quarterback Aaron Rodgers did not make it out of the first quarter of the first game of the year without suffering a season-ending injury and it is clear the risk here. The Jets are rolling the dice that Rodgers can and will make it through the regular season in 2024 relatively unscathed.

Given that Rodgers has had a remarkably healthy NFL career for much of his 19 years in the league, it is a reasonable gamble by the Jets to assume that their quarterback can make it through the season and perform at a high level.

But, it is still a risk and a gamble, one upon which the whole season invariably centers on for the Jets.

Last year without Rodgers, the Jets finished 7-10 and with the second worst offense in the NFL.

Watch: Roger Maltbie, Gary Koch share special moment during 2024 U.S. Senior Open broadcast

The duo got together for an interview in the first round and it was priceless.

Get the tissues out.

Gary Koch and Roger Maltbie are names familiar to most golf fans who have watched any NBC Sports telecast over the last couple decades. The two haven’t worked full-time for the network since the end of 2022, but they returned in March for the 50th anniversary of the Players Championship, and fans loved seeing their faces on TV and listening to their analysis.

Well, the duo and good friends were together on TV again Thursday, this time in a bit different capacity. Koch qualified for this week’s U.S. Senior Open at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island (the oldest player to ever do so at 71 years and 7 months), and Maltbie was walking around as an on-course reporter.

The duo got together for an interview in the first round, and it was priceless.

How could you not love that?

Report: NFLPA wants larger rosters for switch to 18-game season

The NFL wants to expand to an 18-game season, and NFL players are reportedly willing to accept it by expanding teams’ rosters:

It feels like it’s only a matter of time until the NFL expands its regular season again, having already made the switch from 16 games to 17. League commissioner Roger Goodell has already begun campaigning for it in public, suggesting the preseason could be trimmed down to just two exhibition games while adding another week to the regular season.

But it would take some concessions to convince the NFL players association to agree to this. NBC Sports’ Mike Florio reports that the NFLPA would ask for expanded rosters to accommodate another regular season game, going from 53 roster spots to 55 with 50 players active on game days as opposed to 48.

Florio adds that “greater freedom for teams to make practice-squad elevations” would be another priority. Right now teams are allowed to bring up two players from their practice squad each week, but only three times during the regular season. Expanding the regular season would add to the workload so it makes sense to have more players available on game days.

Whenever the season expands again (and there’s enough support, it seems, to make that a case of when rather than if) we’ll experience some big changes. Adding a second bye week has also been floated as a possibility. How teams build their rosters may change. But for now, all we do is parse through what’s being told to reporters and speculate. The season can’t expand until the current collective bargaining agreement expires in 2030, so there’s plenty of time to find a solution that makes both sides happy.

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