Plenty of people still watch baseball. But locally based fandom and cord-cutting are complicating baseball’s efforts to ...

The sides had until March 1 to pick up a three-year option, according to the letter Manfred sent team owners, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. ESPN paid around $550 million a year ...

The full text of Manfred’s letter is below: In a press statement MLB issued later Thursday, it called this season the “final year of MLB on ESPN.” ...

The Athletic's Evan Drellich reported Thursday that MLB and ESPN have "mutually agreed" to end their national television contract after the 2025 season. In a letter obtained by The Athletic ...

We've known for a while, but we kept pushing it to the back of our minds, the area that we keep tucked away until further notice, but now the bell tolls for ESPN's "Around the Horn." After more ...

In the letter, Manfred noted that the league had "not been pleased with the minimal coverage that MLB has received on ESPN’s platforms over the past several years outside of the actual live game ...

Another cord-cutting aftershock struck Major League Baseball’s media landscape Thursday when Commissioner Rob Manfred informed team owners that MLB and ESPN will terminate their broadcast deal ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wrote in a letter to league owners that the media rights deal with ESPN has mutually been terminated after the 2025 season.