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| 2025 | USA Network rebranded and began airing overflow sports programming sublicensed from TSN. |
| December 2024 | ESPN's association with CTV Specialty and Warner Bros. Discovery concluded at the end of December. |
| February 15 2024 | Disney continued channel rebranding, transforming Fox Sports 1, ESPN Extra, ESPN 4, Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports 3 into ESPN Premium, ESPN 5, ESPN 6, and ESPN 7 respectively. |
| November 2023 | ESPN announced an agreement with Sky Sports to sub-license college football and basketball coverage. |
| October 31 2023 | The Canadian version of ESPN Classic ceased broadcasting. |
| July 2023 | ESPN programming on BT Sport ended completely when TNT Sports replaced BT Sport. |
| October 31 2022 | Gold ABC Sports jackets returned during Monday Night Football broadcast between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns, worn by Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Lisa Salters |
| September 21 2022 | To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monday Night Football, ESPN/ABC broadcasters wore special ABC Sports replica gold jackets during the game between the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders. |
| August 1 2022 | After Warner Bros. Discovery acquired a 50% stake in BT Sport, BT Sport ESPN was renamed BT Sport 4 and began phasing out U.S. sports programming. |
| July 2 2022 | ABC aired UFC prelims in primetime for the first time during UFC 276. |
| January 17 2022 | Rebranded as ESPN, with previous channels renamed (ESPN became ESPN 2, ESPN 2 became ESPN 3) |
| January 1 2022 | ESPN Classic officially ended distribution at 5:59 a.m. Eastern, after a final airing of the Thrilla in Manila boxing match. |
| 2021 | ABC becomes the only broadcast television network with rights to broadcast games from all four major professional leagues simultaneously, leveraging joint contracts with ESPN. |
| 2021 | Jeremy Schaap begins as a reporter for ESPN Tennis. |
| 2021 | ESPN concludes its broadcasting of World TeamTennis, ending a seven-year partnership with the league. |
| December 31 2021 | ESPN Classic ceases operations in the late hours, marking the end of its linear television broadcasting after 26 years. |
| December 1 2021 | ESPN 4 channel launched in Latin America (except in Argentina and Mexico). |
| November 2021 | Announced retirement of ESPN Brasil brand after 26 years |
| November 2021 | Disney announced the launch of ESPN 4, rebranding Fox Sports' main channel in Latin America. |
| November 4 2021 | Sports Business Journal reported that Disney would close ESPN Classic at the end of 2021. |
| September 1 2021 | Atlantic Broadband dropped ESPN Classic from all of their systems. |
| August 8 2021 | ABC aired its first regular season Major League Baseball game since 1995, featuring the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs, with broadcasters wearing special ABC Sports patches. |
| 2020 | James Blake and Caroline Wozniacki become ESPN Tennis analysts. |
| May 6 2020 | Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE approved merger of ESPN and Fox Sports operations |
| March 2020 | Sony ESPN was shut down. |
| 2019 | MLS Cup was aired on ABC, marked by exclusive ABC branding with minimal ESPN logo usage. |
| 2019 | Mardy Fish and Alexandra Stevenson join ESPN Tennis as analysts. |
| December 10 2019 | ESPN announced acquisition of top-tier SEC broadcast rights under a 10-year, $3 billion contract starting in 2024 |
| November 30 2019 | DirecTV and AT&T U-verse removed ESPN Classic after contract expiration without renewal. |
| November 4 2019 | Cox Communications removed ESPN Classic from their lineup. |
| October 15 2019 | Spectrum began dropping ESPN Classic from their systems as part of a new Disney agreement. |
| September 21 2019 | To celebrate Monday Night Football's 50th anniversary, ESPN/ABC personalities wore special ABC Sports replica gold jackets during the Saints vs Raiders game |
| February 4 2019 | Verizon FiOS removed ESPN Classic from their channel lineup. |
| January 16 2019 | ABC broadcast its first UFC event: UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar. |
| 2018 | James Pitaro becomes president of ESPN, taking over leadership of the network from John Skipper. |
| January 15 2018 | Channel officially rebranded as Sony ESPN and launched its high-definition version, coinciding with the 2018 Australian Open. |
| 2017 | ABC began nostalgically re-using older ABC Sports branding elements in sports-themed reality competition shows |
| 2017 | Pac-12 Conference began branding their games under the title 'Pac-12 on ESPN' |
| 2017 | Saturday Primetime NBA game broadcasts stopped showing ESPN identification on screen |
| 2017 | Rennae Stubbs starts as an ESPN Tennis analyst. |
| December 2017 | Comcast Xfinity and Altice USA dropped ESPN Classic from their TV lineups. |
| September 21 2017 | First NFL regular season game played in Las Vegas, which was also the first Monday Night Football game simulcast on ABC in almost 15 years, featuring the New Orleans Saints and the Las Vegas Raiders. |
| July 18 2017 | Channel became part of Sony Sports Network following SPN's acquisition of TEN Sports. |
| 2016 | Big Ten conference telecasts began receiving conference branding on both ESPN and ABC |
| 2016 | Chris McKendry begins as a studio host for ESPN Tennis. |
| January 2016 | Sony Kix was relaunched as Sony ESPN. |
| January 17 2016 | Channel officially rebranded as Sony ESPN and launched its high-definition version, coinciding with the 2016 Australian Open. |
| 2015 | ESPN began full coverage of the US Open tennis tournament. |
| 2015 | Jason Goodall joins ESPN Tennis as play-by-play and analyst. |
| October 2015 | ESPN International established a partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India. |
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