ESPN+ Will Launch on April 12
Here is some great news for sports fans. ESPN+ will launch on April 12! ESPN+ will be a streaming subscription service that will have live sporting events, original shows and films, studio programs, and an on-demand library.
But for those of you who have waited and hoped for an ESPN stand-alone streaming channel, that is not ESPN+. ESPN+ will not provide coverage of the most popular sports now covered on ESPN such as NCAA football, NCAA basketball, NBA, and Monday Night Football. Read more to find out what ESPN+ sports coverage will be included in this streaming package.
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ESPN+ Will Launch on April 12
A subscription to ESPN+ will cost $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
ESPN+ sports coverage will include MLB, NHL, MLS, College Sports, Boxing, PGA Golf, Tennis and more.
- MLB – one feature game per day during the season
- NHL – one feature game per day during the season
- Boxing – includes the upcoming main event on April 21 between Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco bout in Liverpool, England
- MLS – 250 games
- College Sports – America East, ASun, Big South, Big West, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, NEC, Southern Conference, Southland, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC and many more.
- College Baseball & Softball
- Lacrosse, Tennis, and Track & Field
- College Football
- Soccer, Volleyball, Field Hockey
- College Basketball
- Wrestling, Swimming & Diving, Gymnastics and Ice
- PGA Tour Live Golf – includes THE PLAYERS Championship, the FedEx Cup Playoffs, AT&T Byron Nelson, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Travelers Championship, Arnold Palmer Invitational and dozens more. Coverage will include Thursday, Friday and some Saturday and Sunday play during the events
- Grand Slam Tennis – Wimbledon, US Open, & Australian Open
- Rugby – SANZAAR (including Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship, the Lions Series, Mitre10 Cup, Currie Cup, Bledisloe Cup and other international matches), the HSBC World Rugby Sevens series, and 18 regular-season matches in the inaugural season of Major League Rugby, the new American professional rugby union league.
- Cricket – matches across Test, ODI and T20 formats from New Zealand Cricket and Cricket Ireland.
MLB.TV and NHL.TV
Subscribers to MLB.TV and NHL.TV will be able to watch these games in the ESPN App.
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