Post-MLB, ESPN rebooting its Sunday night with ‘Women’s Sports Sundays’

As NBC builds a year-round Sunday night live-sports portfolio of NFL, NBA and — coming next month — MLB, ESPN is rolling out its own innovative Sunday night programming strategy, hubbed around the top two women’s pro sports leagues. Weekly throughout the summer, “Women’s Sports Sundays” will feature WNBA or NWSL games on nine Sundays in primetime, extending a trend of women’s pro sports leagues receiving prominent recurring primetime schedule slots on broadcast, cable and streaming networks. “Th