If ESPN ultimately wants to become a centralized hub for all live sports, regardless of network affiliation, it will attempt to strike more deals like this one. On Wednesday, ESPN announced a partnership with The CW to bring all of The CW’s live sports to the ESPN app as part of an ESPN Unlimited subscription.

The NFL has unveiled the full 2026 regular season schedule. While everyone immediately leaps into all of those upcoming matchups, the release of the preseason schedule (which also came out on Thursday) oftentimes falls under the radar.

Mike Florio and Chris Simms evaluate the nine games of the 2026 NFL schedule that feature a 2025 playoff rematch, including Patriots vs. Seahawks, Packers vs. Bears, Bills vs. Broncos, and more.

All of the New England Patriots' upcoming slate of games and dates have been made official with the release of the 2026 NFL schedule on Thursday. It's crazy how much can change in a year. The Patriots were coming off their second straight 4-13 season with a mere hope of a turnaround under Mike Vrabel around this time last year.