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Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports network operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Chicago Cubs, launched on February 22, 2020.It is devoted exclusively to Cubs baseball, replacing a trio of channels (cable channel NBC Sports Chicago and broadcast partners WLS-TV and WGN-TV) as the exclusive broadcaster of Cubs games not shown on national TV.
[1] [2] The Cubs departed the network after 2019, forming Marquee with Sinclair Broadcast Group as the exclusive broadcaster of all regional Cubs games; [3] [4] that same year, NBC Sports Chicago signed a five-year extension with the Blackhawks, Bulls, and White Sox, making it the exclusive home of all three teams through the end of the 2023 ...
The broadcasts that air on WGN-TV in the Chicago market are available nationally through MLB Extra Innings on DirecTV and other select providers. The Cubs later ended their association with WGN-TV after the 2019 season; since 2020, the Marquee Sports Network has aired all Cubs games that are not exclusive to one of MLB's national broadcasters.
The Dodgers beat the Cubs by the score of 3–2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts.) [23] ABC paid $5.7 million [ 24 ] for the rights to the 28 Saturday/holiday Games of the Week . ABC's deal covered all of the teams except the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies (who had their own television deals) and called for two ...
CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs launched the Marquee Sports Network in February 2020, it was the culmination of a decade-long quest to create a dedicated 24/7 cable TV platform for the team ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) has rules for exclusive broadcasting, called "blackout" rules, which bar certain areas from watching certain live games. [1] Most blackouts exist for two reasons: to set a given team's local broadcaster's exclusive broadcast territory, which induces cable systems in those areas to carry the regional sports networks that carry the games, as well as MLB's desire to ...
The following is a list of Chicago Cubs broadcasters: Names in bold are recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award , presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball.
He spent three years playing in the Cubs farm system before making his major league debut May 2, 1988. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Grace starred on Cubs teams that included Ryne Sandberg , Andre Dawson , Shawon Dunston and Sammy Sosa and was a consistent, steady hitter, compiling 2,445 hits and more than 500 doubles during his 16-year career and for a few ...