The Paris Olympic Games Begin; Yankees-Red Sox on ‘Sunday Night Baseball’: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (July 27-28)

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A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services

Zambia's defender #04 Esther Siamfuko (L) and US' forward #11 Sophia Smith vie for the ball in the women's group A football match between the USA and Zambia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Nice Stadium in Nice, on July 25, 2024.
Zambia battles the United States in Olympic women’s soccer action. (Image credit: Getty Images)

The first weekend of Paris Summer Olympics action headlines the list of live sports events scheduled as July comes to a close.

NBC, Peacock, USA Network, CNBC, and E! will air Olympics coverage this weekend, featuring sports such as basketball, volleyball, swimming, boxing, soccer, volleyball, and skateboarding. A complete list of televised events can be found here.

On the baseball field, The Roku Channel will stream the Sunday morning game between the Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays. ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecast will feature American League East rivals the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. 

CBS and Golf Channel will air late-round coverage of the 3M Open PGA golf tournament. On the racetrack, ESPN will televise the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix auto race on Sunday. 

Turning to combat sports, ESPN Saturday will distribute the UFC 304 pay-per-view event, with the main event pitting welterweight champion Leon Edwards aganst Belal Muhammad. In the boxing ring, ESPN Plus on Saturday will stream the Joe Joyce-Derek Chisora heavyweight fight and DAZN will stream the Vanessa Joanisse-Claressa Shields heavyweight title fight. 

ABC on Sunday will televise the Premiere Lacrosse League matchup between the Philadelphia Waterdogs and the New York Atlas. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.