NBC shifts – A rare Sunday-night switch took the Yankees-Red Sox game off NBC as rain delayed the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship. NBC stayed with golf once play resumed at 7:20 p.m. Eastern, following Scottie Scheffler into a Monday sudden-death playoff—while Boston’s g
Sunday night in New York usually means a straight line to Yankees-Red Sox on network TV. But at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, rain had other plans—so NBC made a choice that kept golf on the air and pushed baseball’s biggest matchup to fit around it.
The PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship was delayed by weather, and Scottie Scheffler—ranked world No. 1—was in contention when NBC and other partners decided to stick with golf once the tournament resumed. Play restarted at 7:20 p.m. EST. The NBC Sports spokesman said the decision was made in consultation with the PGA Tour and Major League Baseball. with coverage continuing until the golf event finished or was suspended due to darkness.
Scheffler forced the drama into Monday morning with an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole to send the tournament to a sudden-death playoff against Viktor Hovland. Tournament officials then determined there wasn’t enough daylight to begin that playoff.
The final round at the Travelers Championship was paused for 90 minutes as storms moved over the course. NBC aired the end of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship during the golf delay. and the network’s schedule also reflected how far the weather reached: the start of the final round of the third women’s major of the year in Chaska. Minnesota. was delayed 3 1/2 hours due to rain. Haeran Ryu won that major by two strokes, earning her first major title.
On NBC, the Yankees-Red Sox game still made it onto the screen—but not continuously. The matchup was also streamed on Peacock. NBC picked up coverage at 8:28 p.m. during the bottom of the fourth inning, with the Red Sox leading 2-0. Even with the switch. viewers weren’t left entirely in the dark: Boston’s Sonny Gray had a no-hitter through seven innings. until New York’s Amed Rosario broke it with a single with one out in the eighth inning.
For NBC, the move landed during a new era in its programming. This is NBC’s first season carrying “Sunday Night Baseball.” The Yankees-Red Sox game on NBC was also rare in its own right—NBC last carried the rivalry matchup on Sept. 8, 1995.
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So wait they just… cut Yankees-Red Sox for golf? That seems criminal lol
I don’t even watch golf but if Scottie was involved of course they stayed on that. Then they come back in the 4th inning like normal? confusing.
They said no enough daylight for the sudden-death playoff, but couldn’t they just start at like 9pm? guess storms are magic. Also Sonny Gray no-hitter got ruined by Rosario… timing is everything.
NBC should’ve just kept the baseball on the main channel the whole time, what’s the point of Sundays if you can’t watch the Yankees. And “Sunday Night Baseball” started this year?? so basically they’re already messing up the schedule. Peacock stream is cool I guess but I’m not paying extra for rain delays.