The following lists ratings from last weekend's network sporting events. All times are eastern. MLB on Fox regional games were: NYM-ATL; STL-CUBS; SD-COL. The numbers were gathered from the networks (THE DAILY).
| EVENT | DATE | NET | TIME | RAT/SHR |
| Senior PGA Players Championship | 6/12 | ABC | 2:30-4:30pm | 1.6/5 |
| Wide World of Sports: Boxing | 6/12 | ABC | 4:30-6:00pm | 1.3/4 |
| NASCAR Louisville 225 | 6/12 | CBS | 1:30-4:00pm | 1.3/4 |
| CBS Sports Show: Budweiser Boxing | 6/12 | CBS | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.9/6 |
| MLB on Fox (regional games) | 6/12 | FOX | 1:00-4:00pm | 3.7/13 |
| WNBA on NBC: Sacramento-Houston | 6/12 | NBC | 2:00-4:00pm | 1.5/5 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 6/12 | NBC | 4:00-7:00pm | 2.5/8 |
| CART: Grand Prix of Cleveland | 6/13 | ABC | 2:00-4:00pm | 1.6/5 |
| Senior PGA Players Championship | 6/13 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.9/5 |
| CBS Sports Show: Budweiser Boxing | 6/13 | CBS | 4:00-6:00pm | 2.4/7 |
| Ironman Triathalon World Champ. | 6/13 | NBC | 2:00-4:00pm | 2.1/6 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 6/13 | NBC | 4:00-7:00pm | 3.8/10 |
RATINGS NOTES: Fox's 3.7/13 for its MLB telecasts was the highest rating in its two seasons carrying MLB (Fox Sports)....ESPN's WNBA ratings are 1.0, compared to 1.5 for baseball and 0.6 for MLS (Rudy Martzke, USA TODAY, 7/18). ...In Philadelphia, the June average rating for Phillies' telecasts on WPHL was 2.9, down from a 4.7 in June '96 and a 7.0 in June '95 (PHILA. DAILY NEWS, 7/18)....In Canada, TSN's MLB All-Star Game ratings were 20% above its projections with an average audience of 700,000 (TORONTO SUN, 7/18)....In L.A., the Angels-Rangers game on Fox Sports West on Wednesday, the Angels' ninth consecutive victory, earned a 3.8 for all households and a 5.9 cable rating. Before that, the highest overall cable rating for the Angels in the past three years was a 2.6 for the '96 season opener and another 2.6 for Tuesday night's game (L.A. TIMES, 7/18).
