The following lists ratings from network sporting events from last weekend. All times are EDT. The numbers are from the networks (THE DAILY).
| EVENT | DATE | NET | TIME | RAT/SHR |
| Motorola 300 | 5/23 | ABC | 1:00-4:00pm | 1.5/5 |
| LPGA Skins Game | 5/23 | ABC | 4:00-6:00pm | 1.2/4 |
| CBS Sports Spectacular: PBA Tour | 5/23 | CBS | 2:00-3:00pm | 1.5/6 |
| PGA Tour: MasterCard Colonial | 5/23 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 1.8/6 |
| "NBA on NBC": Bulls-Pacers | 5/23 | NBC | 3:30-6:30pm | 7.7/24 |
| Indianapolis 500 | 5/24 | ABC | 11am-4:15pm | 5.5/18 |
| LPGA Skins Game | 5/24 | ABC | 4:15-6:00pm | 1.8/5 |
| PGA Tour: MasterCard Colonial | 5/24 | CBS | 3:00-6:00pm | 2.4/7 |
| "NHL on Fox": Red Wings-Stars | 5/24 | FOX | 2:00-5:00pm | 1.5/5 |
| "NBA on NBC": Jazz-Lakers | 5/24 | NBC | 3:30-6:15pm | 6.4/19 |
RATINGS NOTES: The Indianapolis 500 was down 17% from the comparable '96 rating (the race was rained out and held on Tuesday last year). The Indy 500 earned a 6.6/21 in '96, and a 5.5/18 for this year's race....Through 19 telecasts of the NBA Playoffs, NBC's average rating of 6.6/18 is down 6% from last year's 7.0/19....Fox's NHL Playoffs coverage is down 15%, from a 2.0 to a 1.7 average (THE DAILY)....TNT's May 19 broadcast of Bulls-Pacers Game Two "drew the largest audience" of any cable show last month, with an average audience of 5.1 million homes (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 5/29). ...FSSW's Memorial Day Astros-Dodgers telecast earned a 5.2 rating, the Astros' highest numbers of the season (FSSW)....Ratings for "Hockey Night In Canada" are averaging "a little over" one million through the first three games of the Conference Finals. Last year's average for the entire round was 1.47 million (TORONTO STAR, 5/29).
