Philadelphia, PA (July 15, 2025) – The National Lacrosse League (NLL) and TSN today announced that Canada’s Sports Leader has extended its media rights partnership with the league through the 2025-26 season. The extension builds on the landmark multi-year partnership announced in 2021, ensuring that Canadian fans will continue to enjoy national access to the league’s top matchups and playoff action.
“We’re proud to extend our impactful partnership with TSN,” said Brett Frood, Commissioner of the NLL. “Over the past several seasons, TSN has been instrumental in showcasing the talent, excitement, and energy of the NLL to fans across Canada. This continued collaboration reinforces our commitment to making professional box lacrosse more accessible and visible than ever before.”
Originally heralded as a first-of-its-kind partnership for professional lacrosse in Canada, the agreement provides TSN with exclusive linear rights to games throughout the regular season, including “NLL Friday Night on TSN” matchups, as well as comprehensive coverage of the NLL playoffs and championship series. TSN+ subscribers can also access live streaming coverage of additional games on TSN’s digital platforms, including TSN.ca and the TSN app.
“This extended agreement builds upon our ongoing, successful partnership with the National Lacrosse League,” said Shawn Redmond, VP, Bell Media Sports. “With exclusive live coverage of NLL games all season long, as well as the NLL playoffs and championship series, this agreement ensures our subscribers can continue to access the NLL’s box lacrosse action.”
Details for the 2025-26 NLL season schedule, including TSN’s broadcast slate, will be announced in the coming months.
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is North America’s largest professional lacrosse league and welcomed more than 1 million fans for the third consecutive year during the 2024-25 season. Founded in 1986, the NLL is comprised of 14 franchises across Canada and the United States, and recently unveiled its largest brand campaign ever, “Welcome to The Next Major League™” and introduced its comprehensive grassroots initiative, NLL UnBOXed™, that will expand the League’s footprint to 60 communities across North America by 2028. For the latest scores and developments in the National Lacrosse League, please visit: NLL.com and find the NLL on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok. Games are available live and streaming on TSN, TSN+, the ESPN family of networks, ESPN+, and NLL+.
TSN is Canada’s Sports Leader and provides world-class content across its industry-leading platforms including five national television feeds, TSN+, TSN.ca, TSN Radio stations, and the TSN app, featuring 5G capabilities. With a broad portfolio of multimedia sports assets, TSN delivers more championship events than any broadcaster in the country. The network’s deep and diverse roster of live sports programming includes the Grey Cup, IIHF Women’s Worlds, Men’s Worlds, and World Junior Championship, Spengler Cup, Hockey Canada events, CFL, NFL, NBA, MLS, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets, Season of Champions Curling, FIFA World Cup™, UEFA EURO, MLB, Golf’s Majors, Grand Slam Tennis, NASCAR, F1, IndyCar Series, CEBL, CHL, and NCAA March Madness. TSN is part of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. More information about TSN is available at TSN.ca.
Meghan O’Donnell and Samantha Ward, National Lacrosse League, [email protected].
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