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NBC Bumps Yankees-Red Sox to Stay with Golf as Scheffler Forces Playoff
NBC stayed with Scottie Scheffler's playoff chase after a 90-minute rain delay, leaving the Yankees-Red Sox game on Peacock until later.
- On Sunday, NBC preempted the Yankees-Red Sox game for the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, due to a rain delay at the golf tournament.
- Storms moving over the Connecticut course caused a 90-minute delay, prompting NBC to consult with Major League Baseball and the PGA Tour to continue golf coverage until completion or darkness.
- The Red Sox beat the Yankees 5-4 in 10 innings, completing a four-game sweep after Jarren Duran delivered the game-winning RBI single in the tenth.
- At 8:28 p.m., NBC picked up the baseball broadcast during the fourth inning, marking the first Sunday Night Baseball game on NBC since September 1995.
- Scottie Scheffler forced a sudden-death playoff against Viktor Hovland on Monday morning, though tournament officials postponed the conclusion due to insufficient daylight.
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NBC sticks with Travelers Championship after weather delay over Yankees-Red Sox
Credit: NBCThe Travelers Championship PGA Tour event experienced a weather delay for nearly 90 minutes in the final round on Sunday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, CT. The delay went right up to the 7:20 p.m. ET start time of Sunday Night Baseball between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, and NBC chose to stay with the Travelers Championship. NBC showed the Women’s PGA Championship over pregame coverage of Sunday Night …
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