ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season.

Disney’s ESPN and Major League Baseball are breaking up after nearly 40 years together, a sign of how even the most durable content relationships have come under scrutiny in the streaming era, with sports rights increasing and entertainment conglomerates left to figure out how to pay the bill.

Draymond Green’s criticism of this year’s NBA All-Star Game had fans reminiscing about the classic East-West battles of the past or brainstorming ways to revive the competition. Some even proposed a bold USA-versus-the-World format to reflect the league’s global talent.

But chances are you are not a fan of those things and instead were either disappointed with this year’s All-Star show once it was all said and done, or you tuned out once you re