Editing ESPNews (section)

===Use as an overflow feed for live coverage===
ESPNEWS ran a simulcast of [[ESPN Radio]]'s ''[[Mike and Mike in the Morning]]'' from 2004 to 2005, the program moved to ESPN2 in 2006, although it still occasionally airs on ESPNEWS when live sports events (such as tennis' [[French Open]] or [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]) air on ESPN2. When ESPN2 televised the [[2009 US Open (tennis)|2009 US Open]] tennis tournament, ''SportsNation'' aired on ESPNEWS instead from August 31, 2009 to September 11, 2009.

As [[ESPN Classic]]'s carriage declined more into specialty cable tiers due to bandwidth conservation concerns and low viewership, along with no high-definition channel ever being established before its demise on December 31, 2021, ESPNEWS became the primary overflow network for situations in which ESPN and ESPN2 carry live sports coverage, with [[ESPNU]], the [[ACC Network]] and [[SEC Network]] being limited to college sports overflow situations.

* The network aired two [[2013 National Invitation Tournament|National Invitation Tournament]] college basketball games on March 25, 2013 that were originally scheduled to air on ESPN, which instead aired an [[NBA]] game telecast between the [[Miami Heat]] and the [[Orlando Magic]] (a game in which the Heat extended its winning streak to 27 games).
* Another NBA overflow of the late game of that night's ESPN doubleheader aired partially two days later on March 27, 2013 due to ESPN2 already carrying coverage of the [[2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament]] until the first game on ESPN ended, with ESPN having an extended post-game show for the first game due to the Heat's aforementioned winning streak ending at the hands of the [[Chicago Bulls]].
* Coverage of the [[NCAA Division I softball tournament|NCAA women's softball preliminary tournament]] aired on ESPNEWS on May 18, 2013, due to NBA playoff coverage on ESPN and [[X Games|X Games Barcelona]] coverage on ESPN2.
* The network's most apparent overflow use has been with the [[NASCAR]] [[Nationwide Series]] in 2013. On April 26, 2013, ESPNEWS carried full live coverage of the [[Toyota Care 250]] at [[Richmond International Raceway]], due to NBA playoff coverage on ESPN, with the [[2013 NFL draft]]'s second night airing on ESPN2. The [[Kentucky 300]] on September 21, 2013 from [[Kentucky Speedway]] was also moved over to ESPNEWS due to college football games airing on both ESPN networks.
* On August 31, 2013, ESPNEWS aired three college football games, including the [[2013 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]–[[2013 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]] game live from [[LP Field]] in [[Nashville]], presumably due to all other ESPN networks being fully booked for college games at that time. [[ESPN Goal Line]] also has been expanded onto additional cable systems through new carriage agreements struck by The Walt Disney Company in early 2013, making the Goal Line simulcast unneeded.
* ESPN's coverage of Wimbledon was often moved to ESPNews in [[2014 Wimbledon Championships|2014]] due to their coverage of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]].
* ESPN's coverage of the Wisconsin v. USC Holiday Bowl was moved to ESPNews in 2015.
* ESPN's coverage of the northeast regional NCAA hockey tournament, due to the NCAA Women's basketball tournament on ESPN, NCAA baseball and softball on ESPN2 and NCAA lacrosse and other regional games of the NCAA hockey tournament on ESPN-U in 2018.
* Also due to live coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 of the NCAA Women's basketball tournament, ESPNews showed the rest of the day's Miami Open quarterfinal and semifinal coverage that was shown on ESPN2 before primetime coverage of the basketball tournament.
*''[[Olbermann (TV series)|Olbermann]]'' was also carried live on ESPNEWS on weeknights if sports coverage on [[ESPN2]] overflowed into that program's regular time slot.
* The network aired game 6 in the first round of the [[2018 NBA playoffs]] on April 27, 2018 between the [[2017–18 Toronto Raptors season|Toronto Raptors]] and the [[2017–18 Washington Wizards season|Washington Wizards]] due to ESPN airing coverage of the [[2018 NFL draft]] (which would later shift to ESPN2) and later airing another first-round game between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. Additionally, this game was also simulcast on [[NBA TV]] using the ESPN feed.
* In June 2018, it was announced that six [[National Women's Soccer League]] matches through the end of the [[2018 National Women's Soccer League season|2018 season]] would air on ESPNews, as part of its broadcast arrangement with fellow Disney/Hearst venture [[A&E Networks]] and [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Jamie |date=June 6, 2018 |title=NWSL hopes moving games to evening slot on ESPNews will boost attendance, ensure player safety |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland-thorns/2018/06/nwsl_hopes_moving_games_to_eve.html |access-date=August 7, 2024 |work=OregonLive.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Game 3 of the semifinal round of the [[2018 WNBA Playoffs]] between the [[2018 Atlanta Dream season|Atlanta Dream]] and [[2018 Washington Mystics season|Washington Mystics]] aired on ESPNEWS due to a college football game ([[2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]]–[[2018 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]) on ESPN and the third round of the [[2018 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] airing on ESPN2. As with the Raptors–Wizards playoff game mentioned earlier, this game was also simulcast on [[NBA TV]] using the ESPNews feed including the BottomLine ticker which was displayed above their own ticker.

Additionally, ESPNEWS simulcasted [[ESPN Deportes]]' coverage of the [[2018 Supercopa de España]], the first time it has aired Spanish-language programming although the BottomLine ticker continued to be displayed in English.