Editing Disney Channel (section)

=== Sports ===
For a period, [[ESPN]]'s broadcasts of the [[Little League World Series]] baseball tournament frequently featured [[cross-promotion]] with music-related Disney Channel properties, with past editions having featured collaborations with ''[[High School Musical]]'', the [[Jonas Brothers]], ''[[Camp Rock]]'', and ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hudak |first=Kristen |date=2012-08-14 |title=Band 1985's Summer Forever is Little League World Series' theme |url=https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/08/band-1985s-summer-forever-is-little-league-world-series-theme/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=ESPN Front Row |language=en-US |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315043106/https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/08/band-1985s-summer-forever-is-little-league-world-series-theme/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2023, Disney Channel broadcast a live professional sporting event for the first time, carrying a youth-oriented alternate broadcast of a [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) game—known as the ''Big City Greens Classic—''as part of [[NHL on ESPN|ESPN's coverage of the league]]. The broadcast was themed around the Disney Channel animated series ''[[Big City Greens]]'', visualizing data from the league's player and [[Hockey puck|puck]] tracking system with 3D animated players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2023-02-14 |title=Disney Will Animate ESPN Coverage for Disney Channel to Get Kids Into Hockey |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-espn-animated-nhl-hockey-big-city-greens-1235522327/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320135819/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-espn-animated-nhl-hockey-big-city-greens-1235522327/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rangers, Capitals in 'Big City Greens' Classic on ESPN, Disney Channel |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-washington-to-play-in-big-city-greens-classic-on-espn-disney-channel/c-341043372 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=NHL.com |language=en-US |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315050903/https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-washington-to-play-in-big-city-greens-classic-on-espn-disney-channel/c-341043372 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dachman |first=Jason |date=2023-03-14 |title=ESPN, Disney Take Next Tech Leap in Kids-Focused Broadcast With Live, Animated 'NHL Big City Greens Classic' |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2023/03/14/espn-disney-take-next-tech-leap-in-kids-focused-broadcast-with-live-animated-nhl-big-city-greens-classic/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315043058/https://www.sportsvideo.org/2023/03/14/espn-disney-take-next-tech-leap-in-kids-focused-broadcast-with-live-animated-nhl-big-city-greens-classic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>