ESPN to Gain Full Rights to U.S. Open in 2015

ESPN announced that it is going to take control of the United States Open tournament in 2015, ending CBS’s role in it after 46 years.

ESPN’s acquisition of the United States Open advances a trend in which cable networks like ESPN and TBS scoop up increasingly important sports events. Nearly every college football bowl game is on an ESPN network.

ESPN already has the tournament’s cable rights and also promised that every match would be seen live on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPN3, the broadband network.