will carry 86 Little League Baseball Region Tournament games from Thursday, Aug. 6 through Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, with the full slate spread across +,, ESPN2 and the App. The coverage gives fans of the 10 U.S. region tournaments a direct path to the games that will send teams toward the Little League Baseball World Series.
The scale is the story. Fifty-five games will stream on +, 28 will air on and three will be shown on ESPN2, while all of the region tournament games will also be available through the App with an applicable subscription. That means the widest window of coverage comes before the bracket tightens, and it arrives right as the search for LLWS 2026 turns from summer noise into meaningful games that decide who keeps playing.
Matt Schick and Mike Rooney will host Little League Baseball Around the Bases presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods on + on Aug. 8 and 9 from 1-9 p.m. ET each day, with live look-ins, highlights and updates running throughout both days. It is the kind of shoulder programming that keeps the region tournaments moving across screens while the first round of games unfolds.
is also reserving its strongest window for the end of the tournaments. Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 11, and ESPN2 will showcase region semifinal and championship action from across the country, and coverage will continue through Friday, Aug. 14 as all 10 U.S. Little League Baseball Region Tournament champions are crowned across platforms.
There is a small catch in the clean exclusivity pitch. is presenting the games exclusively, but the network is also making them available on the App with an applicable subscription, which broadens access without changing who controls the coverage. The games will come from five host sites, and all of them are feeding one larger bracket race: the fight for a berth in the 2026 Little League Baseball World Series, scheduled for Aug. 19 through Aug. 30 and presented by T-Mobile.
For viewers, the next checkpoint is already fixed. The coverage starts Aug. 6, the midweek semifinals and championships follow on Aug. 11, and by Aug. 14 the field will be set. After that, the summer shifts to the World Series stage, where the region winners finally turn their tickets into a national spotlight.
