Sports on TV for Feb. 28 - March 1

St. Petersburg, Fla., and Austin, Texas, will serve as twin epicenters of American motorsports this weekend, with IndyCar, Indy NXT, NASCAR Cup, Truck and Xfinity-level action airing across FS1, FS2, FOX, CW and Prime Video. Coverage begins Friday with Indy NXT and NTT IndyCar Series practices on FS1 from the downtown waterfront circuit in St. Petersburg, followed by NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying at Circuit of the Americas on Prime Video. Saturday’s slate features Indy NXT and IndyCar qualifying on FS2, while FOX televises the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ 100-lap season opener on the same St. Pete street layout. Sunday’s marquee events include the IndyCar Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on FOX and the NASCAR Cup Series’ DuraMax Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne from COTA on the same network.

Global golf’s weekend schedule is anchored by the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches, with third- and final-round coverage split between GOLF and NBC. The DP World Tour’s Investec South African Open Championship airs its closing two rounds on GOLF, while the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship from Singapore concludes with its final round on GOLF.

Daytona Beach’s Daytona International Speedway hosts Round 8 of the AMA Supercross Championship on NBCSN, and Gulfstream Park’s Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes, a key Kentucky Derby prep, is featured on 1/ST RACING TOUR.

Spring-training baseball appears on MLB Network with Twins-Red Sox and Royals-Rockies matchups Friday, followed by Braves-Twins and Rockies-Guardians split-squad contests Saturday. The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine continues on NFL Network with skill-position drills Friday and offensive-linemen workouts Saturday.

Soccer offerings include a trio of English Premier League fixtures on USA and NBC, headlined by Manchester City’s visit to Leeds United on NBC. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifier between Dominica and Antigua & Barbuda airs on FS2, while the 2026 SheBelieves Cup doubleheader in Nashville—Canada vs. Colombia on truTV and the United States vs. Argentina on TNT and truTV—highlights international women’s play.

Other weekend windows feature the NRL’s St. George Illawarra-Canterbury-Bankstown clash on FS2, SailGP’s Sydney Grand Prix finale on CBSSN, English League Championship’s Hull City-Portsmouth meeting on CBSSN, PBA’s Pete Weber Missouri Classic on CW, TGL’s Jupiter Links-Boston Common golf match on ESPN, PBR’s Monster Energy Team Challenge on CBS (taped), and tennis semifinals and finals from Acapulco, Austin, Santiago and Merida on TENNIS CHANNEL. The CW also carries the 2026 MGM Tennis Slam exhibition from Las Vegas.

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