Fox Sports is the programming division of the
Fox Broadcasting Company, owned by
21st Century Fox, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated regional and national sports
cable channels. The flagship entity of 21st Century Fox's Fox Sports Media Group division, it was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to
National Football League (NFL) games. In subsequent years, it has televised the
National Hockey League (
1994–
1999),
Major League Baseball (
1996–present),
NASCAR (
2001–present),
Bowl Championship Series (
2007–
2010), the USGA Championships (
2015–present), and the
FIFA World Cup](starting in
2018).