University of St. Thomas Athletics
St. Thomas, FOX9 renew partnership for 2026-27
8/26/2026 3:26:00 PM | Football, Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Hockey, Women's Basketball, Women's Hockey
ST. PAUL, MINN. – The University of St. Thomas will once again have a TV broadcast home in 2026-27. On Tuesday, the Tommies announced the extended partnership with FOX Television Stations, renewing a relationship that will again make FOX9 and FOX9+ the television home of St. Thomas Athletics.
The deal gives the local FOX stations the rights to air selected Tommie home events for football, men's and women's basketball and men's and women's hockey throughout the Twin Cities and metro area. The full broadcast schedule will include 19 total St. Thomas athletic events, including four Tommie football games and select basketball and hockey contests. Games will also continue to stream on Midco Sports Plus, the official streaming home of the Tommies, and all broadcasts will continue to be produced and staffed by St. Thomas athletics employees.
The broadcast schedule itself will kick off with the Tommie football game against Southern Utah on September 19. The schedule also includes eight men's hockey games and expanded exposure of St. Thomas athletics across the United States.
With no subscriptions or fees, the FOX 9+ is your FREE ticket to local sports, which reaches nearly two million homes. FOX 9+ can be found on Comcast channel 10/807, DirecTV channel 29, DISH channel 29, Spectrum channel 10, Mediacom channel 10/803, and Over-The-Air channel 9.2. In addition, these games will be available on FOX 9+ on Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV, FuboTV, and YouTube TV.
KMSP FOX 9 and WFTC FOX 9 Plus are part of the FOX Television Stations which owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in nine of the top ten largest designated market areas (DMAs), and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 17 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce over 1,100 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network's national content.
