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==Programming==
{{See also|Fox Sports 1#Programming}}
Fox Sports 2 features reruns of some of the news and analysis programs broadcast by Fox Sports 1. Sports programming post-UFC includes overflow coverage of events aired by Fox Sports 1, such as [[Big East Conference|Big East]] basketball, [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] football, and [[NASCAR]], along with second-tier programming that formerly would have aired as part of the [[Fox Sports Networks]] schedule. Fox Sports 2 also shows select [[ARCA Menards Series]] races live. Limited coverage of the [[Australian Football League]] moved to Fox Sports 2 from [[Fox Soccer Plus]] (simulcast from Australia via the Seven Network along with full coverage of the [[State of Origin series]] live from Australia's [[Nine Network]]. This move has proven popular with fans in the United States due to the growing fanbase for [[Australian rules football]] in the country.<ref name="rebrand"/><ref name=sbn-fs2>{{cite web|last=LePore|first=Steve|title=Fox Sports 2 is more or less a real thing now|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2013/8/9/4604688/fox-sports-2-is-more-or-less-a-real-thing-now|work=SBNation|date=August 9, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> According to the websites of the Australian Football Association of North America and Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Sports has extended its current deal until 2016. Fox Sports 2 televised some regular season games and finals matches, while most of the 2015 season was aired on Fox Soccer Plus.<ref name=AFANA>{{cite web|title=Fox Sports 2|url=http://www.afana.com/drupal5/category/television/fox_sports_2/6-2495|work=AFANA|publisher=[[Australian Football Association of North America]]|access-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> As of 2019, UFC-related programming no longer airs on the channel due to UFC's new deal with ESPN which started that same year.
In May 2018, it was reported that due to viewer backlash surrounding a preemption of part of a [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]/[[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] football game from FS1 to FS2 due to a [[NASCAR Camping World Truck Series]] race, that Fox would now prefer using [[Fox Business Network]] (which has distribution more in line with FS1, and only carries non-critical [[infomercial|paid programming]] on weekends) for [[Pac-12]] overflow in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/cracks-are-forming-in-the-pac-12-will-they-be-patched-before-its-too-late/amp/|title=Cracks are forming in the Pac-12: Will they be patched before it's too late?|website=CBS Sports|language=en|access-date=2018-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/fox/fox-business-network-new-home-big-ten-football.html|title=Fox Business Network is the new home of Big Ten football|date=2017-09-23|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/stanford-washington-fox-business-network-channel-watch.html|title=Stanford and Washington State are playing on Fox Business Network thanks to weather delay at Michigan State|date=2017-11-04|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/pac-12-overflow-will-now-go-to-fox-business-not-fs2.html|title=Pac-12 overflow will now go to Fox Business, not FS2, but that wasn't the league's biggest issue|date=2018-05-15|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, Fox Sports 2 started broadcasting weekly [[Major League Rugby]] matches <ref name="urlMajor League Rugby adds Fox and ESPN as TV partners - Americas Rugby News">{{cite web |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2020/01/21/major-league-rugby-adds-fox-and-espn-as-tv-partners/ |title=Major League Rugby adds Fox and ESPN as TV partners - Americas Rugby News |date=January 22, 2020 }}</ref> as well as reruns of the 1989 [[roller derby]] program ''[[RollerGames]]''.
==See also==
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