The show had aired in occasional segments on ESPN and ESPN2 before becoming a fixture of ESPN2's weekday afternoon block in 2009.įrom Jto December 20, 2012, SportsNation was taped at ESPN's world headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The show was typically 60% material generated or suggested by fans, including videos from the Internet, athlete tweets, and online polling. The program was based on SportsNation, the fan forum and poll section of. In its original run, it aired on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNEWS. SportsNation is a sports-related television program that airs on ESPN+.