XFL reaches multiyear deals with FOX and ESPN

The XFL, which includes a St. Louis team, has reached multiyear agreements with FOX Sports and ESPN to broadcast its games beginning in 2020.

The league also announced Monday that its season will start Feb. 8, the weekend after the NFL season ends with the Super Bowl.

This is the second time Vince McMahon has launched a football league. The first version of the XFL — a joint venture of WWE and NBC — lasted one season in 2001.

All 43 XFL games — 40 regular season, three playoffs — will be televised. Twenty-four will air on ABC or FOX. The remainder will air on ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2.

The eight-team league has set its schedule with most games on Saturday and Sunday. ESPN will show the championship game April 26.

The XFL will have teams in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay and Washington.