The network had until Saturday to pick up the option on the 20-year contract initially signed in 2016, which led to the birth of the ACC Network.
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More than 13 months of legal wrangling among FSU, Clemson and the ACC finally may be reaching an amicable conclusion.
The conference confirmed Thursday that ESPN agreed to pick up its option to keep broadcasting ACC sports through 2036, a move that could offer stability to a league that once had appeared on the brink of fragmenting.
