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DirecTV, Disney reach agreement, returning ESPN to subscribers
DirecTV and The Walt Disney Co. reached an agreement in principle in their rate dispute Saturday morning, immediately returning ESPN and its sister channels to DirecTV subscribers.,The satellite service stopped offering Disney-owned channels on Sept. 1, meaning its customers couldn't watch college f...
DirecTV loses ESPN channels amid rate dispute
Millions of sports fans tuning in to see U.S. Open tennis, a key National League East baseball game and one of the marquee matchups of college football's opening weekend got an unwelcome surprise Sunday night.,The Walt Disney Company pulled the plug on the ESPN family of channels and on ABC in eight...
ESPN, U.S. Open agree to extension thru 2037
The United States Tennis Association and ESPN agreed on a 12-year extension that will keep the broadcast rights to the U.S. Open with the cable giant through 2037. ,The new agreement, which begins in 2026, will see the USTA take over host broadcaster duties while ESPN focuses on production resources...
Report: Mike Greenberg to host 'Sunday NFL Countdown'
ESPN will name network veteran Mike Greenberg as the host of "Sunday NFL Countdown," The Athletic reported Tuesday.,He will replace Samantha Ponder, who was fired last week with one year and more than $1 million remaining on her three-year deal in what The Athletic called a cost-cutting move.,Greenb...
Report: Samantha Ponder, Robert Griffin III out at ESPN
ESPN fired NFL studio host Samantha Ponder and football analyst Robert Griffin III, The Athletic reported Thursday.,Per the report, Ponder and Griffin were dismissed for financial reasons and were the only two on-air personalities to lose their jobs as ESPN prepares to close its fiscal year next mon...
Reports: NBA office receives Amazon, NBC rights proposals
The NBA has received 11-year, $75.9 billion proposals that would grant broadcasting rights to NBC and Amazon Prime Video starting with the 2025-26 season, according to multiple media reports on Wednesday.,ABC/ESPN, owned by Disney, would retain certain broadcast rights, including the NBA Finals. TNT...
Dick Vitale announces new cancer diagnosis
Longtime ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale faces a fourth cancer diagnosis since 2021, he said Friday, and will have neck surgery on Tuesday.,"My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous," the 85-year-old Vitale announced Friday afternoon on X whi...
ESPN's Pat McAfee apologizes for calling Caitlin Clark 'white b----'
ESPN's Pat McAfee apologized after referring to Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark as a "white b----" during his opening monologue on Monday.,McAfee's theme was how Clark deserves the credit for the upturn in interest in the WNBA, not other members of the league's rookie class that includes Angel Ree...
Hall of Fame Game returns to ABC
The 2024 Hall of Fame Game will be broadcast on Aug. 1 by ABC and ESPN.,The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Thursday this will be the first time ESPN has aired the game. It's sister network, ABC, had rights to the Hall of Fame Game from 1971-2005.,This year's preseason game in Canton, Ohio, will feat...
Caitlin Clark's Fever debut a big hit for ESPN
Caitlin Clark's debut for the Indiana Fever drew 2.1 million viewers across all platforms on Tuesday night, making it the most-watched WNBA game on ESPN.,Viewership peaked at 2.3 million viewers for the game between the Fever and Connecticut Sun. The Sun prevailed 92-71.,The game was the most-watche...
Jason Kelce joins ESPN's 'Monday Night Countdown' crew
Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce made his latest roster move official, joining the ESPN family on Tuesday.,Kelce, who retired in March after 13 NFL seasons, will be part of the "Monday Night Countdown" crew.,"Turns out, it was a short retirement! I'm excited to join ESPN, and particular...
Andy Reid's son gets break his DUI victim didn't; Emmitt Smith is right about DEI; Kelce retires for real this time
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...
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Stephen A. Smith says there's no beef with him and Pat McAfee despite reported argument [Update]
Update March 9: Stephen A. Smith says there’s no beef between him and fellow ESPN talking head Pat McAfee. ...
Rajah Caruth’s historic NASCAR win is a feel-good story we should all celebrate
It’s simple. Since America loves an underdog, America should be applauding Rajah Caruth....
'Cream Abdul-Jabbar' has Indiana State back in the spotlight
The first Magic Johnson and Larry Bird matchup in the 1979 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game is the most viewed college basketball game of all time. Being that more than 35 million people watched, certainly a few of them have wondered over the years what happened to the Indiana State ...
Fans preparing for March Madness should know that women’s college basketball is the main draw
Football is finished and the NBA is coming off of a horrific All-Star break. That only means one thing — it’s the time of the year when the masses start paying attention to college basketball. However, many “fans” will be in for a rude awakening when they realize that the men’s game isn’t that excit...
The Minnesota Timberwolves are the NBA’s best redemption story
The Minnesota Timberwolves’ bounce back from their 2023 nadir has been the NBA’s most remarkable redemption story. The Association may have discontinued its Comeback Player of the Year award, but the Twin Cities’ finest would deserve consideration if that were not the case. Before October, the outlo...
Ranking the major sports networks from most elitist to Fox Sports
Prestige and journalism shouldn’t go hand-in-hand together. Sure, there are outlets with enough history and money to have ethics departments, fact-checkers, and paying subscribers, but the omnipresent tier — the ones controlling the rights to the big sports — are cost-cutting corporate slugs like th...
NBA coaches should be forced to participate in All-Star festivities, too
The NBA wanting a buy-in from its stars is an understandable expectation. However, coaches are rarely a part of the All-Star festivities aside from the Eastern and Western Conference coaches. Everyone except for gym rat Tom Thibodeau is on vacation unwinding from the daily rigors of an 82-game grind...
Michael Bisping makes another homophobic remark on a hot mic
Michael Bisping was caught uttering a homophobic remark on a hot mic during the UFC 298 broadcast on Saturday. ...