Prince Harry, left, will be honored with the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the July 11 ESPYs. Tillman, a former NFL player, was killed by friendly fire during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2004. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo/Columbus Ledger Enquirer, Mike Haskey) ESPN is standing by its decision to honor Prince Harry […]
Sports media star Stephen A. Smith is vying for a new multi-year contract at ESPN with his current deal expiring next summer, according to Puck’s John Ourand. ESPN has reportedly offered Smith a five-year deal worth $18 million per year, which would make the host of First Take one of the highest-paid talents at the […]
Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele waged a high-profile battle with Disney over her right to free speech. Now, she’s going to war with CAA. Steele is suing her agents of the past 11 years for breach of fiduciary duty over how they handled her contentious standoff with ESPN and its parent company Disney following controversial […]
(Reuters) -The National Basketball Association is close to finalizingseparate broadcast deals with NBC, Disney’s ESPN and Amazon that would bring in about $76 billion in media revenue over 11 years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Comcast’s NBC is nearing a deal with the league to pay an […]
ESPN aired a 10-minute video segment on Mother’s Day about former Penn State tight end Theo Johnson, in what proved to be a moving piece about his family’s escape from domestic violence — and the courage and resolve of his mother. The video was part of SC Featured, SportsCenter’s award-winning storytelling brand. It was posted […]
UFC on ESPN 56 was a decision-heavy affair until Esteban Ribovics showed up. On the prelims at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Ribovics (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) knocked out Terrance McKinney (15-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) with a heavy right high kick. The stoppage came 37 seconds into the first round. For as short as it was, […]
The Walt Disney Co. name and logo appears on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Richard Drew / Associated Press) Walt Disney Co. is making massive strides toward making its streaming business profitable, a milestone that comes none too soon as its traditional TV networks continue to decline. The Burbank […]
ESPN’s Kevin Weekes gives analysis of NHL games, but on Thursday he turned his attention to an assault in downtown St. Paul that involved a man being repeatedly whipped. Weekes, who was in town for the Wild’s season finale at Xcel Energy Center, recorded the assault with his cellphone from his 16th-floor hotel room at […]
Disney’s ESPN (DIS) will team up with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Fox (FOXA) to launch a new sports streaming service, set to debut sometime this fall. According to the companies, the platform will bring together their respective slate of sports networks along with certain direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports services and sports rights. This will include […]
A former ESPN sportscaster says his wife fell asleep at the wheel before a crash that ejected him from their RV onto a busy California freeway on Tuesday. Cordell Patrick says they were driving to their home in Valencia on the 14 Freeway when he unbuckled his seatbelt to use the RV’s restroom. It was […]
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