DAY IN THE LIFE: How 'SportsCenter' anchor Hannah Storm prepped for Super...
Hannah Storm is the new anchor of the 10 to 11 AM hour of "SportsCenter" on ESPN, and recently headed to San Francisco ahead of the Super Bowl. We followed along on the veteran sportscaster's long day...
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Bill Simmons announces new website, The Ringer
Bill Simmons on Wednesday announced the name of his forthcoming website, The Ringer.The writer, podcast host, and Grantland founder was fired by ESPN in May. In July he signed a deal with HBO, for...
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ESPN has a plan to win back some of the 7 million people who have ditched it...
ESPN is being hurt by people ditching cable, and the company is in talks to expand its presence in online streaming services, according to president John Skipper.At Re/code's Code Media conference,...
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Jury awards $55 million to Erin Andrews in lawsuit over nude video taken at...
A jury awarded $55 million to sportscaster Erin Andrews on Monday after she sued management and owners of a Nashville Marriott hotel over a 2008 nude video of her that was taken by a stalker in an...
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Disney CEO says selling ESPN a la carte is on the table
Disney CEO Bob Iger says Disney needs to improve on the digital front, and that selling ESPN direct-to-consumer is on table.Speaking at the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet & Telecom Conference on...
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Disney has a lot more riding on ESPN's success than we thought
Big games are big business, and no one knows that better than ESPN parent Walt Disney. The media giant acquired ESPN as part of the $19 billion Capital Cities/ABC deal in 1995.It probably seemed as if...
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Bill Simmons declares war on ESPN after it blocked employees from his podcast
Any hope of peace and goodwill coming to the relationship between Bill Simmons and ESPN took a major hit this week.During a conversation on "The Bill Simmons Podcast" about the Cleveland Cavaliers,...
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Obama does surreal ESPN interview at Cuba baseball game, discusses Belgium...
US President Barack Obama gave a somewhat surreal interview on ESPN Tuesday at an exhibition baseball game played between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team.During the lengthy interview,...
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In a series of stunning videos several political protesters in Cuba were arrested within moments of interrupting an ESPN report featuring Bob Ley.The video report was coming from the streets of Havana...
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ESPN analyst Jay Bilas had a terrific takedown of critics who are 'bored'...
The University of Connecticut women's basketball team is at the center of the sports world after advancing to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight in dominant fashion on Saturday, beating Mississippi...
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Here's when ESPN's explosive new O.J. Simpson documentary is airing
ESPN has announced that its highly-anticipated "30 for 30" documentary "O.J.: Made in America" will premiere on ABC on Saturday, June 11, at 9pm ET.It's the first ever episodic documentary by ESPN...
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Greg Hardy says he made his off-color comment about Gisele Bundchen after his...
On Tuesday, Greg Hardy gave an exclusive interview to ESPN's Adam Schefter that surely did not have the intended effect.The interview showed Hardy seemingly trying to redeem himself to attentive NFL...
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An ESPN host wore a t-shirt on air mocking the Cleveland Indians'...
ESPN host Bomani Jones wore a "Caucasians" t-shirt mocking the Cleveland Indians' "Chief Wahoo" logo during the "Mike & Mike" show on Thursday.The shirt includes the word "Caucasians" in the...
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The trailer for ESPN's explosive O.J. Simpson documentary is here
What's most surprising about the O.J. Simpson trial is, two decades later, how fresh it feels.That's remarkably clear in the new trailer for ESPN's seven-and-a-half-hour "30 for 30" documentary, "O.J.:...
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Drone racing is about to become a nationally televised sport on ESPN
It's official: drone racing is becoming a sport.The International Drone Racing Association signed a multi-year, international distribution deal with ESPN. The first televised event will be the U.S....
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Curt Schilling fired by ESPN after latest controversial foray into social media
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling has been fired by ESPN from his role as baseball analyst after his latest controversial foray into social media, the company announced on...
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Two blockbuster trades have shaken up the NFL draft — here is who is...
Todd McShay is ESPN's NFL Draft guru, regularly publishing mock drafts in the months and weeks leading up to the big day. But with less than a week until the draft, McShay's latest mock looks...
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One of ESPN's most recognizable personalities is leaving the network
Skip Bayless, the fiery and controversial cohost of the ESPN talk show "First Take," will leave the network in August, when his contract expires.ESPN announced the news in a press release on...
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How famous athletes like Rob Gronkowski and D'Angelo Russell meet women online
Professional athletes typically don't have much difficulty finding a date.But social media and dating apps have made it even easier for them, according to ESPN the Magazine's Sam Alipour.His feature,...
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Curt Schilling blasts ESPN, says they have 'some of the biggest racists' on air
Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling was fired as an analyst on ESPN earlier in April after sharing a controversial meme about transgender bathroom use.It was yet another incident in which Schilling was...
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