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Here's What ESPN Earns In Cable Fees Every Year
In February, Chase Carey, the chief executive of News Corporation, called his company’s plans to launch a sports network “the world’s worst-kept secret”. As happens when secrets leak, no one gasped...
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Criticism Of Latest 'First Take' Controversy Is Exactly What ESPN Wants
Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks appeared on ESPN's "First Take" on Thursday and opened up a personal attack on show co-host Skip Bayless (see video below). Afterwards ESPN's own Bill Simmons...
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Ray Lewis' Role With ESPN Will Include Monday Night Football
In a move that shows ESPN's love affair with Ray Lewis is not going away anytime soon, the network officially announced it hired the two-time Super Bowl champion. According to ESPN, Lewis will join the...
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Obama Has Released His NCAA Tournament Bracket, And There's One Big Surprise
As part of what has become an annual tradition, President Barack Obama revealed his NCAA tournament picks this morning on ESPN, going with Indiana to beat Louisville in the national...
View ArticleRob Gronkowski Debuted His New Goatee As A Guest Anchor On SportsCenter
Rob Gronkowski visited this SportsCenter set at ESPN this morning. And while he was there he took a few moments to try his hand as an anchor and call some highlights.Let's just say, it's a good thing...
View ArticleHere's The Shocking Video That Got Rutgers Coach Mike Rice Fired
ESPN's "Outside The Lines" has obtained videos from Rutgers basketball practices between 2010 and 2012 that show head coach Mike Rice grabbing, shoving, and kicking players, and throwing basketballs at...
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Khloe Kardashian Slams Media Over Reports Of Lamar Odom's Mishandled Charity...
Khloe Kardashian is fighting back at allegations of misconduct by her husband Lamar Odom’s charity, Cathy’s Kids.On Sunday, ESPN show "Outside the Lines" accused the Clippers player and reality TV star...
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High Definition Voice Is Finally Coming To Mobile
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.HD Voice...
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ESPN's Bobby Knight Isn't Going To Talk About The Rutgers Player Abuse Scandal
ESPN commentator and legendary college basketball coach Bobby Knight has declined to talk on-air about the Mike Rice scandal, an ESPN spokesman told us.Given the circumstances, Knight looked like the...
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ESPN's Samantha Steele And Vikings QB Christian Ponder Got Married This Weekend
ESPN sportscaster Samantha Steele (now Samantha Ponder) and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder got married in a courthouse in Wisconsin in December.But this past weekend, the two "tied the...
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A Day In The Life Of ESPN 'SportsCenter' Anchor Lindsay Czarniak
“Ye verily, a sampler of wonders.”Those were the first words spoken on ESPN when the tiny Connecticut station launched on September 7, 1979.Host Lee Leonard followed with a brief introduction to the...
View ArticleUFC Fighter Asks To Touch African-American ESPN Anchor's Hair, Yells 'That's...
Chael Sonnen was on ESPN's "SportsCenter" today to promote his upcoming fight with Jon Jones. And in the middle of one interview, he randomly asked to touch Sage Steele's hair.After touching the hair,...
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ESPN And The NFL Network Told Their Reporters To Stop Doing Their Jobs During...
In an effort to enhance the drama of the NFL draft, Richard Deitsch of SI.com is reporting that NFL insiders for ESPN and the NFL Network are being asked to not report draft picks before they are...
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ESPN Knew Exactly What It Was Doing When One Of Its Reporters Called Being...
ESPNNBA reporter Chris Broussard went on "Outside The Lines" yesterday and called being gay a sin and "an open rebellion to God."It became a big controversy, and Broussard took a ton of heat.But when...
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Bubba Watson Tweets His Support For The ESPN Reporter Who Said Being Gay Is...
Golfer Bubba Watson— who has never been shy about his religious beliefs— has voiced his support for ESPN reporter Chris Broussard.Broussard has been taking heat for going on "Outside The Lines"...
View ArticleNFL Player Says There's No Need For Gay Athletes To Make Public Statements...
Cornerback Asante Samuel of the Atlanta Falcons was in studio for SportsCenter today when he was asked about comments he made earlier this week after Jason Collins announced that he was gay. Samuel's...
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Female Broadcasters Are Fleeing ESPN
Jason McIntyre of Big Lead Sports is reporting that ESPN host Charissa Thompson is leaving the network and going to Fox Sports.When contacted, neither Fox Sports nor ESPN had a comment on the...
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ESPN And Fox May Be Preparing To Battle Over Tim Tebow
Now that Tim Tebow is a free agent, some are wondering if he will be able find a job in the NFL next season. If not, his next stop could be back in college football.It's no secret that ESPN has a love...
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Fox's ESPN-Killer Will Be Great If You Love NASCAR And Ultimate Fighting
The next threat to ESPN's domination of sports television is Fox Sports 1, which will debut on August 17.At first, it will be much more enjoyable if you really love NASCAR and Ultimate...
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Incredibly Polite Conspiracy Theorist Sends An ESPN Anchor A Letter Asking If...
Legendary ESPN broadcaster Bob Ley received a very kind, very crazy letter today. It's from someone who thinks Joe Paterno is still alive and hiding out in central Pennsylvania. It's prefaced by, "Hope...
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