Five takeaways from the 2019-2020 NBA national television schedule
This year's schedule features less Knicks, more Clippers and Pelicans, and earlier starts to many nationally-televised Western Conference games.
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ESPN delaying Apex Legends broadcast until October in the wake of El Paso and Dayton mass shootings
ESPN has decided to postpone the broadcast of Apex Legends, a battle royale first-person shooter.
John Skipper confirms DAZN’s interested in Sunday Ticket: “We know that NFL content is a game-changer”
"We know that NFL content is a game-changer for people and it helps to build emerging platforms. It helped to build ESPN, Fox Broadcasting and DirecTV. We’d love for it to help build DAZN."
Cris Collinsworth shocked the world by not performing his patented slide at the Hall of Fame Game
The NFL is back, but Cris Collinsworth's slide is not.
ESPN’s Mina Kimes will be a preseason analyst for the Los Angeles Rams
Mina Kimes' latest gig is as a preseason analyst for the Los Angeles Rams.
Fox tweaking Thursday Night Football pregame with addition of Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez joins Michael Strahan, along with a rotation of Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long on the Fox TNF pregame.
All Elite Wrestling lands Wednesday night slot on TNT for new weekly show; how much of a challenge can they give WWE?
Wednesday nights on TNT seems like a good slot for AEW; that won't conflict with TNT's regular-season NBA broadcasts, and they're not going head-to-head with WWE's cable shows.
NBC is going all out to promote the 2020 Olympics that are only 365 days away
NBC will have a promotional blitz for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics... on July 23-24 2019.
The greatest achievement in the history of western civilization is this mystery novel starring Bill Walton and Dave Pasch
“Walton seems like the kind of guy who, if a friend came to him in need, he would do anything to help. So I just took that to the most extreme and fictional place possible, of him fighting crime.”
Two NFL players are so upset over their Madden ratings that they’re boycotting the game
Chargers' WR Keenan Allen and Cowboys' DE DeMarcus Lawrence are threatening to boycott Madden '20 over anger about their ratings, with Lawrence also calling for Cowboys' fans to join that boycott.
WWE is suddenly not allowing wrestling during commercial breaks on Raw and Smackdown
Vince McMahon claims that there will no longer be wrestling during commercial breaks on television.
NBA free agency will dominate ESPN next week with special episodes of ‘Get Up’ and ‘The Jump’
ESPN will be all over the NBA free agency coverage.
ESPN’s NBA Draft chyron hilariously trolled the Knicks’ draft needs
ESPN had no chill when it came to the New York Knicks draft needs.
Adrian Wojnarowski is unlikely to resist tipping picks on Twitter for this year’s NBA Draft
ESPN is wisely going to let Woj be Woj this year.
A non-exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package may be a win for everyone
NFL Sunday Ticket has been available only to DirecTV subscribers, but the NFL has the ability to opt-out of that deal after the 2019 season.
