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Dan Le Batard ignores ESPN’s ‘no politics’ policy, blasts Trump and racist ‘send her back’ chant
Le Batard even mocked ESPN's "cowardly" policy.
It’s a SportsCenter reunion as Robin Roberts and Charley Steiner honor Bob Ley on GMA
Bob Ley is apparently really good at Jeopardy!
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.”
ACC Network announces football personnel lineup for games and studio shows, including Jon Beason, Jac Collinsworth and Eric Wood
The ACCN broadcasts include some new-to-ESPN faces like Wood, Beason and Mark Herzlich, plus some experienced ESPN figures like Collinsworth, Dave O'Brien and Tim Hasselbeck.
ESPN NFL changes include Tedy Bruschi joining Sunday NFL Countdown, Louis Riddick moving to main Monday Night Countdown set
Two big changes to ESPN NFL pre-game shows revolve around Tedy Bruschi and Louis Riddick.
There’s an 18-part series on Les Miles at Kansas coming to ESPN+’s Big 12 Now, a service which will also have over 800...
The series trailer includes clips of Miles talking with Kansas AD Jeff Long before Miles was officially hired. It will continue throughout this season with behind-the-scenes footage around games.
ESPN is launching a weekday morning podcast called ‘The ESPN Daily’
The new podcast will launch in October and feature new 18-25 minute episodes each Monday through Friday morning. No host has been named yet.
Longhorn Network had some Twitter fun with Big 12 coaches’ press conferences, between Lizzo comparisons and coach graphics
Between announcing their press conference schedule with photos of coaches in similar poses to Lizzo and drawing up humorous graphics for each coach speaking, the Longhorn Network had some fun with the first day of Big 12 Media Days.
Your MLB announcing schedule for 7/15-7/21
Here's our announcing schedule for national MLB broadcasts from July 15-21.
ACC Network approaches launch with no Comcast/Dish/Charter deals; is league optimism further deals will happen justified?
The ACC Network's current announced deals only cover about 20 million homes, although more are expected by launch. But there are still some big holdouts, including Comcast, Dish, and Charter.
ESPN hires Ryan Leaf as a college football game analyst
After time in jail over burglaries to fuel an opioid addiction, Leaf has gotten clean and started working in the sports media. He worked for the Pac-12 Networks and Sirius XM last year, and now he'll be calling college football games for ESPN.
ESPN announcers call out Grayson Allen’s bullshit while he picks up flagrant fouls on consecutive plays in NBA Summer League
"It mystifies me how anyone can defend what he does when it happens time and time again with him."
Ratings for the 2019 ESPYS stay about even with 2018, which carries good news and bad news for ABC
The 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.87 million viewers was about even with 2018, and it helped ABC win the night amongst broadcast networks.
Once again, ESPN claims Michael Kay beat Mike Francesa by using numbers that ignore WFAN’s streaming
For the second straight quarter, ESPN PR sent out a release claiming Michael Kay "beat" Mike Francesa, citing numbers that include Kay's streaming feed and don't count Francesa's.
Jonathan Hock has a new film called “The First Day” on Chris Herren, airing on ESPN and following up on 30 for 30...
The First Day focuses on one of Herren's presentations to kids about substance abuse, and is told primarily through shots of the audience.
