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Elle Duncan apologizes for criticizing Sheryl Swoopes over out of context Caitlin Clark comments
"I did the thing you aren’t supposed to do."
Elle Duncan implores media to stop pitting WNBA vets against Caitlin Clark
"This is only women that get this s***."
Former Atlanta Hawks sideline reporter Elle Duncan brought the team some luck on NBA Draft Lottery broadcast
"I'm not saying that the girl that's on the desk that's from Atlanta doing her first lottery had anything to do with it. But I'm just saying..."
USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb praises ESPN’s women’s basketball studio team: ‘Transcendent group’
"It needs to be acknowledged how this ESPN crew matched the excellence of the on-court performances and set a new standard."
WNBA star Aliyah Boston joins ESPN’s women’s championship coverage
Cementing its commitment to women's basketball, ESPN adds WNBA All-Star Aliyah Boston to its championship weekend studio crew.
ESPN has the perfect studio crew to cover the women’s basketball explosion in popularity
Chiney Ogwumike offers kudos amid NC State-Texas 3-point line drama
While the asymmetrical 3-point line drama took up the day in Portland, ESPN studio analyst Chiney Ogwunmike took a different approach.
Elle Duncan destroys a king cake in desperate search of the baby while broadcasting from Baton Rouge
Duncan's treatment of the cake was taken as an act of war given her Atlanta roots.
ESPN plans to air podcast series on ESPN2 on weekday afternoons
This week, ESPN announced plans beginning this Monday to air their popular podcast offerings on ESPN2 during weekday afternoons.
Elle Duncan takes issue with Draymond Green and Ja Morant over mental health
"We're just trying to ask you to work within the parameters of your employment in the same way every other person on the planet is expected to do."
ESPN’s Elle Duncan blasts tired trope of blaming Taylor Swift
"Nobody's asking if Travis Kelce is distracting her from a world tour."
Elle Duncan says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship is a ‘stunt’
"That man has never touched that woman."
ESPN plans two women-focused SportsCenter takeovers as part of Ally advertising partnership
SportsCenter anchor Elle Duncan wants more Black representation ‘behind the camera’
"There's not a lot of us in control rooms, directing, producing or even in PR."
SportsCenter and Scott Van Pelt honor fallen Bristol police officers outside ESPN headquarters
"We at ESPN greatly appreciate the protection our local law enforcement regularly provides us."
ESPN broadcasters go silent in protest of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill during NCAA Women’s Tournament
Elle Duncan has a new multi-year deal to remain at ESPN
Duncan will continue to host the 6 PM SportsCenter among other duties.
SportsCenter anchor Elle Duncan sums up sentiment around Dennis Schroder’s one-year deal with Celtics
Taking a risk on yourself is the hallmark of the free agency period in every major sport. In...
ESPN’s latest SportsCenter shakeup sees Sage Steele move to noon ET show, Elle Duncan head to 6 p.m. ET
"As we turn the page to 2021, we’re doing what we have always done – providing new opportunities for some anchors to experience different shows and pairings while offering continuity and familiarity to our viewers with other editions."
Elle Duncan signed off ahead of maternity leave in hilarious fashion
You might never think of a particular Chris Berman catchphrase the same way again.
Sage Steele claims she was excluded from ESPN race special thanks to colleagues’ complaints, which ESPN denies
Steele has claimed colleagues Elle Duncan and Michael Eaves worked to exclude her from race-focused special "The Undefeated Presents Time for Change: We Won’t be Defeated." An ESPN spokesperson denied that interpretation.
ESPN’s Elle Duncan talks about her experiences with racism in Boston on WEEI’s Dale and Keefe Show
"Boston is incredibly defensive when it comes to any accounts from Black people about any potential racism that they’ve faced there."
ESPN will celebrate the 25th anniversary of “This Is SportsCenter” ads with three specials looking back at those commercials
The This Is SportsCenter ad campaign launched in 1995 and has produced more than 400 spots. ESPN will look back at some of those in three specials Sunday.
