ESPN readying big play to nab Tony Romo from CBS with record-breaking contract
Romo could nearly double the current top salary among NFL TV analysts.
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Cari Champion is leaving ESPN, and there are more SportsCenter changes afoot
With Cari Champion announcing that she's leaving ESPN, there are plenty of SportsCenter changes ahead.
House of Highlights creator Omar Raja officially joins ESPN, steering network’s social content
Raja's first on-camera appearance will be Monday, Jan. 13 during ESPN's CFP National Championship pregame coverage.
‘Uncut Gems’ directors are fine with ESPN-TNT mishap now: “Nothing to debate”
"It means people are holding the movie to a high standard."
Yes, “Uncut Gems” mixed up TNT and ESPN at one point
Uncut Gems has Adam Sandler's character asking his wife to put a game on ESPN. The problem is that he's previously shown watching the game on TNT. Last month, Adnan Virk relayed the story of his conversation with co-director Benny Safdie about this.
ESPN and Fox Sports to jointly produce the Wilder-Fury pay-per-view rematch on February 22nd
The deal also reportedly contains provisions for a third fight between Wilder and Fury.
ESPN SEC reporter Ed Aschoff passes away after a battle with pneumonia
Aschoff revealed on Instagram weeks ago he came down with pneumonia around the time of the Ohio State-Michigan game which he was covering.
Undisputed’s best day ever Friday drew 52 percent of First Take’s audience that day, illustrating the gulf between the shows
Undisputed's 366,000 viewers Friday was a record for that show, but it was only 52 percent of the 700,000 viewers First Take drew then.
Stephen A. Smith’s new deal makes him the highest-paid ESPN personality, confirming their investment in his brand of debate
Smith will reportedly surpass Mike Greenberg's $6.5 million annual salary under this new deal.
ESPN+ has added another million subscribers since August
ESPN+ now has 3.5 million paid subscribers, as per Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Formula 1 will stay on ESPN and ABC through 2022, with ESPN citing audience increases both year-over-year and over NBC in 2017
As per ESPN, F1 audiences are up 19 percent year over year and 24 percent over the NBC average from 2017.
ESPN Halloween costumes included Pat McAfee dressing as Anchorman’s Champ Kind, High Noon cast dressing as the PTI cast
Shows from High Noon to Pardon The Interruption to NFL Live and Around The Horn all got in on Halloween.
Michael Smith talks ESPN departure with Julie Stewart-Binks, plus Jemele Hill’s Trump tweet: “Are we going to talk about the fact that it’s...
"I always thought that people focused way more on the act of the tweet itself than the sentiment and the factual basis of the tweet. It's like, 'Well, are we going to talk about the fact that it's true? Or are we just going to focus on the fact that it was tweeted?"
The national TV bet on the Pelicans looks a lot worse after Zion Williamson’s injury
Williamson is out six to eight weeks, which is not great for the Pelicans' upcoming lineup of national TV appearances.
ESPN aired a Chinese-endorsed map backing China’s claims to Taiwan and more, then declined all requests for comment on that move
ESPN has turned down at least three news outlets' requests for comment on a highly-controversial map they ran over a day ago.
