Octogenarian Hubie Brown gets contract extension from ESPN to continue calling NBA games
At 85 years of age, Brown isn’t ready for retirement
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Warriors-Lakers is the highest rated NBA preseason game in ESPN history
If preseason ratings are any indication...
ESPN wins cable rights to PGA Championship from 2020 through 2030, will cover it both on TV and on ESPN+
A big part of this deal was about getting more top content for ESPN+. Including coverage of featured holes and groups even while CBS is on the air.
MLB on ESPN viewership up 2% for 2018 season
It's just a data point, but MLB ratings on ESPN went up in 2018, and that could be very good news for MLB going forward.
Disney invests in Intermedia Labs, parent company of HQ Trivia, through Disney Accelerator program
This sounds like a small investment for now, but under the right circumstances, it could maybe lead to HQ Trivia-branded content for ESPN+ or ABC.
ESPN draws impressive overnights for its two MLB Tiebreaker games
An unprecedented day of two MLB tiebreaking games led to the highest ratings for afternoon regular season games on the Worldwide Leader
Jemele Hill is joining The Atlantic, not The Athletic
Hill will "cover the intersection of sports, race, politics, gender, and culture."
ESPN unveils new NBA scorebug and you won’t be able to miss seeing the score
ESPN's scorebug features bigger score numbers and team names.
Pac-12 commish Larry Scott defends conference’s late night games in spite of much consternation
"We give them a whole other window of high-quality, highly rated games. ... Playing more night games than we did in the past unlocked the kind of value our schools were looking for."
ESPN+ has already hit one million subscribers, but how much stock should we put into that number?
1 million users is 1 million users, but ESPN is being cagey about how they got there.
Jon Gruden’s mind must be stuck in the broadcast booth because he continues to offer bizarre quotes about Khalil Mack
Gruden's trade of Khalil Mack and subsequent complaints about a lack of a pass rush are too perfect.
Stephen A. Smith is vague about his Brett Kavanaugh takes on his radio show
Stephen A. has takes on Kavanaugh and you're not going to hear them.
Is Greg Olsen’s injury a warning sign for older players thinking about a career in television?
Jason Witten left the NFL for TV, while Olsen pondered it, but then chose to keep playing. Now, he's been hurt.
ESPN rolls out new ad campaign for SportsCenter
"That's Gonna be on SportsCenter" is ESPN's new ad campaign.
ESPN VP Nick Dawson called Mark Jones’ Washington tweet “childish,” “frustrating” in e-mail to Washington AD
Dawson called Jones' tweet "childish behavior that is unacceptable" and "frustrating and disappointing to us on many levels."
