ESPN may need to come up with a new method for getting inside the NBA. Adrian Wojnarowski, who has diligently chronicled team moves, trades and more within professional basketball for the Disney sports-media giant for seven years, has decided to move along, citing a desire to improve his lifestyle. Within minutes of the distribution of […]

End a long weekend of NFL thrills with even more NFL actions on “Monday Night Football.” For Week 2, two conference rivals go head-to-head as the Atlanta Falcons (0-1) face off against the Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday, Sept. 16. The game kickoffs at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. […]

The UFC is headed to Sin City this weekend for UFC 306: O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili. The main event is a title fight between American Sean “Suga” O’Malley (18-1-0) defending his bantamweight championship belt against Georgian fighter Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (17-4-0). UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC will take place at The Sphere on Saturday, […]

In the late 1980s, when future “SportsCenter” legend Linda Cohn wanted to move up the ladder in her career from Long Island cable news, she made a big batch of chocolate chip cookies one day for her camera operator. It was a bribe to persuade him to stay late to help her film a spec […]

They don’t give out Tony Awards for Most Comically Elaborate Broadway-Themed Promotional Announcement of a Football Telecast Series. But if they did, “ManningCast the Musical” would be a shoo-in. “ManningCast,” ESPN’s popular live broadcast series of Monday night football games hosted by NFL superstar brothers Peyton and Eli Manning, announced its fourth season Sept. 3 […]

One of the newer arrivals in the world of online sports betting is making a wager of its own. Disney’s ESPN is no stranger to the world of gambling. The sports-media giant has aired a show devoted to sports odds and in the past struck partnerships with both Caesars Entertainment and DraftKings that helped it […]

DirecTV customers were left in the dark earlier this month after Disney pulled its channels from the television provider following a prolonged contract dispute. That meant more than 11 million DirecTV subscribers were left without Disney-owned channels like ABC and ESPN. The blackout could not have come at a worst time for DirecTV, landing on […]

Disney leaders have responded to claims made by DirecTV executives amid the contract dispute that led to ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels going dark on the satellite TV provider’s platform as of Sept. 1. DirecTV executives made bold claims on Sept. 3 about how Disney’s actions have harmed consumers as well as the decline […]

Don’t count on next week’s debut of a new season of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” to force a quick end to the current carriage dispute between DirecTV and Walt Disney Co. DirecTV CFO Ray Carpenter told investors Tuesday that the satellite distributor is prepared to stand firm against Disney’s current stance in a blackout that […]

ESPN and other Disney-owned channels have gone dark on DirecTV after the sides failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement, a business impasse that reflects the broader economic pain spreading throughout the pay TV sector. The blackout, coming on the kickoff weekend for ABC’s college football football coverage and a little more […]