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ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro Notes “Difficult Decisions” as Network Begins Layoffs

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Dick Vitale Signs Multiyear Contract Extension with ESPN

"ESPN has been family to me and has given me a life that has been even better than my dreams."

ESPN to Air Selection Sunday Coverage Across Multiple Platforms

The network will be the exclusive home of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament 68-team bracket reveal at 8 p.m. EST.

ESPN Averages 3 Million Viewers for Duke-UNC

ESPN networks have now presented seven college basketball games this season that have averaged more than 2 million viewers.

Dusty Likins: Can Jay Bilas ‘Preach This Rhetoric’ and ‘Get Into the Minds of People’ Regarding College Basketball?

"He’s an educated person on a very big topic for me in part of that this is something [about] college basketball."

ESPN Picks Up Option to Continue Broadcasting ACC Sports Through 2036

If ESPN decided not to pick up its option in the contract, the partnership between both entities would have ended following the 2027 season.

Dick Vitale Return to ESPN Broadcasts Delayed Following Fall at Home

"I was anxiously awaiting the chance to feel the excitement and energy of a college basketball environment for the first time in nearly two years."

Dick Vitale Returning to ESPN College Basketball Coverage for First Time in Nearly Two Years

"It’s been a very tough journey, but all of the prayers and messages from the beautiful fans have inspired me."

ESPN ‘College GameDay’ to Broadcast from Auburn for First On-Campus Show

"We are thrilled to hit the road for this season of 'College GameDay' as the energy each college campus we visit brings is unmatched."

ESPN Attains Largest Pre-January Women’s College Basketball Audience Since 2011

Earlier in the year, ESPN reached an agreement with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) to extend its broadcast rights for 40 NCAA championships, including women’s basketball, volleyball and baseball.

Dick Vitale Provides Update on Cancer Treatment

ESPN and the V Foundation are in the midst of holding the 18th annual V Week for Cancer Research, which brings awareness and encourages...

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NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Emmanuel Acho: ESPN Executives “Cowards” for Handling of Ryan Clark Firing

"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."