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NBA Playoffs Opening Weekend Sets Record Viewership Across ESPN Platforms
"The network’s six-game slate, which aired over Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, averaged 4,487,000 viewers. That figure marks a 15 percent increase from last year’s opening weekend coverage."
Knicks Play-By-Play Announcer Mike Breen: NBA Moving Local Early Round Playoff Broadcasts Next Year Is ‘Really Sad’
“I think it was a bad decision from the league."
ESPN ‘Appears Likely to Renew’ NFL Draft Media Rights: Report
This will mark the 46th year in which ESPN will present the NFL Draft, and the coverage will be accompanied by several studio programs broadcasting live from Green Bay, Wis.
The ESPN I Knew Ends With Lee Corso’s Final Show on College Gameday
“His final appearance on College GameDay will be a marquee moment - not just for the show or the network, but for cable television as a whole.”
WWE Paul Heyman Name Drops Shannon Sharpe on ESPN Hours After Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault and Battery
“CM Punk does as much as good to my reputation as Shannon Sharpe does to ESPN."
Scott Anderson: WWE WrestleMania 41 Had A ‘Big Game Feel’ With Joe Tessitore Involved
“I was just very impressed to having a mainstream guy brought in to do what he did.”
ESPN, WCVB Channel 5 to Continue Televising Boston Marathon Under New Multiyear Broadcast Partnership
"The Boston Marathon is an iconic event, and we’re thrilled to continue our partnership with the B.A.A. and WCVB to showcase it across ESPN platforms."
ESPN Launches Chirpline Amid Stanley Cup Playoffs
"There’s a heightened fandom during the Stanley Cup Playoffs – any NHL fan will tell you so."
ESPN Analyst Stephen A. Smith Apologizes to Phoenix Suns Owner Mat Ishbia on First Take for Comparison to Donald Sterling
“I thought I was making it clear I was talking about basketball. I certainly did not mean to compare him to a person that was thrown out of this league and has been widely recognized as a racist.”
Lee Corso Exiting from ESPN College GameDay Was Certainly ‘Not So Fast’
His retirement announcement, which comes just before he turns 90, is being met with celebration, reverence—and an honest question: did ESPN wait too long?