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ESPN Announces Full 2026-2027 NBA Schedule Celebrating 25th Anniversary Of Game Coverage
"The 2025-26 NBA Regular Season on ABC and ESPN averaged 1.9 million viewers through 80 telecasts, up 11% from the year before and the network's best mark since 2018-19."
ESPN Denies It Made $7 Million Contract Offer to Steve Kerr
"We were not even going to engage until he made a decision on coaching."
Dan Patrick Is Sounding the Alarm About the Waning Interest in the NBA
"Leagues can survive temporary ratings dips and negative media cycles. What they can’t survive is indifference. Indifference creeps in when fans start asking, “Is he playing?” before they ask, “What time is tipoff?”
Michael Kay: NBA Load Management Doing Disservice to League Media Partners
"This is nonsense. We paid for your product, not for people sitting on the bench."
Michael Wilbon Frustrated With Ongoing Search for NBA Games on Streaming Platforms
"Is it on Prime? ESPN? NBC? NBA TV? Where the hell is the game? I can't find it."
2026 NBA Finals Scheduled Release With No Games On Sundays
"The 2026 NBA Finals will feature no games on a Sunday. That distinction has not occurred since 1970, even in years when the league navigated unusual circumstances."
Why Stephen A. Smith Leaving NBA Countdown Benefits Everyone Involved
"This is good. For ESPN. For the NBA. And yes, for Stephen A. too"
Disney, ESPN Announce Second ‘Dunk the Halls’ Animated NBA Game on Christmas Day
"The collaboration again leans on Sony’s Beyond Sports technology, which transforms live player tracking data into a fully animated NBA game in real time"
Maria Taylor: The Last Thing ESPN Told Me Was You’ll Never Be Seen on Television Again
"When I made the decision to come over to NBC, I had to believe in that and go with it. I just felt like I wasn’t getting served, there was nothing else to learn [at ESPN]"
ESPN Extends NBA Insider Brian Windhorst To Multi-Year Agreement
"Windhorst, who joined ESPN in 2010, will continue to deliver analysis and reporting across multiple ESPN platforms"