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ESPN Is Telling Redemption Stories For Guys Who Didn’t Earn Them
"Redemption narratives are easy. They are for storytellers what naming a local restaurant on stage is to Mick Jagger - a short path to a cheap pop."
MLB Network Going All-In With Winter Meetings Coverage
“You’re chasing news the entire time. We’re obviously trying to make sure everything we’re getting is accurate – that’s most important – because there can be a lot of false information out there.”
FanDuel TV Strikes Deal With ONE Championship Martial Arts
“We’ve long respected the content the ONE Championship team is producing and are looking forward to bringing their action to our audience through FanDuel TV and FanDuel+.”
Bob Costas Re-Lives First Announcing Assignment For NBC
"My biography usually says I began with them in 1980, but technically the first time I was on the air with them was in December 1979."
Tom Crean Returns to ESPN As College Basketball Analyst
"You look around, you realize everybody is working at an extremely rapid pace. I might get emails for the next morning’s ‘SportsCenter’ at 2:30 in the morning.”
ESPN Plans 20 Hours of College Football Playoff Selection Coverage
The College Football Playoff teams will be unveiled at 12:15 PM ET, with the rest of the New Year's Six matchup being revealed at 2:30 PM.
Al Michaels: Condensed Prep Time For Thursday Night Football ‘A Downside’
"It’s not that they don’t want to be with us, but they’re condensed too, so there’s less time to give to us."
Mike Milbury: Jack Edwards Is ‘Awkward’ and ‘A Different Breed’
"Like him or love him, I'm not gonna judge him. As a guy that's been cancelled, I have no right anymore."
Jimmy Pitaro: Reaching Younger Audience A Priority for ESPN
"The thing that keeps me up at night is how do we reach the younger audience. As an industry in general, we need to figure out how to be more relevant to younger people."
Return of Bob Iger Puts Pac-12 ‘Not Exactly In A Great Place’
"I think it's even more evident it's not gonna happen. These places aren't gonna spend big money on the Pac-12."