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ESPN remembers SportsCenter reporter Pedro Gomez, who passed away unexpectedly today at the age of 58.
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ESPN is very sorry to have to share this devastating news. Award-winning journalist Chris Mortensen passed away this morning at the age of 72.
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ESPN has re-signed #NBA, #WNBA analyst & sideline reporter @McNuttMonica to a multi-year extension. Details:
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NEWS: ESPN hires Emmy-winning sports personality and host Katie Nolan
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Averaging 6.1 million viewers, the series premiere episodes of #TheLastDance are the most-viewed ESPN documentary content ever. Across ESPN & ESPN2:.🏀 Episode 1 averaged 6.3M viewers.🏀 Episode 2 averaged 5.8M viewers. More:
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During the #CFBPlayoff semis last night, @KirkHerbstreit praised ESPN's remote ops and production teams for helping him call the #SugarBowl seamlessly from home. A behind-the-scenes look at Kirk's at-home setup for @SugarBowlNola 📺
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ESPN re-signs trailblazing analyst Doris Burke. @heydb's multi-year agreement includes:.🏀 ESPN's high-profile #NBA games throughout the regular season & NBA Playoffs.🏀 NBA Finals on @ESPNRadio.🏀 NBA Sunday Showcase on ABC
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ESPN will be the exclusive home of the iconic 'Inside the NBA' starting with the 2025-2026 season. The pregame, halftime & postgame show for NBA Finals, NBA Playoffs, Christmas Day, NBA on ABC & more. Details:
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👀 The View: Peyton Manning's setup for Monday Night Football w/Peyton and Eli 👀. 🏈Live at 8:13 p.m. ET on ESPN2
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ESPN re-signs #NBA analyst @KendrickPerkins to a multi-year deal. Continues year-round presence across multiple ESPN platforms including #TheJump, #HoopStreams, @SportsCenter, @FirstTake & @GetUpESPN
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ESPN #NFL Insider & 'Fantasy Football Now' host @FieldYates signs multi-year extension. More:
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After nearly three decades on air, ESPN thanks Barry Melrose for an unforgettable career & we wish him all the best
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ESPN presents a seven-hour @TomBrady marathon highlighting his Championship performances with the @Patriots over the past two decades. @NFLFilms' Greatest Games and #SuperBowl Highlights will feature nine seminal games . Sunday | Noon ET | ESPN. More:
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ESPN signs #NFL studio analyst @Realrclark25 to a multi-year extension. Continues year-round presence, including signature NFL events & appearances on:. 🏈 @SportsCenter with SVP following MNF.🏈 @GetUpESPN.🏈 @ESPNNFL Live & more. Details:
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ESPN signs 8x NBA All Star @mrvincecarter15 to multi-year deal. The Olympic gold medalist will serve as an #NBA and men's college basketball studio and game analyst. More:
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ESPN Films announces a multi-part documentary series on Derek Jeter. Executive produced by @MandalaySM, Spike Lee & Excel Media with Randy Wilkins directing. 'The Captain' premieres in 2022. More: | #DisneyUpfront
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News: @CassidyHubbarth will continue to serve as one of @ESPNNBA's lead hosts and reporters. More:
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ESPN Signs @PatMcAfeeShow to Multi-Year Deal; Will work Thursday night CFB games and appear in studio. more:
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Starting Sunday, @MLB_PLAYERS will compete in the MLB Players Cup featuring @FortniteGame for bragging rights & a share of the $300K prize pool for the charities of their choice, including @TheVFoundation. Dec. 6 & 7 | 2p ET | ESPN App, YouTube & MLB Players Twitch
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In honor of John Anderson's final @SportsCenter episode Friday night (Midnight ET, ESPN) - take a look back at some of his most iconic 'This Is SportsCenter' commercials
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ESPN remembers longtime production staffer Kyle Brown, who passed away unexpectedly on Saturday while working the NCAA Baseball Tournament in Winston-Salem. He was 42 years old.
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John Anderson is retiring after 25 years at the anchor desk. Friday night, he'll host @SportsCenter for the last time as @espnSteveLevy returns to say goodbye to his longtime partner. It's down to one show. Midnight ET | ESPN
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Thursday, @malika_andrews makes history on the 50th anniversary of #TitleIX as she becomes the first woman to host the #NBADraft telecast on ESPN. #ThatsaW
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#UpToSomethingSZN is here!. This fall, @PatMcAfeeShow & team expand their multiplatform ESPN role as part of a new multi-year agreement. Details: | #DisneyUpfront
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#WFinalFour 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒 across ESPN platforms to become the most-viewed #NCAAWBB semis (4.5M avg viewers) in ESPN history. 🏆@IowaWBB vs. @GamecockWBB | 5.5M viewers | Peak: 6.6M.🏆@LSUwbkb vs. @HokiesWBB | 3.4M viewers | Peak: 5M.🏆2 most-viewed 🏀 games ever on @ESPNPlus
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🚨Most-Viewed #WCWS 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑🚨. 🥎 Entire WCWS averaged 𝟏,𝟐𝟎𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 viewers | 🆙 10% over 2019. 🥎 Championship Series between @OU_Softball & @FSU_Softball averaged 𝟏,𝟖𝟒𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 viewers | 🆙 15% over 2019
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Statement from ESPN President John Skipper about Barstool Van Talk:
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Versatile ESPN veteran @sportsiren named sideline reporter for @ABCNetwork Saturday Night Football. More:
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The #NationalChampionship between @UConnWBB & @GamecockWBB was the most-watched #NCAAWBB champ game in nearly TWO DECADES. 🏀 4.85M viewers.🏀 Up 18% from '21, up 30% from '19.🏀 Peaked with 5.91M viewers. Full #MarchMadness viewership details to come
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Friday on @SportsCenter, @KingJames sits down with #NBA reporter @mcten for an exclusive, one-on-one interview. 🏀 Excerpts to air during the 6p ET edition on ESPN. 🏀 Full interview to air during the 10:30p ET edition on ESPN2
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The @WaltDisneyCo, ESPN & @NHL reach a groundbreaking long-term agreement. The seven-year television, streaming & media rights deal begins with the 2021-22 season. More:
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🏈 @CollegeGameDay will host a special Thursday edition ahead of the "Backyard Brawl" between @WVUfootball & @Pitt_FB . 📺Sept. 1 at 6p ET (ESPN, ESPN App). Full details:
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Coach Corso and Burt Reynolds were college roommates and teammates at Florida State. They became life-long friends. Corso on the passing of "Buddy":
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The @WaltDisneyCo announces overall first-look deal with @Kaepernick7. ESPN Films to produce an exclusive docuseries on Kaepernick's life as part of overall deal. Kaepernick will work closely with @TheUndefeated . More:
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This is @SportsCenter is back!. 🍊 Fan-favorite ads return with "Orange Slices".⚽️ Featuring @USWNT stars @mPinoe, @beckysauerbrunn, @sophsssmith . Also featured: @RB_Mrs & @TheOttoOrange . 🔗 Friday | Dec. 30 | 8p ET | @espn
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ESPN re-signs @SportsCenter anchor @elleduncanESPN to a new, multi-year deal. She'll continue as co-anchor of the 6p ET edition of SportsCenter, alongside @KevinNegandhi. More:
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ESPN has signed former NFL MVP Cam Newton (@CameronNewton). Newton will primarily be a commentator on @FirstTake with @stephenasmith & @MollyQerim . Newton makes his debut Friday during First Take's HBCU roadshow at Tennessee State University. Details:
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Saturday's @NCAAVolleyball Championship on ESPN2, delivered nearly 1.2M viewers for @BadgerVB's thrilling 5-set win over @Huskervball. The most-viewed women's college volleyball match ever on ESPN networks - capping a record #NCAAVB event
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An emotional @KirkHerbstreit expresses his gratitude following his win for 'Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Event Analyst' at the 2020 @sportsemmys. With this individual award win, his fifth, Herbstreit becomes the most-honored ESPN commentator in history
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⚽️ Tonight on @SportsCenter ⚽️. @JeremySchaap interviews @USWNT #FIFAWWC Champions @mPinoe & @alexmorgan13 . 📺 6 p.m. ET | ESPN. 👀 Behind-the-scenes 📸's:
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This V Week, 16 @MLB_PLAYERS competed in the "MLB Players Cup featuring Fortnite" for a share of a $300,000 prize pool for charities of their choice, including @TheVFoundation. 🎮 2-hour recap special with @clintonyates providing commentary tonight | 9 p.m. ET | ESPN2 & ESPN App
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Duke-UNC: 2,429,000 viewers, including a peak audience of nearly 3 million, resulting in ESPN’s most-watched conference game of the 2017-18 season and the network's third most-watched game overall
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New Orleans Pelicans star and NBPA President @CJMcCollum makes his ESPN debut on Thursday, June 2, the date of #NBAFinals Game 1. 🏀 Will contribute to NBA Finals: Celebrating 75, ESPN2’s Game 1 alternate presentation. 🏀 More:
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In honor of Damar Hamlin, @Buck, @TroyAikman and our production team turned the ESPN mic flags around for tonight's open.
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ESPN announces @S10Bird, @mPinoe & @DangeRussWilson will host The 2020 @ESPYS Presented by Capital One. June 21 | 9 p.m. ET | ESPN. More:
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Statement from ESPN: “We are very sorry to have to share the devastating news of the tragic passing of friend and ESPN colleague Edward Aschoff. He died earlier today, his 34th birthday. Our thoughts are with his loved ones, including his fiancée Katy.”.
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Tuesday night's @AuburnMBB vs @RazorbackMBB matchup was the most-viewed regular season men's college basketball game on ESPN2 since Dec. 2018. 📺 Audience peak | 1.96M viewers during OT
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Welcome to ESPN,@BenjaminSolak! . Solak adds to @ESPNNFL digital writing staff ahead of the 2024-25 #NFL season . More on ESPN's full lineup:
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August🚫. Dogust 24th the dogs are taking over ESPN 🐶🐕🐩. More details coming soon!
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Mixed martial arts insider Ariel Helwani joins ESPN:. He will cover MMA across ESPN media, have his own podcast & co-host with Chael Sonnen “Ariel & The Bad Guy,” a new original weekly show on ESPN+. Full details:
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Statement from The Walt Disney Company and ESPN regarding DirecTV. More:
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.@ReceDavis, a 25-year company veteran & one of the sports industry's preeminent hosts, has signed a new multi-year deal with ESPN. He will continue to bring his knowledge & passion to the Emmy-Award winning @CollegeGameDay franchise & more. Details:
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ESPN unveils the 2025 #SundayNightBaseball early-season game schedule⚾️. SNB begins March 30 with #BravesCountry vs #Padres. Details:
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Statement of appreciation from ESPN's @sagesteele, who was struck by a golf ball Thursday at the PGA Championship
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4.1 million viewers for the 2021 @ncaawbb Championship game between @ArizonaWBB & @StanfordWBB. ☑️ Most-viewed #NationalChampionship since 2014.☑️ Most-viewed #WFinalFour weekend since 2012.☑️ Most-viewed Sweet 16 since 2013. More: | #ncaaW
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A dynamic, diverse & accomplished team will present ESPN's @NHL coverage beginning this fall. @ABCNetwork | @ESPNPlus | @hulu | @ESPNDeportes. Details:
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ESPN reaches a multi-year extension with @ESPNNBA analyst @jj_redick. Redick's expanded role includes a regular #NBA game assignment, #NBADraft coverage & appearances across ESPN programs
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It's Official: Ohio State vs. TCU is Most-Watched Game of the Year!. - 7,328,000 viewers!. - up 41% year-over-year. - peaked at 8.7 million viewers. More:
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ESPN signs @MartySmithESPN to a multi-year contract extension, teeing off with #PGAChamp coverage next week. More:
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ESPN Films announces Spike Lee will direct a multi-part documentary on @Kaepernick7. Further details to be announced. More:
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Third-year @Lions Head Coach, Dan Campbell has his team sitting atop the NFC North going into Week 8 of #MNF. @MichelleBeisner sat down with Campbell to discuss how he has reshaped the team's culture & instilled hope for #OnePride fans. 🏈Monday Night Countdown | 6p ET | ESPN
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Go for launch!. The @PatMcAfeeShow's first day across ESPN platforms kicked off strong. 🗣️ 1.7M cumulative viewers.🗣️ Most-streamed studio show of the day.🗣️ Most-viewed ESPN on YouTube show in 5 months.🗣️ ESPN App & s 3 most-viewed VOD segments
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ZERO. With tonight's UMBC victory, there are zero remaining perfect brackets in ESPN Tournament Challenge (17.3 million entries).
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ESPN announces @StephenCurry30 will host The 2022 @ESPYS Presented by Capital One. July 20 | 8p ET | @ABCNetwork. More:
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Saturdays this fall, @PatMcAfeeShow joins @CollegeGameDay as part of a multi-year agreement with ESPN. McAfee will make his first stop this weekend in Austin @TexasLonghorns. More:
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Congrats to @ESPNNFL analyst, senior writer & @espnpodcasts host @minakimes on being named to @TheWrap's Changemakers of 2021 list. Honoring 32 women who navigated the changing business & entertainment landscape. More:
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ESPN has re-signed @ryansmithtv to a new, multiyear contract. Smith becomes permanent anchor of @SportsCenter's 7a ET weekday editions. Also continues role as legal analyst, reporter & host. More:
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'24 #NCAAWBB Natl. Championship ended the season with a bang on ABC & ESPN. 🏀18.7M viewers, peak 24M.🏀Up 89% from '23 & 285% from '22.🏀Most-watched basketball game (men's or women's, college or pro) since '19.🏀Most-watched sporting event since '19 (excl. football & Olympics)
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"This is the BEST sport I have ever seen.”. Just this week, Matt Millen was cleared by doctors following his Christmas Eve heart transplant surgery. His first stop? His beloved @ncaawrestling Championships.
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🎶 "It's the most wonderful time of the year. " 🏈. From Dec. 17 through Jan. 10, @ESPNCFB presents 41 bowl games - including the #CFBPlayoff #NationalChampionship. What game(s) are you looking forward to most? 🤔
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Friday's @OrangeBowl between @Vol_Football & @ClemsonFB 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 on ESPN & ESPNU. 🏈 8.6M viewers.🏈 Most-watched non-semi Orange Bowl since 2017.🏈 Best standalone NY6 game since 2017.🏈 Up double digits over 2019, 2020 and 2021
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🚨 #WCWS Viewership Alert 🚨. 🥎 Best Opening Day (755,000 viewers) since 2009, 3rd best on record.🥎 @JMUSoftball 🆚 @OU_Softball: Most-watched Game 1 on record (620,000 viewers).🥎 @ArizonaSoftball 🆚 @AlabamaSB: 4th-most watched Opening Day game on record (943,000 viewers)
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With NBA Free Agency looming, Paul George’s offseason to be featured in three-part SportsCenter series beginning tomorrow (6 p.m. edition)
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ACE! 🏐. Wednesday's @LouisvilleVB vs @KentuckyVB matchup was the most-viewed regular season volleyball match ever on ESPN networks with 302K viewers. #NCAAWVB
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Coming soon: “High Noon (9 am Pacific)” with Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre
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Monday's semi feat. @CowgirlSB & @TexasSoftball scored the most-viewed games of the 2022 #WCWS. 🥎 Game 2: 1.3M viewers.🥎 Game 1: 1.25M viewers. @NCAASoftball Superlatives:.🥎 @OU_Softball-Texas, the first-ever WCWS game on ABC, averaged 1.25M viewers.🥎 6 games hit 1M+ viewers
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