A potential stadium conflict could arise if the Miami Hurricanes host a first-round College Football Playoff game.
The NBA has a new 11-year, $76 billion TV deal, bringing changes to how fans watch games.
No. 1 UConn’s season opener against No. 20 Louisville that is supposed to be played at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Nov. 4 is in jeopardy of being moved because of the government shutdown.
A new poll finds sports fans are likelier to use a combination of streaming services and traditional TV options to access their favorite teams.
ESPN blamed a transmission issue for fans missing most of the second half of No. 11 Arizona State's game against Northern Arizona.
Paramount will become the new home to Ultimate Fighting Championship events across the U.S. next year, through a seven-year agreement announced with TKO Group on Monday.
Disney’s profit and revenue climbed in its fiscal third quarter as the entertainment company continued to add subscribers to its streaming service and see strength at its domestic theme parks.
ESPN will continue to broadcast the NFL Draft as well as obtaining new digital rights for its upcoming direct-to-consumer service.
The NFL has entered into a nonbinding agreement to sell NFL Network and other media assets to ESPN.
The NFL and ESPN are expected to announce an agreement that would give the the league an equity stake in the sports network.
Shannon Sharpe will not return to ESPN, according to a person familiar with the decision.
ESPN has parted ways with sports commentator and NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, weeks after he settled a sexual assault lawsuit filed by a woman he had a relationship with.
Lloyd Howell has resigned as executive director of the NFL Players Association, citing distractions his leadership has caused in recent weeks.
Chet Holmgren has agreed on a five-year contract extension worth nearly $240 million to remain with the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
The newest member of the Houston Rockets has wasted no time in reminding the residents of H-Town about his favorite pastime: Beefing online.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams made an attempt to quiet a controversy about how he had wanted to go to the Minnesota Vikings rather than his current team.
Chris Berman has agreed to a new contract with ESPN that will take him through the network’s 50th anniversary in 2029.
Shannon Sharpe has announced his intention to temporarily step away from ESPN days after he was involved in a sexual assault lawsuit.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says television ratings from the opening weekend of the playoffs were the best the league has seen in about a quarter-century.
The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds.
Dick Vitale became emotional Saturday night while talking about his most recent cancer battle while announcing top-ranked Duke’s 73-62 victory over No. 13 Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State have approved a settlement that would end their legal fights.
A person familiar with the situation says the Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State have reached a proposed settlement that would end their legal fight and change the league’s revenue-distribution model.
A former minor league catcher in the Minnesota Twins organization has denied an allegation he tipped pitches to opponents to try to make his team lose because he was tired of the season.
ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season.
The San Francisco 49ers have given receiver Deebo Samuel permission to seek a trade, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Hall of Famer Randy Moss made an emotional return to ESPN’s NFL coverage of the Super Bowl two months after he took a leave from his job to get treated for cancer.
ESPN has exercised its option to extend a base-rights media deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference through 2035-36, aligning the timeline with a second deal that covers their partnership for the ACC Network.
Mike Tirico has been selected as NBC’s lead play-by-play announcer when it begins its coverage of the NBA next season.
Dick Vitale’s return to broadcasting following cancer treatments will be delayed after the ESPN college basketball analyst had an accident at his Florida home.
Texans clap back at former NFL coach with dominant performance, hardly a "bye week" for the Chargers in 32-12 victory
Jason Kelce has tried his hand at late-night television, He hosted the debut episode of “They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce,” Friday on ESPN.
There’s a Christmas Day basketball game at Walt Disney World, featuring Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Wemby.
The College Football Playoff committee took wins over strength of schedule, taking SMU over Alabama for the final at-large spot in the field.
Lisa Simpson once said during an episode of “The Simpsons:” What could be more exciting than the savage ballet that is pro football.
Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss is stepping away from his ESPN analyst role for an extended time to focus on a personal health challenge, the network said in a statement.
There’s more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football’s first 12-team playoff.
“Inside the NBA” will appear on ESPN and ABC beginning next season as part of a settlement between Warner Bros.
A flight carrying the No. 11 Auburn men's basketball team was grounded shortly after takeoff on Friday after two players got into a fight onboard, according to multiple reports.
Penn State University police are investigating an altercation between retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and a fan over a cellphone that occurred before the weekend game between the Nittany Lions and Ohio State.
Retired Eagles center Jason Kelce has apologized after grabbing the phone of an unruly fan and spiking it to the ground before the Ohio State-Penn State game last weekend.
Adrian Wojnarowski is counting on the relationships he cultivated in covering the NBA for ESPN to boost his new job in returning to his alma mater as general manager of the St. Bonaventure men's basketball program.
DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch ESPN’s slate of college football games on DirecTV.
Nick Saban has a message for Tua Tagovailoa: Listen to experts, then decide what happens next.
ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football.
Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in which the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader and Olympic gold medalist will earn nearly $63 million.
With the U.S. Open tennis tournament beginning Monday and college football kicking into high gear, this was supposed to be the week when some expected the Venu Sports streaming service to have a soft launch at least.
The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the planned sports streaming venture by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros.
Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs, dressed in shorts, watched training camp from the sideline on Wednesday after he left practice earlier in the week with a leg injury.
Aaron Rodgers says in a soon-to-be published book that he should have handled discussing his COVID-19 immunization status differently.
Former NFL coach Jon Gruden has lost a bid for three Nevada Supreme Court justices to reconsider whether a lawsuit he filed against the NFL after he resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021 should be heard in courts or in private arbitration.
Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said on social media he has been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time.
A person with knowledge of the details says OG Anunoby will stay with the New York Knicks on a five-year contract worth more than $210 million.
Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink, the WNBA had a huge first week in terms of attendance, ratings and digital media.
ESPN’s broadcast of the Connecticut Sun’s game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever had the highest viewership of a WNBA game on the network.
The first full week of the upcoming college football season will feature a Saturday tripleheader on ABC, including Texas A&M hosting Notre Dame in prime time.
Boxer Ryan Garcia denied using performance-enhancing drugs in a video posted on social media Wednesday night after ESPN reported that he had tested positive for a banned substance.
The women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark.
South Carolina’s victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday’s women’s NCAA championship game had a preliminary audience average of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN.
Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast.
Caitlin Clark can claim another record — the most-watched women’s college basketball game in history.
Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into illegal gambling and theft allegations involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
The Atlantic Coast Conference and Florida State squared off in a courtroom for the first time Friday, following the member school’s push to exit the conference for a more lucrative landing spot elsewhere.
The College Football Playoff and ESPN have announced a deal that will give the network exclusive rights to the expanded postseason through the 2031 season.
Gamers will be blocked from manually adding players to EA Sports’ new college football game who decide not to accept an offer to have their name, image and likeness used in it.
Two people with knowledge of the agreement say ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed to a six-year deal worth $1.3 billion annually that will allow the network to keep exclusive rights to the 12-team playoff through the 2031 season.
