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Prince Harry to Receive ESPN’s Pat Tillman Award at 2024 ESPYs
ESPN is giving an award to Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. Harry will receive the 2024 Pat Tillman Award for Service at this year’s ESPY Awards, which will be held July 11 on ABC, and be hosted by tennis legend Serena Williams. The Tillman award is “given to a person with a strong connection […]
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ESPY Awards: Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Patrick Mahomes Among 2024 Nominees
Simone Biles, Jaylen Brown, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes and Shohei Ohtani are among the top nominees for the 2024 ESPY Awards. The winners will be announced at the July 11 ceremony, which will be hosted by Serena Williams and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on July 11 from Los Angeles. NFL quarterback […]
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How to Watch 2024 NBA Draft Online Without Cable
Here's where basketball fans can livestream the pro player selection event online for free.
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NFL Flag Football Championships to Run on ABC, Disney+ and Disney Channel
The NFL’s flag football championships will be getting prime TV and streaming real estate under its new deal with The Walt Disney Co. Back in February, ESPN inked a five-year deal for the rights to NFL Flag, and the league now says that the championship games will get distribution that would make other professional sports […]
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July 4 Shocker: Hot Dog Eating Champ Joey Chestnut Can’t Compete In ESPN’s Nathan’s Contest
There are a handful of July 4 traditions that are universal: Barbecues, fireworks, and of course the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. The annual competition is a huge draw, with thousands making the pilgrimage to Coney Island to witness the event in person, and millions more watching on TV via ESPN, which locked up […]
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After Bob Iger Outreach, Shannon Sharpe Inks Expanded Deal With ESPN
After some personal outreach from Disney CEO Bob Iger, ESPN has inked NFL hall-of-famer Shannon Sharpe to a new, expanded multiyear deal. The new deal will expand Sharpe’s role on the morning show First Take, where he appears alongside Stephen A. Smith and host Molly Qerim. Sharpe will also appear on other ESPN programs to […]
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What Cable TV Would Look Like Without Sports
ESPN ran a promotional campaign in the mid-2000s called “Without Sports” that posited the world would be less interesting and less connected in the absence of athletic competition (and, of course, ESPN’s exhaustive coverage of it). The 2024 version of that campaign might go something like, “Without sports, would anyone be watching cable?” The answer […]
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Pat McAfee Apologizes for Calling Caitlin Clark a “White B****” During ESPN Show
Pat McAfee took to social media on Monday to apologize for referring to Indiana Fever basketball star Caitlin Clark as a “white bitch” during a segment on his ESPN show. “I shouldn’t have used ‘white bitch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark,” McAfee wrote on Twitter. “No matter the context.. even if we’re talking about […]
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TNT Sports Gets Piece of College Football Playoff in Deal With ESPN
ESPN and TNT Sports — already partners in an upcoming sports streaming bundle — are teaming up again. Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports will air some early-round College Football Playoff games in a sublicensing deal with ESPN, beginning with the coming season as the playoff expands to 12 teams. The five-year deal calls for TNT to […]
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Serena Williams to Host 2024 ESPY Awards for ESPN
Serena Williams will be the host of the 2024 ESPY Awards. ESPN announced the pick of the tennis legend as this year’s ESPYS host during Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday, with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest breaking the news on stage. The event will be held July 11. The ESPY Awards are ESPN’s annual […]
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Caitlin Clark’s WNBA Debut to Stream on Disney+
Live sports are coming to Disney+ sooner than you might think. ESPN says next Tuesday’s WNBA tip-off games, including Caitlin Clark’s regular season debut with the league, will stream on Disney+. On May 14, Clark’s Indiana Fever will face off against the Connecticut Sun, and the Phoenix Mercury will face the Las Vegas Aces. Both […]
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Disney Will Add ESPN Tile to Disney+ This Year
Disney plans to add an ESPN tile to Disney+ as it prepares to launch its new standalone ESPN streaming service. The tile will be added by the end of the calendar year, Disney CEO Bob Iger said, and will feature “select live games” as well as studio programming, to watch within Disney+. This feature will […]
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