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College Football Players Are Going to Start Quitting Bowl Games Maybe even on college football altogether. The only question is how soon.
Basketball: A Love Story Is Good, But It’s No Slam DunkIf you have the slightest interest in basketball, you’ll still want to watch this massive ESPN docuseries.
The NBA Draft Is Great. It’s Also Totally Un-American. Sports have some really unfortunate ideas about competition, free markets, and labor, it turns out.
the larry nassar fallout
May 16, 2018
Larry Nassar Sexual-Abuse Survivors to Receive 2018 ESPYS Courage Award “By honoring this group who spoke out, we aim to honor all of those who are survivors of abuse.”
Blackmail From Cocaine Dealer Led to Former ESPN Chief’s Surprising Resignation John Skipper resigned in December to deal with a longtime “substance addiction.”
Jemele Hill Is Leaving SportsCenter for the Undefeated She’ll write for the ESPN culture site and host town halls.
ESPN: The Patriots Dynasty Is On the Verge of Deflating Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Bob Kraft are denying the bombshell report and insisting they “stand united.”
Touring ESPN With Jemele Hill, SportsCenter Anchor Turned Liberal Hero “There are times when certain things are happening in this world and I truly couldn’t care less about Jerry Jones’s fight with Roger Goodell.”
Jemele Hill and the Perils of a for-Profit Fourth Estate ESPN’s suspension of Hill is a reminder that for-profit news outlets can’t be trusted to put the public interest above their bottom line.
ESPN Suspends Jemele Hill for Tweeting About NFL Boycotts Hill tweeted about boycotting advertisers after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones promised to bench any player who protested during the national anthem.
Jemele Hill Suspended by ESPN Over Jerry Jones Tweets Hill had said on Twitter, “If you strongly reject what Jerry Jones said, the key is his advertisers.”
the right thing
Sept. 27, 2017
ESPN Removes Announcer Robert Lee From UVA Game Because of His Name The network didn’t want Robert Lee, the college-football play-by-play guy, to remind anyone of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.
podcast review
July 21, 2017
30 for 30 Podcasts Is Like This American Life , But for SportsIt’s a podcast where sports stories of greater narrative ambition can flourish.
Jon Stewart Will Co-Host Tonight’s ‘SportsCenter’ from the Warrior Games Jon Stewart will return to the anchor desk tonight for a special edition of SportsCenter on ESPN. According to Entertainment Weekly, the former […]
ESPN Calls Competitive Eater Joey Chestnut One of the All-time Greatest Athletes He’s apparently “among the greats” after winning his tenth Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest yesterday.
ESPN Axes Around 100 Employees, On-air Talent Included The worldwide leader is cutting jobs as it loses subscribers and pays more for broadcasting rights.
How an ESPN TV and Radio Personality Gets Everything Done On making time to socialize in an always-packed schedule, fighting back against harassment, and knowing when to log out of Twitter.
close reads
June 15, 2016
O.J.: Made in America Gives Us a Human Portrayal of Nicole BrownNicole Brown was a victim of murder. But in the ESPN O.J. Simpson documentary, she’s also a human being and a strong woman.
let us compare
June 13, 2016
FX’s O.J. v. ESPN’s O.J. : What’s the Difference? Yes, two of the best shows of this year are about O.J. Simpson, but they are not the same at all.
Vice Partners With ESPN, or Maybe Just Gets Into Sports Ironically Vice Sports will start producing a new short-form series for ESPN.
Modern Comedy Owes a Lot to Those ‘This Is SportsCenter’ Commercials
Trawling YouTube is a weekly look at one interesting story or oddity from YouTube. You ever go down a YouTube rabbit hole and suddenly you’ve […]
the sports section
May 2, 2016
ESPN Edits Bloody-Sock Game Out of Documentary Said Schilling on Twitter: “Hmm #integritymuch?
espn would rather bay less
Apr. 26, 2016
the sports section
Apr. 20, 2016
ESPN Fires Curt Schilling for ‘Unacceptable’ Conduct A transphobic Facebook post was the last straw for the former Red Sox pitcher.
the sports section
Mar. 11, 2016
the sports section
Feb. 25, 2016
Jason Pierre-Paul Suing ESPN and Adam Schefter Schefter tweeted an image of Pierre-Paul’s medical records days after the Giants defensive end injured his hand in a fireworks accident.
the sports section
Feb. 17, 2016
Randy and Jason Sklar Crack Jokes From the Cheap Seats
Riffing, heckling, interrupting: whatever you want to call it, making fun of bad movies and TV shows is a time honored tradition shared by […]
Lil Wayne Re-created Some Historic Sports Calls His version of the Miracle on Ice would’ve been a little less enthusiastic.
the sports guy
July 22, 2015
Bill Simmons Signs With HBO He’s taking his talents to premium cable.
Keith Olbermann and ESPN Break Up, Once Again The network reportedly wanted him to stop it with the commentaries.
Jason Whitlock and the Messy Saga of ESPN’s ‘Black Grantland’ He has been fired from the website he was supposed to create. The fallout is revealing cracks in ESPN’s empire.
thank you based god
June 15, 2015
You’ve Reportedly Heard Your Last ‘B.S. Report’ Ever Sports Illustrated reports that Bill Simmons won’t appear on any ESPN platforms before his contract ends.
Bill Simmons Is Leaving ESPN ESPN president announces, “I’ve decided that I’m not going to renew his contract.”
famous teens
Mar. 24, 2015
We Have Found the Most Zen Teenager on the Planet How did Mo’ne Davis get so good at handling everything?
ESPN Recruits Hannibal Buress as an NBA Reporter
ESPN and Grantland sent Hannibal Buress to a Cavs/Pelicans game to try to report on unibrowed superstar Anthony Davis. Unfortunately, Davis […]
Bill Simmons Is Now Beefing With His Fellow ESPN Stars in Public A Twitter rant from the recently reinstated Grantland editor and columnist.
the sports section
Sept. 24, 2014
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