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ESPN’s Michael Smith and Jemele Hill will end their daytime show “His & Hers” in the coming weeks and take their talents into primetime to co-host the 6 p.m. edition of the network’s flagship program, “SportsCenter.” The pair, who just signed new, multi-year deals with the Disney-owned sports network, will make the move on February […]
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN sportscaster John Saunders, who has hosted “The Sports Reporters” for the last 15 years, has died, the network announced Wednesday. He was 61. Saunders joined ESPN in 1986. He did play-by-play on various sports, hosted NHL Stanley Cup Final coverage and World Series coverage and hosted studio shows for baseball, […]
PARIS (AP) — Longtime ESPN personality Mike Tirico has signed off from the network for the last time as he prepares to move to NBC Sports. Tirico’s final appearance on the network Thursday came 25 years to the day of his first. He appeared alongside longtime ESPN anchor Bob Ley from Paris, where they are […]
Although ESPN's annual Body Issue set to hit newsstands on July 8, we've finally got a sneak peek at the premiere athletes that are taking over the pages this year.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith told his “First Take” partner Skip Bayless that he would have outsmarted legendary defense attorney Johnnie Cochran during O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century,” and netted a guilty verdict against the fallen athlete for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The topic came up as […]
Roland Martin talks to Editor in Chief Kevin Merida and staff writer Jesse Washington about the launch of ESPN’s site that focuses on race, sports and culture, The Undefeated. On the staff being primarily black: “We are doing something special. We could’ve started 10 Undefeateds and with all black journalists. There is a wealth of talent out […]
Kobe Bryant will end his 20-season career on Wednesday, April 13, when he takes the court for his final NBA game. In honor of the occasion, ESPN has put together a video sendoff narrated by one of L.A.’s favorite native sons, Kendrick Lamar. The rapper recites words written by ESPN writer Scoop Jackson for “Fade […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Sales of ‘Caucasians’ shirts, depicting the Cleveland Indians’ team mascot as a caricature of a white person, skyrocketed one day after ESPN’s Bomani Jones wore one on a show, the shirt’s creator said Friday. Brian Kirby, who runs Shelf Life Clothing Co., told The Associated Press that more than 2,000 shirts […]
ESPN analyst, host of First Take and sports Journalist Stephen A. Smith will be a featured speaker at the 2016 Black Male Summit in Akron, Ohio this weekend alongside Roland Martin and Tavis Smiley. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his roots in journalism, his love for mentoring young men and why he doesn’t mind […]
2 Chainz and Lil Wayne were recently guests on ESPN's daily sports talk show, Highly Questionable.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. After a full day of deliberations, the panel said the […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest in the trial involving sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews, who filed a $75 million lawsuit against a luxury hotel and a man who admitted to making secret nude videos of her (all times local): ___ 5:30 p.m. Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews has broken down on the […]