01/24/14- Roland Martin talks with ESPN’s Cari Champion, “First Take”, about the 2014 NFL Pro Bowl and whether or not it will be a successful event. For iPhone users:
Beyond basketball, Magic Johnson has built an empire for himself that continues to grow. From movie theaters and restaurants to health products and luxury cars,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Home improvement maker Home Depot Inc. on Thursday apologized for a tweet that showed a picture of two African-American drummers with a person in a gorilla mask in between them and asked: “Which drummer is not like the others?” The tweet, from Home Depot’s official Twitter account, @HomeDepot, was part of […]
Magic Johnson, as everyone knows, is a very busy man and he doesn’t have time take ESPN’s money anymore. On Thursday, Johnson – also a an owner of the LA Dodgers – said that he has a “strong connection” to the sports network, but that he’s got a lot of other stuff on his plate […]
Former NBA player Antonio Davis is about to go through a nasty divorce. His estranged wife filed for divorce earlier in the year, but…
Should Condoleeza Rice be allowed to serve on the College Football Playoff selection committee? The answer is definitely “no” if you listened to ESPN analyst David Pollack who said women don’t “belong” on the committee, which includes Rice, a former U.S. Secretary of State. Pollack warned the audience he was about to say something unpopular […]
Tom and the crew open the show talking about Cory Booker’s win in the NJ primary election, Rhode Island’s marijuana law and Hugh Douglas’ firing.
They might be ‘just joshing’ in the photo above, but the real deal almost happened at the House of Blues in Orlando last Friday night, when Hugh Douglas got drunk and threatened to beat the crap out of his ESPN2 colleague, Michael Smith. According to a source who witnessed the altercation and shared details with […]
Leave it to Kevin Hart to go on ESPN’s First Take and make it a comedic experience. Check out the clip to see Kev talk…
Director Ava Duvernay can relate to her documentary subject Venus Williams. Both are from Compton, California and both emerged onto the national scene in areas where Black women are still scarce – film and tennis. So it’s fitting that Duvernay would helm the ESPN documentary “Venus Vs.” part of ESPN’s “Nine for IX” series celebrating […]
By now EVERYONE has heard about Jason Collins announcement that he is gay. We have seen the tweets of support from everyone from the President and First Lady to fellow ball players. There has been an overwhelming media support that has over the last few years in particular become broadly more gay friend and has […]
ESPN analyst Chris Broussard is facing some heat after comments he made about Jason Collins‘ homosexuality on-air during an ESPN telecast. In an episode of Outside the Lines, Broussard expressed his beliefs on homosexuality. Broussard said, “If you’re openly living that type of lifestyle, the Bible says you know them by their fruits, it says […]
