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Paul Finebaum has reportedly been disciplined by ESPN

ESPN appears to have taken some form of disciplinary action against Paul Finebaum in the wake of the longtime college football analyst’s interview with Clay Travis. Finebaum conducted an interview with Travis that was published last Monday. …

Ben McDonald addresses a crowd

ESPN analyst Ben McDonald angered a lot of people with his on-air comment

ESPN analyst Ben McDonald came under fire for a remark he made during the network’s broadcast of the San Diego Padres-Chicago Cubs game on Wednesday. McDonald was in the booth alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown for Game 2 of the NL …

Shohei Ohtani at the plate

ESPN upsets fans by cutting to WNBA coverage right before Shohei Ohtani HR

Shohei Ohtani’s big moment to kick off the 2025 MLB postseason was usurped on Tuesday night by [checks notes] WNBA pregame coverage. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Ohtani got Game 1 of his team’s Wild Card series against the Cincinnati …

Molly Qerim on the red carpet

Report: Molly Qerim has a multi-million dollar offer from ESPN rival

Molly Qerim may not be out of the national spotlight for long. Job offers have been “flooding in” for the former ESPN host Qerim ever since her abrupt departure from the network earlier this week, Steve Brenner of The US Sun reported over …

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ESPN executive responds to the concerns about ‘Inside the NBA’

ESPN is trying its best to get fans of “Inside the NBA” to put down their pitchforks. Burke Magnus, ESPN’s president of content, spoke this week in an interview to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic. During the interview, Magnus …

Molly Qerim on the red carpet

ESPN’s plan for replacing Molly Qerim is revealed

ESPN may be turning to the “Jeopardy!” model in order to find a new host for “First Take.” In the wake of Molly Qerim’s departure from the network, ESPN is planning to try out a variety of people over the next 30 to 45 …

Stephen A. Smith on a set

Stephen A. Smith is taking on a new role at ESPN

Stephen A. Smith has made an effort to showcase his versatility in recent years, and that theme is continuing with the latest role he is taking on at ESPN. Smith told Renee Washington of Front Office Sports on Tuesday that he will make at least three …

Malika Andrews hosting an ESPN show

ESPN announces notable news about Malika Andrews

The recent turnover at ESPN will not be affecting basketball host and reporter Malika Andrews. ESPN officially announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on a contract extension with Andrews. The release noted that Andrews’ …

Molly Qerim on the red carpet

Report: Molly Qerim set to leave ESPN

Molly Qerim is about to part ways with ESPN after nearly two decades at the network. The longtime sports host Qerim is set to leave ESPN at the end of 2025, Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reported on Monday. Karp notes that ESPN offered Qerim …

Michael Wilbon holding a microphone

ESPN makes decision on future of ‘Pardon the Interruption’

Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser will be continuing to shoot the breeze for several more years to come. ESPN has agreed to three-year contract extensions with both Wilbon and Kornheiser, John Ourand of Puck reported on Monday. As a result, Wilbon …

The College GameDay panel wears Lee Corso headgear

Lee Corso honored with awesome headgear tribute on ‘College GameDay’

Lee Corso made his final appearance as a full-time analyst on ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday, and his colleagues had a fitting tribute to him during the show. Corso has been one of the main draws of “College GameDay” since the …

Jason Kelce looks on

Report: ESPN blocked Jason Kelce from covering Chiefs game

The Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs will open their respective seasons next Friday in a game that will be exclusively streamed on YouTube, and it will only feature one Kelce brother. According to a report from Ryan Glasspiegel of Front …

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ESPN deletes embarrassing ‘icons’ in sports graphic

ESPN on Friday hit the “delete” button on a rather controversial social media post. The “Worldwide Leader” posted a graphic featuring the faces of dozens of top athletes and sports “icons” drawn in a …

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ESPN gets rid of an unpopular ‘Monday Night Football’ move

One of ESPN’s unpopular “Monday Night Football” telecasts is coming to an end in 2025. ESPN will no longer broadcast one of its Monday night games exclusively on its ESPN+ streaming service, the network announced Tuesday. That game …

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ESPN could run into 1 roadblock with college football RedZone idea

ESPN would face several obstacles if the network attempted to launch a college football version of RedZone, and it sounds like at least one of them cannot be overcome. One of the biggest issues with a potential college football RedZone is that ESPN …

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Disappointing news emerges about ESPN’s plans for ‘Inside the NBA’

It did not take ESPN long to plot out major changes to “Inside the NBA.” ESPN is planning to air the popular television program “Inside the NBA” in a half-hour timeslot following the network’s first doubleheader of the …

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