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The 1997-98 Chicago Bulls season is one of the most iconic and memorable seasons in NBA history. Michael Jordan’s Bulls completed their second three-peat of the 1990s, despite drama, injuries and the knowledge that it was the final hurrah for the dynasty. ESPN is taking a look at every single detail of the Bulls’ final […]

The NBA’s popularity has grown exponentially over the years — both at home and overseas. However, the league’s television ratings, including those from TNT and ESPN, are down by quite a healthy margin to start this season. According to a report from John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, the NBA’s television ratings for national broadcasts […]

ESPN’s NBA Top 100 is consistent with Sports Illustrated’s, as both considered Milwaukee Bucks talisman Giannis Antetokounmpo the best player in the league for the 2019-20 season, with new LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard finishing as the runner-up for that title. The argument was a similar one to SI’s — Antetokounmpo’s regular-season record and impact does have […]

ESPN listened to its viewers on Monday evening as the New Orleans Saints, and Houston Texans continue to slug it out in the bayou. While ESPN began its first Monday Night Football broadcast of the season with a bright green graphic highlighting the down-and-distance for each offense, such a graphic only lasted one half as […]

Mark Sanchez has decided to hang up the cleats and turn them in for a microphone as he starts his life after the NFL. According to Andrew Manchard of the New York Post, Sanchez has been hired by ESPN to work in the ABC College Football studio and even if he gets another job offer […]

Ryan Leaf will always be remembered for one thing more than anything else. Back in 1998, he was selected second overall by the San Diego (now Los Angeles) Chargers in the NFL Draft. That year, Peyton Manning went first-overall to the Indianapolis Colts. Manning went on to have a prominent Hall of Fame career. He’ll […]

LaVar Ball has been banned from appearing on all ESPN platforms following his controversial response to Molly Qerim when he was a guest at ‘First Take’ last week. However, Lonzo Ball’s father doesn’t seem to be affected by it. The Ball family patriarch was discussing the recent trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and the […]

Josh McCown is joining ESPN as a studio analyst after announcing his retirement. ESPN’s Bill Hofheimer tweeted the news on June 17. Congrats to @JoshMcCown12 on a terrific 17-year pro career. And some more news: Josh is joining ESPN as an NFL studio analyst. He debuts Wed. in Bristol on NFL Live. https://t.co/CBXB4hYhot pic.twitter.com/gIj7Hccnow — […]

Dallas Cowboys legend Darren Woodson, one of the most recognizable faces at ESPN is stepping down from his position. Woodson joined ESPN over 14 years ago but has announced he is leaving sometime in May to focus on his real estate business. “My commercial real estate business in Frisco, Texas has grown in recent years, […]

Dwyane Wade’s retirement tour officially concluded at the end of the 2018-19 NBA regular season, but the former Miami Heat legend is already one of the most sought-after names to spearhead the next wave of NBA analysts on network television. According to Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, both ESPN and TNT are hoping to […]

Peyton Manning finally has his own show on ESPN. According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, Manning will host a 30-episode ESPN documentary which kicks off in July of 2019. ESPN has announced the 2019 debut of ‘Peyton’s Places.’ It’s a 30-episode documentary hosted by Manning. Divided into five chapters, the ESPN+ project debuts in […]

Philadelphia 76ers’ Ben Simmons recently topped a survey involving NBA executives’ choice for the best sophomore player in the league. In an article by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, Simmons, the survey, which was partaken by head coaches and front office officials, saw Simmons at the number one spot, followed by Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, Boston Celtics’ […]

Jason Kidd has been back in the headlines recently. The Hall of Fame point guard and former Bucks and Nets coach has been openly lobbing for the Lakers’ head coaching job, assuming Luke Walton is fired. He’s also been heavily linked to the job at Cal, his alma mater. Jason Kidd appeared on ‘The Jump’ […]

The ESPN Monday Night Football booth will be changing again this season due to Jason Witten un-retiring from football – which means he retired from announcing. With that in mind, ESPN has a big name in mind – Peyton Manning. The problem with that, according to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk, is that Manning keeps saying […]

LeBron James hasn’t made himself many fans after some controversial statements in the past week since the All-Star break came to an end, from his playoff activation to the sly criticism of his teammates as the Los Angeles Lakers have fallen to 1-2 since the break. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith put it quite bluntly on […]

The NBA is mad — big mad — about the latest story from ESPN about Tim Donaghy, and they’ve released an official statement about the matter. Three days ago, ESPN released a story about Donaghy, an NBA ref, whom they say “conspired” to fix games. In a nutshell, the official statement about Tim Donaghy being […]

The battle for the new Beast of the East is finally wide open after LeBron James moved to the Western Conference. ESPN’s pick for the new number 1 seed? The Boston Celtics. As reported by Ricky Doyle from New England Sports Network, the projected ranking of teams is part of ESPN’s NBA “Summer Forecast” series. The ESPN […]

Information regarding when players are going to be selected in the NBA Draft (and by which team) will be a bit harder to come by this go around. In years past, hoops fan followed Twitter closely, refreshing their time lines and waiting on updates from their favorite expert. According to several reports, the NBA has […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been without legend Kobe Bryant for the last couple of years, and while the franchise is still working on becoming relevant in the NBA playoffs again behind the hopeful wizardry of Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka, their former star has had no problem staying relevant. Just over two years after […]

ESPN announced Tuesday morning that they will be teaming up with Netflix to released a 10-part documentary about Michael Jordan, and the Chicago Bulls. According to a news release by ESPN: ESPN Films and Netflix today announced a joint production “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary series that will chronicle one of the greatest icons and […]

If you watched the San Antonio Spurs take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night on ESPN, you noticed the game-winning shot attempt by one Josh Hart, well, disappear from your television screen in favor of a commercial. About two second later, the channel cut back to the game, only to find out that […]

Since launching on Feb. 18, 2016; The Jump has been one of ESPN’s most successful shows and because of the success, it will be going from a half-hour show to a full hour show on Mar. 12. ESPN announced that they are expanding their Rachel Nichols hosted, The Jump, to one hour. — Andrew Marchand […]

On Monday, ESPN posted an article and video that said the Boston Celtics are the team that makes the best free agency pitches in the entire NBA, according to a recent NBA player poll. The survey was conducted by numerous ESPN reporters, with 48 anonymous NBA players from 12 different teams answering the questions about the […]

Following Jon Gruden’s decision to become the next head coach of the Oakland Raiders, it has put ESPN on the market looking for his replacement on the Monday Night Football broadcast team. According to Richard Deitsch of SI.com, the company is expected to speak with the former two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning about the open […]

ESPN has apparently been dancing a fine line lately. The Washington Huskies, on the other hand, have not been too pleased with how late games have been kicking when the program has played. In reaction to comments by Washington coach Chris Petersen, ESPN took a not so subtle shot at the program during one of […]

Since retiring from the NBA, Paul Pierce has taken up a consistent role with ESPN on various programs over the last few months. According to Chad Finn of Boston.com, ESPN has officially announced that Pierce has been added as a full-time NBA analyst for the network. ESPN will officially announce Thursday that Paul Pierce will […]

They say even bad publicity is good publicity. Unfortunately, that hardly rings true for the New York Knicks, who right now are mired in a rut of epic proportions entering the 2017-18 NBA season. Not even the delusional optimism of newly-signed forward Michael Beasley was enough to spur the slightest bit of support from ESPN analyst […]

NBA journalists recently came under fire by players after publishing their respective NBA player rankings. While it is understandable for fans, and players alike to have some disagreements, the league’s elite will always manage to finish somewhere at the top. With that said, here are ESPN’s Top 10 players heading into the 2017-18 NBA season, […]

Forward Kevin Durant found himself in the rare opportunity to express support for a member of the media; the same media that talked, bashed, and at times discredited his rightfully-earned championship after choosing to sign with the Golden State Warriors last offseason. The 28-year-old has spent his offseason in Los Angeles and was spotted by […]

The NBA season is only weeks away from taking place and what better way to get everyone hyped for the Los Angeles Lakers season-opener than with one of LaVar Ball’s wild claims. The Ballfather joined the set of First Take once again, and Stephen A. Smith didn’t fail to incite a potential prediction from Ball, […]

Known ESPN debate connoisseur Stephen A. Smith was irate at his own network’s NBA player rankings, which released at the beginning of the week and had the likes of Carmelo Anthony sitting in No. 64 among the likes of Marcus Smart a spot below him and Lonzo Ball one ahead. The longtime journalist prefaced his […]

Following the shake from the controversial ESPN NBA Rankings for this upcoming season, C.J. McCollum; who has proven to be an aspiring journalist himself, took to Twitter to prompt the players ranking journalists on their different strengths, weaknesses, and more — the same way NBA players have through the years. Longtime journalist and Turner Sports personality […]

Paul Pierce announced the decision on Monday to rejoin the Boston Celtics on a one-day contract to officially retire from the NBA with the organization where he spent his first 15 years in the league. However, it hasn’t take Pierce long for him to find his first post-NBA gig as he informed Jackie MacMullan of ESPN […]

Less than a week after laying off multiple well-respected NBA reporters, ESPN is reportedly adding a arguably the biggest name in breaking NBA news to their fold. According to Peter Kafka of Recode.net, the site who first reported the news, The Vertical and Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowksi will be joining the sports programming company. Along with […]

New York Knicks unicorn Kristaps Porzingis realized a childhood dream by making a trip to Disneyland as part of his Hangtime segment with ESPN. The 7-foot-3 forward/center dynamo has always wanted to visit the famous theme park from a young age and finally got to go in the Cars-themed ride, the Grizzly River Run, the […]

With New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson dominating headlines recently, the topic of use of medicinal marijuana in the NBA came to surface after Jackson brought up the possibility of acceptance of the substance by the league in a near future. In a panel hosted by Michelle Beadle, former players Jalen Rose, Tracy McGrady, […]

Between 2008-2013, Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson regularly appeared on ESPN’s NBA Countdown before leaving amidst rumors of apparent disturbance caused by Bill Simmons. The aforementioned rumors have since been squashed, but reasons for his departure remain unclear. Fans of the NBA great will be pleased to hear that the 57-year-old will be returning to […]

While the recently revoked credentials of Dallas-based ESPN journalists Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon imposed by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has mostly flown under the radar throughout the media, the issue is much more pressing than it looks to the naked eye. So let’s review the timeline of events and how exactly things went down: […]

Former NBA player and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose spared no words when it came to his thoughts on President-elect Donald Trump. Rose went as far as saying that players from championship teams would decline visits to the White House under Trump. According to a 2015 study by racial equality activist Richard Lapchick, the NBA is composed […]