All 2019-20 NBA season restart games are played across three venues at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida and will begin on July 30. Based on a competitive format approved by the NBA Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association, 22 teams will return to play during the 2019-20 […]
The National Football League (NFL) announced on Thursday, May 7 its 17-week, 256-game regular-season schedule for 2020, which (tentatively) runs from September 10, 2020 through January 3, 2021. Jump to: Thursdays, Sundays, Mondays Jump to: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, […]
March 11th, 2020. It was the date when the entire sports landscape in the United States first took official drastic action due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An NBA player — later to be revealed as star Jazz center Rudy Gobert — was discovered to having the virus just minutes before tip-off of a Utah Jazz-Oklahoma […]
The highly-anticipated documentary The Last Dance finally hit the ESPN airwaves on April 19 with the first two parts of the 10-part miniseries. Produced by Michael Tollin and directed by Jason Hehir, “The Last Dance” chronicles the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls — the final season the franchise had won the NBA championship and the last season […]
Yet another reboot comes to television when this spring, the revival of Vince McMahon’s XFL, short for the Extreme Football League, begins action. It first debuted back in Feb. 2001 to big TV audiences, but its viewership had quickly eroded and the league folded after one season. This time around, the XFL had more time […]
The Australian Open, tennis’ first major tournament of a new decade, will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+ and streaming on the ESPN app beginning Sunday, Jan. 19. There’ll be more than 100 hours of television plus 1,400 hours of streaming of tournament coverage, culminating with the Women’s and Men’s Championships on February 1 […]
The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, December 29. Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 4-5. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first game of these playoffs on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 4:35 p.m. ET: AFC South division winner Houston Texans make their sixth playoff […]
Sports Business Daily’s John Ourand reported that CBS has decided to conclude its association with Southeastern Conference (SEC) football after its contact with them expires following the 2023 football season. The late Saturday afternoon package for the SEC has been the most-watched college football telecast, on average, per week for the past decade. CBS Sports […]
ESPN’s entire 35-game bowl slate begins Friday, Dec. 20. Their postseason college football coverage is highlighted by the exclusive presentation of the College Football Playoff, which begins with the Semifinals on Saturday, Dec. 28. The College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will feature No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (4 p.m. […]
