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There's got to be something in the water at ESPN. Testosterone, maybe? What is it about working in Bristol, Conn., that brings out the worst in guys?
Allegations of sexual misconduct have dogged the Worldwide Leader for years. Mike Tirico, Harold...
If you think ESPN is omnipresent on the college gridiron — and it is — contemplate its reach on the basketball court: The Worldwide Leader will broadcast about 1,100 college hoops games this season over its multiple platforms.
Things get going in...
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" telecast of Brett Favre's epic performance for the Minnesota Vikings against his former Green Bay Packer team landed the biggest audience in cable television history.
The 15.3 rating was the largest in ESPN's 30-year...
Kudos to Mike Francesa for blasting the NFL's blackout rule on his weekly "Mike'd Up" show Sunday on New York's WNBC-TV.
Francesa's comments came hours after the Detroit Lions beat the Washington Redskins 19-14 for their first regular-season win since...
Just a week after stepping into the political arena — and 13 months before Connecticut's senatorial election — former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has launched a major TV ad blitz in her campaign to capture the seat now occupied...
