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  • John OliverLifestyle

    Record minor-league baseball crowd takes in home opener rebrand inspired by HBO comedy host John Oliver

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • Washington Commanders quarterbacks Jayden Daniels, Sam Hartman, Marcus Mariota, Josh JohnsonPolitics

    Trump demands Washington Commanders switch back to ‘Redskins’ name—and threatens to scupper stadium deal if they don’t

    By Joe Reedy, Adriana Gomez, and others
  • San Francisco 49ers v New York JetsFinance

    DirecTV-Disney blackout fight gets more heated ahead of Monday Night Football and presidential debate

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The ESPN logo is seen, Sept. 16, 2013, prior to an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)Finance

    ESPN disappears from DirectTV in contract fight during the U.S. Open for second straight year

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This Sept. 16, 2013, file photo shows the ESPN logo prior to an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, in Cincinnati. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)Tech

    ESPN/Fox/Warner sports-streaming venture hit with an antitrust lawsuit from FuboTV accusing the ‘sports cartel’ of ‘stealing’ their playbook

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • Bob Iger walking to lunch at the Allen and Company Sun Valley conference.Leadership

    Top ad exec says ESPN/Fox/Warner joint venture bombshell is a Hulu sequel: ‘Let’s do that again. But for live sports streaming’

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • NFLLifestyle

    The NFL is eating TV as its ratings soar 7% to the second-highest ever, averaging 17.9 million homes

    By Joe Reedy, Paolo Confino, and others
  • Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in a broadcast boothSuccess

    Joe Buck and Troy Aikman make history as longest-tenured broadcast crew in NFL history with 22 years in the booth

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 01: Matt Bush #49 of the Texas Rangers holds the Commissioner’s Trophy to fans after winning Game 5 of the 2023 World Series between the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Rangers defeated the Diamondbacks 5-0 to win the World Series. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    World Series pitting Texas Rangers against Arizona Diamondbacks—both with limited national appeal—was the least-watched in TV history

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • Bob IgerLifestyle

    ESPN says it could take a sports league on as a minority partner as Disney questions its entire TV portfolio

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • Jeff Van GundyLifestyle

    Disney swings the layoff axe and takes out ESPN veterans including Jeff Van Gundy and Suzy Kolber

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • Mike BreenSuccess

    Mike Breen in rarefied air as third man to call 100 NBA Finals broadcasts—and first on TV

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this April 26, 2019, file photo, Former Indianapolis Colts player Pat McAfee announces the Colts’ third round pick at the NFL football draft, in Nashville, Tenn. Pat McAfee Expands His Multiplatform ESPN Role as The Pat McAfee Show Moves to ESPN in the Fall of 2023 (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)Lifestyle

    Sports analyst Pat McAfee is moving his show to ESPN and promises the substance and style will stay the same but he won’t swear ‘nearly as much’

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JULY 26: (L-R) Senior Coordniating Producer for ESPN’s NFL studio shows Seth Markman, Sunday NFL Countdown Host Sam Ponder and Former NFL coach & ESPN analyst Rex Ryan of ‘ESPN’s Sunday’s NFL Countdown’ speak onstage during the ESPN portion of the 2017 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    ESPN cuts jobs as part of Disney’s sweeping layoffs of 7,000 workers, and the sports channel expects more reductions by summer

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press
  • Vince McMahonLifestyle

    WWE apologizes after Auschwitz Memorial museum rips ‘shameless’ use of concentration camp in Wrestlemania 39 commercial

    By Joe Reedy and The Associated Press