ESPN to Air 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event on 8/6 June 19, 2013
ESPN will televise the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event beginning Tuesday, Aug. 6, and culminating with two virtually live presentations of the Main Event Final Table on Monday, Nov. 4 and...
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HBO GO & WatchESPN Now Available on Apple TV! June 19, 2013
Apple today announced that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV joining the great lineup of programming offered to customers. iTunes users have downloaded more than one billion ...
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ESPN's 2014 Qualifying Contest Is Second Highest Audience Rated World Cup Telecast June 13, 2013
Tuesday night's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying contest between the United States and Panama delivered ESPN's second most-watched and second highest-rated FIFA World Cup qualifying or international fri...
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ESPN Adds Seven Big Ten College Football Games to 2013 Schedule June 07, 2013
ESPN has added seven Big Ten Conference college football games during the first three weeks of the 2013 season. Combined with previously released prime-time matchups, nine games will be televised acro...
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ESPN to Air LOMBARDI LEGACY Special, 6/6 May 31, 2013
ESPN will commemorate the coaching legacy and accomplishments of Vince Lombardi with a one-hour special entitled Lombardi's Legacy hosted by Chris Berman on Thursday, June 6, at 9 p.m. ET. The program...
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WNBA Season Opener is Most-Watched Regular-Season Game on ESPN2 in Nine Years May 30, 2013
The new WNBA season-opening Memorial Day doubleheader on ESPN2 - Washington Mystics at Tulsa Shock, followed by Chicago Sky at the Phoenix Mercury - averaged a 0.3 household coverage rating and an ave...
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ESPN Adds Pac-12 College Football to 2013 Schedule May 29, 2013
ESPN has added eight Pac-12 Conference college football games to its 2013 schedule for ESPN, ABC and ESPN2 telecasts.
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MATILDA's Bertie Carvel to be Featured on ESPN's Scripps National Spelling Bee, 5/30 May 28, 2013
The Tony Award nominated MATILDA THE MUSICAL and the Scripps National Spelling Bee both celebrate the power of words, learning and education. The Bee will open with a segment shot on stage at Broadway...
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ESPN Adds ACC College Football Games to 2013 Schedule May 23, 2013
Twenty additional 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college football games have been added across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. Combined with five previously released games, every conference ...
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ESPN & ESPN3 to Air 2013 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE Finals, Begin. 5/29 May 23, 2013
ESPN will mark its 20th year of televising the Scripps National Spelling Bee by presenting 14 hours of the competition live across three networks - ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 - beginning Wednesday, May 29,...
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2013-14 WNBA Regular Season Tips Off Next Monday on ESPN2 May 21, 2013
ESPN2 and ABC will combine to present 14 regular-season WNBA games, including the addition of a new opening-weekend ESPN2 Memorial Day doubleheader. . The games will feature the top four teams from th...
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ESPN Acquires Exclusive Rights to US Open Tennis, Beg. 2015 May 16, 2013
ESPN will be the exclusive home in North and South America of the US Open from first ball through the women's and men's championships each summer from New York beginning in 2015
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ESPN to Air Up to 70 College Baseball Conference Tournament Games May 16, 2013
ESPN will continue its extensive coverage of the 2013 college baseball season - including more than 200 regular-season games - with 70 conference tournament contests from Sunday, May 19 to Sunday, May...
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ESPN to Launch Daily Soccer Studio Show This Summer May 14, 2013
ESPN will extend the company's ESPNFC.com global soccer news and information digital brand with its first highlights-driven soccer studio show airing in the United States this summer.
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NBC Sports Group Wins Big at 2013 Sports Emmy Awards - All the Winners! May 08, 2013
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards at a special ceremony tonight at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincol...
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ESPN Nabs Five Sports Emmy Awards May 08, 2013
ESPN won five Sports Emmy Awards, presented for the 34th year by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences tonight in New York. ESPN was honored for journalism, technical and creative exce...
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NBA Playoff Coverage Continues on ESPN & ESPN 2 Today May 02, 2013
The NBA Playoffs will continue on ESPN and ESPN2 today, May 3, with four quarterfinal round Game 6 telecasts.
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ESPN Signs 20-Year Deal w/ Southeastern Conference May 02, 2013
The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have signed a 20-year agreement through 2034 to create and operate a multiplatform network, which will launch in August 2014, it was announced today by SEC Commiss...
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Regular-Season NHL Viewership on NBC Sports Hits New High April 30, 2013
More viewers watched the NHL regular season on NBC Sports Network this year than in any previous year since the channel began televising games in 2005-06. The 2013 NHL regular season on NBC Sports Net...
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ESPN to Air All 16 Division 1 Baseball Regional Championships, Begin. 5/31 April 29, 2013
ESPN will continue to increase its commitment to college baseball by covering all 16 sites of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship from Friday, May 31 to Monday, June 3. It will mark the first ti...
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ABC, ESPN to Air Six Prime Time Big 10 College Football Games in 2013 April 29, 2013
ESPN announced six Big Ten Conference college football games for Saturday prime-time telecasts on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 during the 2013 season. Each game includes at least one team ranked in an early ESP...
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ESPN's 3-Day NFL Draft Coverage Up in Ratings, Viewership from 2012 April 29, 2013
ESPN's three-day telecast of the 2013 NFL Draft (April 25-27) - including the first two nights in prime time - saw increases in both ratings and viewership over the 2012 event. This weekend, the 15-pl...
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50 Cent & The Heavy Partner to Pen Music for ESPN's 2013 NFL Draft Telecast April 22, 2013
Multiplatinum recording artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and popular English rock band The Heavy are collaborating on the music for ESPN's three-day presentation of the 2013 NFL Draft from Radio City ...
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NBA Playoffs 'Tip Off' Exclusively on ABC, ESPN, Today April 20, 2013
The NBA Playoffs will exclusively tip off today, April 20, on ABC and ESPN with four Game 1 presentations. The action begins on ABC when the New York Knicks and NBA scoring champion Carmelo Anthony ho...
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ESPN to Air 43 Hours of 2013 NFL Draft Coverage, 4/25-27 April 18, 2013
For the 34th consecutive year, ESPN will televise the NFL Draft presented by Bud Light (April 25-27) from Radio City Music Hall in New York. The first hour of Round 1 on Thursday, April 25 (8 p.m. ET)...
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