Tag: NBA on ESPN
ESPN’s Clippers coverage reportedly caused frustration inside network
ESPN’s reporting on the Clippers apparently didn’t just create questions outside the company.
According to ClutchPoints, citing a report from Status, some ESPN employees were...
Charles Barkley says he and Ernie Johnson leaving ‘Inside the NBA’ after season
Charles Barkley has talked about retiring before. Several times, actually. This time, though, he says it's different. And he apparently won't be leaving Inside...
ESPN has some explaining to do after NBA drops hammer on Clippers
Remember when the NBA had supposedly found no evidence that Steve Ballmer funneled money through Clippers sponsors to Kawhi Leonard to circumvent the salary...
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93; helped change how NBA was watched
Bill Rasmussen, the visionary who co-founded ESPN and helped change the way American sports, including the NBA, were consumed on television, has died. He...
ESPN layoffs aren’t just about big contracts
Another summer has brought another round of layoffs at ESPN.
The departures of familiar names such as Karl Ravech, Ryan Clark and others have prompted...
Karl Ravech among ESPN’s third round of layoffs this year
College basketball play-by-play man and longtime SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight host Karl Ravech is among those being let go by ESPN in its latest...
ESPN expressing interest in NBA regional broadcast rights
The bidding for the NBA's future local broadcast platform may already be heating up.
After Sports Business Journal reported that YouTube has emerged as the...
Cavs seventh in way-too-early NBA power rankings
The Cavaliers reached the Eastern Conference finals this season. That apparently wasn’t enough to crack the top five.
In ESPN’s way-too-early NBA power rankings for...
ESPN offseason power rankings place Knicks behind Thunder, Spurs
The Knicks just won their first championship in 53 years. ESPN still isn’t ready to put them at No. 1.
In its first offseason NBA...
Mike Breen nearly quit broadcasting before becoming voice of NBA Finals
Mike Breen is preparing to call his 21st consecutive NBA Finals. But according to the longtime ESPN and Knicks broadcaster, it almost never happened.
In...
Draymond Green rips Shams Charania over leaked MVP news: ‘That was embarrassing’
Draymond Green has entered the Shams Charania MVP leak debate. And he didn’t exactly hold back.
Speaking on his podcast Monday, the Warriors forward blasted...
‘Inside the NBA’ finally getting room to breathe during Knicks-Cavs series
Good news for fans of Inside the NBA.
The gloves are apparently coming off a little.
According to Front Office Sports, the popular studio show featuring...
Shams Charania defends breaking Shai Gilgeous-Alexander MVP news early
Shams Charania is hearing it again.
This time, it’s because the ESPN NBA insider reported that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had won his second straight MVP award...
Cleveland radio voice Tony Rizzo reveals he suffered major heart attack
Longtime Cleveland sports radio host Tony Rizzo returned to ESPN Cleveland on Monday with a frightening explanation for his recent absence.
Rizzo revealed on the...
