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We’ve all been spending a lot of time at home these days. But thanks to the wonders of technology, we can also take trips to Twin Peaks, Wisteria Lane or California’s most famous zip code, among other notable TV locales. Since the days of self-quarantine began earlier this spring, dozens of stars from long-gone television …
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Charlie Ergen’s satellite TV company is calling foul on Disney for making it pay for ESPN at a time when there is no live sports programming, The Post has learned. Ergen’s Dish Network, the nation’s fourth largest TV provider, is pushing for refunds that it says it will pass along to its roughly 12 million …
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ESPN Radio is in the process of what could be a complete transformation that may impact every part of its schedule and eventually lead to Dan Le Batard no longer being on the network and the potential return of Mike Greenberg to radio, The Post has learned. While these plans may play out over the …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets. Any update on [Michael] Conforto’s oblique? — @PatCollins63 Conforto is taking regular batting practice and team officials …
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ESPN got personal in its NFL Draft coverage this year — a little too much for some fans’ liking, resulting in the network apologizing for one case in particular. When Tee Higgins was drafted 33rd overall Friday night by the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN flashed a “Get to Know” graphic about the star Clemson wide receiver. …
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Even if handshakes are still a thing in the post-coronavirus era, Michael Kay won’t be extending one to Mike Francesa. Kay has overtaken Francesa in the ratings, but the New York sports radio rivalry remains fiery between the longtime afternoon drive voices of ESPN New York and WFAN, so much so that Kay said he …
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Sports fans were hungry and the NFL gave them plenty to consume. The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday delivered record-high numbers for the league, despite being confined to a makeshift broadcast delivered from basements and living rooms around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down most sports …
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Bored at home? Starting tonight, you can be Bard at home instead. The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, will begin streaming a selection of its stage productions of William Shakespeare’s plays online for free, starting with “King Lear.” The shows are gorgeously filmed, comparable to “The Met: Live in HD” or “National Theatre Live.” And …
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ESPN NFL Draft mainstay Todd McShay announced that he’s unable to work Thursday’s telecast because he’s at home recovering from the coronavirus. McShay, 43, had recently been working from home instead of at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn. He was last in Bristol on March 3, according to The Post’s Andrew Marchand. A football analyst …
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It was hard enough when Broadway shut down, says Raúl Esparza, but letting Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday pass without a celebration? Impossible. And so, while quarantining in his Chelsea apartment, he and friends hit on the answer: a virtual bash, “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration.” Starting at 8 p.m. Sunday, …
We’ve all been spending a lot of time at home these days. But thanks to the wonders of technology, we can also take trips to Twin Peaks, Wisteria Lane or California’s most famous zip code, among other notable TV locales. Since the days of self-quarantine began earlier this spring, dozens of stars from long-gone television …
