• Mike Greenberg, Dan Le Batard in middle of ESPN’s potentially massive shakeup

    Mike Greenberg, Dan Le Batard in middle of ESPN’s potentially massive shakeup

    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 …
  • ESPN apologizes for Tee Higgins graphic detailing mother’s ‘drug addiction’

    ESPN apologizes for Tee Higgins graphic detailing mother’s ‘drug addiction’

    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. …
  • The Michael Kay-Mike Francesa tension may never end

    The Michael Kay-Mike Francesa tension may never end

    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 …
  • NFL Draft 2020 first round features record-high ratings

    NFL Draft 2020 first round features record-high ratings

    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 …
  • Todd McShay will miss ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage with coronavirus

    Todd McShay will miss ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage with coronavirus

    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 …
  • Michael Jordan docuseries ‘The Last Dance’ premiere paints Bulls GM Jerry Krause as villain

    Michael Jordan docuseries ‘The Last Dance’ premiere paints Bulls GM Jerry Krause as villain

    Amid the biggest dearth of sports in a century, ESPN has swooped in to rescue us with “The Last Dance,” a docuseries about Michael Jordan’s final year with the Chicago Bulls. While the highly anticipated show’s first installment doesn’t offer too much that wasn’t already public knowledge, it’s still a fascinating look into perhaps the …
  • Another shameless network is exploiting the NBA’s worst

    Another shameless network is exploiting the NBA’s worst

    As Homer Simpson shouted when stuck in the bottom of a deep hole, “Dig up!” Throughout his NBA career, 1997-2014, Stephen Jackson was a load to endure. Fines, suspensions, criminal recklessness in a strip-club hassle, Twitter-issued physical threats. He played a leading role, and not as a peacemaker, in that infamous brawl with fans during …
  • Drew Brees picks NBC over ESPN in ‘Monday Night Football’ setback

    Drew Brees picks NBC over ESPN in ‘Monday Night Football’ setback

    Drew Brees is signing with NBC Sports over ESPN in a move that will make him a fixture on NFL telecasts after he finishes playing, The Post has learned. In a contract that will begin after Brees retires from the Saints, the 41-year-old will be groomed as the potential replacement for Cris Collinsworth on “Sunday …
  • ESPN wasn’t only one to tell UFC, Dana White to ‘stand down’

    ESPN wasn’t only one to tell UFC, Dana White to ‘stand down’

    Dana White was determined to stage UFC 249 next weekend, but even the president of the UFC has to bow to the power of his network partner. White on Thursday announced the cancellation of UFC 249 after he received calls from the “highest levels” of ESPN’s parent company, Disney, to “stand down,” he said in …
  • Sports media mailbag: Intriguing ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’ options

    Sports media mailbag: Intriguing ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’ options

    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: sports media. Could ABC push for their own 1 p.m. NFL broadcast window along with CBS and Fox? — …