NBA commissioner Adam Silver defended the league's 2% decline in viewership as a "victory" given an early-season slump.

Debates across eras in sports, such as the “GOAT” debate, have been discussed ad nauseam on sports debate shows like First Take. But no matter how tired the discussion may be for some, don’t ...

ESPN is slated to license Inside the NBA from TNT Sports starting in the fall. That will bring Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Co. to the Worldwide Leader each NBA season for the ...

Another bona fide superstar going No. 1 overall in the WNBA Draft led ESPN to another strong rating for the event. Coming off the success of last season’s draft, when the Indiana Fever selected ...

Atlanta Braves reporter Wiley Ballard went viral on Monday night during a game in Toronto and his actions in the broadcast have stirred up plenty of reactions throughout the sports media universe.

The NBA’s purported ratings demise was much ado about nothing. After a rough start to the season, when viewership cratered by about 20% year over year, the NBA rebounded to draw nearly even with ...

Even Charles Barkley knows when he takes a joke too far. Broadcasting the NCAA men’s Final Four in San Antonio this year, Barkley had the opportunity to address the city’s people directly at ...

The exclusive negotiating window between UFC and ESPN officially expired on Tuesday. As has long been the expectation from both sides, it did so without a deal. As it prepares to hit the open ...

While the national NBA ratings picture was in a solid spot at the end of the regular season, local ratings were not. After national NBA ratings faced viewership declines in the 20% range early in ...

For all of the attention that Bill Belichick’s relationship with his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, has received, it somehow feels under-covered. One month after The Assembly‘s Matt Hartman first ...

ESPN’s long-awaited direct-to-consumer streaming service remains on schedule. The streamer, which has internally been dubbed “Flagship” is planned for a rollout this fall to coincide with ...

The year 2025 may be the most important in ESPN’s history since its humble launch in Bristol more than four decades ago. But at least at the start of the year, ESPN can look towards its future ...