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In report on NFL injuries, ESPN opts for the sidelines

Aug 23, 2013
ESPN has pulled out of an investigative project about head injuries in the National Football League. The league denies pressuring ESPN in any way.

FOX launches sports channels to challenge ESPN

Aug 16, 2013
ESPN has been king of the hill in TV sports for three decades. But now FOX Sports aims to do to ESPN what Fox News did to CNN.

ESPN tries to kill the trolls: Facebook comments only

Jul 17, 2013
After more than five years of anonymous comments, ESPN.com now requires your Facebook account if you have something to say.

Weird Wimbledon threatens to upset ratings and ads

Jul 2, 2013
What the ouster of big names like Serena Williams and Roger Federer could mean for ESPN's ratings and revenue.

The low-down on the slim down of ESPN

May 23, 2013
The sports network is expanding and profitable, but hundreds of staff have been laid off.

The value of a deal between ESPN and the Southeastern Conference

May 1, 2013
ESPN and the SEC are announcing the SEC Network, a lucrative TV deal for college sports. What’s so valuable about the SEC? And what’s in the deal for the schools?

New FOX sports network: More games, higher cable bill?

Mar 5, 2013
More competition to win TV contracts could drive up cable costs.

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NBC Sports Network a new opponent for ESPN

Jan 2, 2012
Comcast gets into the lucrative business of round-the-clock sports programming.

Viacom is the latest to smack down Google TV

Nov 22, 2010
This is turning into a fiasco. Viacom has blocked shows from MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central from Google TV devices. No Jersey Shore, no Jon...