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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Our long national nightmare is over. Pat McAfee will attend the NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The saga between McAfee and the NFL has taken place over the course of the 2025 NFL Draft season ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just as Stephen A. Smith vs LeBron James is starting to cool off, Stephen A. Smith vs Kevin Durant is now heating up. Tuesday morning on ESPN’s First Take, Smith made the bold claim that Phoenix ...

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 ...