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2ND UPDATE: Denmark star midfielder Christian Eriksen remained in stable condition Monday in a Copenhagen hospital after collapsing during his team’s Euro 2020 game against Finland on Saturday, as a few of his teammates met with the media for the first time and a former Denmark star suggested the team had no choice…

TNT edged ESPN for the most trophies at the 42nd annual Sports Emmy Awards, which were handed out tonight in a livestreamed virtual ceremony. The Worldwide Leader turned the tables on Turner Sports for the most wins by network group, however. See the list of wins by network and network group here and wins by program…

Burke Magnus, who first joined ESPN in 1995, has been promoted to president of programming and original content. He will continue to report to Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and sports content. Before being upped, Magnus was EVP of programming and original content. "Burke is a talented leader and collaborative…

ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and ESPN+ will team to air all 51 matches of Euro 2020, the delayed UEFA European Football Championship tournament that begins Friday, June 11 with the opening match between Turkey and Italy in Rome and runs through the final July 11 at Wembley Stadium in London. In all, the Disney networks said…

ESPN’s coverage of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 103-100 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday in the NBA Play-In Tournament drew an average of 5.62 million viewers, which the network said was its most-watched game since the pre-pandemic 2019 Western Conference Finals. The game, which saw the defending NBA…

The doors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will swing open today to welcome Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant, who played 20 years for the Lakers, is the fourth all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Assn. He had 33,643 points in his career, with 60 of them coming in his final…

"We believe in the power of live sports," Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Thursday in announcing an expansion of the brand's footprint on various fields. Disney said it has renewed its current deal with Major League Baseball and bulked up even more with a new agreement with Spain's LaLiga soccer league, the exec said on…

Kenny Mayne, a longtime anchor and correspondent on ESPN who was also a wisecracking presence at the network’s annual upfront presentation, is exiting after a 27-year run. “I am leaving ESPN,” he tweeted, in a laconic style suited to his on-air demeanor. “Salary cap casualty.” Among the people he thanked in the tweet…

EXCLUSIVE: The Women's Dream Team, the 1996 USA Women's basketball team, dominated the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 going undefeated to win the gold medal. The story of how they got there is now to be the subject of a feature doc for ESPN's 30 for 30 strand. The film will tell the story of the grueling…

Kevin Merida, ESPN senior vice president and editor-in-chief of the Undefeated, has been named the next executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. Merida had been seen as a leading candidate to lead the Times newsroom following a five-month search. He’ll succeed Norman Pearlstine, who stepped down in December. “I'm…

The initial drama of Day 1 of the 2021 NFL Draft may have been the fate of Aaron Rodgers and wondering who still listens to Kings of Leon, but the endgame was very sweet for Roger Goodell, Trey Lance, and the Walt Disney Company. Broadcast with full hoopla for an America that may be turning the corner on the coronaviru…

If you were ready for some football at Thursday’s National Football League draft, you had to wade through a lot to get it. Before the picks began, there was Heart’s Ann Wilson hoarsely screaming the National Anthem, then two songs from rockers Kings of Leon. There was a lot of discussion, speculation, and shots of…