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ESPN and Fox shared bragging rights as the 41st annual Sports Emmys were handed out tonight. They tied atop the network leaderboard with seven wins apiece. ESPN scored one more nod to lead all sports groups, as it came into the night with the most nominations (58) to Fox Sports Media Group’s 48. Fox’s haul was buoyed…

Devin Concannon isn't a basketball player, but he has likely studied more film of Michael Jordan than any MJ opponent ever did—just about every graceful jumper that "swished" the net and every propulsive drive through the lane. His purpose wasn't to size up Jordan's game for a possible contest of 1-on-1, but to…

The almost first female POTUS is in the game, but the playoff in the Emmy docuseries category looks to be a battle between Joe Exotic and Michael Jordan. Facing Hulu's Hillary, PBS' venerable American Masters and HBO's McMillion$, the very well watched Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness and The Last Dance snagged…

UPDATED with postponement of Yankees-Phillies game. The Miami Marlins postponed their home opener against the Baltimore Orioles amid a COVID-19 outbreak, threatening the Major League Baseball season just days after its delayed start. Up to 14 players and staffers with the Marlins have tested positive for the coronaviru…

As the National Basketball Association gears up for its anticipated first game in a sports starved nation, the league said 300 fans will appear live courtside on giant video screens to react and interact. More than 30 cameras will be repositioned closer to court to showcase “never-before-seen camera angles” in places…

The heavens opened up on Major League Baseball's opening day in more ways than one last night. With biblical-scale rain coming down on National Park on Thursday, the long-awaited and coronavirus-delayed face-off between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals to launch the 2020 season was cut short. However, if…

Major League Baseball has a shorter regular season, but the playoffs have been expanded. In a widely expected move fueled by television rights, MLB and its players association said Thursday that the 2020 postseason will now have 16 teams and begin with eight best-of-three Wild Card Series preceding the Division…

It’s almost time to play ball for Major League Baseball, as the American and National leagues are poised to embark on what promises to be the strangest season in the game’s long and storied history. The regular season finally gets underway on Thursday with the New York Yankees against the defending world champion Washi…

Alex Rodriguez is one of the bidders for the right to purchase the New York Mets. Which could have led to a very uncomfortable moment or two in his role as a Sunday Night Baseball analyst for ESPN when the Mets were scheduled. Faced with criticizing players whom he might soon employ, Rodriguez was spared the…

A number of NBA players are showing their support Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN’s top NBA reporter, who landed himself in hot water after emailing an expletive phrase excoriating Sen. Josh Hawley. Wojnarowski reported has been suspended, but ESPN has not confirmed that. Wojnarowski  was replying to Hawley’s press release…

UPDATE: ESPN has suspended NBA star reporter without pay, according to reports, the result of an obscene message he tweeted in reply to US Senator Josh Hawley. Wojnarowski will not be in Orlando, Florida to cover the NBA restart of its pandemic-shortened season. The length of his suspension has not been…

The 1986 World Series-winning run by the New York Mets will get multi-part documentary treatment by ESPN in a project under the 30 for 30 banner whose executive producers include Jimmy Kimmel. ESPN Films said Thursday the series would chronicle the team’s exploits on and off the field. In the Series, the Boston Red…