EVP Sean Bratches to Depart ESPN at End of Year
by Caryn Robbins
- Apr 20, 2015
ESPN Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Sean R.H. Bratches, whose leadership and accomplishments throughout his 27-year career with ESPN were instrumental to the company's growth, will depart at the end of 2015. He will serve in an advisory capacity to ESPN until that time.
Bookworks Presents Shelf Awareness for Readers
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 7, 2015
When sports broadcaster Stuart Scott died in January, tributes were legion, with people choking up on camera ('he made us better people'), grieving, bewildered that such a vital man who hadbattled--attacked--cancer for five years had lost. Yet, as Scott explained in his memoir, Every Day I Fight(Blue Rider Press), he didn't lose--he beat cancer by how and why he lived. His story is so good, it will 'make you want to sop it up with a biscuit' (a famous Scott phrase).
ESPN Anchor Stuart Scott Has Died at 49
by Sally Henry Fuller
- Jan 4, 2015
ESPN anchor Stuart Scott has passed away at age 49 following a long battle with cancer, ESPN announced on Sunday morning.
NBA Finals Tip Off with Game One on ABC Tonight
by TV News Desk
- Jun 5, 2014
The Finals on ABC will begin tonight, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET with Game One between the defending NBA Champion Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs in a rematch from the 2013 NBA Finals.
Paley Center for Media Celebrates the 35th Anniversary of ESPN
by Caryn Robbins
- May 2, 2014
The Paley Center for Media celebrates the 35th Anniversary of ESPN, Executive Chairman George Bodenheimer, and President John Skipper with the Paley Prize for Innovation and Excellence at its Annual New York Spring Benefit Dinner.
Breaking News: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY to Close May 18
by Robert Diamond
- May 1, 2014
The Bridges of Madison County, the new Broadway musical by Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize-winning team Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman, starring five-time Tony Award-nominee Kelli O'Hara, and star of screen & stage and 2014 Drama Desk nominee Steven Pasquale, will play its final performance on Sunday, May 18, 2014, having played 137 performances.
ESPN Announces Super Bowl XLVIII Coverage
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 23, 2014
ESPN's weeklong coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII begins Monday, Jan. 27, at 6 a.m. ET when ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike kicks off 115 hours of TV and radio programming from New York City. Shows will originate from Herald Square and Times Square Studios through Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2, when Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos face Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
John Legend to Headline Vegas Gala For Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational
by Caryn Robbins
- Mar 29, 2013
GRAMMY Award-winning artist John Legend will headline the 12th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational (MJCI) Celebration in Las Vegas with a private performance at ARIA Resort & Casino, Friday, April 5. Legend will take the stage at the annual invite-only party for the tournament's celebrities and VIP invited guests.
Sportscaster Rick Reilly Extends Contract with ESPN
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 25, 2013
ESPN has reached an agreement with popular columnist and television contributor Rick Reilly on a multi-year contract extension. Reilly, who joined ESPN in 2008 after 23 years at Sports Illustrated, will continue to write his weekly 'Life of Reilly' columns for ESPN.com and contribute television essays through his on-site coverage of ESPN's Monday Night Football and other major events.
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