Multi-platinum and Grammy-Award winning Lil Wayne will join a special performance by Imagine Dragons during ESPN’s half time presentation of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by ATT on January 7.
The Rams and the Chargers teamed up to donate $10,000 each towards 50 home and 50 away jerseys for both Inglewood and Morningside high school.
ESPN will not air the national anthem before “Monday Night Football” games this season. ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro stated, “we generally have not broadcasted the anthem and I don’t think that will change this year.”
Watch LeBron James as he talks to CNN and ESPN.
With Nneka helping the Sparks win the 2016 WNBA championship and Chiney becoming the only full-time professional athlete and full-time ESPN commentator, they are some of the hardest working women in all of sports.
No Four-in-Fives for First Time; Back-to-Backs Reduced to Historic Low for Third Straight Season
NBA Champion Golden State Faces Houston on Opening Night (Oct. 17) and Cleveland on Christmas
Legendary sports commentator Stephen A. Smith speaks on Blacks working behind the scenes at ESPN, give advice to next generation and speaks on Legacy.
ESPN’s “First Take” is one of the most popular sports shows on television. The show has undergone a major overhaul on all fronts in the last few months, from talent to programming content. At the helm of these efforts are two African-American men – David Roberts, Vice President of Audio Network Content and Antoine Lewis, Coordinating Producer.
Legendary sports commentator Stephen A. Smith sits down with Brandon I. Brooks, managing editor of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper and the L.A. Watts Times Newspaper for a one-on-one interview.
Renowned sportscaster Stephen A. Smith goes in depth on his struggles with reading as a child and his method of overcoming his academic obstacles.
Host: Brandon I. Brooks
At the helm of ESPN’s “First Take” are two African-American men – David Roberts, Vice President of Audio Network Content and Antoine Lewis, Coordinating Producer.
Lee worked with ESPN to make the documentary, which examines how the Black Lives Matter movement sparked activism at the University of Missouri–including the football team–and the rest of the county.
Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield and University of Connecticut (UCONN) Huskies forward Breanna Stewart won the John Wooden award for male and female Player of the Year.
Celebrating the achievements of African-Americans who have made a positive influence within their sport and in society. ESPN is once again commemorating Black History Month with multiple programming offerings on television, radio and online. Rise Up: A SportsCenter Special, will debut on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. ET, and is the centerpiece of ESPN’s Black History Month programming. In the one-hour original, four segments will feature prominent African-Americans in a direct and intimate conversation sharing firsthand accounts of the events in the news cycle that impacted their lives. The four topics: Taj Gibson on rising up against