espn Archives

ESPN is dealing with the absence of live sports to talk about by airing classic Disney films mostly dealing with sporting events that have already happened Every Friday night in primetime for the foreseeable future, the network will air a different sports film Up first tonight at 8 PM is The Rookie, starring Dennis Quaid[...]

Less than a week after the WWE announced Wrestlemania 36 will take place over two nights (Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, with Rob Gronkowski hosting) over coronavirus concerns and announcing a deal with ESPN to air classic WrestleMania events over three Sundays, a chunk of the WWE Network library is being made available[...]

Now, it looks like ESPN has foud a way to help them get the word out – and add some fresh programming to a network that's hurting now that live sports is doing its version of "social distancing" from the fans. WWE Starting this Sunday, March 22, at 7 p.m (and continuing for two additional weeks), the[...]

That's right: this Sunday, March 22, ESPN2 is being possessed by the spirit of ESPN8: "The Ocho" for 24 hours But not because it's the "8th" of anything – just because ESPN knew we could really use it. Inspired by the 2004 hit movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story starring Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, and Ben[...]

During the company's third-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts, Iger revealed that it will bundle Disney+, Hulu's basic on-demand tier and ESPN+ for $12.99 a month, and will make the package deal available the same day Disney+ launches: November 12. As a consumer, here are some things to keep in mind about the bundle deal:[...]

Move over, Phil Grayfield! Marvel Comics and ESPN have teamed up to produce a series of homage variant covers for top football players Marvel posted the covers on their website, though they originally debuted on television back in April for the NFL draft But hey, maybe you've had too many concussions and you can't remember[...]

You'll soon be seeing some Apex Legends competitions on ESPN programming as they're headed to the 2019 ESPYS and X Games Minneapolis 2019 This morning, ESPN announced the creation of EXP, a new event series featuring esports competitions at ESPN-owned events, the first of which will be with Electronic Arts These competitions will be a[...]

As we head into ESPN's inaugural Collegiate Esports Championship for 2019, we now have a full schedule for all the games involved this weekend Five different games will have qualifying matches as well as proper tournament bracket eliminations between May 10th-12th, including Hearthstone, Overwatch, Starcraft II, Street Fighter V, and Heroes of the Storm Check[...]

Looking to move out from underneath the shadow of the recently shuttered Alliance of American Football (AAF) as well as learn from its own disastrous past (with the hopes of not repeating it), WWE head Vince McMahon's XFL has announced multi-year deals with both ESPN and FOX Sports to televise league games beginning with the[...]

This time, the trio – along with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, and in conjunction with ESPN 30 for 30 – takes a moment to remind us that the original film was actually based on real life events. Don't believe us? Check out this clip from the sports doc below to discover the truth behind 1984's All Valley[...]

When you add Hulu (where most believe the more "adult" content will go) and ESPN+ (the sports networks' streaming service) into the mix, Disney+ has the potential to go from concept to "king" in record-breaking, eye-bleeding time. However… all of this is "concept" and "expected" right now, and Disney+ does have some things working against it.  For[...]

Much like how Marvel Studios dropped additional footage of Black Panther earlier this year during the the College Football Playoff National Championship, they'll be doing the same for Captain Marvel during the 2019 game. MarvelousRealm on Twitter shared this snippet of a video from EPSN, which seemingly confirms that new footage for the film is coming on January 7th during the[...]

In a multi-year broadcast deal, Overwatch League Season 2 is coming to "The Mouse" – airing on ESPN, ESPN2, Disney XD, ABC and streaming services – which means you'll have a little more time to upgrade your definition of "spectator sport." Credit: Peabody Awards  #22 Jordan Peele The Academy Award-wining writer/director (Get Out, Us) and one-half of comedy duo[...]

Disney is moving to secure a future for itself in a world that's gone streaming, with the Fox deal including a trifecta of streaming properties: sports service ESPN+, general entertainment service Hulu, and what the company hoped will be the "crown jewel" of their streaming offerings: Disney+. The individual overseeing "The House of Mouse's" media future[...]

After SO MUCH back and forth on the Twitterverse today (read: this week) about the upcoming slate of expected Marvel Studios trailers, we apparently have confirmation on at least one new MCU trailer for Monday, December 3rd- Captain Marvel.   According to our pals over at TrailerTrack, we're getting a new Captain Marvel trailer drop during Monday Night Football[...]

ABC's broadcast will be different from NFL Network and ESPN's coverage during the first two nights, though the network will simulcast ESPN's feed on the third day for the second straight year. "The addition of broadcast television for all three days of the 2018 NFL Draft helped to bring this important offseason event to even more fans[...]

Today it was announced on ESPN that Blizzard signed a new multiyear deal that will bring the league's games to ABC and ESPN network stations This deal starts tonight with the playoffs, which are going to be broadcast on Disney XD and ESPN 3. The deal does not cancel or negate any current broadcast or licensing deals,[...]

ESPN is reporting that wide receiver Julian Edelman is facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing substances. Edelman is appealing the suspension, which tends to not go well for the player as most cases are upheld But the 32-year-old is in his 10th season and has never tested positive before, and[...]

Now that he holds the title, there's only one challenge left for him to overcome: besting ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel at his own "Jimmy Kimmel Live Spelling Bee." Let's just say that as "boss battles" go, 14-year-old Nemmani didn't need to break a sweat. Kimmel has been a major advocate for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which[...]

ET). With Can You Spell It in a Sentence? Bleeding Cool's 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee Live-Blog!, we'll be offering some funny and irreverent takes on the nation's oldest academic competition from the perspective of someone who would have problems spelling half of the words in play even if they were on a teleprompter. https://youtu.be/IS7PNFvTBAcVideo can't be loaded[...]

ET); with the closing portion of the final round broadcast on ESPN With  Can You Spell It in a Sentence? Bleeding Cool's 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee Live-Blog!, we'll be offering some funny and irreverent takes on the nation's oldest academic competition from the perspective of someone who would have problems spelling half of the[...]

ESPN has been the primary home for the Spelling Bee since 1994. ● Though the term "spelling bee" has been a popular one for decades, no one is quite sure where it first came from – even Scripps: "The word 'bee,' as used in 'spelling bee,' is one of those language puzzles that has never been satisfactorily[...]

Since there's over 500 spellers in this year's competition, there's no way Bleeding Cool could list every single contestant here (for that, check out the main website). Thanks to our random-number-generating friends over at Random.org, here's a look at some of this year's contestants.

From there, winners advance to local levels usually sponsored by newspapers, community organizations and universities; with those local winners travelling to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Finals. Ahead of next week's 91st Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, here's a look back to 2017 and at how the 291 spelling champs from across the country and around[...]

So Bleeding Cool's reached that time in its Spelling Bee coverage that's pretty much the equivalent of when the accounting firm or academy president comes out to speak during an awards show: the rules of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

To kick things off, here's a look at what we can expect with a day-to-day overview of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee: https://youtu.be/MNqc1PX1kGMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: What to Expect at the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee (https://youtu.be/MNqc1PX1kGM) This year's Scripps National Spelling Bee is expected to be another ratings and social media hit,[...]

ESPN and UFC have officially announced their long-rumored deal, bringing 15 live Fight Night events to the ESPN+ digital streaming service, as well as UFC content to ESPN's various TV networks, starting in 2019 The deal, rumored at $150 million, has major implications for MMA fans, blah blah blah blah, but more importantly, what does[...]

WWE Raw announcer Jonathan Coachman has been named in a sexual harassment lawsuit by former ESPN host Adrienne Lawrence, along with other ESPN personalities like Chris Berman and Bomani Jones According to the New York Post, the lawsuit alleged that male ESPN executives and employees kept "scoreboards" of female co-workers they wanted to sleep with, made inappropriate[...]

Macy on All-Male Time's Up Meet, Gender Equality ABC to 'Get Christie Love' Pilot from Power's Courtney Kemp Oprah Winfrey on Presidential Bid: "Not Something That Interests Me" Vince McMahon Says Kaepernick Can Play in New XFL if He Meets "Quality Human Being" Standards Jemele Hill Leaving ESPN SportsCenter, Joining The Undefeated Tiffany Haddish Signs First-Look Deal With HBO (EXCLUSIVE) "Tiffany[...]

Editorial credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com ESPN SportsCenter co-anchor and journalist Jemele Hill will be leaving her post on the 6 p.m. SportsCenter for other assignments within the company Hill is expected to join the staff of The Undefeated, the ESPN microsite that fuses sports, race and culture, as well as also work with other parts of[...]