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Linebacker Porter signs three-year deal with Cardinals

2010-03-19T21:30:24Z

<div><p>PHOENIX (Reuters) - Four-times Pro Bowl linebacker Joey Porter has agreed a three-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals, the team said Friday.</p><p>Financial terms of the contract were not released but Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach leaves Texas Tech after Craig James' deposition, Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Lubbock, Texas. ESPN bracket predicts Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Villanova in Final Four</div><div><p>President Bara...

ESPN Andrews Video

2010-03-16T01:16:18Z

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews gives a news conference on the sentence of her stalker outside the U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, March 15, 2010. Michael Barrett, who secretly made nude vid...

ACC Georgia Tech Duke Basketball

2010-03-14T12:45:41Z

Duke's Kyle Singler (12) dives over the media table after a loose ball, falling on ESPN broadcaster Dan Shulman while just missing ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale (wearing blue tie) and statistician ...

Media need multiple platforms, revenue streams to thrive

2010-03-11T10:17:31Z

<div><p>Multiple platforms and revenue streams are going to be key for media industry players hoping to survive and thrive in the fast-changing digital landscape, top media executives said here Wednesday.</p><p>With advertising revenue eroding and free content abundant, media companies are going to need to adapt their strategies to the new environment ushered in by the Internet, they said at the Bloomberg LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football Robert De Niro, a legendary actor who won an Oscar for his 1980 portrayal of famed boxer Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull", will play ex-American football coach Vince Lombardi in a new movie by ESPN Films.</p><p>ESPN announced Tuesday that De Nir...

ESPN The Weekend at Walt Disney World

2010-03-01T10:30:58Z

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL - FEBRUARY 27: In this handout photo provided by Disney, Jacksonville Jaguars Pro Bowl running back Maurice Jones-Drew gives some football pointers ...

ESPN suspends Kornheiser for comments about Storm

2010-02-24T04:45:45Z

<div id="subtitle">ESPN suspends Tony Kornheiser for comments he made about Hannah Storm's clothing</div><div><p>ESPN has suspended host Tony Kornheiser from his television talk show "Pardon the Interruption" for two weeks for comments he made on the radio last week about Aaron Boone ends 12-year big league career to become analyst with ESPN</div><div><p>Even before he was a major league player, Aaron Boone wanted to be a big league broadcaster.</p><p>"As a little kid, going to bed and sleeping at night, listening to Harry Kalas and ESPN2 reach deal to televise 16 hours of poker tournaments</div><div><p>The newly formed North American Poker Tour says it has reached an agreement with cable network ESPN2 to air 16 one-hour episodes of its tournaments.</p><p>The tour, owned by poker event consultant Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas to close in May. About 350 employees will be out of work as a result of the closure.</p><p>2. Pricey land buy on Strip a bit of a surprise. $11.6 million a...

ESPN and ABC expand World Cup coverage

2010-02-22T14:08:08Z

<div id="subtitle">ESPN and ABC plan large expansion of World Cup coverage this year from South Africa</div><div><p>At ESPN's offices in Bristol, Conn., a W...

Gullit Reflects Soccer

2010-01-26T15:01:23Z

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2007, file photo Los Angeles Galaxy soccer star David Beckham, left, chats with coach Ruud Gullit after their exhibition soccer game against Sydney FC at Sydney's Olympic Stadium,

TV job swap ahead for Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck

2010-02-22T20:15:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Job swap: Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck plan to spend a day at their other half's TV workplace</div><div><p>ABC says Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host of "The View," is trading places for a day with her husband, ESPN to air 14 races this season and ABC gets 3</div><div><p>ESPN is shifting the bulk of its Chase for the Sprint Cup championship coverage to its cable network this season, taking 14 of the 17 NASCAR r...

NFL Seahawks set to hire Carroll as new coach: report

2010-02-22T22:58:26Z

<div><p>US college coach Pete Carroll may be headed back to the National Football League, this time to be the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, ESPN reported on Saturday.</p><p>Carroll, who ha...

List of top 15 cable programs for Dec. 28-Jan. 3

2010-02-22T23:34:40Z

<div id="subtitle">List of top 15 cable programs in the Nielsen ratings for Dec. 28-Jan. 3</div><div><p>Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:</p><p>1.

ESPN and Discovery launching 3-D TV networks

2010-02-23T00:58:53Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - ESPN and Discovery Communications Inc both unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch 3-D television networks, reflecting a growing m...