ESPN Re-Signs Jonathan Vilma; Former First-Team All-American Moves to ABC Studio for College Football Saturdays
Hall of Fame sportscaster Linda Cohn, a fixture on ESPN for more than 26 years and the longest-tenured anchor for the network’s signature news and information program SportsCenter, has signed a new deal to remain with the company for years to come.
ESPN+ will be the home for the Duke Canada Tour, as the 2018-19 team travels to Canada, playing in three games during their five-day trip, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 15, through Sunday, Aug. 19.
On Wednesday evening, the biggest names in sports and entertainment descended on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate the year’s best moments in sports at The 2018 ESPYS Presented by Capital One.
ESPN Deportes will present unprecedented live coverage of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in Barranquilla, Colombia, July 19 – August 3, 2018. Held every four years, the Central American and Caribbean Games are considered the oldest continuing regional multi-sport competition in the world after the Olympics. In all, ESPN Deportes will present more than 600 hours of coverage across ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App. Coverage of the competition begins Thursday, July 19 at 11 a.m. ET with diving and will continue through the Opening Ceremony at 9 p.m. ET streaming live on the ESPN App.
ESPN Digital in June was again No. 1 for every key metric among U.S. digital sports properties, including unique users, total minutes and average minute audience.
Athletes are increasingly stepping into the spotlight to take on causes and use their names to highlight important issues. Olympic hero Aly Raisman added her voice to those testifying against the abusive former USA Gymnastics team doctor, and the country took notice. Her moving testimony was a statement of power reclaimed, and senior writer Mina Kimes talks to Raisman about her feeling of responsibility to speak for those who aren’t heard. ESPN The Magazine also features powerful portraits of “sister survivors” who came forward in “If Not for Them.” Raisman and many of the sister survivors who spoke out against Nassar’s abuse will represent all of the survivors who are being honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at The 2018 ESPYS live this evening at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors takes home the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award; the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team wins Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year; UNIQLO wins Corporate Community Impact Award and the WWE wins the League Humanitarian Leadership Award.
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