Before covering the UFL Championship Game Saturday on ABC, our game storytellers revel in the all-access insights, real-time decision-making and FaceTime with family celebrations from earlier this season

A new era of Hoop Streams — ESPN’s digital NBA pregame show — has arrived! The well-established ESPN NBA platform has a new-look team, led by Host Vanessa Richardson and Analyst and 10-year NBA veteran Iman Shumpert.

Today, on Vitale’s 86th birthday, ESPN announced the creation of the Dick Vitale Invitational, a new ESPN Events men’s college basketball event that will annually honor Vitale, and a new multi-year contract extension for the legendary analyst through the 2027-28 season.

Led by coordinating producer Scott Gustafson, producers Greg Shapiro and Eric Posman, hosts Kris Budden and Matt Schick, and analysts Chris Burke and Mike Rooney, Squeeze Play was on the air for a grand total of 45 hours from May 31-June 2. The team covered live Regionals action from more than 100 games at 16 different sites, with up to six games on the screen at a time. 

During Thursday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals, we will debut “SPORTS FOREVER,” a new brand campaign that celebrates ESPN’s iconic legacy. We caught up with Jo Fox, SVP of Marketing, to share more about this new brand campaign during such an important time for ESPN.

ESPN is making a bold statement about its future. The network’s new “SPORTS FOREVER” campaign, which will debut during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET on on ABC, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App), serves as the first major teaser for ESPN’s direct-to-consumer service launching this fall – and signals how the sports media giant plans to evolve for the next generation of fans.

As he takes a hiatus from the SportsCenter anchor desk to receive medical treatment, Harris shares his perspective with fans in this essay

In 1995, we hired softball analyst Michele Smith, and now, 30 years later, she is calling games on the biggest stage. Ahead of the WCWS Championship Series in Oklahoma City, Michele reminisced on her career thus far. 

Host Paul Rabil on the five-part series debuting today on ESPN+: “Every episode connects a piece of lacrosse history with something personal – like a memory, mentor or moment that shaped me.”

ESPN is bringing fans closer to the action than ever before with a new level of immersive analysis, powered by virtual reality.