As the WNBA regular season comes to a close, ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo breaks down the biggest storylines heading into the WNBA postseason — from the Lynx and Fever’s very different paths to the playoffs, to sleeper teams that could make noise, to the MVP race that’s coming down to the wire.

Saweetie, who was recently named ESPN’s first-ever female Monday Night football curator and is known for her creative nail designs, showed up to the pop-up and received a custom manicure before meeting and greeting with fans in the ESPN-red and Saweetie-inspired nail salon on Sept. 6.

Sept. 6, 1995 — the baseball world stopped to watch Cal Ripken Jr. break Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played. Chris Berman still remembers how the booth went silent for 19 minutes, and how the emotion in Baltimore shaped every decision that night.

Here are the game-changing details everyone needs to know as we launch into what promises to be our most robust MNF experience to date!

ESPN’s longest tenured broadcaster, a hall of famer and global voice of tennis, will retire after nearly 46 years with ESPN — he calls the final match of his legendary career as part of Thursday’s US Open Women’s Semifinals coverage (7 p.m. ET, ESPN).

ESPN’s newest three-unit fleet of production trucks will make their highly-anticipated Monday Night Football debut for ESPN’s kickoff matchup on Sept. 8, showcasing the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears (8:15 p.m. ET | ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes).

For the employees behind the enhanced App, the launch was just the first inning. Go inside the thinking, development and testing of the cool features for fans.

For Fowler, balancing live tennis coverage with quick updates from this personalized SportsCenter was a game-changer. Here’s a glimpse into how technology helps transform sports coverage

“We’ve put a lot of hard work into this launch, with the full force of ESPN and Disney behind it, and we can’t wait for fans to experience all of ESPN in the ESPN App,” said Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN

The feature-loaded update brings fans countless new, personalized ways to experience and interact with the sports, teams and players they love