UPDATED with quarterfinal results: The College Football Playoff bracket was finalized December 8, setting the stage for the first year of a 12-team postseason that will crown a national champion January 20 in Atlanta. After an intense final week of the regular season that saw No. 1 Oregon solidify…

ESPN is mourning the death of Zach Jones, a research manager for SportsCenter, who died December 22, two years after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He was 41. SportsCenter anchor Randy Scott announced Jones’ death Monday during a broadcast. “You may have never seen him on your screens…

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said talks about a contract renewal with the Disney-owned sports outlet have been “constructive,” but he firmly denied a report his renewal may be worth $120 million. The popular commentator, a ubiquitous presence across ESPN who also harbors ambitions to explore new…

The Roku Channel will be the exclusive U.S. streaming home of the X Games Aspen as well as a summertime X Games event. The news marks the latest step in Roku’s efforts to build a portfolio of live sports rights. The company has recently streamed weekly Major League Baseball games, the NBA G League…

Randy Moss, ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host and NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver, revealed he is battling with cancer. The sports analyst had stepped away from his hosting duties to deal with health issues and is now opening up about his battle. Aided by a cane, Moss took to Instagram to say he…

If Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune Messiah doesn’t pan out, Timothée Chalamet might just have a future as an ESPN commentator. The Oscar nominee appeared Saturday on College Gameday at the Texas-Georgia SEC title game in Atlanta, where he made some surprisingly well-researched predictions, including a…

Hall of Famer Randy Moss is stepping away temporarily from his role as an analyst on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown to deal with a “personal health challenge,” the network announced today. “Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss will step away from Sunday NFL Countdown for an extended time to focus on a…

Former ESPN NBA insider Adrian "Woj" Wojnarowski, who retired from the sports channel in September to become general manager of the men's basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, has revealed that his departure from ESPN followed a diagnosis of prostate cancer. The disclosure came in an…

Mary McGee, the motor racing legend profiled in the Oscar-contending documentary Motorcyle Mary, died Wednesday in Gardnerville, Nev., according to her family. She was 87. "Mary embodied resilience, grace, and optimism," McGee's family wrote on Facebook. The post did not disclose a cause of death…

The Kelce brothers are gradually taking over every genre on television. Travis has been doing scripted series with Grotesquerie and game shows with Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity. Jason, who is a sport commentator on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, is now also venturing into late night. The older…

ESPN is taking stock of The New York Sack Exchange for its next 30 for 30 investment. The sports cabler said today that ESPN Films’ tale of the storied early-’80s New York Jets defensive line will premiere on December 13. Watch the trailer below. The year was 1981: A president and a pope survived…

Disney will add an ESPN tile to Disney+ on December 4, giving subscribers to its “trio” streaming bundle access to ESPN+ content when they are on Disney+. The move, which was signaled by the company last spring, follows a similar initiative with Hulu earlier this year. It precedes the arrival of ESPN…