The English Premier League returns to NBC on Saturday, with Manchester United opening the season against Swansea City, as the network tries to capitalize on last year's successful inaugural broadcast run and the fervor of the World Cup.
A Rasmussen Reports poll has bad news for soccer fans: Americans do not think soccer will be as popular in the U.S. as it is worldwide within the next five years. But English- and Spanish-language television viewership is up anyway.
The FIFA World Cup 2014 isn't the first time a large sporting event has taken place in the digital age. But nevertheless, for a number of reasons, it will be one of the most high-tech live events ever, especially the way we watch it.
Chromecast, Google's cheap HDMI streaming dongle, has been gaining support for more apps over the past few months than ever before. This week, the TV streaming device added support for WatchESPN - and the timing for World Cup fans couldn't be better.
Major League Soccer (MLS) signed a new eight-year television deal with ESPN, Fox Sports and Univision worth a combined $720 million for the North American soccer league. As part of the deal, Univision gets a minimum of 34 games airing exclusively on UniMás Friday nights, exclusive rights to MLS Playoff games, the Spanish-language rights to the MLS All-Star Game, the MLS Cup, and all U.S. men's national team games across television and digital platforms.
Also, NXT "Takeover" results, former Ring of Honor champion Kevin Steen heading to the WWE, Ronda Rousey possibly making an appearance at "SummerSlam" and the Von Erichs are the subject of an upcoming ESPN "30 For 30" documentary.
The Dallas Cowboys have not made the playoffs since 2009. According to the latest ESPN Sports nation poll, fans across the globe don't expect this drought to end.
The Los Angeles LAkers need a new head coach quickly. Here's a look at some of the most qualified NBA coaching candidates they can target to help bring them back to prominence.
There a great number of achievements that the incredibly capable Bilingual ESPN anchor Alfredo Lomeli wants for his future, and that includes staying in the sports industry, staying true to his passions, and being able to pay off his parent's mortgage.
With many screen and stage appearances in his pocket, bilingual ESPN anchor Alfredo Lomeli has a great many successes that he can easily recite, and he is grateful for all of the opportunities that he's been afforded because of his parents' relentless support and because of a 'can-do' spirit.
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico was home to Bilingual ESPN anchor Alfredo Lomeli until he was 6 years old. That's when Lomeli, who's widely recognized for hosting and producing Tu Estilo, made the trip to San Antonio, Texas with his parents, and when he would first experience the fear of being undocumented in America.
The so-called Worldwide Leader in Sports spent years promoting a player who turned out to be an irrelevant NFL backup quarterback. Now the coverage that helped make Tim Tebow a household name is translating into a broadcasting job at ESPN for the former quarterback. The network brought on Tebow to work on Saturdays covering the SEC.
With such a negative storm cloud hovering around the Miami Dolphins organization in the aftermath of the Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito controversy, people in Miami just want to watch some football
The Chicago Bears would be tied for first with a win tonight against division rival Green Bay Packers, but there is a catch: The game is at Lambeau Field, which is one of the most difficult places to win on the road
