2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals on ESPN networks

On Sunday, March 11, at 9pm ET, ESPN premieres the documentary The Announcement, a look back at the day in 1991 when NBA star Magic Johnson revealed to the world that he was HIV positive. Directed by Nelson George and narrated by Johnson himself, the documentary not only looks at the reactions to the news more than 20 years ago, it looks at how Johnson is still living life to the fullest to this day. Press release with video preview and quotes from ESPN below: ESPN Films and NBA Entertainment Present The Announcement Premiering March 11 on ESPN Documentary Focuses […]

Scripps National Spelling Bee TV schedule 2013 includes live coverage May 29-30 on ESPN3, ESPN2, ESPN and WatchESPN. Online coverage on ESPN3 includes a play-along version in which viewers can watch without seeing the word until the last second. Sage Steele hosts with Paul A. Loeffler returning as the TV word analyst. Samantha Ponder reports. More details of ESPN’s coverage are available from the network’s press release. This year, 281 spellers come to the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., in the Washington, D.C., area from eight countries and Department of Defense Schools in Europe and […]

The NBA Draft takes place, Thursday, June 23, at 7pm ET from Newark’s Prudential Center, and ESPN has the event covered. I won’t attempt to analyze this draft — I’ll leave that to the fine folks at Deadspin, who’ve compiled pretty much all you need to know about the prospects. But I am well aware that this is not going to be a Draft for the Ages. Still, many of you are into this type of stuff and can’t get enough Jimmer Fredette, so we’ll give you all the where-to-watch type info. Here is the press release from ESPN with […]