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ESPN Hosts Heartfelt Second-Screen Experience For Jimmy V Classic

It’s Jimmy V week at ESPN, which means the network is raising money to benefit The V Foundation. As part of the effort, ESPN provided a unique second-screen experience during Tuesday night’s Jimmy V Classic between No. 4 Villanova and No. 12 Gonzaga. ESPN’s Shelley Smith hosted the broadcast alongside fellow cancer survivor Avi Newhouse. […]

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ESPN Commemorates V Week With 24-Hour Livestream on Twitch

For 10 years, ESPN and ABC have been putting on special programming to commemorate V Week, a weeklong tribute to the V Foundation, a cancer research organization founded by ESPN in memory of North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano. This, the 11th year of such programming, featured a decidedly contemporary addition. Twitch partnered with […]

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Why Snapchat Is The Platform For ESPN’s New SportsCenter Show

BOSTON — Since 1979, SportsCenter has been a pioneer by completely redefining how fans receive their daily sports news. Now, almost 40 years later, ESPN is looking to take their award-winning show to Snapchat — the first time that SportsCenter will be aired on a separate platform. Currently on Snapchat, ESPN has a daily publisher […]

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Disney Will Launch ESPN+ Streaming Service In Spring 2018

Disney executives revealed that its new sports streaming service would be branded ESPN Plus (ESPN+) and be available in spring 2018 through a revamped app and permit subscriptions to thousands of additional live sporting events. “This one app experience will be a one-of-a-kind product, offering sports fans far more than they can get on any […]

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