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Days after former San Francisco Giants star Aubrey Huff posted a tweet blasting socialism, ESPN’s Kenny Mayne went on the attack saying that the former MLB star’s tweet is “not normal.”

Tim Tebow has never been one to hold back from expressing emotion. Though, the emotions he’s expressing now have nothing to do with faith or football.

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith is defending his criticism of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s workout stunt last weekend.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith doesn’t think Colin Kaepernick really wants to play football. Instead, Smith believes Kaepernick “wants to be a martyr.”

One of ESPN’s senior writers says the NFL’s annual recognition of America’s veterans reveals “a staggering level of hypocrisy.”

ESPN recently debuted a documentary celebrating the high school wrestling career of Mack Beggs, the teenager who was born a girl, but transitioned to a boy and who won all his female wrestling titles after beginning a regime of testosterone treatments.

On Wednesday, Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney expressed concerns over the NCAA’s recent decision to allow colleges athletes to receive endorsement money. However, former ESPN host Jemele Hill saw Romney’s concern an example of trying to keep black people down.

The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger continues to tip-toe around questions concerning China, saying that “caution is imperative” and that taking a position that could harm the company would be “a big mistake.” Bob Iger made the comments

Over the last decade, ESPN has been quick to attack America for not being progressive enough on rights for minorities, women, and gays. However, the NBA’s flap with the oppressive Chinese government and ESPN’s reaction to it, has cast a harsh light on the sports network’s lack of credibility on those issues.

ESPN warned hosts to avoid any political discussion of the relationship between China and Hong Kong, as the NBA continues trying to make amends with the communist nation after Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement on Friday.

In a sign that the streaming wars are reaching a boil, the Walt Disney Co. is reportedly banning all advertising from Netflix across Disney’s entertainment TV properties, which include channels like ABC and the Disney Channel.

As is the case with most things, it turns out Rush Limbaugh was right all along.

The Raiders Vontaze Burfict is facing the possibility of a season-long suspension for a series of illegal hits, including a particularly vicious hit on Sunday, according to ESPN.

ESPN analyst Domonique Foxworth says that the Miami Dolphins obvious tanking job in 2019, is “morally reprehensible.”

An Iowa State Cyclones fan who asked for beer money on national television is making a huge difference with the funds he received.

Appearing on ESPN’s First Take, Heisman Trophy winner and minor league baseball player Tim Tebow spoke out against the growing call to pay college athletes.

Pro golfer Brooks Koepka is striking back at critics of his nude photo shoot for ESPN Magazine’s Body issue.

Universal has canceled the release of the film “The Hunt,” reportedly featuring liberal elites hunting and killing “deplorables” for sport. The decision comes after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, and President Donald Trump calling “liberal Hollywood” racist and full of violence.

ESPN has postponed the broadcast of a first-person shooter video game tournament out of respect to victims in last week’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Not even the superheroes of the Marvel universe could shield the Walt Disney Co., which took a surprising blow to its earnings this week as the studio contended with its monster Fox acquisition as well as losses from Fox’s Dark Phoenix, the latest X-Men movie that was a major box-office bomb.

ESPN has pulled a trailer for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s The Hunt – a movie reportedly featuring liberal elites hunting red state “deplorables” for sport – over the weekend, a decision influenced by the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, that left over 30 dead and several dozen wounded.

“The Hunt” looks to me like it could be a lot of fun. Because everyone is so eager to be offended these days, a little intelligent satire would be refreshing.

Disney will offer its upcoming Disney+ streaming service, as well as ESPN+ and Hulu, in a new subscription bundle for $12.99 per month, prompting “RIP Netflix” to trend on Twitter late Tuesday.

In the wake of a pair of mass shootings, former ESPN host Jemele Hill jumped to Twitter to say that President Donald Trump is a “white supremacist,” despite condemning racism and white supremacy.

Cable sports network ESPN has increased viewership by 18% since its decision to go back to sports, and leave politics behind.

Former ESPN analyst Merril Hoge has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of Roundup weed killer, claiming that the herbicide caused his cancer.

Former Colts Punter Pat McAfee will join ESPN as an analyst on the network’s Thursday night college football broadcast.

Most of the time, when an ESPN personality speaks about President Trump, it’s not a  feel-good story. However, every once in a while, a big name from the “four-letter network” breaks the mold and shares a personal insight that is not only not hostile, but even complimentary of the president.

ESPN host Dan Le Batard opted to skip Monday’s show after ESPN bosses called him on the carpet for breaking company policy on political talk.

ESPN reiterated its recent policy for hosts to avoid politics if at all possible, after ESPN radio host Dan Le Batard went on a deeply left-wing political rant criticizing President Donald Trump and his voters.

ESPN host Dan Le Batard has called his network “cowardly” for not criticizing President Donald Trump and the “Send Her Back” chant at the president’s North Carolina rally earlier this week.

After the United States Women’s National Team beat Holland to win the World Cup on Sunday, ESPN ran a story with the headline: “USWNT star Megan Rapinoe makes loud statement to silence critics.”

Former ESPN writer Darren Rovell jumped to his Twitter account Wednesday to come to post a poll which claimed that the “Betsy Ross” flag has been used as a symbol of white nationalism.

ESPN has released a statement calling LaVar Ball’s comment towards First Take co-host Molly Qerim, “completely inappropriate.”

Bob Iger’s remarks put him in lockstep with the abortion lobby led by Planned Parenthood, the Hollywood left, and political activists who’ve endorsed everything from sex strikes to boycotts in protest of Georgia’s law.

Former ESPN host Jay Crawford is speaking out about the cable sports network’s descent into politics over sports, by noting how surprised he is that it took network owner Disney so long to correct the problem.