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The parent company of Bristol-based ESPN, The Walt Disney Co., has named a new chief executive.

The University of Connecticut football team has Wasabi on its holiday menu again. The 9-3 Huskies will face the 6-4 Army Black Knights in the fourth annual Wasabi Fenway Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 27.

ESPN Chairman James Pitaro rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning to celebrate the launch of its new direct-to-consumer streaming service and enhanced ESPN app.

ESPN announced Wednesday that it will launch its highly anticipated direct-to-consumer streaming service Aug. 21, while unveiling major deals with the National Football League and WWE.

The Big East Conference has signed a new, six-year digital media rights agreement with ESPN, conference officials announced Tuesday.

For its 2024 media day on Wednesday, which attracted more than 50 print, radio, TV and online journalists from across the country, ESPN assembled five of its most notable show hosts.

Bristol-based ESPN began implementing layoffs on Monday, following an announcement in February by its corporate owner, Walt...

Bristol-based sports media giant ESPN is partnering with a tech company co-founded by now-unretired football great Tom...

Bristol-based sports media empire ESPN is leaning further into sports gambling, announcing two separate multi-year deals with Caesars Entertainment Inc. and DraftKings Inc.

In the three years since ESPN denounced then-staffer Jemele Hill's tweets, in which she called President Trump a white supremacist, the network has all but ditched its "stick to sports" mandate and made an about face in how it treats activism and political commentary on its programs.