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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.

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.

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.

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.

A recent L.A. Times story in which the president of ESPN admitted that the network had become too political, set-off a Twitter debate between two former high-profile ESPN personalities.

ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro conceded defeat Monday by finally admitting, “Without question our data tells us our fans do not want us to cover politics.”

While some in the media claim that President Donald Trump is trying to bring back “Jim Crow” in America, former ESPN host Jemele Hill has gone even farther back in history to claim that Trump has fulfilled the 150-year-old “racist” vision of former U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

Vince McMahon has released the schedule for the revival of his XFL pro football league, announcing deals with Fox, ABC, Fox Sports 1, and ESPN.

May 1 (UPI) — Booger McFarland will join play-by-play commentator Joe Tessitore in the “Monday Night Football” booth, ESPN announced Wednesday.

ESPN is ending the print version of its ESPN The Magazine in September, ending a 21-year run.

Despite a small rise in viewers last weekend, the NBA playoffs are still sinking in the ratings, according to the numbers.

ESPN analyst Will Cain came out swinging against the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers for banning singer Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America,” because other songs she sang back in the 1930s may be considered “racist” today.

On Friday, ESPN aired a video about Tiger Woods and his comeback at the tournament that he has previously won four times. However, health and personal problems almost derailed his career as one of the world’s best golfers.

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown tried to embarrass former Pittsburgh teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster on Twitter this week, by pointing out a key fumble from last season.

In a new statement, sneaker and apparel giant Reebok disputes the claim that pop megastar Beyoncé left a meeting with the company because there wasn’t enough racial diversity in the room.

Former Sports Illustrated and ESPN sportswriter Rick Reilly’s new book, Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, hit bookstores on Tuesday. In the book, Reilly cites interviews with dozens of people who have played golf with the president and accuse the commander-in-chief of being a cheat.

The Nielsen cable coverage estimates have been released and the numbers show that sports coverage took a serious hit, losing viewers and subscribers by the millions. ESPNU, the NFL Network, and the MLB were especially hard hit.

A former ESPN writer has penned a new book in which he claims that President Trump is a notorious cheat, when it comes to the game of golf.

ESPN commentator Keith Olbermann is now apologizing for unleashing thousands of his social media followers in an attack on a Mississippi hunter who bagged a rare turkey with all-white plumage.

ESPN commentator Keith Olbermann has called for making a young man’s life a “living hell,” goading his social media followers to attack him for shooting a rare white turkey during hunting season.

A segment of the Wendy Williams Show featuring former ESPN host Jemele Hill, was cut short after the topic turned to President Trump. Fox 5 attributed the interruption to, “technical difficulties.”

Former ESPN host and current Atlantic writer Jemele Hill, recently did an interview with Elle magazine in which she spoke on an issue that she is intimately aware of: the politicization of sports.

It’s not unusual for team leaders to re-focus their teammates when things aren’t going well. It is unusual, however, to have said team leaders smash televisions in order to do it.

ESPN was suddenly left with a vacancy when former Dallas Cowboy and Tennessee Volunteer Jason Witten, abruptly decided to leave the Monday Night Football booth and return to the playing field.

Former ESPN host Jemele Hill proved her ignorance of history Monday, by tweeting that the Electoral College was created to “preserve slavery.” The Atlantic writer also claimed that elections should be controlled by America’s big cities.

Was NFL Network analyst Charlie Casserly’s recent criticism of Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray race-driven?

Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban has not ruled out a presidential run in 2020.

Feb. 28 (UPI) — Veteran tight end Jason Witten is leaving the broadcast booth and returning to the sideline for a 16th season with the Dallas Cowboys.

Headlines were made on Friday when police in Jupiter, Florida, announced that New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft would be charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution.