ESPN / YouTube screen shot ESPN Makes 'Black Lives Matter' the Focal Point of Signature Awards Show 'This is the time we've got to have their backs,' Megan Rapinoe - known for protesting the national anthem - said of black athletes. By The Associated Press June 21, 2020
Stephanie Keith / Getty ImagesCommentary Ex-ESPN Reporter Cheered for Burning Housing Unit, But Called Cops When His Neighborhood Was Threatened A former ESPN reporter was ridiculed for praising an arson in Minneapolis, but later demanding rioters leave his wealthy neighborhood alone. By Johnathan Jones June 1, 2020
Seth Wenig / AP Photo ESPN Chooses Megan Rapinoe To Co-Host ESPYs Celebrating 'Heroism' The producers hope to show the winners getting a call informing them of the honor at the same time the audience finds out. By The Associated Press May 26, 2020
Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel via AP NBA Could Return Soon Under the Watchful Eye of Mickey Mouse Games would be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, a massive campus on the Disney property near Orlando. By The Associated Press May 23, 2020
Aurelien Meunier / Getty Images Barack Obama Laments Michael Jordan Not Supporting Democratic Political Causes 'Everybody has a preconceived idea for what I should do and what I shouldn't do,' Jordan said. By Johnathan Jones May 4, 2020
Mark Brown / Getty Images ESPN Reporter Gets Bullied into Apologizing for Not Mentioning the WNBA Before NFL Draft 'We’ve got to do better. The W deserves it.' By Bryan Chai April 24, 2020
Carmen Mandato / Getty Images ESPN Falls for Fake ESPN Report About Colin Kaepernick Signing with the Jets A parody account has been taking a victory lap on Twitter, sharing screen shots of the dozens of people it duped - including one of ESPN's own sites. By Johnathan Jones April 11, 2020
Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP Judge Frees NFL Star Antonio Brown from House Arrest Due to ESPN Obligation A judge freed Antonio Brown from house arrest Tuesday, allowing him to travel freely as he awaits trial on charges that he attacked a truck driver. By The Associated Press January 28, 2020
Mark Brown / Getty Images Tim Tebow Gets Denigrated by ESPN, His Own Employer, After Being Selected for Mets Spring Training Roster Tim Tebow's other employer couldn't resist throwing a jab his way in covering the Mets' decision to select Tebow for their 2020 spring training roster. By Joe Setyon January 10, 2020
Ralph Freso / Getty Images Daughters of Legendary College Football Coach Meyer Rip ESPN Over Classless Joke ESPN received a rap across the knuckles from Urban Meyer's family after an anchor with the network mocked the former Ohio State football coach. By Jack Davis December 31, 2019