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Kai Sotto rises in ESPN's top 100 high school players
Kai Sotto recently won MVP in an Atlanta tournament as he climbed 8 notches higher from the previous edition of the list
LOOK: ESPN commentator calls Duterte 'garbage'
SportsCenter host Keith Olbermann pokes fun at Duterte's order to ship out Canada's trash from the Philippines

Fury challenges rivals after ESPN signing: 'Come to Tyson'
'I want Joshua, Wilder, and everyone else out there too. If you're watching Deontay, I'm coming for you, baby,' said Fury

Filipino Romero Duno unanimously outpoints Mexican in US main bout
The 22-year-old pride of General Santos City has come a long way since his US debut last year
Twitter to show live ESPN events in new Disney deal
Twitter will also serve as an online venue for video from other Disney subsidiaries, including ABC and Marvel

To lure more sports fans, TV5 offers digital content with ESPN
TV5, the Philippines' 3rd largest network, forges an alliance with ESPN to achieve its goal of becoming the main sports media destination in the country

TV5 expects to cut losses by half in 2018 amid ESPN deal, restructuring
The country's 3rd largest media network also says it expects to break even in 2019

ESPN president John Skipper resigns citing 'substance addiction'
'I have struggled for many years with a substance addiction,' says Skipper

ESPN returns to Philippine TV with TV5 partnership
ESPN 5 will replace Sports 5 beginning on Friday, October 13

Thomas: 'I am not damaged. I'll be back, and I'll be the same player'
Still no final confirmation of Isaiah Thomas transfer to the Cavs

Pacquiao vs Horn to be broadcast on ESPN in U.S.
Pacquiao will fight on basic cable for the first time
NBA: Players, owners, ratify new deal
The new agreement will run through the 2023 2024 NBA season

NBA stars use ESPY Awards platform to call for end to violence
LeBron James Dwyane Wade Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul take a stand and deliver a powerful message at the ESPY awards

Baseball: Schilling fired by ESPN over transgender comments
The analyst and former Major League Baseball pitcher loses his job over a controversial Facebook post

ESPN sports analyst: Mayweather will KO Pacquiao
Unlike most observers ESPN s Stephen Smith sees Mayweather knocking out Pacquiao
WATCH: ESPN's mini-docu on Pacquiao’s early life
Manny Pacquiao: The Roots travels to the Philippines to retell Pacquiao’s rise as one of the top boxers of his generation

WATCH: Pacquiao says Mayweather is afraid of losing
Manny Pacquiao says he wanted this fight to prove Manny Pacquiao can easily beat the undefeated

Kevin Durant calls former ESPN employee a 'dumbass'
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant took shots at a former ESPN employee for criticizing the team s contract extension of Nick Collison

ESPN sportscaster Scott dies after cancer battle
Scott was ESPN s most prominent black sportscaster and he infused his reports not only with references to Shakespeare but also with hip hop slang that resonated with a young black audience

Crawford beats Pacquiao for ESPN Fighter of the Year
He won all three of his fights in impressive fashion says ESPN boxing expert Dan Rafael

NBA looks to alter finals format – report
ESPN reports owners are expected to return to the 2 2 1 1 1 format for hosting games in the best of seven championship series scrapping the 2 3 2 format used since 1985
Pacquiao to face Rios in Macau
Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios will face off at the CotaiArena at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel on November 24 ESPN reports
Nonito Donaire is Yahoo! 2012 Fighter of the Year
Yahoo : None of them [the other fighters] had the goods in 2012 because of the brilliance of a quiet understated guy [Donaire] who consistently went out and performed at a high level
ESPN's Fight of the Year: Pacquiao-Marquez 4
The sports authority said the 4th fight had a shocking conclusion which made it the best of the bunch
Sports Illustrated names Donaire 'Fighter of the Year'
In a sport starved for new superstars Donaire 30 is emerging as one He is fast with power in both hands Sports Illustrated writes
Marquez vs Pacquiao is ESPN's KO of the year
Juan Manuel Marquez s 6th round knockout of Manny Pacquiao was named Knockout of the Year by sports network ESPN
Rappler Newscast | December 26, 2012
The Abu Sayyaf posts a video of kidnap victim Australian Warren Rodwell on Facebook and YouTube | Asia’s longest running insurgency The Communist Party of the Philippines celebrates it’s 44th anniversary nowhere near its goal of armed revolution | ESPN names junior featherweight titlist and 4 division world champion Nonito Donaire “2012 boxer of the year”
(UPDATED) Donaire is ESPN's Boxer of the Year
ESPN s Boxer of the Year is Nonito The Filipino Flash Donaire after he fought and won 4 times in 2012
The Olympics' sex culture
The intensity of Olympians exceeds past competition and into the bedroom
Sex in the Olympics
The intensity of Olympians exceeds past competition and into the bedroom
Compubox, Sports networks unanimously give win to Pacquiao
Official judges had Bradley winning by a split decision but the rest of the sports world saw it differently