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  'Inside The NBA' Moving To ABC, ESPN As Warner Bros. Discovery Settles Lawsuit With NBA

  Host Ernie Johnson Jr. and analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith will remain with the long-running, Emmy-winning show.

• Disney CEO Bob Iger Willing To Extend Tenure

  Disney CEO Bob Iger has been with the company for yeas and his tenure will expire in June 2018. No successor has been chosen for the post as of yet.

• NFL Reporter Fired Over 'Unprofessional' Anti-Trump Tweet

  Hubbuch confirmed that his firing was caused after a shocking tweet he released which compared President Trump's inauguration to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 'terrorist attacks.

• Golden Boy Promotion Head Oscar De La Hoya Arrested For DUI In California

  Boxing icon Oscar De La Hoya was pulled over by officers after he was seen speeding in his vehicle. Boxing icon Oscar De La Hoya was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers after he was seen speeding in his Land Rover.

• ESPN, Verizon Resolved Lawsuit over FiOS Package

  ESPN reach a settlement with Verizon on Wednesday over the FiOS bundle Internet access cable. ESPN filed a lawsuit against Verizon in April 2015 for breaching its carriage contract by offering ESPN programs as separate package.

• ESPN terminates baseball analyst Curt Schilling after an offensive social media post

  Curt Schilling, a baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network on Wednesday. This was a day after he attracted an intense criticism for promoting an offensive commentary on social media.

• Indiana governor examines Notre Dame police bill

  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says his "strong bias for the public's right to know" will weigh heavily as he decides whether to veto a measure that would protect police departments at Notre Dame and private colleges from following the same crime reporting requirements.

• ESPN, Verizon make progress in Custom TV legal fight

  ESPN and Verizon have already made progress in their settleent in a disagreement over a TV package. The companies even asked the Supreme Court to put the legal lawsuit over Verizon's Fios Custom TV package on hold.

• NFL Player Jason Pierre-Paul Sues ESPN Over Release of Private Medical Records

  NFL player Jason Pierre-Paul has filed a lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter. They allegedly posted his medical records last summer regarding his gruesome injury in a fireworks accident.

• NFL linebacker charged with rape in Indianapolis

  Indianapolis Colts backup linebacker Josh McNary on Wednesday was charged with attacking and raping a 29-year-old woman in his Indianapolis apartment in December, court records show.

• After racial tumult, NBA opens floor to social activism

  When a wave of the NBA's biggest stars donned "I can't breathe" shirts - the rallying cry of demonstrators against U.S. policing tactics in black communities - it highlighted the power and influence wielded by today's professional basketball stars.

• "Gratland" editor Bill Simmons suspended after calling NFL commissioner a liar; ESPN instructs talent "no talking" about the issue

  ESPN's Bill Simmons has been suspended after challenging the network to punish him for calling National Football League (NFL) commissioner Roger Goodell a liar. During Monday's episode of "The B.S. Report," Simmons had described Goodell as a liar and dared ESPN to call him out. Last Wednesday, the network heeded the challenged and announced that the "Gratland" editor-in-chief is being suspended for three weeks following his bold move.

• Goodell tackles NFL domestic abuse crisis with vow to reform

  A chastened NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday that the league's poor response to its domestic violence crisis will prompt an overhaul of how it deals with player behavior and punishment in America's most popular sports league.

• Ray Rice expected to appeal NFL suspension: reports

  Ray Rice is expected to appeal his indefinite suspension from the National Football League that followed last week's release of a video showing him punching his then-fiancee during an argument earlier this year, ESPN reported on Sunday, citing sources.

• Sleeping fan at Yankees-Red Sox game files $10 M defamation lawsuit

  26 year-old Andrew Rector was present during the April 13 game when he had taken a nap during the widely televised match. ESPN, who had been broadcasting the match and had John Kruk and Dan Shulman providing commentary for the game, panned in on Rector who was clearly sleeping.