Ernie Johnson will remain as host alongside Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith, maintaining the chemistry that made Inside the NBA one of the most celebrated sports programs ever. ESPN ...

Shaquille O’Neal stole the spotlight before Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals with a surprise appearance on ESPN’s NBA Countdown set, adding his signature humor ahead of the highly anticipated matchup ...

The studio program will serve as the pregame, halftime and postgame show for highth-profile NBA events on ESPN and ABC. Official release ESPN today unveiled its robust Inside the NBA schedule for the ...

Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal of "Inside the NBA" will make their ESPN debut on Oct. 22. Steven Freeman / NBAE via Getty Images The NBA broadcasting landscape is set ...

News broke over the weekend that "Inside the NBA" will carry on after months of speculation that the new NBA media rights landscape meant the end of the beloved studio show. On Monday, ESPN confirmed ...

“Everything about this NBA Finals presentation looks like a regular-season game,” The Athletic’s Chris Vannini noted in the NBA Finals Game 1 live blog, in a good summary of some of the discourse ...

It’s another year of ESPN broadcasting the NBA Finals, and another year of disappointment for NBA fans. There have been certain bones that basketball fans have had to pick with ESPN over the 20 years ...

Veteran analyst Tim Legler joins Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Lisa Salters to form new lead broadcast team. Official release Veteran analyst Tim Legler will join ESPN’s lead broadcast team this ...

ESPN generated its most-watched NBA Thanksgiving Eve audience in six years, since 2019, on Wednesday, November 26. The ...

Stephen A. Smith has landed a big-name “First Take” colleague. A new "First Take" guest has signed a multi-year deal to expand role at ESPN. He will also serve as an analyst on "NBA Countdown" and ...