#Bob Iger

Bob Iger has been reinstated as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, replacing Bob Chapek after less than three years at the helm. Iger's return has boosted Disney's stock price by 6% in the past day with experts predicting major strategic changes within the company. ESPN is one such business where Iger is expected to make significant shifts. The…

Blame the two most powerful forces in American society: ESPN and the NFL. We've got a doozy of an FCS national championship game on Sunday. On one sideline, South Dakota State, the No. 1 overall seed, believing this is the year they cash in after six straight top-10 seasons and five semifinal berths in the last six seasons. On the other, the…

COLUMBIA - As usual, the ESPN.com schedule for NCAA Division I men's and women's college basketball games for Thursday night was complete by that afternoon. Just as typically, there was a striking difference. Almost all the men's games for Dec. 15 had betting lines attached. And it was ot just for a game involving a top 25-ranked team, such as…

Word emerged over the weekend that Bob Iger was returning to the Walt Disney Co., raising plenty of questions about the massive media company's long-anticipated embrace of sports betting. So far, it has prompted nothing but speculation from the industry, much of it probably unfounded. It's way too early to think this means Disney, which has…

The Phoenix Suns now officially know their majority owner won't be with them for a year. The NBA revealed the results of the Robert Sarver investigation Tuesday that concluded he used the N-word and made inappropriate comments towards women in the workplace. The NBA imposed a one-year suspension on Sarver that began Tuesday, which means he can't be…