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ESPN's Dan Le Batard was not at his radio show Monday after attracting attention for criticizing President Donald Trump's racist tweets.

Ryan Leaf has been hired by ESPN to be a college football analyst, another step in the remarkable comeback of the former Washington State star.

Bob Ley, an anchor at ESPN since the network's launch 40 years ago, has announced his retirement. Ley was ESPN's longest-tenured anchor, joining "SportsCenter" on Sept. 9, 1979.

The NFL Network and Conference USA have agreed to a four-year partnership that will put 10 of the league's Saturday football games on the network each season.

Auburn against Oregon at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 31 will be the first ABC Saturday Night Football game of the season.

The XFL has reached multiyear agreements with ESPN and Fox Sports to broadcast its games. The league's season will start Feb. 8, the weekend after the Super Bowl.

The Arena Football League has reached an agreement with ESPN to broadcast its games for the rest of the season. The agreement with ESPN will help the league grow.

Ties are back at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. To the relief of many participants, bee organizers have gotten rid of the written tests.

The league said Monday that more than 600,000 attended over the three days in Nashville, easily eclipsing the 250,000 that came to watch two years ago in Philadelphia.

The Seattle Seahawks finally stopped the free agency hemorrhaging by inking linebacker K.J. Wright