Disney is looking to expand its sports content for Europe as it has secured the rights to UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League football for Disney+ in Sweden and Denmark. This new deal will cover two seasons, 2024/25 and 2026/27 and will include 342 matches and 72 clubs competing across group stages and knock-out […]
Last month, Disney’s ESPN announced it would be launching a brand-new sports streaming service with FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery. the new platform is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2024 and will be made available directly to consumers via a new app. Subscribers would also have the ability to bundle the product, including […]
Last month, Disney announced that ESPN would be joining forces with FOX and Warner Brothers Discovery to create a new joint sports streaming service which would offer the companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports services – including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports. This new sports streaming […]
Earlier this month, Disney announced it was going to be creating a brand new sports streaming service with Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox, which would bring together the companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports services – including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports, into a new app, […]
In the past year, Disney CEO Bob Iger has spoken on many occasions about Disney’s plans to launch a new direct-to-consumer streaming service for ESPN, which would offer everything available on the traditional linear channel and more. While Disney already operates ESPN+, it doesn’t include most of the content from ESPN due to existing contracts. […]
ESPN Films continues its look at the importance of Title IX and what is means for equal opportunities in education, and how athletics has influenced those equal opportunities in the documentary series, “37 Words.” While Parts 1 and 2 gave us a look at how Title IX came to be and the struggles that came […]
ESPN takes an in-depth look at one of the most controversial athletic figures in history in the two part documentary series, “LANCE.” The series takes a look at the life of Lance Armstrong; his upbringing, how he got into cycling, his battle with and recovery from cancer, the creation of his foundation, his seven Tour […]
Baseball season begins today, April 7th, in the United States. It’s called “America’s Pasttime” due to its popularity in the first half of the 20th century. While it is the second most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century, it is still immensely popular. It also has a major following in Latin […]
Super Bowl 56 is this weekend and there is football fever all over the United States in anticipation of the Big Game. While the rest of the world does not care about American football, it’s one of the biggest nights of the year. Between the game, the parties and the commercials, Super Bowl Sunday is […]
The Winter Olympics are back on February 4th. The games are meant to encourage competition and cooperation between nations around the world. There are several movies on Disney+ that fit with the Olympic theme. Let’s take a look at some things to watch to get into the Winter Olympics mood. 1. MIRACLE This 2004 film […]
“You’re killing me, Smalls!” With that one line, one of the most beloved Disney sports movies for kids captured the hearts of many American children in “The Sandlot.” It’s the story of a young boy who moves to a new town and finds an amazing group of friends to play baseball with during the summer. […]
Disney tackles the true story of how a small school from Texas overcame racial division to win the NCAA College Basketball National Championship in “Glory Road.” Don Haskins is the coach at Texas Western University, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso. He has an integrated team that he takes to the […]
A plucky group of underdogs, most written off as nobodies and underachievers, learn to play as a team, finally get team jerseys and come through to win a sports championships. If it sounds like the plot to “The Mighty Ducks,” that’s because it is, but it’s also the plot to “The Big Green,” Disney’s foray […]
QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! A team of misfits overcomes early struggles to make a run at the Pee-Wee hockey title in “The Mighty Ducks.” It’s essentially “The Bad News Bears” on ice. Emilio Estevez plays Gordon Bombay, a hot shot lawyer sentenced to coach a pee-wee hockey team as part of his community service. With […]