broadcast changes

ESPN debuts new college basketball scorebug, removes BottomLine

Nov 2, 2026 @ 10:30pm

Monday brought the full start of college basketball season, with both men’s and women’s games taking place across the country at all hours of the day. Eagle-eyed viewers on ESPN noticed two somewhat significant changes in the network’s broadcasts of the sport. The WorldWide Leader had debuted a new scorebug, and the network had moved…

ESPN’s decision to remove BottomLine during college football gets mixed reactions

Aug 26, 2026 @ 7:00pm

Football > College Football

Awful Announcing

On Wednesday, it was reported that ESPN was preparing a significant change to how it would present its college football broadcasts for the coming season. The BottomLine ticker, which scrolls across the bottom of screens informing the audience of the scores of other games across college football, is no more. “We’re always looking for ways to better…