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The mascot of ESPN's streaming app. (Courtesy photo)

ESPN Bet to close, sports network forges partnership with DraftKings

ESPN Bet is winding down after the network ended its 10-year deal with Penn Entertainment earlier than expected.

Aaron LeBerge. (Courtesy photo)

PENN hires Disney streaming exec Aaron LaBerge to CTO role

LaBerge spent more than two decades in various technical and executive roles at Disney.

A sound technician with ESPN helps produce a telecast of a football game. (Photo by Maize & Blue Nation via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk)

ESPN partners with PENN Entertainment on sportsbook

ESPN and PENN Entertainment say they are teaming up on a new sports betting product.

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