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Is ESPN not working for everyone right now? Get current ESPN outages, status, timeouts and issue reports today.

  
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ESPN is an American multinational basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications
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ESPN website request errors

This graph shows ESPN errors and response times for the website over the past day. Website status and slowness is related to downtime for ESPN and errors for their site.

ESPN outage report graph

This chart above shows ESPN error reports submitted in the past 24 hours (one day) compared to the recent average over similar days. The status of ESPN is marked as "down" when the number of reported errors is significantly higher than the average errors.



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ESPN is an American multinational basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Egan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. As of November 2021, ESPN reaches approximately 76 million television households in the United States—a drop of 24% from nearly a decade ago.

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What should I do if ESPN is unavailable?
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Refresh
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Check if access to ESPN is blocked
Access to ESPN may be blocked due to an antivirus or firewall configuration either on your own computer or phone or by an employer or network. Check for anti-virus programs or firewalls installed on your machine. Alternatively, try to use the website or app via another network like one on a mobile phone so you can access ESPN.
Clear browser cache and cookies
Try clearing your browser cache and cookies and change the IP address of the computer by disconnecting and reconnecting the internet. Then try to access ESPN again.
DNS Cache
To clear the DNS cache on your computer, look up instructions for your specific operating system online. Then try to access the ESPN site again.
Web Browser Plugins
If you are still having trouble accessing ESPN, you may try to disable web browser plugins (like ad-blockers) which may be interfering with access to ESPN