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Posted on Thursday, 10th March 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Part of the activities of ESPN: The Weekend included the Champion 5k race held Saturday, March 5th through the streets of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  runDisney billed this race as a blending of Sports and Hollywood, and there were certainly plenty of athletes as well as ESPN personalities on hand.  In fact, ESPN broadcaster Trey Wingo shot video along [...]

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Posted on Friday, 4th March 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Spring is in the air at Walt Disney World, and the International Flower and Garden Festival has opened with the theme “Epcot Springs to Life.”  Well another Disney theme park is also “springing” to life as Disney’s Hollywood Studios hosts its 8th Annual ESPN the Weekend March 3rd – 6th.  The co-hosts of the event, ESPN’s Mike [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 23rd October 2010 by Dave Parfitt

There will be plenty of opportunity for basketball fans to get their fix Thanksgiving Weekend at Walt Disney World.  The Harlem Globetrotters return to the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex for two games Saturday, November 27, 2010.  The Globetrotters game is embedded in the middle of the 5th Annual Old Spice Classic November 25-28.  [...]

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Posted on Monday, 1st March 2010 by Dave Parfitt

We previously reported Disney rebranded its sports facility on the edge of the Walt Disney World Resort to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (ESPN WWoS).  Corey Martin of the DIS Unplugged attended an exclusive media tour of the changes to the facility followed by a press conference with several key Disney and ESPN [...]

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Posted on Monday, 22nd February 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Disney is putting the finishing touches on their Wide World of Sports Complex; “re-branding” the facility the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (ESPN WWoS) in a push to make the venue one of the premier destinations for amateur and youth sports in the country.   On Thursday, February 25, 2010, a red-carpet opening ceremony with [...]

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