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Encyclopedia > ABC Sports

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ABC Sports is a division of ABC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. This article is about the American network, for the Australian network, see Australian Broadcasting Corporation The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...


As of 2006, the division is very tightly integrated with ESPN - which, like ABC, is controlled by The Walt Disney Company - but remains nominally separate from the cable network. For example, ESPN pays the NBA for its television rights and buys time on ABC to air select games. This is noted in copyright beds at the conclusion of the telecasts, i.e. "The Preceding Program has been paid for ESPN, Inc." ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Location of NBA teams, conferences and divisions The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ...


Between 2000-2002, many ABC Sports programs utilized graphics almost identical to those of ESPN. One notable exception was Monday Night Football. Now, ABC changes graphics each fall.


George Bodenheimer is president of both ABC Sports and ESPN, Inc.

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Trivia

When ABC was airing the Saturday morning cartoon series Laff-A-Lympics between 1976 and 1979, commentators Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf were drawn to be wearing the then-traditional yellow jackets of ABC Sports commentators. This article is about the American network, for the Australian network, see Australian Broadcasting Corporation The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. ... Laff-a-Lympics was the co-headlining segment, with Scooby-Doo, of the package Saturday morning cartoon series Scoobys All-Star Laff-a-Lympics, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1976. ... See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television, and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1979-80 United States network television schedule. ... Snagglepuss Snagglepuss (sometimes called Snag for short) is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959; a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler. ... The Cattanooga Cats was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC. The show premiered on September 6, 1969 and ran until September 4, 1971, when it was cancelled. ...


ABC usually carries the biggest events started on ESPN, like the Little League World Series, PGA events, and the National Spelling Bee. Logo of Little League The Little League World Series is a counterpart of the MLB World Series for children under 13. ... PGA means one of the following things: Professional Golfers Association Producers Guild of America Peoples Global Action Pin grid array, a type of packaging for integrated circuits Plastic grid array Professional Graphics Adapter, a video interface card for CAD applications An abbreviation for a type of prostaglandin (with PGB, PGC... The United States National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee run on a non-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company. ...


ABC has carried the Indianapolis 500 every year since 1964, or the 58th running. Indianapolis 500, 1994 An Indianapolis 500 racecar depicted on the Indiana state quarter The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... Results of the 1964 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1964. ...


Programs over the years

Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Baseball Network was a short-lived television joint venture involving the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and Major League Baseball. ... The NBA on ABC is a TV show that has telecast NBA games on ABC Sports since Christmas Day 2002. ... The NHL on ABC is a former TV show that televised National Hockey League games on the American Broadcasting Company and was produced by ABCs corporate sibling (under the Walt Disney Company umbrella) ESPN. // 1992-1994 Version From the 1992-1993 season to the 1993-1994 season, ABC televised... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference is the United States oldest college athletic conference. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... ABC Saturday Night College Football is the banner title for ABCs prime-time college football matchups, which will begin September 2, 2006 when the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish meets the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games or the Olympic Winter Games, are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... The British Open is the title or popular name of a number of sporting tournaments: The British Open golf championship A tennis tournament often called the Wimbledon championships British Open Squash British Open snooker. ... The term U.S. Open is applied to open (as in anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-Americans can compete) United States national championships in a particular sport. ... NBC Sports logo NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... Indianapolis 500, 1994 An Indianapolis 500 racecar depicted on the Indiana state quarter The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... The Allstate 400 at The Brickyard is an annual 400-mile (644 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup points race held each August at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... ABCs Wide World of Sports is a long-running sports anthology show on American television. ... Logo of Little League The Little League World Series is a counterpart of the MLB World Series for children under 13. ... ESPN X Games logo The X Games are an annual multi-sport event with a focus on action sports. ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...

Main Competitors

NBC Sports logo NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... For Fox Sports in Australia see Fox Sports (Australia). ... CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. ...

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External link

  • ABC Sports Website

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