ESPN
Launched	September 7, 1979
Owned by	The Walt Disney Company (80%) Hearst Corporation (20%)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Slogan	The Worldwide Leader in Sports
Country	United States
Language	English
Headquarters	Bristol, Connecticut San Francisco, California Charlotte, North Carolina
Formerly called	Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ESP (never used on air)
Website	ESPN.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	206
Dish Network	140 (SD) 9424 (HD)
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings for channels

ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father Bill Rasmussen and launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO (and later became the United States Football League's first commissioner). George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998; since March 3, 2003, he has been the head of ABC Sports as well, which has since been rebranded as ESPN on ABC (though ABC Sports still legally has a separate existence). ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Bristol, Connecticut; it also operates offices out of Charlotte, North Carolina; San Francisco and Los Angeles, California; the Los Angeles office is scheduled to open at L.A. Live in 2009. The network is available in over 100 million homes in the United States and over 150 countries and territories via ESPN International. The name of the sport company was lengthened to "ESPN Inc." in February 1985. Image File history File links ESPN_logo. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Disney redirects here. ... Hearst Tower, in September 2006 The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the companys holdings now include a wide variety of media. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... 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ESPN unofficially considers itself "The Worldwide Leader in Sports," a slogan that appears on nearly all company media but whose origin is unknown.

History

Early years

The roots of ESPN can be traced to Bill Rasmussen, a television sports reporter for WWLP, the NBC affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts. Bill was hoping to create the first national sports network. In the mid-1970s, Rasmussen worked for the World Hockey Association's New England Whalers, selling commercial time for their broadcasts. His son Scott, a former high school goaltender, was the team's public-address announcer. Both were fired in 1977 and Rasmussen sought a new business venture. His original idea was a cable television network (then a fairly new medium) that focused on covering sports events in the state of Connecticut (for example, the Hartford Whalers and the Connecticut Huskies). When Rasmussen was told that buying a continuous 24-hour satellite feed was less expensive than buying several blocks of only a few hours a night, he expanded to a 24-hour nationwide network. The channel's original name was ESP, for Entertainment and Sports Programming, but it was changed prior to launch.^[1] A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ... WWLP is the NBC-affiliated television station for Western Massachusetts. ... This article is about the television network. ... Nickname: Location in Hampden County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Hampden Settled 1636 Incorporated 1852 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Charles Ryan (D) Area  - Total 33. ... WHA redirects here. ... The Carolina Hurricanes are a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cable TV redirects here. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[2] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[3] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... The Hartford Whalers were an American professional ice hockey team based in Hartford, Connecticut. ... The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut. ...

ESPN started with the debut of SportsCenter hosted by Lee Leonard and George Grande on September 7, 1979. Afterwards was a pro slow pitch softball game. The first score on SportsCenter was from women's tennis. This article is about the American ESPN show. ... Lee Leonard (born in New York City on April 3, 1929) is an American television personality who was involved in the launch of two of the most influential networks in TV history. ... George Grande (pronounced like the English word grand) is an American sportscaster who hosted the first broadcast of SportsCenter on ESPN in 1979. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

To help fill 24 hours a day of air time, ESPN aired a wide variety of sports events that broadcast networks did not show on weekends, including Australian Rules Football, Davis Cup tennis, professional wrestling, boxing, and additional college football and basketball games. The U.S. Olympic Festival, the now-defunct competition that was organized as a training tool by the United States Olympic Committee, was also an ESPN staple during this time. High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... The great Australians Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall with the Cup in 1953 The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ... For the NES video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ... For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer. ... This article covers college football played in the United States. ... Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ... The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various international sports federations. ...

Even before ESPN began telecasts, it convinced the NCAA to grant it rights to show early round games of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The game broadcasts were extensive and helped college basketball gain a larger audience.^{[citation needed]} This article is about NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship. ...

Professional sports arrive

ESPN (along with the USA Network) was among the earliest cable-based broadcast partners for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lasting from 1982-84, the network's relationship with the association marked its initial foray into the American professional sports sector. After an eighteen-year hiatus, ESPN (by then, under the auspices of the ABC network), secured a $2.4 billion/six-year broadcast contract with the NBA, thereby revitalizing its historic compact with U.S. professional basketball. USA Network is a popular American cable television network with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005. ... NBA redirects here. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Professional basketball refers to a number of leagues in which athletes play in sports arenas, on organized teams, for profit. ...

In 1983, The United States Football League (USFL) made its debut on ESPN and ABC. The league (which lasted for three seasons and featured a New Jersey-based team, the Generals, owned by Donald Trump), enjoyed ephemeral success, some portion of which was a byproduct of the exposure afforded through ESPN's coverage. “USFL” redirects here. ... The New Jersey Generals were a franchise of the United States Football League (USFL), established in 1982 to begin play in the spring and summer of 1983. ...

In 1987, ESPN gained partial rights to the National Football League. The league agreed to the deal as long as ESPN agreed to simulcast the games on local television stations in the participating markets, which continues today. ESPN Sunday Night Football would last for 19 years and symbolize ESPN's rise from novelty network to American pop culture institution. In the 2006 NFL season ABC's Monday Night Football, long considered the showcase game of the NFL's week, began to be broadcast on ESPN. This was done to increase viewership of the Sunday night game and make it the "showcase" game. The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League. ... NFL redirects here. ... Simulcast is a contraction of simultaneous broadcast, and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium at the same time. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ... ESPN Sunday Night Football is a TV program showing National Football League games on Sunday evenings. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... MNF redirects here. ...

In 1990, ESPN added Major League Baseball to its lineup with a $400 million contract^[2]. MLB games are still on ESPN today and are scheduled to continue through 2011. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan were named as the broadcasters, and that team also continues to this day. Major Leagues redirects here. ... Jon Miller (born October 11, 1951 in San Francisco, California) is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. ... This article is about the former Major League Baseball player. ...

ESPN at one time has broadcast each of the four major professional sports leagues in North America until deciding not to renew the deal with the National Hockey League after the 2004-2005 lockout, citing ratings for original programming was comparable to those of NHL broadcasts.^[3] The term major professional sports league is used to describe the most important and well regarded leagues in the biggest professional sports in a country or region. ... NHL redirects here. ... The 2004-05 NHL Lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

Today, ESPN broadcasts 65 sports, 24 hours a day in 14 languages in more than 150 countries.^[4]

Expansion

The 1990s and early 2000s saw considerable growth within the company. In 1993, ESPN2 was founded, with Keith Olbermann and Suzy Kolber launching the network with SportsNite. Three years later, ESPNEWS was born, with Mike Tirico as the first anchor. (Today, Tirico is the play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football.) In 1997, ESPN purchased Classic Sports Network and renamed it ESPN Classic. The latest ESPN network in the U.S., ESPNU, began on March 4, 2005. 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. ... Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American news anchor, commentator, and radio sportscaster. ... Suzy Kolber (born May 14, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a football sideline reporter, co-producer, and anchor for ESPN and ABC Sports. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... ESPNEWS (word origin: grammatical blend of ESPN and news, spoken as ESPN news), launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel produced by the sports network ESPN. It airs news, highlights, press conferences, and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ... Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs presentation of Monday Night Football. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ... Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ... MNF redirects here. ... ESPN Classic features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. ... ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Televisions Charlotte, North Carolina offices. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

ESPN International began in the early 1990s to take advantage of the growing satellite markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In Canada, ESPN, Inc. purchased a minority share of TSN and RDS (in fact, the current corporate logo of both looks similar to that of ESPN). In 2004, ESPN finally entered the European market by launching a version of ESPN Classic, and in December 2006, it agreed to purchase North American Sports Network. SportsCenter's primary three broadcasts each day are at 1 a.m. ET (which re-airs usually until about noon ET), 6 p.m. ET, and 11 p.m. ET. ESPN International is a family of networks around the world. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel and is Canadas leading English language sports television channel. ... Réseau des sports (commonly known as RDS), is a Canadian French language cable television specialty channel showing sports and sport-related shows. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The British version of ESPN Classic launched on March 14, 2006 [1] and is on Sky Digital Channel 442. ... NASN, (North American Sports Network), is a television channel available in Ireland and the UK, and now across Europe. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ...

In 1994, ESPN set the standard for understanding the role of sports in America with the creation of The ESPN Sports Poll by Dr. Richard Luker. The Sports Poll was the first ongoing national daily study of sports fan activities and interests in the United States. Sporting News acknowledged the accomplishments of The ESPN Sports Poll and Dr. Luker in 1996.^[5]

With the increasing costs of live sports entertainment, such as the U.S.$8.8 billion costs for NFL football broadcasts rights for eight years, "scripted entertainment has become a luxury item for ESPN," said David Carter, director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California.^[6]

From 1996 onward, ESPN was closely integrated with ABC Sports. That year, Steve Bornstein, president of ESPN since 1990, was made president of ABC Sports as well. This integration culminated in the 2006 decision to merge ABC Sports' operations with ESPN. As a result, all of ABC's sports programming now uses ESPN on ABC. However, ABC Sports is still legally separate from ESPN (see below). Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Steve Bornstein is currently the President and CEO of the NFL Network and is also the NFLs Executive-VP of Media. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ABC Sports redirects here. ...

ESPN is currently building a full-fledged broadcast production facility in downtown Los Angeles, as a part of the L.A. Live complex across from the Staples Center. The five-story facility will house an ESPN Zone restaurant on the first two floors and two television production studios with digital control rooms on upper floors. It is scheduled to open in spring 2009. One of the studios will host late-night editions of SportsCenter.^[7] L.A. Live model facing the Staples Center L.A. Live, (also popularly called Times Square West, and The Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District) is currently under construction in Downtown Los Angeles, California. ... Staples Center is a multipurpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles, California adjacent to the LA Live development. ...

As of January 15th, 2008, ESPN has signed a multi-million dollar contract with professional gaming circuit Major League Gaming or MLG for short. Although some have argued that professional gaming is not a physical sport, ESPN has gone ahead with this collaboration. Major League Gaming (MLG) is a professional American gaming league founded in 2002 that is dedicated to competitive console gaming. ...

Controversy

See also: Criticism of ESPN

At a roast for co-workers Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic in January 2008, an intoxicated Dana Jacobson cursed the University of Notre Dame, Touchdown Jesus, and Jesus Christ. ^[8] She also made disparaging remarks about the University of Southern California. ESPN later released a statement apologizing for any offense given to the Notre Dame Football program while not specifically addressing the remarks that Jacobson made nor releasing any video or transcripts of her remarks. Mike Greenberg (born August 6, 1967 in New York City, New York) is a television anchor and radio host for ESPN. At ESPN, he hosts the weekday evening SportsCenter and ESPN Radios Mike and Mike in the Morning show with Mike Golic. ... Michael Mike Golic (born December 12, 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio), is a co-host of ESPN Radios Mike and Mike in the Morning and a former defensive lineman in the NFL. He also serves as an analyst for ESPN and ESPN2s NFL studio programming, as well as for... Dana Jacobson (born November 5, 1971) joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 p. ... For other universities and colleges named Notre Dame, see Notre Dame. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Harold Reynolds was fired from ESPN for an alleged "inappropriate hug" in 2006.^[9]

Ownership history

As mentioned, William Rasmussen founded the network. Just before ESPN launched, Getty Oil Company (later purchased by Texaco, which in turn was acquired by Chevron) agreed to buy a majority stake in the network. Nabisco and Anheuser-Busch also bought minority stakes.^[10] Getty Oil is an oil company founded by J. Paul Getty. ... Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand. ... Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is one of the worlds largest global energy companies. ... Nabisco logo Nabisco is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks, including brands such as Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Premium Crackers, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, and Chicken in a Biskit. ... Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. ...

In 1984, ABC made a deal with Getty Oil to acquire ESPN. ABC retained an 80% share, and sold 20% to Nabisco. The Nabisco shares were later sold to Hearst Corporation, which still holds a 20% stake today. In 1986, ABC was purchased for $3.5 billion by Capital Cities Communications. In 1995, The Walt Disney Company purchased Capital Cities/ABC for $19 billion and picked up an 80% stake in ESPN at that time. According to an analysis published by Barron's magazine in February 2008, ESPN "is probably worth more than 40% of Disney's entire value... based on prevailing cash-flow multiples in the industry." The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Nabisco logo Nabisco is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks, including brands such as Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Premium Crackers, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, and Chicken in a Biskit. ... Hearst Tower, in September 2006 The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the companys holdings now include a wide variety of media. ... Capital Cities Communications was an American media company best known for its surprise purchase of the much larger ABC in 1985. ... Disney redirects here. ... Barrons magazine is an American weekly newspaper covering U.S. financial information, market developments, and relevant statistics. ...

Although ESPN has been operated as a Disney subsidiary since 1996, it is still technically a joint venture between Disney and Hearst. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. ...

High definition telecasts

Rece Davis and Linda Cohn on June 7, 2004 during the first ever SportsCenter in High Definition

In 2004, ESPN opened its High Definition center in Bristol, Connecticut. All Bristol based studio shows, including Sportscenter, Baseball Tonight, NFL Live, NFL PrimeTime, Sunday NFL Countdown, Outside the Lines, Kia NBA Shootaround, NBA Fastbreak, College GameNight and others are broadcast in HD. Also, many of the games that ESPN televises are broadcast in HD. The first program ever broadcast in HD on ESPN was an NCAA basketball game in 2002, at the University of Dayton Arena. The first broadcast from the Digital Center was the 11 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter with Linda Cohn and Rece Davis on June 7, 2004. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (914x513, 66 KB) Summary SportsCenter set Licensing Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (914x513, 66 KB) Summary SportsCenter set Licensing Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the American ESPN show. ... High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems (NTSC, SECAM, PAL). ... High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems (NTSC, SECAM, PAL). ... Nickname: Mum City Coordinates: NECTA Hartford Region Central Connecticut Incorporated (town) 1785 Incorporated (city) 1911 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor William T. Stortz Area  - City 69. ... Baseball Tonight is a Sports Emmy Award-winning program that airs on ESPN, and is the only nightly highlight show devoted to Major League Baseball. ... NFL Live is a name that has been used as the title of two National Football League-related shows. ... Old NFL Primetime logo NFL Primetime is a sports television program that has aired on ESPN since 1987. ... Sunday NFL Countdown logo Sunday NFL Countdown is a pregame show of all the NFL action for that week. ... Outside the Lines began in 1990 as a monthly progam that examined a critical issue in American sports. ... NBA Shootaround is a National Basketball Association pregame show for ESPNs coverage of the NBA. Typically, the program airs at 7:30 p. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... NCAA Basketball (known as World League Basketball in Europe [1])is a basketball video game developed by Sculptured Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... University of Dayton Arena is a 13,409-seat multi-purpose arena in Dayton, Ohio. ... Linda Cohn (born November 10, 1959) is an accomplished Jewish sportscaster who appears on ESPNs SportsCenter as an anchor. ... Rece Davis (born December 14, 1965 as Laurece Davis in Muscle Shoals, Alabama), has been a journalist for ESPN since 1995. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Executives

• George Bodenheimer: President, ESPN, Inc.^[11]
• Sean Bratches: Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing^[12]
• Christine Driessen: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer^[13]
• Edwin Durso: Executive Vice President, Administration^[14]
• Chuck Pagano: Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer^[15]
• John Skipper: Executive Vice President, Content^[16]
• Norby Williamson: Executive Vice President, Studio and Remote Production^[17]
• Russell Wolff: Executive Vice President and Managing Director, ESPN International^[18]

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Norby Williamson is the current ESPN Inc. ...

Advertisement on ESPN

Advertising on ESPN is sold out for months in advance. With nearly three-quarters of ESPN's SportsCenter audience being male, ESPN is a great network to catch the male viewer's attention. Major advertisers such as Apple Computer Co., FedEx, and United Postal Service are continually buying advertisement to reach the 25-54 year old male audience. ESPN's ad revenue averages $441.8 million with an ad rate of $9,446 per 30 second slot.^[19]

ESPN significant programming rights

The NFL on ESPN The television rights to broadcast National Football League (NFL) games are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any sport. ...

• 1987–1989 (Sunday Night; exclusive cable; second half of season only)
• 1990–1997 (Sunday Night; second half of season only; TNT carried first half)
• 1998–2005 (Sunday Night; exclusive cable; entire season, selected Thursday & Saturday night games)
  • 2003–2005 (Pro Bowl, acquired rights from ABC)
• 2006–2013 (Monday Night Football)

FIFA ESPN Sunday Night Football is a TV program showing National Football League games on Sunday evenings. ... ESPN Sunday Night Football is a TV program showing National Football League games on Sunday evenings. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. ... ESPN Sunday Night Football is a TV program showing National Football League games on Sunday evenings. ... In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL). ... MNF redirects here. ... This article is about the international association football organization. ...

• FIFA World Cup: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
• FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2007
• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2007

UEFA The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football (soccer) competition contested by the mens national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA... The FIFA U-17 World Cup, formerly the FIFA U-17 World Championship and before the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... The FIFA U-20 World Cup, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...

• UEFA Champions League: 1994-2009
• UEFA European Football Championship: 2008

ESPN Major League Baseball European Cup redirects here. ... The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football... ESPN Major League Baseball is a promotion of Major League Baseball on ESPN and ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD or ESPN2HD. Major League Baseball on ESPN debuted on April 15, 1990 with Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN Major League Baseball is guaranteed to remain on air until 2013. ...

• 1990–2013

ESPN Major League Soccer ESPN2 Major League Soccer is a promotion of Major League Soccer (North Americas premiere soccer league) on ESPN2 and ESPN on ABC, with simulcasts on ESPN2HD for the ESPN2 telecasts. ...

• 1996–2014

Major Indoor Soccer League This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. ...

• 1985–1987

The NBA on ESPN The NBA on ESPN refers to the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks. ...

• 1982–1984
• 2002–2016

The Arena Football League on ESPN The Arena Football League on ESPN is a presentation of the Arena Football League on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN on ABC. The telecasts are also expected to be simucast on ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD and ABC HD. The agreement will run from the 2007 season opener and last five years...

• 1989–2002
• 2007–2011

Little League World Series A Little League World Series game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport. ...

• 1997^[20]-2014

WNBA on ESPN (Originally the WNBA on ESPN2) The WNBA on ESPN refers to the presentation of Womens National Basketball Association games on the ESPN family of networks. ...

• 1997-2016

PGA Tour on ESPN The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ...

• 1980^(?)–2006 (Contracts with individual tournaments)
• ESPN or ABC continues to broadcast early round or weekend coverage from The Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship, and Ryder Cup

PBA Tour presented by Denny's on ESPN The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. ... The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... The Champions Belt & The Claret Jug. ... The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. ... The 2005-2006 PBA Tour logo with the Dennys sponsorship. ...

• 2000-present

LPGA Tour on ESPN The LPGA is the Ladies Professional Golf Association. ...

• 1979-2009
• Selected majors through deals with their respective sanctioning bodies

NASCAR on ESPN NASCAR on ESPN is a series of NASCAR races that were broadcasted by ABC and the ESPN networks from the early 1960s until 2000. ...

• 1981–2000 (Contracts with individual races)
• 2007–2014 (Contract with NASCAR)

The IRL on ESPN The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ...

• 1996–2009

The NHRA on ESPN The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...

• 1980^(?)–2000 (Contracts with individual races)
• 2001-2013 (Contract with NHRA)

Champ Car World Series on ESPN Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ...

• 1992-2001
• 2007 (series merged with IRL, beginning with the 2008 season)

ESPN National Hockey Night ESPN National Hockey Night is a Super NES action game where the player is cast right straight into NHL action on his TV screen. ...

• 1985–1988 (National television deal, agreements with individual clubs as early as 1979)
• 1992-2004

ESPN College Football College football on television includes the broadcasting of college football games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

• Bowl Games: 1982— (Contracts with individual bowl games)
• ACC: 1998-2010
• Big 10: 1979-2013
• Select Big 12 home games: 2007-(?)
• Big East: 1991-2013
• C-USA: 1995-2010
• MAC: 2003-2007
• Select Pac 10 Home games: 2007-?
• SEC: (?)-2009
• Sun Belt: (?)-2007
• WAC: (?)-2009
• NCAA Division I FCS (formerly Division I-AA), Division II, and Division III playoffs (selected games) and championship games.

ESPN College Basketball A bowl game is a post-season college football game, typically at the Division I-A level. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. ... For other uses of the term Big Ten see Big Ten (disambiguation). ... Categories: College athletics conferences ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. ... The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a college athletic conference with a membership base that stretches from New York to Illinois. ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. ... The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAAs Division I since 1976. ... The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced wack) was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAAs Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A). ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-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. ... Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ...

• NCAA Tournament: 1980–1990 (Contract with NCAA)
• ACC (some telecasts, including games in the conference tournament, are blacked out in ACC markets):
• Big 10: 1979-2017
• Big 12: 2008-2016, ESPN Plus (ESPN Plus has exclusive rights to some games in Big 12 markets to protect stations purchasing its syndicated package)
• Big East: 1979-2013, ESPN Plus

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest: 2003-2007 This article is about NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-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 a collegiate athletic league in the United States. ... For other uses of the term Big Ten see Big Ten (disambiguation). ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... Nathans Wall of Fame of contest winners. ...

ESPN also broadcasts a range of horse racing and tennis events. It may sometimes acquire the rights to programming in other sports which airs only on ESPN 360, usually because another broadcaster holds the TV rights. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... ESPN 360 is a video content player that can be downloaded from ESPN.com. ...

Music

ESPN has had its own theme music for quite a few years, but early on it used source music.^{[citation needed]} An early theme for its flagship SportsCenter program was "Pulstar," an energetic electronic instrumental piece by Vangelis from his 1976 album Albedo 0.39. It would play while computer animation of baseballs, footballs, soccer balls, etc., would fly out from the center of the TV screen in all directions.^{[citation needed]} The North Carolina State University PULSTAR reactor is a 1 megawatt thermal nuclear research reactor. ... Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου IPA: ) is a world-renowned Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos) [IPA: or ]. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots... Albedo 0. ...

The current theme music on SportsCenter was composed by Annie Roboff, a composer who also co-wrote Faith Hill's 1998 hit "This Kiss."^[21] This article is about the American ESPN show. ... Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This Kiss was the first single from American country singer Faith Hills 1998 Faith album. ...

ESPN in popular culture

ESPN has become a part of popular culture since its inception. The name is constantly referenced throughout the media in movies and television. While the announcers may be actual personalities, in many films where there is a sporting event, the coverage is by ESPN. People who do not even watch sports are familiar with ESPN. Often this comes in the form of a lampoon of the number of channels ESPN operates. A few examples:

• In the Brad Paisley music video "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Dan Patrick is seen broadcasting a fictional bass fishing tournament on SportsCenter.
• In the movie Zathura, Walter is watching SportsCenter on ESPN while Danny is pestering him, and the TV ends up being destroyed during the first spin of the game by a meteor.
• In the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, ESPN's growth and addition of new channels is parodied when a major dodgeball tournament is broadcast by ESPN 8 ("The Ocho"): "If it's almost a sport, we've got it!" (There currently is no ESPN 8). This joke refers to ESPN2 originally being referred to as "The Deuce" by the network.
• In the Adam Sandler remake of The Longest Yard, ESPN2 broadcasts the football game between the criminals and the guards, with popular ESPN personality Chris Berman calling the play-by-play. Also Dan Patrick, another (now former) ESPN personality, plays a cop who arrests Sandler's character, Paul Crewe.
• In the DVD special features in the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, there is a skit that contains the "interview" of fictional anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) to work at ESPN in 1979; he states that the idea of a twenty-four-hour sports network would be ludicrous. This first appeared on ESPN.com.
• The short-lived 1998 TV series Sports Night (by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin) was based on an ESPN-style network, with the same witty banter between anchors.
• In Jerry Maguire, ESPN was present in the NFL Draft scene, and one of the last scenes of the movie was an Up Close interview with Rod Tidwell, Cuba Gooding Jr.'s character.
• The film Days of Thunder features several segments of fictional ESPN reporting, along with several actual ESPN NASCAR commentators. Tom Cruise's character Cole Trickle claims to have learned much about NASCAR "by watching ESPN."
• Many jokes have been made by comedians about fake obscure sports that are shown on ESPN. Dennis Miller mentioned watching "sumo rodeo," while George Carlin stated that ESPN showed "Australian dick wrestling". On an episode of Saturday Night Live, a skit features ESPN 2 airing a show called Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly, which includes a fake advertisement for "Senior Women's Beach Lacrosse."
• SportsCenter's quirky catchphrases were the basis of another SNL sketch in 1999, with Tim Meadows (as Stuart Scott) and guest host Ray Romano anchoring a broadcast in which Romano's character repeatedly exclaims, "Sweet sassy molassy!"
• In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, starring Will Ferrell, the fictional character Ricky Bobby is interviewed by an ESPN reporter.
• Several SportsCenter anchors are featured in the Hootie & the Blowfish video for "Only Wanna Be With You."
• In the movie Mr. 3000, Stan Ross is frequently talked about on ESPN shows like SportsCenter, and PTI. After Stan got 2 hits, one away from 3000, ESPN went from talking bad about him, to interviewing him and apologizing. Angela Bassett's character, Maureen Simmons, is an assignment reporter for ESPN. The last game of the season is on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
• In the movie BASEketball, ESPN personalities Dan Patrick and Kenny Mayne discuss the Denslow Cup championship on Sportscenter.
• In the movie The Waterboy, ESPN Sportscenter shows coverage of a University of Michigan football game as they try to use their towel boy at wide receiver in response to Bobby Boucher's success. They also cover the fictional 'Bourbon Bowl' at the end of the movie. Lynn Swann is broadcaster on the field for ESPN.
• In the Jay-z song Dirt of your shoulder he raps at the 40/40 club ESPN on the screen
• There are at least four children named after the network. The latest, named ESPN Montana Real, was born in Mississippi in 2006.^[22]

^[23] Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972 in Glen Dale, West Virginia) is an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), better known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster from Mason, Ohio. ... This article is about the American ESPN show. ... Zathura is a film directed by Jon Favreau, released in November 2005, based on an illustrated book by Chris Van Allsburg. ... Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a comedy from 20th Century Fox, written and directed by Rawson Thurber and available on DVD or VHS December 2004. ... For the 2004 film, see Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. ... 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. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ... This article is about the 1974 film. ... 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. ... Christopher (Boomer) James Berman (born May 10, 1955, in Greenwich, Connecticut) is a sportscaster, who anchors SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown, Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, U.S. Open golf, and other programming on ESPN. He joined ESPN a month after its founding and has been with the network since. ... Categories: Stub | 2004 films | Comedy films ... John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967)[1] is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career, starring in the comedies A Night... ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. ... This article is about the American television series. ... “The West Wing” redirects here. ... Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer and playwright. ... Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr. ... The NFL Draft (officially the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting[1]) is an annual sports draft in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns, through seven rounds[2], selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players. ... Up Close was a sports interview show that aired on ESPN for some 20 years. ... Rod Tidwell is a supporting character from the film Jerry Maguire. ... Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Days of Thunder is an auto racing drama film released in 1990 by producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American stand-up comedian, political/sports commentator, and television/radio personality. ... For other uses, see Sumo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rodeo (disambiguation). ... George Denis Patrick Carlin[15] (born May 12, 1937) is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Ancient Greek wrestlers (Pankratiasts) Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons, in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of their opponent. ... SNL redirects here. ... Tim Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. ... Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois) is a sportscaster, most visibly as an anchor on ESPNs SportsCenter. ... Raymond Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated, American actor and comedian best known for his starring role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. ... John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967)[1] is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career, starring in the comedies A Night... Hootie & the Blowfish are an American pop-rock band, originally formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Soni Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. ... Mr. ... Bassett and husband Courtney Vance Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe winning American actor who is particularly known for biographical film roles portraying women in American culture. ... Sunday Night Baseball is the Major League Baseball game of the week that is televised Sunday nights at 8 p. ... BASEketball is a 1998 David Zucker comedy feature film starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Dian Bachar, Robert Vaughn, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jenny McCarthy. ... For other uses, see Water boy (disambiguation). ...

ESPN business ventures

Current

• ESPN.com (1995–present)
• ESPNSTAR.com (2002–present)
• ESPNU.com (2005-present)
• The ESPN Sports Poll (1994-present)
• ESPN The Magazine (1998–present)
• ESPN Deportes La Revista (2005–present)
• ESPN Original Entertainment (2001–present)
• ESPN Books (2004–present)
• ESPN Zone (1998–present)
• ESPY Awards (1993–present)
• ESPN Integration (2006–present)
• ESPN Online Games (2006–present)
• ESPN Broadband (2002–present)

• Partial interest in the Arena Football League (2006–present, in exchange for television rights).

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. ... ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Televisions Charlotte, North Carolina offices. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ESPN Deportes La Revista is a Spanish Language magazine that focuses on sports from a Hispanic perspective. ... ESPN Original Entertainment logo ESPN Original Entertainment or EOE is a production company that developes various branded programming for ESPN, an American sports entertainment cable channel. ... ESPN Books logo ESPN Books is a publishing company operated by ESPN Started in 2004, ESPN Books has published almost 20 books. ... ESPN Zone is a small chain of very large sports-themed restaurants that include arcades, TV studios, and radio studios. ... The 10th Anniversary ESPY Award. ... ESPN Integration is an agreement between ESPN and video game developer EA to put various ESPN features in EA Sports games. ... Overview ESPN Online Games are a collection of sports-themed internet video games available on the ESPN360 broadband internet channel. ... // Overview ESPN Broadband is a buissness unit of the ESPN company, itself a subsidary of the Walt Disney Company. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ...

Former

• Mobile ESPN (2006)

Mobile ESPN is a cellular phone-based sports information service offered by ESPN and Verizon Wireless. ...

The ESPN family of networks

Television

• ESPN (1979–present)
• ESPN International (1989–present)
• ESPN2 (1993–present)
• ESPN Brasil (1995–present)
• ESPNEWS (1996–present)
• ESPNEWSHD (2008–present)
• ESPN Classic (1997–present)
• ESPN Classic Canada (2001–present)
• ESPNHD (2003–present)
• ESPN Deportes (2004–present)
• ESPNU (2005–present)
• ESPN2HD (2005–present)
• ESPN on ABC (2006-present, replacing ABC Sports)
• ESPN Plus (–present)
• ESPN PPV (–present)
• ESPN Australia HD (2008–present)

ESPN International is a family of networks around the world. ... 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. ... Launched in June 1995, ESPN Brasil was the first ESPN broadcaster launched outside the United States. ... ESPNEWS (word origin: grammatical blend of ESPN and news, spoken as ESPN news), launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel produced by the sports network ESPN. It airs news, highlights, press conferences, and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ... ESPN Classic features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. ... ESPN Classic Canada is a Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel owned by TSN, Bell Globemedia and ESPN featuring classic sports events and movies. ... ESPN HD, launched March 30th, 2003 is a high-definitionsimulcast of the cable television network ESPN, both owned by Disney that broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ... ESPN Deportes is an cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Televisions Charlotte, North Carolina offices. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ABC Sports redirects here. ... ESPN Plus is the popular name of ESPN Regional Television, which is an American televsion program syndicator. ... 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. ...

ESPN Now

ESPN Now
Owned by	The Walt Disney Company (80%) Hearst Corporation (20%)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Country	United States
Language	American English
Availability
Cable
Available on select cable systems	Check local listings for channels

ESPN Now posts around-the-clock sports news along with program scheduling information from ESPN and Go.com. It is only available on digital cable networks and does not feature any program-length original material. Disney redirects here. ... Hearst Tower, in September 2006 The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the companys holdings now include a wide variety of media. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). ... Go. ... Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ...

Internet

• ESPN Motion (2003–present)
• ESPN 360 (2005–present)
• ESPN.com
• ESPN.mobi
• ESPNdeportes.com
• ESPN.com in Portuguese for Brazil
• Soccernet
• Cricinfo.com
• Scrum.com
• EXPN.com

// Overview ESPN Broadband is a buissness unit of the ESPN company, itself a subsidary of the Walt Disney Company. ... ESPN 360 is a video content player that can be downloaded from ESPN.com. ... ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. ... ESPNsoccernet provides comprehensive coverage of world soccer. ...

Radio

• ESPN Radio (1992–present)
• ESPN Deportes Radio (2005–present)
• Rádio Eldorado ESPN (2007–present)

ESPN Radio is a national sports radio network based in the United States. ... ESPN Deportes Radio is a Spanish language sports radio network created and produced by Disney-owned ESPN. Programming includes call-in talk shows and commentary from hosts about a full range of sporting events, including soccer, American football, baseball and boxing. ...

Network-wide Preemption

Several times ESPN programing has been drastically altered because of coverage of world events.

Both ESPN and ESPN2 carried ABC News coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The only original program produced after the preemption was a shortened 6pm edition of Sportscenter which focused on covering the cancellations of sporting events in reaction to the terror attacks. ABC News logo ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

ESPN carried the first round of the 2003 NCAA Basketball Tournament due to CBS's coverage of the first few days of the Invasion of Iraq. The games were still produced by CBS. The only identifiers of ESPN was their bottomline graphic. This article is about the broadcast network. ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq without the explicit backing of the United...

References

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See also

• List of programs broadcast by ESPN
• List of ESPN personalities
• ESPN Australia
• ESPN Full Circle
• SportsCenter
• ESPN Major League Baseball
• ESPN2 Major League Soccer
• NASCAR on ESPN
• WNBA on ESPN
• The NBA on ESPN
• ESPN auto racing broadcast teams
• ESPN College Basketball Broadcast Teams
• ESPN College Football Broadcast Teams
• ESPN MLB Broadcast Teams
• ESPN NBA Broadcast Teams
• ESPN MLS/Soccer Broadcast Teams (FIFA World Cup Included)
• List of assets owned by Disney
• TSN
• Dish Network Channel Grid
• List of DirecTV channels
• Wieden+Kennedy

This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Past and present television personalities on the ESPN network. ... ESPN Pacific Rim / ESPN Australia ESPN Australia is a 24 hour sports channel offered in Australia and New Zealand. ... ESPN Full Circle is a presentation of a sporting event that airs on every ESPN network. ... This article is about the American ESPN show. ... ESPN Major League Baseball is a promotion of Major League Baseball on ESPN and ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD or ESPN2HD. Major League Baseball on ESPN debuted on April 15, 1990 with Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN Major League Baseball is guaranteed to remain on air until 2013. ... ESPN2 Major League Soccer is a promotion of Major League Soccer (North Americas premiere soccer league) on ESPN2 and ESPN on ABC, with simulcasts on ESPN2HD for the ESPN2 telecasts. ... NASCAR on ESPN is a series of NASCAR races that were broadcasted by ABC and the ESPN networks from the early 1960s until 2000. ... The WNBA on ESPN refers to the presentation of Womens National Basketball Association games on the ESPN family of networks. ... The NBA on ESPN is the de facto title for the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks. ... The ESPN auto racing broadcast teams are listed in the table below, including races broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. Keep in mind these are just the broadcast teams for NASCAR, Champ Car, IRL, NHRA, Rally America and the Busch Series. ... The ESPN College Basketball Broadcast Teams are listed in the table below, including games broadcast on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. ... The ESPN College Football Broadcast Teams are listed in the table below, including games broadcast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Radio. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The ESPN MLS/Soccer Broadcast Teams are listed in the table below, including games broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN on ABC. These are weekly regular season pairings for Major League Soccer. ... The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football (soccer) competition contested by the mens national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA... Here is a list of assets owned by The Walt Disney Company, one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world. ... The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel and is Canadas leading English language sports television channel. ... This is a list of the channels receivable from DISH Network. ... // Below is a numerical representation of the DirecTV channel lineup. ... Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) is an independently owned American advertising agency best known for its work for Nike. ...

External links

• ESPN.com Official Site
• ESPN.mobi Official Mobile Site
• ESPN Argentina
• ESPN Brasil
• ESPN STAR Sports (Asia)
• ESPN Fan Zone (Official ESPN Research via Surveys and Forums)
• The King of all Sports Media – ESPN Sports Business News December 20, 2006