ESPN

ESPN, which stands for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, had its humble beginnings in 1979 when father and son team, Bill and Scott Rasmussen, launched the fledgling network's flagship show, SportsCenter.

Originally meant to be a cable television outlet for showing off college sports in the state of Connecticut, ESPN grew by leaps and bounds, showing sports 24 hours a day. In the early days, people were likely to find Australian Rules Football, table tennis, and gymnastics in prime time. Now, Major League Baseball and the National Football League are mainstays on the network which reaches nearly 100 million homes in the United States. In addition to the main cable channel, ESPN also broadcasts sporting events through ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio, and ESPN360.com. In 2008, ESPN entered into a partnership with Major League Gaming, looking to get into the online gaming market.

ESPN's main headquarters are located in Bristol, Connecticut.

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  The blogosphere reacts to the suspension and comments of ESPN's Bob Griese.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “ESPN”

• Bond at $100k for Man Accused of Taping Reporter

  
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  An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews posted $100000 bond on Friday, a much larger amount than previously imposed. (Nov. 20)
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• You know how it is in November...Survive and advance.

  
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  Purdue fans soak up the pre-game atmosphere in St. Thomas If I would have seen this, tonights game might have reminded me of a few last season- Hummel got in early foul trouble and played less than 10 total minutes in the first half...and Purdue rebounded poorly. But, last season, Smooge didnt play this too ...
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• Watch Liverpool vs Manchester City Live Online Streaming On Nov. 21

  
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  Watch Liverpool vs Manchester City Live Online Streaming On Nov. 21 Date/Time: Nov. 21, 2009, 7:45am Competition: England Premier League Live/Repeat: Live
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• England Premier League: Liverpool vs Manchester City Live Online

  
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  England Premier League: Liverpool vs Manchester City Live Online Date/Time: Nov. 21, 2009, 7:45am Competition: England Premier League Live/Repeat: Live
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• The ratings game

  
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  TNT drew a 1.4/3 U.S. rating and 2.1 million viewers for Thursday nights Bulls/Lakers game. Earlier in the night, Suns/Hornets drew a 1.0/2 and 1.5 million. Numbers for last years comparable games were unavailable. (pifeedback.com)Also on Thursday, a Colorado/Oklahoma St. college football matchup drew a 1.5/2 U.S. ...
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• Judge Increases Bond for Man Who Allegedly Taped Erin Andrews

  
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  A judge has increased bond to $100,000 for Michael Barrett, the man accused of secretly making nude videos of the popular ESPN reporter.
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• ESPN is missing the point

  
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  ESPNs decision to suspend columnist Bill Simmons from Twitter for two weeks [ Mediaite ] is the wrong move. The suspension wasnt highly publicized, but came out as the result of an investigation by Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead , which prompted ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King to write a blog post ...
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• Erin Andrews Suspect -- Flight Risk

  
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  Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Erin Andrews The man accused of using a spy cam to film Erin Andrews naked in her hotel room has been ordered to surrender his passport and his bail was jacked through the roof because the judge fears he could be a flight risk. Michael David Barretts bail was ... Permalink
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• Who Are Ya?

  
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  Who are ya rooting for this weekend? We have the big-name LA Galaxy taking on small-market and workmanlike Real Salt Lake for the MLS Cup championship. The match takes place Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. CT from Qwest Field live on ESPN and ESPNHD. Make sure to tune in. Former Wizards Chris Klein (Galaxy) and Yura ...
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• Bill Simmons Suspended From Using Twitter Under ESPN Guidelines

  
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  Earlier today The Big Lead asked if Bill Simmons , ESPN’s prolific columnist and New York Times bestselling author, is “ serving an ESPN-imposed 2-week suspension from Twitter .” Now we have an answer – it’s true. The explanation of what happened notably came in a very new media way – ESPN.com ...
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• Idle notes

  
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  Comcast and Fox Sports Net are launching their own local websites, posing a challenge to ESPN -- which debuted several local-specific websites earlier this year. Fox Sports Net quietly unveiled "a dozen local sites over the past couple of weeks," each of which corresponds to a FOX-owned RSNs (e.g., FSDetroit.com for ...
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• Gordon Edes Officially In at ESPNBoston.com

  
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  Gordon Edes has his first post up at ESPNBoston.com today: Back where I belong New England is my home, baseball remains my game, and after being away, I am even more persuaded that there is no better place to talk, write, blog, tweet, text, chat and care about baseball than right here, for this audience. Many ...
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• So if Suzy Kolber Was …

  
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  Suzy Kolber: Allegedly, the Monday Night Football sideline reporter was having an affair with a producer on the show. Biggie? No biggie? Anyway, he was supposedly married with four kids. As a reader noted, Kolber had a baby last March. Hmmmm. At the time, her father adamantly refused to say who the baby’s ...
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• Phillies Nation Podcast 20: Mike Gill

  
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  Welcome to the Phillies Nation Podcast! Today, Pat Gallen is joined by Mike Gill of 97.3 ESPN Radio in Atlantic City.  Mike and Pat break down all of the free agent news that pertains to the Phillies.  Third base, the bullpen, a new bench, and a fifth starter are some of the topics they touch on in the podcast ...
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• Watch ESPN NASCAR Online Live Internet TV Stream Sports Channel from the USA free

  
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• Execs Berson, Lacey, out at ESPN

  
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  ESPN is letting go of two executives.ESPN VP of marketing Katie Lacey and VP of programming David Berson will not have their contracts renewed by the network. Laceys contract ends "imminently," while Bersons contract "is longer, so he will officially be on special assignment."Gawkers Deadspin and the New York Post ...
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• Rumor: ESPN Fires Executive David Berson

  
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  ESPN is being dodgy about this, which means the WWL is either crafting an emergency press release, or hoping they can hold the press at bay for a few more hours. An ESPN source tells us that this morning in Bristol, an emergency meeting was called, and top brass was notified that David Berson, executive VP for program ...
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• Temple Blogger: Owlified

  
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  This week, Temple Blogger Owlified from the popular Temple web blog The Owl’s Nest stopped by to give us an outlook on the Owls, the Atlantic 10, and of course, a little bit on this Saturday night… SSB : First off, what a game (against Georgetown) on Tuesday, you can bet we were all rooting for the Owls. ...
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• From The Desk Of George Bodenheimer: "Class, Dignity And Integrity" [ESPN Horndoggery]

  
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  Hey, look! Its another memo from ESPN President George Bodenheimer ! And today he wants to tell his employees about all the exciting things his company is doing to slow its steady transformation into Connecticuts answer to Gomorrah. The memo, in full: Our Workplace Top Story 11/19/09 @ 3:33 PM - Updated: ...
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