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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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “espn”

 

• The NFL Won’t Change The Horrible Pro Bowl Because For Some Reason People Watch It

  
  Baltimore Sports Report — Authority: 502
  I didn’t watch a second of the Pro Bowl last night.  Why should I?  It’s a joke. I would rather watch a three hour rain delay than the Pro Bowl. I went on to ESPN.com at 11:30 last night just to see the final score and get a few stats for this post and had to did deep just to find it.  Buried underneath ...
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• JTWITTER: MC Mens Bball was on ESPN3 Sunday afternoon

  
  Jasper Jottings ---------------------------------------- The achievement journal of my fellow alums — Authority: 122
  REPORTING LIVE FROM THE TWITTER NEWS DESK IN THE VIRTUAL JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM … [JR: I pushed this out on Twitter when I found it on Sunday at 4PM.  ] Manhattan College men’s bball on ESPN3 now. You can watch it online at http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/channel/espn3 [JR: It was also available on the ...
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• Captain Bailey defends his T20 record

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  George Bailey has conceded he will only win respect as Australia’s new Twenty20 captain if he scores runs himself, regardless of how the side performs. Bailey’s highest score in the shortest format is 60 and he has made only one T20 half-century in the past three seasons, but he said batting at No.5 opportunities ...
  20 hours ago

• No need to make a decision now

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Rahul Dravid has said that he has not made a decision on whether to retire or not. There had been reports in the media about Dravid’s imminent retirement after the defeat in Adelaide, which prompted the Indian team management to issue a statement saying that none of the senior players were about to quit. That point ...
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• Ramps For espn sports Chair And Easy Access

  
  FoodTradeCenter — Authority: 122
  To provide simpler access to areas for wheelchair usershaving a system of espn sports curbs and espn sports out pathways is an essential consideration of your outdoors areasbut these are design changes and must be implemented at the espn sports stage of construction. IF you want to provide immediate access to ...
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• Taskin, Mosaddek set up 3-1 lead

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Bangladesh Under-19s 169 for 6 (Salman Hossain 59, Wood 3-14, Hutton 3-28) beat England Under-19s 168 (Taskin Ahmed 4-46, Mosaddek Hossain 4-26) by four wickets Scorecard Taskin Ahmed and Mosaddek Hossain took four wickets apiece to bowl Bangladesh Under-19s to their third win of the series. They helped dismiss ...
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• England can chase 250

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Stuart Broad has said that England “would not want to be chasing much more than 250″ in the final innings against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. Broad, the England allrounder, followed up his excellent first-innings bowling with an aggressive half-century to help his side gain the initiative in the second Test. A ...
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• Visitors reeling after following on

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Tea Zimbabwe 12 for 3 (Taibu 4*, Mutizwa 2*, Martin 3-9) and 51 (Waller 23) trail New Zealand 495 for 7 dec (Taylor 122, Watling 102*) by 432 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Zimbabwe face their heaviest Test defeat, after 37.5 overs of catastrophic batting on day three in Napier. The ...
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• Ski Daily | Snowboarder Shaun White Backs Out Of Winter X Games …

  
  #1 One Celebrity — Authority: 141
  Video about Shaun White can be found everywhere. This may not relevant, just tell what you thing about this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Zoh2JC_XA Aspen, CO – Snowboarding sensation Shaun White opted Friday to drop out of the Snowboard Slopestyle at Winter X Games in Aspen following an injury received ...
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• I took up the captaincy for one year

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka’s new captain, has said his second term will be for a year at most and that his priority is to rebuild the team following a string of defeats in Tests and ODIs after the 2011 World Cup. The tri-series in Australia, involving the hosts and India, will be Jayawardene’s first assignment ...
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• “Wheel Of Fortune” Was A Lot More Fun In The 80′s

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 120
  Pat Sajak looks like hes been getting his drink on again. If you want to talk about the secret lives of game show hosts , you might want to talk about Pat Sajak.  Apparently, the suit in charge of Wheel of Fortune used to have quite a bit of fun during tapings, and by fun I mean booze.  That’s right, Pat Sajak ...
  3 days ago

• The 2% man

  
  Get The Picture — Authority: 572
  You want to know how toxic a candidate Craig James is?  Chernobyl-level toxic: “If you ask the average Republican voter… he’s remembered for the scandal at SMU and using his position at ESPN to get a wildly popular coach fired. He is by far one of the most hated men in West Texas.” That’s not ...
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• WICB to meet to resolve Guyana impasse

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will hold a teleconference on Saturday in an effort to resolve the impasse between the board, the Guyana Cricket Board (GICB) and the Guyanese government. Earlier this month, the GCB was locked out of its premises by the Guyana government, which appointed an Interim Management ...
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• No Niall O’Brien for Kenya tour

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Niall O’Brien, the Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman, has not been picked in the Ireland squad for the tour of Kenya due to his unavailability for part of the tour as a result of his participation in the Bangladesh Premier League. He also hasn’t been picked in the squad for the ICC World T20 qualifier in the UAE in ...
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• Ireland map out path to Tests

  
  Central Sports News — Authority: 147
  Cricket Ireland has set out its strategy to bring full Test status by 2020. Targets include an increase in the number of people playing the game in Ireland to 50,000, reaching eighth in the world rankings and establishing a domestic first-class structure. A number of commercial deals have been secured, allowing ...
  5 days ago

• ESPN.com Unveils “NFL Any Era Team”

  
  Satellite TV News — Authority: 125
  ESPN.com will unveil “NFL Any Era Team.” “NFL Any Era Team” is a multimedia package listing the top 20 current NFL players who could play in any era of the NFL, as voted on by a panel of 20 Pro Football Hall of Famers and ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton. Players 20-17 are revealed as: Ranking Player ...
  6 days ago

• ESPN3 To Present Soccer Doubleheader on Wednesday, Jan. 25

  
  Satellite TV News — Authority: 125
  ESPN3 will present soccer doubleheader on Wednesday, Jan. 25 beginning at 3:55 p.m. with the second leg of Spain’s Copa del Rey quarterfinal – Barcelona vs. Real Madrid – live from Barcelona (also on ESPN Deportes), and the US Men’s National Team in action from Panama City at 8:30 p.m. Date Time (ET) ...
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• Winter X Games air Jan. 26-29 on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC

  
  Channel Guide Magazine — Authority: 123
  Th e Winter X Games Aspen ’12 take place at Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., Jan. 26-29, as more than 200 of the world’s premier winter action-sports athletes — including Shaun White, Kelly Clark, Lindsey Jacobellis and others — compete in such events as Snowboard SuperPipe, Ski Big Air and Snowmobile SnoCross. For the ...
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• ESPN Announces 2012 ACC Baseball And Softball Broadcast Schedule

  
  Satellite TV News — Authority: 125
  ESPN has announced the broadcast schedule of 2012 ACC Baseball and Softball Coverage. ESPN will begin the coverage on Sunday, March 4 with the network presenting the first of 55 Atlantic Coast Conference Olympic sports events in the 2012 season, including 24 baseball and eight softball games. Additional highlights ...
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• Winter X Games Aspen 2012 Sponsors

  
  Satellite TV News — Authority: 125
  Red Bull and Verizon/Casio join the Winter X Games roster having previously sponsored the Summer X Games along with US Navy and Jeep. Event sponsors include EA Sports, North Face, the Bandito Brothers’ film Act of Valor and Real Snow presented by Vitamin Water. The highly customized sponsorships include brand ...
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