At 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 7, 1979 — 45 years ago Saturday — the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, or ESPN, first began broadcasting on U.S. cable TV systems. At first, ESPN was ...
ESPN and the NCAA have agreed to an 8-year media rights deal, extending a run for college sports that began in 1979 when the all-sports cable network was in its infancy. The pact, which takes effect ...
ESPN's first play-by-play announcer, Jim Simpson, died Wednesday morning in Scottsdale, Arizona, after a short illness, his family said. He was 88. Simpson died surrounded by his family. A cause of ...
ESPN's Sportscenter launched on September 7, 1979, making household names out of its cast of anchors over decades of sports highlights, catch phrases and top plays. Former ESPN anchor Stuart Scott, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst ...
BLOOMINGTON – This weekend’s visit from ESPN College GameDay took on special meaning for all involved Saturday — it meant IU’s 1979 Holiday Bowl team could celebrate with its beloved coach. Lee Corso ...