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 ...

The ties were wider. The hair was wilder. The anchor desks resembled airport rental-car booths. And 24-hour televised sports, as pioneered by Connecticut-based cable network ESPN, was a concept so new ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ESPN’s 45th anniversary party was a little bit like the network’s first days on television: organized chaos. The only two planned segments, a group picture and a panel discussion, are nearly ...