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 ...