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ESPN Was Founded by Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen founded ESPN with a dream to fulfill. It was launched at 7:00 pm with SportsCenter. -
ABC
ABC takes ownership of ESPN. Six year later they sold 20% to the Hearst. -
NFL Games
ESPN became first cable channel to broadcast NFL games. They broadcasted on Sunday nights. -
MLB Agreement
ESPN came to an agreement to start broadcasting MLB games. Games have been showing since 1990 -
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is launched. Kieth Olbermann hosted the first show. -
New Owner of ESPN
ABC's 80% of ESPN was sold to Walt Disney CO. ESPN was sold for $19 billion. Today it would cost about $560 billion. -
ESPNEWS
ESPNEWS was launched. It was similar to other news stations like CNN. The only difference is that it was only about sports. -
Magazine
The ESPN Magazine was launched.It was published in Bristol, Connecticut -
NBA
ESPN makes a deal to cover NBA games. ESPN is the first network to air all 4 major sports. -
ESPNU
ESPNU is launched. It is their first 24 hours college sports channel. -
Monday Night Football
ESPN gets the right to show Monday Night Football. When this happened ESPN dropped Sunday Night Football which is now broadcasted by NBC. -
CBS Games
ESPN came to a deal to show all CBS games except for the Rose Bowl (Shown by ABC). This deal begins in 2011. -
220 million
All of ESPN's platforms together reach 220 million homes in the U.S. That is 76% of the population. -
X Games 15
X Games 15 became the most viewed broadcast ever on ESPN. The X Games were Broadcasted over 4 Days. From 7-30-09 to 8-2-09 -
30th Anniversary
ESPN celebrated their 30th anniversary with SportsCenter. ESPN used old anchors that didn't normally anchor anymore.
