. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN wordmark.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Worldwide Leader In Sports"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN, an abbreviation for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father, Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO (and later became the United States Football League's first commissioner). George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998; since March 3, 2003, he has been the head of ABC Sports as well, which has since been rebranded as ESPN on ABC (though ABC Sports still legally has a separate existence). ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its "@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . "180"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television Television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO. The current president, since November 19, 1998, of ESPN is George Bodenheimer. Bodenheimer is also the current head of ESPN on ABC, having been named to that position on March 3, 2003. Its signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 25,000th episode on August 25 2002. ESPN broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Bristol, Connecticut; it also operates offices out of Charlotte, San Francisco, and Los Angeles which will open in 2009. ESPN is available in over 90 million homes in the United States and over 147 countries and territories via ESPN International. The name of the sport company was lengthened to \"ESPN Inc.\" in February 1985. ESPN unofficially refers to itself as \"The Worldwide Leader in Sports\"; the slogan appears on nearly all company media, though its origin is unknown. The network has been credited with helping the growth of NASCAR by covering a large number of races in the 80's and 90's. In 2001 ESPN lost the rights to broadcast races to FOX and NBC. A new television deal starting in 2007 marks the return of NASCAR to ESPN, with seven Nextel Cup races. ESPN 2 will broadcast the Busch series races exclusively. The film Days of Thunder features several segments of fictional ESPN reporting, along with several actual ESPN NASCAR commentators. Tom Cruise's character Cole Trickle claims to have learned much about NASCAR \"by watching ESPN.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "From the network's founding, its majority owner was Getty Oil. ABC acquired ESPN in 1984, selling 20% to Nabisco, who later sold its share to Hearst Corporation. When the Walt Disney Company acquired ABC's parent company Capital Cities Communications in 1995, ESPN became a subsidiary of Disney."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Porgramming Network) is an American cable television network that broadcasts sports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It broadcast NHL games from 1983-86 and from 1993-2004."@en . . . . "ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day."@en . . "200px|right ESPN (\u043F\u0440\u043E\u0438\u0437\u043D\u043E\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044F \u00AB\u0418-\u042D\u0441-\u041F\u0438-\u042D\u043D\u00BB, \u0438\u0437\u043D\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043B\u044C\u043D\u043E \u0430\u043D\u0433\u043B. 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E.S.P.N. is an acronym for something, however it is doubtful that anyone actually knows what for. The ESPN has its own series of TV channels, radio, webtubes, and magazines. ESPN's signature show SportsCenter, is a blatant ripoff of the SportReport."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "720.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television Television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO. The current president, since November 19, 1998, of ESPN is George Bodenheimer. Bodenheimer is also the current head of ESPN on ABC, having been named to that position on March 3, 2003. Its signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 25,000th episode on August 25 2002. ESPN broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Bristol, Connecticut; it also operates offices out of Charlotte, San Francisco, and Los"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Check local listings for channels"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "DirecTV"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN was a television network, located on channel 211-D. Marty McFly, Jr. could access the channel on his video glasses. On the night of October 21, 2015, ESPN was airing the IFL Chicago Bears -v- Spacers game."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming. Founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan, it launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, the network's President and CEO (and later the United States Football League's first commissioner). The Getty Oil Company provided funding to begin the new venture via executive Stuart Evey. George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998. Since March 2003, Bodenheimer has also headed ABC Sports, which was operationally folded into ESPN in 2006. ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily from its studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami; New York City; Seattle, Washington; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles office, from which the late-night edition of SportsCenter is now broadcast, opened at L.A. Live in early 2009."@en . . . "ESPN, an abbreviation for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father, Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO (and later became the United States Football League's first commissioner). George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998; since March 3, 2003, he has been the head of ABC Sports as well, which has since been rebranded as ESPN on ABC (though ABC Sports still legally has a separate existence). ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Bristol, Connecticut; it also operates offices out of Charlotte, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles office will open at the L.A. Live complex, in 2009. The network is available in over 100 million homes in the United States and over 150 countries and territories via ESPN International. The name of the sport company was lengthened to \"ESPN Inc.\" in February 1985. ESPN unofficially considers itself \"The Worldwide Leader in Sports\"; a slogan that appears on nearly all company media, its origin unknown."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Available on most cable systems"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "George Bodenheimer, President"@en . . . . . "ESPN was a television network, located on channel 211-D. Marty McFly, Jr. could access the channel on his video glasses. On the night of October 21, 2015, ESPN was airing the IFL Chicago Bears -v- Spacers game."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "480"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Channel 602"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Channel 1602"@en . . . . . . "ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father, Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO (and later became the United States Football League's first commissioner). George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998; since March 3, 2003, he has been the head of ABC Sports as well, which has since been rebranded as ESPN on ABC (though ABC Sports still legally has a separate existence). ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Bristol, Connecticut; it also operates offices out of Charlotte, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles office opens in 2009. The network is available in over 100 million homes in the United States and over 150 countries and territories via ESPN International. The name of the sport company was lengthened to \"ESPN Inc.\" in February 1985. ESPN unofficially refers to itself as \"The Worldwide Leader in Sports\"; the slogan appears on nearly all company media, though its origin is unknown."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN (the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) premiered in 1979, and is one of the leading brands in sports-related programming. The network and its related businesses are 80%-owned by The Walt Disney Company and 20%-owned by The Hearst Corporation."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Worldwide"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Dish Network"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming. Founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan, it launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, the network's President and CEO (and later the United States Football League's first commissioner). The Getty Oil Company provided funding to begin the new venture via executive Stuart Evey. George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998. Since March 2003, Bodenheimer has also headed ABC Sports, which was operationally folded into ESPN in 2006."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Similar to Stephen Colbert's Sport Report, ESPN (a.k.a. The ESPN) is dedicated to worshipping covering American sports. Like a pestilential virus, ESPN has spread to practically all media outlets. E.S.P.N. is an acronym for something, however it is doubtful that anyone actually knows what for. The ESPN has its own series of TV channels, radio, webtubes, and magazines. ESPN's signature show SportsCenter, is a blatant ripoff of the SportReport."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Porgramming Network) is an American cable television network that broadcasts sports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It broadcast NHL games from 1983-86 and from 1993-2004."@en . "English"@en . . . . "ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father, Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO (and later became the United States Football League's first commissioner). George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998; since March 3, 2003, he has been the head of ABC Sports as well, which has since been rebranded as ESPN on ABC (though ABC Sports still legally has a separate existence). 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