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ESPN is a USA TV network covering Sports News.

ESPN, originally known as the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network which broadcasts sports-related programming 24 hours a day. Describing itself as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports," ESPN covers all aspects of sports: stories, news, analysis and game coverage. ESPN was founded by Bill Rasmussen and his son Scott, and launched on September 7, 1979. The network broadcasts primarily from its studios in Bristol, Connecticut, although it has offices across the United States.

ESPN is a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (80% ownership) and Hearst Corporation (20%). Walt Disney also owns the ABC Television Network, and today ABC Sports is operated entirely by ESPN.

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Disney and Comcast Reach Long-Term Distribution Agreement
-- January 4, 2012: The deal with Comcast Corporation includes some 70 services and channels of the Walt Disney Company, which owns ESPN. A statement from Disney indicates that the agreement will extend for at least the next eight...

George Bodenheimer Named ESPN Executive Chairman
-- John Skipper replaces Bodenheimer as ESPN's president. Walt Disney Company president and CEO Robert A. Iger announced the appointments on November 22, 2011. As executive chairman, Bodenheimer will continue to chair ESPN’s...

ESPN Bounces Hank Williams, Jr., Who Says He Quit
-- It's hard to tell exactly who fired the final, fatal shot first in the case of Williams and ESPN. The sports network had pulled the singer's song from Monday Night Football, where it had led the broadcast for some 20 years, after...

ESPN Yanks Williams Song Over Controversial Remarks
-- For the last couple of decades, Monday Night Football has opened each telecast with a video montage underscored by a Hank Williams, Jr. song. After Williams compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler on Fox News Channel's "Fox...

ESPN Pays $500 Million for 12 Years at Wimbledon
-- The sports network announced on July 5, 2011 that it has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to the British tennis championships, beginning in 2012. This marks the end of the long relationship between NBC Sports and the All England...

ESPN Expected to Dominate Olympics Bidding
-- In the wake of the unexpected departure of NBC Sports' Dick Ebersol, the cable sports network is considered the frontrunner to secure broadcasting rights for the Winter and Summer Olympics. Fox Sports kicks off the bidding...

Pass the Potato(e) Chips
-- Spelling Is a Spectator Sport -- ESPN will televise the semifinals and championship finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the E.W. Scripps Company announced on May 3, 2011. The 275...

-- March 9, 2011 -- Amy Rosenfeld is now coordinating producer of ESPN's soccer coverage. She was previously a producer there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, March 9, 2011

Poynter Review Project to Launch with ESPN
-- Panel of faculty will review ESPN content across all platforms and publicly comment on ESPN's efforts, the Poynter Institute announced on February 24, 2011: "This will include monthly essays and additional timely...

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