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1) Those guys have all the fun: inside the world of ESPN

Author

Miller, James A

Pub. Date

2011.

Physical Description

xv, 763 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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Presents the history of sports channel ESPN based on interviews with nearly five hundred current and former employees, featuring announcers and analysts as well as sports stars including LeBron James, Peyton Manning, and Jeff Gordon.

2) Skating on air: the broadcast history of an Olympic marquee sport

Author

Lawrence, Kelli

Pub. Date

[2011]

Physical Description

ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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"This text examines the ways in which media attention has gradually altered and affected the sport. The topic is illuminated by more than 30 interviews with commentators, skaters, producers, directors and others. Appendices include anecdotes from early broadcasting experiences; a profile of broadcaster Jim McKay; and commentary on Carol Heiss' 1961 musical Snow White and the Three Stooges"--Provided by publisher.

3) The big show: inside ESPN's SportsCenter

Author

Olbermann, Keith

Pub. Date

[1997]

Physical Description

xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

4) ESPN ultimate highlight reel: the 365 wildest, weirdest, most unforgettable SportsCenter moments of all time

Pub. Date

̧2006.

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 x 25 cm

Language

English

5) Up close and personal: the inside story of network television sports

Author

Spence, Jim

Pub. Date

[1988]

Physical Description

x, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Language

English

6) Annual report of the Federal Communications Commission on the effect of Public law 93-107, the Sports antiblackout law, on the broadcasting of sold-out home games of...

Author

United States. Federal Communications Commission

Pub. Date

1974

Physical Description

volumes ; 24 cm

Language

English

7) Cosell

Author

Cosell, Howard

Pub. Date

1973]

Physical Description

ix, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

8) "The thrill of victory": the inside story of ABC sports

Author

Sugar, Bert Randolph

Pub. Date

1978.

Physical Description

xviii, 342 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

9) Instant replay: the day that changed sports forever

Author

Verna, Tony

Pub. Date

[2008]

Physical Description

viii, 216 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

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On December 7, 1963, TV and sports history was made when the first "instant replay" every seen on the air was broadcast during the Army-Navy game.

10) ESPN: the uncensored history

Author

Freeman, Michael

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Description

286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

11) The early days of ESPN: 300 daydreams and nightmares

Author

Fox, Peter

Pub. Date

[2024]

Physical Description

xx, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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"The story of the early days at ESPN, told by one of its founders, and how a conversation over a couple of martinis in 1978 led to the creation of a broadcast juggernaut"--

12) ESPN: the making of a sports media empire

Author

Vogan, Travis

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Description

viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

13) Monday night football: 1981 season

Author

Fox, Larry

Series

A Norback book

Pub. Date

[1981]

Physical Description

151 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

14) Armchair cricket, 1968

Series

British Broadcasting Corporation. Publications

Pub. Date

1968.

Physical Description

142 pages : illustrations.

Language

English

15) Every town is a sports town: business leadership at ESPN, from the mailroom to the boardroom

Author

Bodenheimer, George

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Description

viii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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"ESPN's rise is one of the most remarkable stories about business and sports in our time, and nobody can tell it better than George Bodenheimer. It may be hard to believe, but not long ago, getting sports updates was difficult and frustrating. ESPN changed everything. George Bodenheimer knows. Initially hired to work in the mailroom, one of Bodenheimer's first jobs was to pick up sportscaster Dick Vitale at the Hartford airport and drive him to ESPN's...