| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xv, 763 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Physical Medium |
regular print |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Blood: 1978-1979 -- The utility of daring: 1980-1986 -- Ripeness is all: 1987-1991 -- Manifest destiny 1992-1994 -- Jonah: 1995-2000 -- The garden of forking paths: 2001-2004 -- Reconciling the dream: 2005-2008 -- Parade of horribles: 2009 and beyond. |
| Subject |
ESPN (Television network)
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ESPN (Television network) |
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Television broadcasting of sports -- United States.
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Television broadcasting of sports. |
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United States. |
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Sportscasters -- United States -- Interviews.
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Sportscasters. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Shales, Tom.
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| ISBN |
9780316043007 (hardback) |
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0316043001 (hardback) |
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9780316178105 (large print) |
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0316178101 (large print) |
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9780316043014 (pb) |
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031604301X (pb) |
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