SportsNewser ESPN set to honor 50th anniversary of Wide World of Sports By Cam Martin on Apr. 21, 2011 - 2:42 PM Long before ESPN came to dominate the sports television landscape, the weekly catnip for sports enthusiasts was ABC’s Wide World of Sports, with its “thrill of victory and agony of defeat.” Starting Friday ESPN w ...
SportsNewser ESPN, Big East Discussing Media Rights Extension By Marcus Vanderberg on Apr. 19, 2011 - 1:38 AM ESPN and the Big East Conference are in talks to extend their media deal, according to John Ourand and Michael Smith of Sports Business Journal. The current deal ends after the 2013 college football season and the extension that&# ...
