ESPN ahead of the game
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Twenty-five years ago this Tuesday, a brash startup cable channel with a strange name began broadcasting. Its goal: Provide sports programming 24 hours a day. The concept behind ESPN was solid, but the execution was shaky in those early days of bouncing a signal off a satellite from a half-built building in a muddy field in then-rural Bristol, Conn. Today, ...
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NEW YORK &#151; ESPN is relaunching its shuttered cell phone service through Verizon Wireless, this time delivering its flashy feed of sports scores, news and video highlights through a top industry player instead of competing for subscribers with its own full-blown wireless brand.
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Former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith has been hired by ESPN as a studio analyst for its NFL pregame coverage.
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Before last Saturday&#39;s games were even played, some had written off Oklahoma (8-0, 5-0 in the Big 12) and Texas A&amp;M&#39;s respective opponents and looked ahead to today&#39;s clash in College Station, Texas.
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Variety - NEW YORK -- News Corp. is planning a sports cable network to take on ESPN, but the decision to greenlight the net will hinge on negotiations currently under way with the NFL.
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ESPN, the sports television network that offers viewers shows like ''Around the Horn&quot; and ''Pardon the Interruption,&quot; soon will be letting fans get on the horn and interrupt someone.
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When San Francisco Giants  slugger Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron&#39;s career home-run record,  ESPN and Fox Sports aim to bring the occasion to viewers live  nationwide.
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TODAY'S EVENTS TV RADIO  Baseball  4 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta WGN  7 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Angels FSN 710, 830  Pro Football  4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington ESPN  7:15 p.m.
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TOMORROW AUTO RACING 10 a.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dover 400 practice, Speed 11 a.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Dover 200 qualifying, ESPN2
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We have all of the pertinent data, the ABC coverage map, depth charts and one man&#39;s prediction for Saturday&#39;s game at Iowa (3:30 pm).
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Going in, this looks like a big weekend for the nation&#39;s best two teams. The question is, will it look that way by Saturday night?
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ESPN has to be thanking their lucky stars that they&#39;ve got the &quot;Clash of the Titans&quot; tonight as the Dolphins brace for the 3-11 Browns.
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Editor&#39;s note: ESPN senior NFL writer John Clayton&#39;s weekly &quot;First And 10&quot; column takes you around the league with a look at the best game of the week followed by primers for 10 other games.
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Nov. 30 Boise State (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today, No. 11 AP) is poised to accept a bid to face Louisville the Liberty Bowl on Tuesday, ESPN.
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Team news ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match.
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ESPN, CBS, and Fox will be bringing full-length NCAA football bowl games to Verizon Wireless VCAST TV this month and next. Now fans can argue over who's really #1 on their small screens just as easily as on the big ones.
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Listen up sports fans, ESPN&#39;s about to bring its news, stats, scores, and video - to cell phones. The Disney-owned cable TV powerhouse has inked a deal with Sprint to launch the first ESPN-branded cell phone.