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date: 23 June 2025

ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Network) 

Source:
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport
Author(s):
Russ CrawfordRuss CRAWFORD

Since 1979, ESPN has transformed the way that people in the United States, and now a global audience, view sports. Sports Center, the flagship program of the network, has contributed to the English language and created an on-the-edge reporting style. From its humble and precarious beginning, the network has become a global leviathan that includes broadcasting, publishing, filmmaking, and more. ...

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