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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Information available  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Fox, Peter, 1942– author.  \nTitle: The early days of ESPN : 300 daydreams and nightmares / [Peter Fox] .  \nOther titles: Early days of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network  \nDescription: Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2024] | Summary: “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”—Provided by publisher.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2023050397 (print) | LCCN 2023050398 (ebook) | ISBN 9781493079575 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781493079582 (electronic)  \nSubjects: LCSH: ESPN (Television network)—History. | Television broadcasting of sports—History. Classification: LCC GV742.3 .F69 2024 (print) | LCC GV742.3 (ebook) | DDC 384.55/540973--  \ndc23/eng/20231201  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2023050397](https://lccn.loc.gov/2023050397)  \nLC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2023050398](https://lccn.loc.gov/2023050398)  \nThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISOZ39 .48-1992.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nINSPIRATION  \nI call us ’SPNauts. We are ESPN’s founding worker bees.  \nOur stories are worth telling.  \nSo we did.  \nAnd then sports fans everywhere Became our ground control.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword by Bill Rasmussen ix Foreword by Barbara Bodnar xi Preface xiii  \nPrologue xv  \nCHAPTER 1: Who Knew? 1  \nCHAPTER 2: Of Course We Can 47  \nCHAPTER 3: By George 53  \nCHAPTER 4: Flood the Zone 63  \nCHAPTER 5: SportsCenter 75  \nCHAPTER 6: Two Famous Faces, a Ghost, and a Posse 91  \nCHAPTER 7: Ladies of the Night 105  \nCHAPTER 8: Mad Men and Porn 115  \nCHAPTER 9: Naughty 121  \nCHAPTER 10: Afterglow 125  \nCHAPTER 11: Homegrown and Other Presidents 133  \nCHAPTER 12: Ground Control 137  \nCHAPTER 13: Family Affair 141  \nCHAPTER 14: Too Good to Miss 147  \nCHAPTER 15: A Privileged Pedestal 151 What Does the Future Hold? 169 Acknowledgments 177  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)","cbCaiqdSA1T4jsyc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqdSA1T4jsyc","pdf",13037015,168,"English","# Foreword by Bill Rasmussen\n# Foreword by Barbara Bodnar\n# Preface\n# Prologue\n# Chapter 1: Who Knew?\n# Chapter 2: Of Course We Can\n# Chapter 3: By George\n# Chapter 4: Flood the Zone\n# Chapter 5: SportsCenter\n# Chapter 6: Two Famous Faces, a Ghost, and a Posse\n# Chapter 7: Ladies of the Night\n# Chapter 8: Mad Men and Porn\n# Chapter 9: Naughty\n# Chapter 10: Afterglow\n# Chapter 11: Homegrown and Other Presidents\n# Chapter 12: Ground Control\n# Chapter 13: Family Affair\n# Chapter 14: Too Good to Miss\n# Chapter 15: A Privileged Pedestal\n# What Does the Future Hold?\n# Acknowledgments","[{\"question\":\"Who narrates the story of ESPN’s early days?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative is told by Peter Fox, a founder of ESPN.\"},{\"question\":\"What sparked the creation of ESPN according to the book’s summary?\",\"answer\":\"A conversation in 1978 over a couple of martinis led to the creation of the broadcast network.\"},{\"question\":\"Which early programming moment receives dedicated coverage?\",\"answer\":\"SportsCenter is covered as a central development in the network’s early evolution.\"}]","The Early Days of ESPN - 300 Daydreams and Nightmares | PDF",423]