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218 relations: A&E (TV network), ABC News (United States), Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, ACC Network, Active Format Description, American Athletic Conference, American Broadcasting Company, Anheuser-Busch, Apple TV, Around the Horn, Association football, Atlantic Coast Conference, Auto racing, Baseball, Baseball Tonight, Big 12 Conference, Bill Rasmussen, BMX, Boxing on ESPN, Brian Bedol, Bristol, Connecticut, Broadcast syndication, Cable television in the United States, Capital Cities/ABC, Caribbean, Charlotte, North Carolina, China, College baseball, College basketball, College Football Playoff, College GameDay (basketball TV program), College GameDay (football TV program), College ice hockey, College sports, Conflict of interest, Criticism of ESPN, Danny Kanell, Daryl Morey, Deadline Hollywood, Deadspin, Desktop computer, Detroit Pistons, Dick Vitale, DirecTV Stream, Disney Channel, Disney Jr., Disney XD, E:60, Ed Werder, English language, ... Expand index (168 more) »
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A&E (TV network)
A&E is an American basic cable network and the flagship television property of A&E Networks. ESPN and A&E (TV network) are television networks in the United States.
ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.
See ESPN and ABC News (United States)
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film is an award for documentary films.
See ESPN and Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
ACC Network
ACC Network (ACCN) is an American multinational subscription-television channel owned and operated by ESPN Inc. Dedicated to coverage of the Atlantic Coast Conference, it was announced in July 2016 and launched on August 22, 2019. ESPN and ACC Network are ESPN media outlets and sports television networks in the United States.
Active Format Description
In television technology, Active Format Description (AFD) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and other active picture characteristics.
See ESPN and Active Format Description
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate athletic conference in The United States of America featuring 13 full member universities and six affiliate member universities that compete in The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
See ESPN and American Athletic Conference
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ESPN and American Broadcasting Company are 1996 mergers and acquisitions, Disney television networks, television networks in the United States and the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
See ESPN and American Broadcasting Company
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Apple TV
Apple TV is a digital media player and microconsole developed and marketed by Apple.
Around the Horn
Around the Horn (ATH) is an American sports roundtable discussion show, conducted in the style of a panel game, produced by ESPN.
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
See ESPN and Association football
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the United States.
See ESPN and Atlantic Coast Conference
Auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Baseball Tonight
Baseball Tonight is an American television program that airs on ESPN.
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.
See ESPN and Big 12 Conference
Bill Rasmussen
William F. Rasmussen (born October 15, 1932) is an American sports director, and one of the founders of ESPN, along with Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.
BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
See ESPN and BMX
Boxing on ESPN
The cable television network ESPN has occasionally broadcast boxing events over the majority of its history, as part of several arrangements, including contracts with specific promotions and consortiums such as Golden Boy Promotions, Premier Boxing Champions, and Top Rank, as well as Friday Night Fights—a semi-regular series that was broadcast by ESPN and ESPN2 from 1998 through 2015.
Brian Bedol
Brian Bedol is an American television executive, entrepreneur, and founder of the sports television channels Classic Sports Network and College Sports Television.
Bristol, Connecticut
Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, southwest-west of Hartford.
See ESPN and Bristol, Connecticut
Broadcast syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast television shows or radio programs to multiple television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air on.
See ESPN and Broadcast syndication
Cable television in the United States
Cable television first became available in the United States in 1948.
See ESPN and Cable television in the United States
Capital Cities/ABC
Capital Cities/ABC Inc. was an American media company. ESPN and Capital Cities/ABC are 1996 mergers and acquisitions.
See ESPN and Capital Cities/ABC
Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.
See ESPN and Charlotte, North Carolina
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
See ESPN and China
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played by student-athletes at institutions of higher education.
College basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
See ESPN and College basketball
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of college football competition in the United States.
See ESPN and College Football Playoff
College GameDay (basketball TV program)
College GameDay (branded as ESPN College GameDay covered by State Farm for sponsorship reasons) is an ESPN program that covers college basketball and is a spin-off of the successful college football version.
See ESPN and College GameDay (basketball TV program)
College GameDay (football TV program)
College GameDay (branded as ESPN College GameDay built by The Home Depot for sponsorship reasons) is a pre-game show broadcast by ESPN as part of the network's coverage of college football, broadcast on Saturday mornings during the college football season.
See ESPN and College GameDay (football TV program)
College ice hockey
College ice hockey is played principally in the United States and Canada, though leagues exist outside North America.
See ESPN and College ice hockey
College sports
College sports or college athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games.
Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.
See ESPN and Conflict of interest
Criticism of ESPN
Throughout its history, ESPN and its sister networks have been the targets of criticism for programming choices, biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts.
See ESPN and Criticism of ESPN
Danny Kanell
Daniel Kanell (born November 21, 1973) is an American sports broadcaster and former professional football player who is employed by CBS Sports and SiriusXM as an on-air personality.
Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born September 14, 1972) is an American basketball executive who is the president of basketball operations of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Deadline Hollywood
Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.
See ESPN and Deadline Hollywood
Deadspin
Deadspin is a sports blog founded by Will Leitch in 2005 and based in Chicago.
Desktop computer
A desktop computer (often abbreviated desktop) is a personal computer designed for regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed to a portable computer) due to its size and power requirements.
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit.
Dick Vitale
Richard John Vitale (born June 9, 1939), also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly DirecTV Now and AT&T TV) is a family of streaming multichannel television services offered in the United States by DirecTV.
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and Disney Channel are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
Disney Jr.
Disney Jr. (formerly Disney Junior visually) is an American pay television network owned by the Disney Entertainment unit of the Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. ESPN and Disney Jr. are Disney television networks.
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and Disney XD are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
E:60
E:60 is an American sports newsmagazine broadcast by ESPN.
See ESPN and E:60
Ed Werder
Ed Werder (born May 3, 1960) is an American sports reporter.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
ESPN BottomLine
BottomLine is ESPN's lower third sports information ticker.
ESPN College Basketball
ESPN College Basketball is a blanket title used for presentations of college basketball on ESPN and its family of networks (including ABC since 2006).
See ESPN and ESPN College Basketball
ESPN Deportes
ESPN Deportes is an American multinational Spanish-language pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN and ESPN Deportes are ESPN media outlets and the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
ESPN Events
ESPN Events is an American multinational sporting event promoter owned by ESPN Inc. It is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and shares its operations with SEC Network and formerly with ESPNU. ESPN and ESPN Events are ESPN media outlets and sports television networks in the United States.
ESPN Films
ESPN Films, formerly known as ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE), is an American production company which produces and distributes sports films and documentaries. ESPN and ESPN Films are ESPN media outlets.
ESPN Inc.
ESPN Inc. is an American multinational sports media conglomerate majority-owned by the Walt Disney Company, with Hearst Communications as an equity stakeholder. ESPN and ESPN Inc. are 1979 establishments in Connecticut.
ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC (formerly known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006) is the branding used for sports event and documentary programming televised by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. ESPN and ESPN on ABC are ESPN media outlets.
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. ESPN and ESPN Radio are ESPN media outlets.
ESPN Sunday Night Football
ESPN Sunday Night Football was the ESPN cable network's weekly television broadcasts of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL) games.
See ESPN and ESPN Sunday Night Football
ESPN+
ESPN+ is an American over-the-top subscription video streaming service available in the United States, owned by the ESPN division of the Walt Disney Company, in partnership with ESPN Inc., which is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).
See ESPN and ESPN+
ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN. ESPN and ESPN.com are ESPN media outlets.
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN and ESPN2 are ESPN media outlets, sports television networks in the United States, television networks in the United States and the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
See ESPN and ESPN2
ESPN3
ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360 and ESPN3.com) is an online streaming service owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications (which holds the remaining 20% interest), that provides live streams and replays of global sports events to sports fans in the United States. ESPN and ESPN3 are ESPN media outlets.
See ESPN and ESPN3
ESPNews
ESPNews (pronounced "ESPN News," stylized ESPNEWS) is an American multinational digital cable and satellite television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN and ESPNews are ESPN media outlets, sports television networks in the United States and the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
See ESPN and ESPNews
ESPNU
ESPNU is an American multinational digital cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN and ESPNU are ESPN media outlets and the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
See ESPN and ESPNU
Extreme sport
Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death.
Fast Company
Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design.
First Take (talk show)
First Take is an American sports talk television program on ESPN.
See ESPN and First Take (talk show)
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City.
See ESPN and Fortune (magazine)
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. ESPN and fox Sports are sports television networks in the United States.
Fox Sports (United States)
Fox Sports, stylized in all caps, is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by the Fox broadcast network, Fox Sports 1 (FS1), Fox Sports 2 (FS2), and the Fox Sports Radio network.
See ESPN and Fox Sports (United States)
Freeform (TV channel)
Freeform is an American basic cable channel owned and operated by ABC Family Worldwide, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of the Walt Disney Company. ESPN and Freeform (TV channel) are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
See ESPN and Freeform (TV channel)
FuboTV
FuboTV Inc., operating as FuboTV or Fubo (stylized in lowercase), is an American streaming television service serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Spain and based in Midtown Manhattan.
See ESPN and FuboTV
Fullscreen (aspect ratio)
Fullscreen (or full screen) refers to the 4:3 (1.:1) aspect ratio of early standard television screens and computer monitors.
See ESPN and Fullscreen (aspect ratio)
FX (TV channel)
FX (Fox eXtended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and FX (TV channel) are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
FX Movie Channel
FX Movie Channel (FXM) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and FX Movie Channel are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
FXX
FXX is an American basic cable channel owned by the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company through FX Networks, LLC. ESPN and FXX are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
See ESPN and FXX
Get Up (TV program)
Get Up is an American sports talk morning television program hosted by Mike Greenberg that airs weekdays on ESPN.
See ESPN and Get Up (TV program)
Getty Oil
Getty Oil Company was an American oil marketing company with its origins as part of the large integrated oil company founded by J. Paul Getty.
Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Entertainment (later named Caesars Entertainment Corporation, previously The Promus Companies) was an American casino and hotel company founded in Reno, Nevada, and based in Paradise, Nevada, that operated over 50 properties and seven golf courses under several brands.
See ESPN and Harrah's Entertainment
Hartford Whalers
The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its 25-year existence in Hartford, Connecticut. ESPN and Hartford Whalers are 1979 establishments in Connecticut.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Hearst and formerly known as Hearst Corporation) is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
See ESPN and Hearst Communications
High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
See ESPN and High-definition television
History Channel
History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division. ESPN and History Channel are Peabody Award winners and television networks in the United States.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston.
Hulu
Hulu (styled hulu in its logo) is an American subscription streaming media and content hub within the Disney+ streaming service owned by The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and hulu are the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
See ESPN and Hulu
Ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.
Independent station
An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast network.
See ESPN and Independent station
Intentional Talk
Intentional Talk is an hour long (during the regular season) and a 30-minute-long (during the offseason) talk show shown live Monday-Friday at 5:00 ET (during the regular season) or at 3:30 ET (during the offseason) on MLB Network.
Investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing.
See ESPN and Investigative journalism
J Sports
J Sports is a group of four sports satellite TV channels in Japan produced and broadcast by Jupiter Sports. ESPN and j Sports are ESPN media outlets.
James Pitaro
James Pitaro is an American media executive and attorney.
Jayson Stark
Jayson Stark (born July 19, 1951) is an American sportswriter and author who covers baseball for The Athletic.
John Skipper
John Skipper is an American television executive, former executive chairman of DAZN Group, former president of ESPN, and co-founder of Meadowlark Media.
Joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.
Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
Letterboxing (filming)
Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.
See ESPN and Letterboxing (filming)
Lifetime (TV network)
Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and Lifetime (TV network) are 1996 mergers and acquisitions and television networks in the United States.
See ESPN and Lifetime (TV network)
List of ESPN personalities
Present television personalities on the ESPN network.
See ESPN and List of ESPN personalities
List of sports television channels
Sports channels are television speciality channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming.
See ESPN and List of sports television channels
LMN (TV channel)
LMN, an initialism for the Lifetime Movie Network, also known as Lifetime Movies, is an American pay television network launched on June 29, 1998 and owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Communications. ESPN and LMN (TV channel) are television networks in the United States.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Los Angeles Angels
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.
See ESPN and Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
See ESPN and Los Angeles Times
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.
See ESPN and Major League Baseball
Maxx Zoom
Maxx Zoom is a camera system used by ESPN for creating close-up replays on Monday Night Football.
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Its current 13 full members are located in five Northeastern states: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.
See ESPN and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Miami
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.
See ESPN and Miami
Michael Wilbon
Michael Wilbon (born) is an American commentator for ESPN and former sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Post.
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.
See ESPN and Mid-American Conference
Mike & Mike
Mike & Mike (formerly Mike & Mike in the Morning) was an American sports-talk radio show that was hosted by Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on ESPN networks from 2000–2017.
MLB Network
The MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. ESPN and MLB Network are sports television networks in the United States.
Mobile app
A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.
Mobile ESPN
Mobile ESPN was a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) run by The Walt Disney Company using Sprint's EVDO wireless network from November 25, 2005, until December 2006. ESPN and mobile ESPN are ESPN media outlets.
Mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers.
See ESPN and Mobile virtual network operator
Molly Qerim
Molly Ann Qerim (born March 31, 1984) is an American television personality and host of ESPN's First Take.
Monday Night Countdown
Monday Night Countdown (officially Monday Night Countdown presented by Panera) is an American pregame television program that is broadcast on ESPN, preceding its coverage of Monday Night Football.
See ESPN and Monday Night Countdown
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football (often abbreviated as MNF) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that primarily broadcast on Monday nights.
See ESPN and Monday Night Football
Motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV (stylized as myNetworkTV; unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its Fox Television Stations division, and distributed through the syndication structure of Fox First Run. ESPN and myNetworkTV are television networks in the United States.
Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). ESPN and Nat Geo Wild are Disney television networks and television networks in the United States.
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry".
See ESPN and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
See ESPN and National Basketball Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.
See ESPN and National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
See ESPN and National Football League
National Geographic (American TV channel)
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment. ESPN and National Geographic (American TV channel) are Disney television networks, Peabody Award winners and television networks in the United States.
See ESPN and National Geographic (American TV channel)
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
See ESPN and National Hockey League
NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. ESPN and NBC are television networks in the United States.
See ESPN and NBC
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States.
See ESPN and NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
See ESPN and NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, 468 U.S. 85 (1984), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) television plan violated the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts, which were designed to prohibit group actions that restrained open competition and trade.
See ESPN and NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
New York Post
The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.
News magazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio, or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events.
News ticker
A news ticker (sometimes called a crawler, crawl, slide, zipper, or ticker tape) is a horizontal or vertical (depending on a language's writing system) text-based display either in the form of a graphic that typically resides in the lower third of the screen space on a television station or network (usually during news programming) or as a long, thin scoreboard-style display seen around the facades of some offices or public buildings dedicated to presenting headlines or minor pieces of news.
NFL draft
The NFL draft, officially known as the Annual Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the National Football League.
Nine for IX
Nine for IX is the title for a series of documentary films which aired on ESPN.
O.J.: Made in America
O.J.: Made in America is a 2016 American documentary, produced and directed by Ezra Edelman for ESPN Films and their 30 for 30 series.
See ESPN and O.J.: Made in America
Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
See ESPN and Oceania
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.
Over-the-top media service
Over-the-top (OTT) media service refers to a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet, typically provided by third-parties without the involvement or control by an Internet service provider (ISP).
See ESPN and Over-the-top media service
Pardon the Interruption
Pardon the Interruption (abbreviated PTI) is an American sports talk television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels.
See ESPN and Pardon the Interruption
Penn Entertainment
Penn Entertainment, Inc., formerly Penn National Gaming, is an American entertainment company and operator of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gambling.
See ESPN and Penn Entertainment
Plainville, Connecticut
Plainville is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
See ESPN and Plainville, Connecticut
Press conference
A press conference, also called news conference or press briefing, is a media event in which notable individuals or organizations invite journalists to hear them speak and ask questions.
Professional boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing.
See ESPN and Professional boxing
Progressive scan
Progressive scanning (alternatively referred to as noninterlaced scanning) is a format of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in sequence.
Réseau des sports
Réseau des sports (RDS) is a Canadian French language discretionary specialty channel oriented towards sports and sport-related shows.
See ESPN and Réseau des sports
Roku
Roku is a brand owned by the American tech company Roku, Inc.
See ESPN and Roku
Satellite dish
A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite.
Scott Rasmussen
Scott William Rasmussen (born March 30, 1956) is an American public opinion pollster and political analyst.
Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
See ESPN and Seattle
SEC Network
SEC Network (SECN) is an American multinational sports network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications (which holds the remaining 20% interest). ESPN and SEC Network are ESPN media outlets and sports television networks in the United States.
Simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously).
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation.
Sling TV
Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dish Network.
Smartphone
A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.
Snapchat
Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet.
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States.
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Sports betting
Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.
Sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events.
SportsCenter
SportsCenter (SC) is an American daily sports news television program that serves as the flagship program and brand of American cable and satellite television network ESPN.
Standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.
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Stephen A. Smith
Stephen Anthony Smith (born October 14, 1967) is an American sports television personality, sports radio host, and sports journalist.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976.
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Sunday NFL Countdown
Sunday NFL Countdown (branded as Sunday NFL Countdown presented by Snickers for sponsorship reasons) is an American pre-game show broadcast by ESPN as part of the network's coverage of the National Football League.
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Sunday Night Baseball
Sunday Night Baseball is an exclusive weekly telecast of a Major League Baseball game that airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN during the regular season.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Tablet computer
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.
TBS (American TV channel)
TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System), stylized as tbs, is an American basic cable television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. ESPN and TBS (American TV channel) are television networks in the United States.
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Texas Longhorns
The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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The CW
The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as the CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75-percent ownership interest. ESPN and the CW are television networks in the United States.
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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd is an American sports talk radio show hosted by Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1.
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The Linq
The Linq (formerly Flamingo Capri, Imperial Palace and The Quad) is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ESPN and The New York Times are Peabody Award winners.
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The Pat McAfee Show
The Pat McAfee Show is a three-hour daily sports talk show hosted by WWE commentator and former National Football League punter Pat McAfee on ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN's YouTube channel, and McAfee's own YouTube channel.
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The Sports Network
The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by CTV Specialty Television, owned jointly by Bell Media (70%) and ESPN Inc. (30%), itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. ESPN and The Sports Network are ESPN media outlets.
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The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. ESPN and the Washington Post are Peabody Award winners.
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This Just In with Max Kellerman
This Just In with Max Kellerman was an American television sports talk program on ESPN, hosted by Max Kellerman.
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Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company.
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TNT (American TV network)
TNT (originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery that launched on October 3, 1988. ESPN and TNT (American TV network) are television networks in the United States.
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TNT Sports (United States)
TNT Sports (formerly known as Turner Sports from 1995 to 2022, and as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports from 2022 to 2023) is the division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in the United States that is responsible for sports broadcasts on its parent company's streaming service, Max, and primarily the TruTV, TBS, and TNT cable channels.
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Tony Kornheiser
Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (born July 13, 1948) is an American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter and columnist.
Trent Dilfer
(Aptos, California) | college.
TV Everywhere
TV Everywhere (also known as authenticated streaming or authenticated video on-demand) refers to a type of American subscription business model wherein access to streaming video content from a television channel requires users to "authenticate" themselves as current subscribers to the channel, via an account provided by their participating pay television provider, in order to access the content.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Ultra-high-definition television
Ultra-high-definition television (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, UHDTV, UHD and Super Hi-Vision) today includes 4K UHD and 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats with an aspect ratio of 16:9.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.
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USA Network
USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. ESPN and USA Network are television networks in the United States.
Venu Sports
Venu Sports, or simply Venu, is a proposed sports-focused streaming service in the United States, to be operated as a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (via its majority-owned subsidiary ESPN Inc.), Fox Corporation (owner of Fox Sports), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD, owner of TNT Sports).
Verizon (mobile network)
Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name Verizon Wireless.
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Vice TV
Vice TV (also known as Vice on TV, or simply Vice, and formerly known as Viceland) is an American basic cable television channel that launched on February 29, 2016.
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Walt Disney Television
The first and original incarnation of Walt Disney Television was an American production company and the original/former television production division of the Walt Disney Company which was active from 1983 to 2003. ESPN and Walt Disney Television are the Walt Disney Company subsidiaries.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
WatchESPN
WatchESPN was a branding of the Internet television website and mobile application operated by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Corporation (which holds the remaining 20% interest). ESPN and WatchESPN are ESPN media outlets.
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference.
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Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy (W+K; earlier styled Wieden & Kennedy) is an American advertising agency best known for its work for Nike.
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association (Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979.
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World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment.
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X Games
The X Games are a series of action sports events founded by ESPN Inc..
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Xbox network
The Xbox network, formerly known and commonly referred to as Xbox LIVE, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Gaming for the Xbox brand.
Yahoo! Sports
Yahoo! Sports is a sports news website launched by Yahoo! on December 8, 1997.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is an American streaming television service operated by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.
1987 NFL season
The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League (NFL).
24Kitchen
24Kitchen is a pay television channel that airs both one-time and recurring (episodic) programs about food and cooking, owned by Disney Entertainment. ESPN and 24Kitchen are Disney television networks.
30 for 30
30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history.
480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
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4K resolution
4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels.
720p
720p (720 lines progressive) is a progressive HD signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HD (1.78:1).
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89th Academy Awards
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. PST.
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See also
1979 establishments in Connecticut
- AmeriCares
- ESPN
- ESPN Inc.
- Envipco
- Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Hartford Whalers
- Pomperaug High School
- Roto North America
- UConn Huskies women's soccer
- WDJW
References
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