Lyons Press
The Early Days of ESPN : 300 Daydreams and Nightmares
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9781493079575
ISBN13:
9781493079575
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The Early Days of ESPN : 300 Daydreams and Nightmares
$29.95
$27.45
Sale 8%
The tales of early ESPN people who gambled their careers while critics carped that "all-sports television will never work" are full of guile, luck, fear, fun, and unbridled optimism. As ESPN's founding executive producer, Peter Fox was privy to some spectacular professional efforts by a cadre of Connecticut locals who made the dream real. The first 300 days of the fledgling network were filled with mayhem, on-air gaffes, and the slowest instant replay in television. What started as a humble idea in the late spring of 1978 to capitalize on the brand-new mania for UConn men's basketball soon morphed into ESPN and a plan to begin airing a series of "test broadcasts" in the fall. This is 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.
| Author: Peter Fox |
| Publisher: Lyons Press |
| Publication Date: Jun 04, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1493079573 |
| ISBN-13: 9781493079575 |
