Talk:ESPN

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ESPN was also launched in India. need to include that somehow - Hemanshu 00:36, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Vandalism

I spotted vandalism in the Intro im removing it immediately.--Primetimeking (talk) 04:18, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ESPN IN LATIN AMERICA

ESPN has been broadcasting in Spanish for Latin America since mid 90's Don't know if the name was "ESPN Deportes" since then, but it's a fact that the is the same channel.. and it is not from 2004, it must have been here for 15 Years... I will investigate and correct the information...

Look in the espn media kit and click on espn deportes and it says launched on january 4, 2004.

[edit] New Addition

I added some shows that personalities are famous for being on. As you can see the list is incomplete: help me complete it.ChicosBailBonds

[edit] Where to add Jayski's Silly Season Site?

On that site today (www.jayski.com), one of the highlights was that ESPN has now bought the site (it is a link on the front page). Where should it be categorized? AEMoreira042281 01:44, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personalities

Can we include a section on the years they were at the network

How about instead of this, make it a seperate page?


I have added a bunch of names and more are on the way and with all these names i think its best to dividde the names by every 4 letters.

[edit] Events

I moved the "Events" section to a different page because it is going to end up getting to long, just look at the "See Also" part and it will have a link.

[edit] Attribution/AfD results

Material with respect to the ESPN forums was merged into this page per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ESPN forums. Edit history for that material can be found in that redirect's history. BD2412 T 18:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song "ESPN"

The comedy-folk band Modern Man had a song called "ESPN" on their "Wide Album". It starts with the explanation that a divorce lawsuit was launched because the wife complained that her husband watched too much ESPN. "ESPN, ESPN/You're the reason I'm single again/ Life is for losers, sports is your friend/ And who's got more sports on than ESPN?"

[edit] Huh?

What's with the Mr. Belvadere stuff on here?

And what about the chair-throwing indicent that happened at the ESPN sports studios in 1979, when the network was just beginning. I was not born to have seen that. If ESPN could have broadcast that indicent for only 1:22.

--65.54.97.194 06:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

--65.54.97.194 06:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Can we include some of the shows that are or were on ESPN

like stump the shump, etc. GrandWizard 08:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logo

  • I somehow assume that ESPN started using their currrent logo in 1984. Is this true? WizardDuck 17:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

No, they started using their current logo circa 2002. Their previous known logos were of their current logo inside an oval-like thing and before that it's unknown. Here is an example of their previous logo [1] 71.99.83.251 22:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Actually, based on my assumptions, ESPN started using that in 1998. The oval wasn't there before then. The oval was ditched around 2002-2003. WizardDuck 03:58, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism page

There should be a criticism page. ESPN gets criticised all the time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.122.109 (talk) 19:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

Good idea, but with differing opinions, this could become very POV. Any criticism would have to be sourced, and not just some one's opinion.24.158.102.32 17:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

The things that ESPN usually gets criticised are the catch phrases, extensive football coverage, red sox/yankees bias, ACC bias. there are articles over the internet with them.

This might be true, but currently there are NO sources and it comes off as very POV —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Carl Von Clausewitz (talk • contribs) 08:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC).

Oh, by the way, YOU NEED TO SIGN YOUR COMMENTS. But anyway, I could probably find a few sources for criticism. And I don't mean to bore you, but I'm HIGHLY critical of the network's bias. 71.99.83.251 22:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

well i hate their red sox bias being a yankees fan (67.86.122.109 22:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Executives

I find it odd that a list of executives is being required to be verified by a source. Maybe whoever added the tag should actually go to ESPN.com or the Disney company site and look it up. - Desmond Hobson 21:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] criticism section

I noticed that an anon. user deleted my comments regarding Big Ten bias in college football. Was this because that user disagrees or because the comment was unsourced. I could find a source if necessary, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this. havardj

[edit] ESPN Significant programming rights -- Little League World Series

I noted that ESPN2 first broadcast the Little League World Series in 1997 (ABC first broadcast in 1963, but that doesn't count). If anyone knows when the LLWS got from ESPN2 to ESPN, that would be a useful contribution to the article. Baileypalblue 22:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the ESPN joke in Mean Girls

why isn't the bit in Mean Girls refernced in this page. the bit featured Cady Heron (played by Lindsay Lohan) talks to Karen Smith (played by Amanda Seyfried) which at this scene they made an ESP/ESPN joke. why isn't that mentioned on here.

It's in the "popular culture" section. Udonknome 21:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ABC/Disney's purchase of ESPN

It'd be nice if this was mentioned. Anyone know the details?

[edit] Revolutionizing College Basketball

The game broadcasts were extensive and helped college basketball gain a larger audience. This is commented as citation needed. All I remember is that if you wanted to watch the Arizona/Princeton (1/16) game, you could do it on ESPN and now you are lucky to see highlights of it on the web.

[edit] Does anyone know if the ESPN Zone restaurants are profitable?

[edit] Early days of ESPN

I have heard that at first, in its very very early days, ESPN wasn't entirely devoted to sports, but had other types of programs as well. This would explain the name "Entertainment AND Sports Network". Unfortunately, I don't have any citation for this. I think they may have had the sorts of programs that later ended up on "A&E".--KEVP 9/26/07 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.8.4.137 (talk) 00:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I recall for a time there was a two-hour block of financial news in mid-mornings. I think it was called Biznet but I'm not 100% certain. (This was before the existence of CNBC.) It wasn't produced by ESPN, but by an outside organization which bought the time block from ESPN. — Michael J 05:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Happy 3rd anniversary to Crawford and Jacobson!

the brodcasting duo will celebrate their anniversary in March 2008 because they did Cold Pizza together, they did First Take together & they host '08 rose parade on ABC back on 1/1/08. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.237.220.220 (talk) 01:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

At a roast for co-workers Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic in January 2008, an intoxicated Dana Jacobson cursed the University of Notre Dame, Touchdown Jesus, and Jesus Christ. [1]. ESPN has released a statement apologizing for any offense given to the Notre Dame Football program while not specifically addressing the remarks that Jacobson made nor releasing any video or transcripts of her remarks.