Happy Birthday To ESPN

Posted: September 7, 2023 at 6:09 am

On this day in 1979, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as simply ESPN, was officially launched. The first-ever all-sports cable network signed on with the debut of SportsCenter hosted by Lee Leonard and George Grande. Following SportsCenter was the coverage of a slow-pitch softball game. Actually, it was a softball double-header. So you can see that the network has certainly come a long way.

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