SportsCenter
Summary
SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major sporting events, along with commentary, previews and feature stories. The show has proven highly durable, having been aired more times than any other program in American television, with more than 30,000 unique episodes. It celebrated its 35,000th show in 2009. The show is taped in ESPN's HDTV studio facilities in Bristol, Connecticut and Los Angeles, California.SportsCenter normally airs live on weekdays from 9 AM ET to 3 ET, as well as at 6 ET (typically 60 or 90 minutes), 11 ET and 1 AM ET (typically 60 minutes each).
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Fox Sports 1 to Launch Aug. 17
After months of speculation—and 15 years of behind-the-scenes machinations—Fox Sports on Tuesday officially announced plans to launch a national cable sports network. And while the ultimate goal is to topple ESPN from its pedestal, executives were effusive in their praise of the Bristol juggernaut.
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Fox Sports 1 to Launch August 17
After months of speculation—and 15 years of behind-the-scenes machinations—Fox Sports on Tuesday officially announced plans to launch a national cable sports network. And while the ultimate goal is to topple ESPN from its pedestal, executives were effusive in their praise of the Bristol juggernaut.
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Keith Olbermann Pushing for a Return to ESPN
Sixteen years after leaving ESPN, Keith Olbermann and his representatives have expressed an interest in his returning to ESPN.
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Keith Olbermann Pushing for a Return to ESPN
Sixteen years after leaving ESPN, Keith Olbermann and his representatives have expressed an interest in his returning to ESPN.
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Information Diet: Greg Gumbel
Specs Age 66 Accomplishments Veteran sports announcer for ESPN, CBS and NBC; will lead CBS Sports Network's nightly coverage the week of Super Bowl XLVII Base Fort Lauderdale, Fla. What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I turn on SportsCenter to see what happened overnight. I also read newspapers online.
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The Skipper
Manti Te’o is crazy or stupid, and very possibly both. At present, the only thing the 14 people in an ESPN conference room can agree on is that, for good or ill, the story of the Notre Dame defensive standout and his imaginary dead girlfriend is going to eat up the first quarter hour, give or take, of the evening broadcast.
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Zucker Poaches Rachel Nichols From ESPN
Jeff Zucker has made his first official hire as the new CNN boss, luring long-time ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols to CNN and Turner Sports.
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Media Outlets Defend Being Duped by Te'o Hoax
In the frenzy to cover Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s triumph over tragedy in his final season as a college football player, reporters failed to pick up on one not-so-minor detail: Te’o’s recently-deceased girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, never actually existed. After Deadspin exposed the hoax this past Wednesday, the media outlets that initially covered the Te’o saga scrambled to explain how they had been duped.
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Sports journalism faces moment of truth in week of Lance Armstrong, Manti Te’o hoax
Almost exactly a year ago, “This American Life” did what it did best: ran a story that tugged at the heartstrings and enraptured its audience. The piece, “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” so perfectly suited TAL’s storytelling style, none … Read more.
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Portrait: Troika
Specs Who Back row (l. to r. ): Dan Pappalardo, ecd, co-founder; Gil Haslam, cd, sports; Whit Friese, cd, entertainment marketing; Dale Everett, cd, brand design. Front row (l. to r. ): Reid Thompson, cd, brand design; Chuck Carey, president, co-founder What Brand consultancy, creative services agency Where Hollywood, Calif. , offices.
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