Those Guys Have All the Fun
Inside the World of ESPN
New York : Back Bay Books, 2011.
Format: Ebook
Edition: First Back Bay paperback edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xv, 800 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams.
It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now.
Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.
It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now.
Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.
Contents:
Blood : 1978-1979 -- The utility of daring : 1980-1986 -- Ripeness is all : 1987-1991 -- Manifest destiny : 1992-1994 -- Jonah : 1995-2000 -- The garden of forking paths : 2001-2004 -- Reconciling the dream : 2005-2008 -- Parade of horribles : 2009 and beyond.
Subjects:
ESPN (Television network)
Television broadcasting of sports -- United States.
Sportscasters -- United States -- Interviews.
ESPN (Television network)
Television broadcasting of sports -- United States.
Sportscasters -- United States -- Interviews.
ISBN:
9780316173933
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Ebook
"Expanded with new interviews"--Cover.
Includes index.
Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, May 2011.
Electronic resource.
Description based on print version record.
Includes index.
Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, May 2011.
Electronic resource.
Description based on print version record.