SportsCenter

ESPN Honored for SportsCenter Feature Series Titled, “Sobrevivientes”

July 21, 2008 -- ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language 24-hour sports network in the U.S., has been honored for its excellence in journalism with the prestigious 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). The network received the prestigious award in the "Outstanding News Series” category for a three-part SportsCenter feature series titled “Sobrevivientes” (Still Alive), about the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in Argentina’s Andres Mountain on October 13, 1972.    » read more »

June 20, 2008 -- Current SportsCenter anchors Steve Berthiaume, Linda Cohn, Josh Elliott, Robert Flores and Chris McKendry will join the previously announced Hannah Storm as anchors for the live daytime SportsCenters which debut Monday, Aug. 11.

Sage Steele will present the SportsCenter updates every 20 minutes Monday-Friday throughout the 6 a.m.-noon blocks. Steele has been handling the update responsibilities on ESPN2 during the Mike a& Mike in the Morning simulcast and First Take.    » read more »

Hit Shows From the Two Networks Including “Lost,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “SportsCenter Right Now” Are Now Available to Veoh’s More Than 28 Million Viewers

June 23, 2008 – ABC, ESPN and Veoh Networks announced today that full episodes from ABC and short-form online video content from ESPN.com are now accessible through Veoh. Delivered via ABC.com's Emmy and Webby Award-winning broadband player, full episodes of popular ABC programs including Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Ugly Betty are available for free to viewers at veoh.com.    » read more »

Announcement of 20 Finalists Continues Through Friday, June 27; Profile of all 20 Cities July 4 – 23

June 17, 2008 -- SportsCenter’s interactive search for America’s top championship city continued last week with the announcement of five new finalists on the ESPN flagship news and information program Tuesday, June 10, to Monday, June 16. The five cities announced include Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio, Chapel Hill, N.C., Ann Arbor, Mich., and San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area.    » read more »

Nationwide Search Underway to Determine America’s Top Championship City

May 19, 2008 -- A panel of 33 journalists from ESPN and across the country will pare down the list of nominations for ESPN’s SportsCenter “TitleTown USA” – an interactive and multimedia effort to determine which city, town or municipality will be declared America’s top championship city by fans this summer. The panel features 12 SportsCenter anchors and 21 accomplished media professionals from top daily newspapers and television outlets.    » read more »

ESPN to chronicle five children’s unique sports-themed wish experiences granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation®

April 22, 2008 -- For the third straight year, ESPN’s critically acclaimed SportsCenter’s “My Wish” series, which chronicles sports-themed wishes granted to children with life-threatening medical conditions, will be aired Sunday, June 29, through Thursday, July 3, Stephanie Druley, senior coordinating producer, ESPN, and David Williams, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America president and chief executive officer, announced today.    » read more »

March 26, 2008 -- ESPN will present a unique “Sunday Conversation” this week when three coaching icons – and friends – discuss a variety of topics including their friendships, coaching philosophies and how players have changed over the years, in a pair of segments on the March 30, 10:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. ET SportsCenters.

Bill Parcells and Tony La Russa each sat down with Bob Knight this week in Jupiter, Fla., the Spring Training home of La Russa’s St. Louis Cardinals. Rece Davis moderates the two segments, with separate portions of the Knight / Parcells conversation also running on NFL Live (today 4 p.m. ESPN) and Outside the Lines (Friday 3:30 p.m. ESPN), and part of the Knight / La Russa conversation running on Baseball Tonight (Thursday 4 p.m., ESPN2).    » read more »

Debut to be Simulcast on ESPN HD with New Look, New Graphics, New Music & More

March 17, 2008 -- ESPNEWS, the nation’s only all-sports news television network, will debut a new high-definition studio and an entire new look on Sunday, March 30 at 8 a.m. ET with the first hour simulcast on ESPN HD. In addition, twice later that day – at 11:30 a.m. and at 11:30 p.m. – ESPNEWS HD will be simulcast for 30 minutes on ESPN2 HD.    » read more »

February 25, 2008 -- Teddy the Cockatoo will be featured in the next “This is SportsCenter” on-air promotional spot, scheduled to begin airing on ESPN on Monday, February 25.

The official “This is SportsCenter” web site with sneak peek of the spot: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showID=SRDA

“THIS IS SPORTSCENTER” PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN

* 280 “This is SportsCenter” promo spots have been produced since the campaign debuted in 1994.    » read more »

136 Countries/Territories, Eight Languages, 1.5 Million Views online/mobile, 36,000 Ringtones, 220 Meetings, 2,700 Makeup Wipes and more…

February 13, 2008 -- SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship program, has been the foundation of the network’s schedule for 28-plus years, making it ESPN’s most significant programming commitment. With multiple live presentations on numerous media platforms every day around the world, it has become a global destination for sports news and information.    » read more »

One-hour retrospective of SportsCenter advertising campaign

November 29, 2007 -- ESPN will present The Best of "This is SportsCenter" Presented by Kay Jewelers, a one-hour special hosted by Karl Ravech chronicling ESPN's ad campaign, on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. ET.

Created in 1995 by advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, the “This is SportsCenter” campaign features mini “mockumentaries” that capture comical moments on ESPN's Bristol campus when SportsCenter anchors interact with professional athletes, celebrities and mascots.    » read more »