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A hip, Emmy-winning daily scrapbook of homers, touchdowns and slam dunks, the perfect clips-and-controversies fix for sports junkies. ESPN's flagship news show revolutionized the sports-report genre by deftly mixing information with irreverence. Staple features include game scores and highlights, analyses, Web polls, trivia and `Top Ten Plays.'

ESPN Upfront: SportsCenter Takes Over | TV Guide Sports Report | 5/13/2008
ESPN held its upfront presentation Tuesday morning at the Nokia Theater in New York. Anchors Scott Van Pelt and Steve Levy hosted the event as a mock SportsCenter episode. The 80-minute presentation was light on programming announcements, but the biggest news was the addition of a block of live SportsCenters from 6 am to 3 pm/ET, beginning Monday, Aug. 11. A new web site, SportsCenter.com, will also debut in August. It was also confirmed that The Early Show's Hannah Storm will be one of the new anchors for this block. In other SportsCenter news, a 1 am/ET edition produced live in Los Angeles, will premiere on April 9, 2009.Other new programming includes ESPN Homecoming, an profile/interview show with Rick Reilly, who the network poached from Sports Illustrated last fall.Features reporter, deadpan "comedian" and Dancing With the Stars vet Kenny Mayne will host a new humor show for espn.com called Mayne Street.ESPN will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2009 with "30 For 30," a... read more
Hannah Storm Joins ESPN | TV Guide Sports Report | 5/12/2008
Hannah Storm, who left CBS' floundering Early Show last fall, is returning to her sports roots. According to Sports Illustrated's web site, Storm will anchor a new live morning edition of SportsCenter. The 45-year-old Storm worked for NBC Sports from 1992-2002, anchoring coverage from the Olympics, the NBA and Wimbledon, among other events.ESPN is expected to formally announce the news at tomorrow's upfront presentation in New York. read more
Sports News Briefs: Hey There Delilah, You're a National Champ | TV Guide Sports Report | 12/10/2007
Delilah DiCrescenzo, the inspiration for the Plain White T's Grammy-nominated song "Hey There Delilah," won the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships on Saturday in West Chester, Ohio. DiCrescenzo, an Olympic hopeful in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, ran the 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) course in 20 minutes, 30.7 seconds. "I'm good friends with the guys from Plain White T's," she said after the race. "They called me a few days ago to let me know they've been nominated for two Grammys, so I'm really excited for them. It's a very unique opportunity, and a funny set of circumstances, but I'm glad to be associated with the song"….Self-congratulation at ESPN is nothing new, but it's actually warranted Tuesday when the network celebrates its popular "This Is SportsCenter" commercials. In addition to highlights from the 12-year-old campaign, The Best of This Is SportsCenter (Dec. 11, 8 pm/ET) will debut three new spots.Also Tuesday, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards takes the spotlight... read more
ESPN's Dan Patrick Decides It's Game Over | Today's News: Our Take | 7/10/2007
After serving up 18 years of wonderfully snark-flavored sports coverage, Dan Patrick announced on Monday his resignation from ESPN, where he has anchored SportsCenter and hosted an eponymous radio show. Noting that "I've spent a third of my life at ESPN," Patrick tells Variety he wants to "try something different," but specified no next step following his August 17 ESPN sign-off.Recently, Patrick's name unexpectedly entered the "Who will host The Price Is Right?" mix, but he turned down the job. "I didn't think it was the right time to do something like that, but I did appreciate them inquiring," Patrick tells the Reporter, adding, "No, I'm holding out for Wheel of Fortune." read more

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Premiered: September 07, 1979, on ESPN

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Premise: A hip, Emmy-winning daily scrapbook of homers, touchdowns and slam dunks, the perfect clips-and-controversies fix for sports junkies. ESPN's flagship news show revolutionized the sports-report genre by deftly mixing information with irreverence. Staple features include game scores and highlights, analyses, Web polls, trivia and `Top Ten Plays.'

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