This is a natural fit for the Fantasy Sports Junkie, ‘Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN!’ by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen. I vaguely recall when ESPN showed up on the scene. We didn’t have the cable package that carried ESPN, but we did have WPIX and I loved the sports segment with Jerry Girard. I was thirsty for a sports programming channel that had all the highlights I could handle.
I didn’t really appreciate ESPN until the early ’90′s when I left home and joined the Navy. It’s amazing how many times I could watch the same segment of ESPN Sports Center over and over and over and sometimes over again. When we were in port (USS Eisenhower) I could easily watch 2 or 3 hours straight of Sports Center. Anything to avoid work I guess.
Has anyone read this book? I hope it’s good, I just ordered it from Amazon.
