About the Book - Sports Junkies Rejoice - The Birth of ESPN

It's hard to believe, but ESPN has NOT been around forever.

There were no 24-hour networks back in 1979 - not ABC, CBS, NBC, not even HBO. Fox hadn't been thought of - even CNN and MTV hadn't gotten off the mark when ESPN debuted at 7:00 PM, Friday, September 7, 1979. Here's how it all began...

Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN by ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen

Sports Junkies Rejoice - The Birth of ESPN
is the fast paced, first person story of that incredible year of birth. You'll be fascinated by this behind the scenes look at the people, the plans, the emotions and events that led to the launch of the world's first around-the-clock all-sports network.

National Book Critics Circle
Bill Rasmussen leaves no doubt about who are the good guys, who are the bad. The hectic race to get ready for the first program and the countdown excitement should grip any reader.

The Tulsa World
They're fingerlings in a sea of oil and diversified corporate assets, but a fascinating story of father-son who plow the deep of conventional TV broadcast wisdom to spawn the idea of a 24-hour sports network.

If you pride yourself on knowing everything there is to know about ESPN, you'll need to own this book to cover all the bases. Do you know about the $9,000 credit card advance, the first advertiser on ESPN, or the cost of ESPN's first transponder? Or how about - why Bristol? All that and more about the early days of the E.S.P. Network...the very early days in Sports Junkies Rejoice - The Birth of ESPN!

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