ESPN’s rise to sports media dominance
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If you are, or live with, a sports fan, you know all about ESPN, the “worldwide leader in sports.” Now, the writers who brought the world the acclaimed oral history of Saturday Night Live are back with a book, equal parts expose and oral history, about the rise to dominance of the Bristol, Connecticut-based multimedia sports media giant. It details sex, drugs and rock-n-roll-sized egos of some of the anchors and executives behind the sports media powerhouse. The book is called THOSE GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN: Inside the World of ESPN, and co-author JAMES ANDREW MILLER of Bucks County joins us for this hour of Radio Times.
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