The tales of Early ESPN people who gambled their careers while critics carped that all-sports television will never work are full of guile, luck, fear, fun, and unbridled optimism.
This is the story of the Early Days at ESPN, told by one on the network\'s launching pad, and how a conversation over a couple of martinis in 1978 led to the creation of a broadcast juggernaut..
What started as a humble idea in the late spring of 1978 to capitalize on the brand-new mania for UConn men\'s basketball soon morphed into ESPN and a plan to begin airing a series of test broadcasts in the fall.
The first 300 Days of the fledgling network were filled with mayhem, on-air gaffes, and the slowest instant replay in television.
As ESPN\'s founding executive producer, Peter Fox was privy to some spectacular professional efforts by a cadre of Connecticut locals who made the dream real.
The tales of Early ESPN people who gambled their careers while critics carped that all-sports television will never work are full of guile, luck, fear, fun, and unbridled optimism
