Word: espn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tonight's Harvard-North Dakota NCAA men's hockey semifinal game will be broadcast live over WHRB (95.3 fm). Radio coverage from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit will begin at 7:30 p.m. ESPN, the sports cable network, will also carry the game live, beginning...
This year, Harvard won't have to worry about those nasty Spartans. They'll be home in East Lansing, eating popcorn and watching the game on ESPN. Right...
...tournament, which will be broadcast nationwide on the cable network ESPN, is part of Quebec's annual winter carnival. Television coverage will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday night...
...eased abruptly to eight or ten. Effectively the yachtsmen were back in Newport, R.I. Breaking neatly in front, Conner never rounded any buoy less than 40 seconds ahead and won by a jarring 1:41. Cheering could be heard from as far away as San Diego. Thanks to onboard ESPN cameras and the natural drama of the Indian Ocean, the sport is suddenly televisable, and armchair America is always ready to celebrate any arcane venture representing Stars & Stripes (even if a few people still wonder who this fellow Halyard is in the front of the ship...
...survival was winning television money. At first the new league had modest success, starting with $18 million from ABC and an additional $8 million from ESPN cable. But U.S.F.L. fans never showed up in force. The average game attendance dropped by 3,000 last season, to 27,000. More ominous, TV ratings fell almost 30%. By the end of its third season, the league had dwindled to eight clubs, with total losses of around $200 million...