ESPN Logo — ESPN, Inc. (which comes from the abbreviation in English of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, now in disuse), is a company of cable television and satellite (inter alia) based in the United States dedicated to the issue of programming related to the sport. The current owner is the ESPN television network in the United States ABC, in turn controlled by The Walt Disney Company. Its headquarters and digital center is located in Bristol, Connecticut in United States.
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ESPN was conceived by Bill Scott, and Rasmussen supported by Ed Eagan. Bill was passionate about the sport during his life, was fired from his job as communications manager for the Hartford Whalers in 1978. During his stay with the team Rasmussen met with Eagan, showing great interest in riding a race on television. Bill Eagan approached with the idea of a monthly cable program covering sports in Connecticut and was curious to see if the Hartford Whalers were interested in being the protagonists of the series. More