SportsCenter

You can rely on the local broadcast news to provide sports coverage. You'll get a few scores and highlights, a little bit of analysis, and perhaps a witty comment or two. Or... you can watch the television show so successful that it spawned an entire network which shows nothing else (ESPNews) -- so successful that its anchors have actually been able to land major promotional contracts for national advertisers such as Boston Market Rotisserie Chicken. That's right -- it's ESPN SportsCenter.

"And he hits into a 2-6-3 double play if you're scoring at home... or even if you're by yourself!" -- Keith Olbermann
"It must be a homer, Simpson, 'cause the pitcher just went "Do'h!"" -- Sportscenter commercial.
"That's how it looks on paper, but games aren't played on paper -- they're played inside TV sets." -- Kenny Mayne

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J. Nathaniel Sloan

Last modified: October 11, 1997