ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen highlights the daring early days that led to the launch of ESPN September 7, 1979. How Bristol, CT, a 9,000 dollar credit card cash advance, Anheuser-Busch and contributed.

The story continues, "In his account of the evolution of the American sports cable channel, ESPN: The Uncensored History, Michael Freeman describes a programming discussion between Rasmussen and...

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By Mike Fish; ESPN.com; Archive ... On an investment Web site co-founded by Cramer, subscribers drop $999.95 a year to get Dykstra's options picks.

The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach and ESPN commentator.

Dick Vitale, college basketball’s top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season -- just after the network’s September 1979 launch -- following a successful college and...

Check out ESPN SportsNation's Chat with Jim Boeheim. ... In the 15 years since The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded by ESPN and Jim Valvano, the foundation has raised more than $80 million.

; By Larry Schwartz; Special to ESPN.com; ... The next year, King founded WomenSports magazine, started the Women's Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and enhancing

In Rick Reilly's Oct. 28, 2009, ESPN.com column, ... Rick Reilly tells the story of Camp Sundown, founded to help children with a rare disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum, who recently took a trip

New England sports announcer William Rasmussen founded ESPN to broadcast New England Whalers hockey games and University of Connecticut sports events.