The Early Days of ESPN: 300 Daydreams and Nightmares by Peter Fox Hardcover Book

Description: The Early Days of ESPN by Peter Fox This is the story of the early days at ESPN, told by one of its founders, and how a conversation over a couple of martinis in 1978 led to the creation of a broadcast juggernaut. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. As ESPNs founding executive producer, Peter Fox was privy to some spectacular professional efforts by a cadre of Connecticut locals who made the dream real. The first 300 days of the fledgling network were filled with mayhem, on-air gaffes, and the slowest instant replay in television. What started as a humble idea in the late spring of 1978 to capitalize on the brand-new mania for UConn mens basketball soon morphed into ESPN and a plan to begin airing a series of "test broadcasts" in the fall. This is the story of the early days at ESPN, told by one of its founders, and how a conversation over a couple of martinis in 1978 led to the creation of a broadcast juggernaut. Author Biography After selling his advertising agency in the 1970s, Peter Fox became an independent television producer, winning Clio, Addy, and Golden Pen awards. He was the founding executive producer of ESPN, and later became producer, director, and writer of corporate communications materials for Lloyds of London Syndicate, DuPont, United Technologies, and PPG Industries among others. He is currently Editor in Chief of SportsEdTV, the leader in online sports instruction, and managing director of SportsEdTVs Learn to Win peak performance training, powered by HeartMath research and technology. He lives in North Carolina. Review "Every disruptive, overnight success starts with the same ingredients: gritty founders, emerging technology and years of personal sacrifices to materialize a vision of the future. The Early Days of ESPN is a true delight; first-person, visceral insights and observations, not from the conquering armies of later years, but from those who bootstrapped a vision to radically improve the way we experience sports. This book is for everyone and anyone who loves sports, technology and the unrelenting optimism of startup founders, presented with all of the brutal realism that is the founding of a company."--Will Grannis, Vice President and CTO of Google Cloud"Peter Fox continues to capture the imagination of sports fans through the power of his pen and the prowess of his creative intellect. In The Early Days of ESPN, he transports the reader through time and space to introduce us to the early disrupters, the satellite-sized dreamers, and the humans known as the SPNauts. He delivers an important cultural contribution, forever memorializing the origin story of a socio-historical phenomenon known as ESPN, the world-wide leader in sports. And he does so in true Fox Fashion - with vulnerability, honesty, humor and attention to preserving the historical details that honor the women and men he calls colleagues, friends, and family. Its a must read for fans of sport, sporty fans, and everyone in between."--Sarah Hillyer, Founder of the Center for Sport, Peace, and Scoiety at the University of Tennessee, Director leading the Centers partnership with the U.S. State Departments Global Sports Mentoring Program"Sports fanatics will appreciate the firsthand recollections of the channels origins."-- "Publishers Weekly""I was right there, in the midst of this historic startup, and I still learned things I never knew in Peter Foxs "Early Days of ESPN." This is a compelling account of the people and the moments creating a landmark cultural institution from blueprints and lukewarm coffee. A story like no other, told in the first person."--Bob Ley, Emmy award-winning sports journalist"We were like Mercury astronauts. We were rebels without a clue and working our asses off. I knew this was a good idea. We had a hand in building something that grew way beyond our imaginations. When theres a game on the moon, SPNauts will do it."--Chris Berman, anchor for SportsCenter on ESPN since 1979 Details ISBN1493079573 Author Peter Fox Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781493079575 Format Hardcover Imprint The Lyons Press Subtitle 300 Daydreams and Nightmares Place of Publication Guilford Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2024-08-01 UK Release Date 2024-08-01 ISBN-10 1493079573 Audience General DEWEY 384.55540973 AU Release Date 2024-06-03 Pages 200 Publication Date 2024-08-04 US Release Date 2024-08-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161121882;

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