Synopses & Reviews
The perfect gift for anyone who loves sports!
This celebration of ESPN and all things sports is perfectly timed to coincide with ESPN's 25th anniversary.
When ESPN went on the air in September 1979, the company believed that there was room on television for dedicated sports programming. At the time, sports programming was considered a risk, and ESPN a maverick. Twenty-five years later, ESPN is the leader in sports, influencing the way we think about sports, the way the media covers sports, and how we perceive athletes. ESPN has grown from one cable station into a sports empire.
ESPN25, the book, celebrates the people behind ESPN, the sports they cover, the athletes that play their hearts out, and, of course, the fans who care. The book includes the Best and Worst of Everything in Sports Over the Past 25 Years, an illustrated foldout of the Top 35 Athletes of the Past 25 years, the funniest sports quotes of the past 25 years, the DVD, an intro by Berman, Chuck's essay on the Highlights Culture and how it has changed the world of sports over the past 25 years.
Bound into the book is a free DVD containing the ever popular, and now classic, ESPN SportsCenter commercials.
Perfect for both the serious and casual sports fan, ESPN25 relives some of the greatest moments in sports on each and every page.
Synopsis
"ESPN25 is a celebration and fascinating examination of the ESPN network's 25 year history, and its effect on sports over the years. Fully designed and illustrated, the book is to include color photographs throughout, a four-page centerfold layout (a timeline of the last 25 years in sports), and a free DVD of SportsCenter Commercial outtakes. The core of ESPN25 is to be a heavily reported essay written by renowned journalist Charles Hirschberg, long-time book reviewer for "Sports Illustrated and author-his biography of the musical Carter family was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for 2002.
Synopsis
Fully designed and illustrated, this is a celebration and fascinating examination of the ESPN network's 25-year history, and its effect on sports over the years.
About the Author
Charles Hirshberg, one of the most unique voices in sportswriting, is
a veteran of the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Life magazine and Time Digital. A frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine, he has won numerous journalism awards on topics ranging from physics to country music. His previous book, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002.