Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN - Hardcover

Miller, James Andrew; Shales, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316178101 ISBN 13: 9780316178105

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2011

Synopsis

ESPN began as an outrageous gamble with a lineup that included Australian Rules Football, rodeo, and a rinky-dinky clip show called Sports Center. Today the empire stretches far beyond television into radio, magazines, mobile phones, restaurants, video games and more, while ESPN's personalities have become global superstars to rival the sports icons they cover.

Chris Berman, Robin Roberts, Keith Olbermann, Hannah Storm, Bill Simmons, Tony Kornheiser, Stuart Scott, Erin Andrews, Mike Ditka, Bob Knight, and scores of others speak openly about the games, shows, scandals, gambling addictions, bitter rivalries, and sudden suspensions that make up the network's soaring and stormy history. The result is a wild, smart, effervescent story of triumph, genius, ego, and the rise of an empire unlike any television had ever seen.

About this title

About the Author

James Andrew Miller is the author of Running in Place: Inside the Senate and Live from New York. He has also written for the New York Times, Life, the Washington Post and Newsweek. His various positions in television include Senior Executive Producer of "Anderson Cooper 360" and Executive VP of Original Programming at USA Network. He lives in Bucks County, PA.

Tom Shales won his Pultizer Prize for television criticism in the Washington Post. He is the author of On the Air!, Legends, and Live from New York, and has written for publications such as Esquire, Playboy, Life, and Interview, among others. He lives in McLean, Virgina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316178101
• ISBN 13: 9780316178105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1246