In a recent interview with ESPN Deportes, Sosa said he would " calmly wait " for his induction into baseball's Hall of Fame, for which he will become eligible in 2013.

Many movies with a general sports theme will include ESPN announcers and programming into their storylines ( such as in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, which gently lampoons the channel's multiple outlets by referencing the as-yet-nonexistent ESPN8, " The Ocho ", a reference to a nickname formerly used for ESPN2, " the Deuce "; the slogan for the network was " If it's almost a sport, you'll find it here!

In 2013 ESPN Films will show Nine for IX, a series of documentaries about women in sports.

ESPN will still air the 33 other races with only four races ( Las Vegas, Iowa, Charlotte, Michigan ) being shown on ABC.

In addition, there are many anecdotal reports of various TV networks ( such as CBS Sports and NBC Sports ) that will not release highlights of certain sporting events to ESPN unless its name is labeled across the screen for the entire length of the highlight ( Courtesy NBC Sports, etc .).

Since 2002, the Winter X Games have been held at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, and according to ESPN they will continue to be held there in 2012.

Beginning with the 2010 season, ESPN, which is majority-owned by ABC's parent company, will have the contract to broadcast the BCS games, including the Rose Bowl game.

Since becoming one of the premier bowls, the Capital One Bowl is typically played at 1 p. m. EST on January 1, New Year's Day, immediately before the Rose Bowl, both of which will be televised on ESPN starting in 2011.

The mascot with the best record will be declared the winner and is honored at halftime on the game telecast on ESPN.

Under the terms of a television deal signed with ESPN in 2006, the bowl will be held after Christmas Day from 2006 – 2009, and be shown on ESPN in prime time.

* SingTel will show La Liga from 2012-2015 Campaign due to ESPN STAR Sports, a channel on mio TV Secures La Liga Matches.

Kickoff will be at 7: 00 PM CST, 8: 00 PM EST and will be televised live on ESPN.

The 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl will be played on December 26, 2012 at 7: 30 p. m. ( ESPN ).

Starting with the 2010 – 2011 season, ESPN will air all BCS games, including the Rose Bowl.

PTI will be featured on future EA Sports video games due to the contract between ESPN and EA.

TBS will also gain the rights to the All-Star Game Selection Show, meaning that ESPN ( which previously carried it ) can only broadcast the information after it airs on TBS.

ESPN also will return to broadcasting postseason baseball beginning in 2014 with one of two wild-card games each season.

For the 2011 season, games will be broadcast on WALV-FM ( 105. 1 FM, " ESPN Chattanooga ").

If a national ESPN broadcast is blacked out in a particular market, the ESPN broadcast will usually be replaced by ESPNEWS.

ESPN STAR Sports is currently in the process of down-linking of their new channel: " ESPNews India " to India and planned will be launched on middle of 2012.

All of these events air on ESPN.

During its first year, ESPN projected that it would air around 100 events in 3D within its first year.

The NAFL championship game was played at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from 2004-2007 and secured a contract to air it's AAA championship game on ESPN in November of 2007.

ESPN is traditionally unable to air highlights of Olympic Games events until after the events have aired on tape-delay on the broadcast network holding the rights.

The show used to air on the subsequent Sunday five days later, with the results announced on ESPN. com and thereafter across media outlets immediately after taping was complete.

Judging from his words over the air, Caray had a distaste for the sports entertainment empires ESPN and Fox.

It is one of only two college football games on CBS that does not involve the Southeastern Conference ( the other being the Army – Navy Game ) and one of only two bowl games that is not aired on one of the ESPN family of networks ( ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ABC all air bowls ; the AT & T Cotton Bowl Classic, which airs on Fox, is the other ).

It was expected that in fall 2006, when TSN started airing the ESPN iteration of Monday Night Football ( as well as the NBC Sunday Night Football games ), that WWE RAW was expected to air on tape delay during the NFL season.

The Super 14 games resided on Setanta Sports USA until it went off the air in early 2010, while ESPN offers the AFL.

In the fall of 2005, WPTE announced that " a cable channel " ( believed to be ESPN ) had withdrawn from bidding for the PPT series, and that WPTE was negotiating with the Travel Channel to air the series.

ESPN Classic pulled the original American Gladiators series from its lineup shortly after a revival debuted on NBC, then returned it to the air following the conclusion of the series ; in 2009, ESPN Classic removed American Gladiators from its lineup and it has yet to return.

This coverage is available over the internet via the team's website, and on the air via the following AM radio stations: WTMZ 910 AM ( ESPN Radio ), WJKB 950 AM, WQSC 1340 AM, and WQNT 1450 AM ( Fox Sports Radio ).

It is one of only two Disney-owned cable channels in the U. S. ( ESPN Classic being the other ) to air infomercials and one of the only cable channels to air informercials before 2: 30 a. m.

The documentary would usually air for two hours where hour one would cover the preliminary production of the night's show on ESPN while ESPN2 aired ESPN's normal programming.

Major League Baseball staggered the times of first-round games to provide a full-day feast for viewers: ESPN could air games at 1 p. m., 4 p. m., and 11 p. m. EDT, with the broadcast networks telecasting the prime time game.

During the Headlines show about 9 / 11, ESPN aired the entrance of Dallas Cowboys defensive back George Teague entering Texas Stadium with the American flag when the NFL resumed play after the attacks ; otherwise, it had to air still photographs whenever the league was mentioned.

ESPNews simulcast ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning from 2004 – 05 ; the show moved to ESPN2 in 2006, but it still airs on ESPNEWS occasionally when live sports events ( such as tennis ' French Open or Wimbledon ) air on ESPN2.

These are the former programs that ESPNEWS had air ( NOTE: Those in Bold do air on ESPNEWS if both ESPN and ESPN2 have sports coverage.

Its athletic teams are called Hilltoppers, and its mascot is Big Red who has been featured in several ESPN commercials.

It is shown several times annually on the ESPN Classic network.

By 2001, with Metrodome's peculiarities revealed, and several newer purpose-built Major League Baseball stadiums constructed, an ESPN Page 2 reader poll ranked it as one of the worst Major League Baseball stadiums.

After Sega's ESPN NFL 2K5 successfully grabbed market share away from EA's dominant Madden NFL series during the 2004 holiday season, EA responded by making several large sports licensing deals which include an exclusive agreement with the NFL, and in January 2005, a 15-year deal with ESPN.

* AWA Championship Wrestling, which aired on cable sports network ESPN from 1985 to 1990 and ScreenSport in Europe via Cable or Satellite TV ; it was a continuation of the earlier ESPN program Pro Wrestling USA, the co-operative venture between the AWA and several NWA affiliates ( most notably Jim Crockett Promotions ).

ESPN, a sports-news organization with several cable and satellite television channels — and also owned by Disney — provides sports bulletins and video for some of ABC News's programs, especially the overnight programs.

In 2007 WLLH 1400 A. M. ( at that time Lowell's ESPN Radio affiliate ) was the flagship of Lowell Spinners baseball, after several years on Lowell talk station WCAP.

Rogers continued to sub-license a yearly package of games to TSN for several seasons afterward until 2010, when TSN traded its remaining Blue Jays games back to Sportsnet ( to allow it exclusive coverage of the team ) in exchange for rights to ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

Summerall called several preseason and early regular-season NFL games for the ESPN network in 2004, substituting for regular announcer Mike Patrick while the latter recovered from heart surgery.

In conjunction with his duties at ESPN, Hershiser has been color commentator at the Little League World Series for several years, stating at least once that it is his favorite broadcasting assignment.

And even during baseball season when he flies to the ESPN studios several days a week, he still manages to get in one or two sessions a week.

* In Brazil, ESPN and ESPNHD broadcast several of the early stages matchups and all of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.

Popular dramas, for instance, have permanent homes on several basic cable channels, often running in marathons ( multiple episodes airing back-to-back for several hours ), and there are also cable channels devoted to game shows ( Game Show Network ), soap operas ( the soon-to-be-defunct SoapNet ), Saturday morning cartoons ( e. g. Boomerang ) and even sports broadcasts ( ESPN Classic ).

After several small jobs, Kilborn became an ESPN SportsCenter anchor from 1993 to 1996.

ESPN2 has also simulcast many games with ESPN, usually as a part of a ESPN Full Circle special, which covers a single telecast across several ESPN networks, with each network providing a different form of coverage ( such as different camera angles ).

" He has also been an analyst on several ESPN telecasts, including pre-game shows on Sundays and Monday nights, and some radio work as well.

During the mid 1980s, Lange also broadcast several NHL games for ESPN.

* United States-Championship matches are broadcast several times a week on Fox Soccer and Fox Soccer Plus cable channels, and occasionally on ESPN.

The book has several thoughts and comments on his days with the Pistons and ESPN, and memories of former NC State basketball Coach Jim Valvano.