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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/sports/othersports/11sandomir.html?ex=1312948800&en=fa9dad9edf823bc4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
ABC Sports Is Dead; Stand by for ESPN
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: August 11, 2006
ABC Sports, which once defined sports television and was the home of Roone Arledge, Jim McKay, “Wide World of Sports,” Howard Cosell, 10 Olympics and Mexican cliff diving, died yesterday after one final big gulp by ESPN.
The sports division that was nurtured to prominence through Arledge’s production vision and deal-making savvy had been in fading health and recently lost the rights to “Monday Night Football.”
ABC Sports was only 45.
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Still, for those who observed the changes at ABC Sports over the years, its demise is not a stunning development, nor is the title, “ESPN on ABC,” that will accompany all sports programming on ABC starting Sept. 2, along with “SportsCenter” updates and ESPN graphics.
Soon, except for the transparent ABC logo on the screen, ABC Sports will be a distant memory.
•Nearly every sport shown by ABC for quite a few years was acquired by ESPN’s leaders, not those of ABC Sports, and nearly all the announcers calling events on ABC are borrowed from the ESPN empire.
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