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September 07, 2022
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
On this day in 1979, ESPN started airing
Aussie rules football...
Darts...
college soccer...
Wow, have they come a long way!
posted by tahoemoj at 12:42 PM on September 07, 2022
Didn't they also air Whalers games back then?
posted by NoMich at 02:09 PM on September 07, 2022
I was working in Hawaii at the time. With the 5 hour time difference to the East Coast, some of the televised 'events' shown as late night fillers were actually in prime time in Hawaii. Sports addict that I am, I frequently found myself staring at one contest or another wondering "what am I watching and why am I watching it"? I was off to Japan for 3 more years after this, and I returned to the US to a maturing ESPN. There is much to dislike about them, but they still broadcast many of the biggest events, and do a creditable job of it as well.
posted by Howard_T at 01:17 PM on September 08, 2022
On this day in 1979, ESPN started airing