ESPNU to Launch Friday, March 4; College Sports Network To Feature Collection of Quality Event & Studio Programming.BRISTOL, Conn. -- ESPNU, a new college sports network, will launch on "03-04-05" -- Friday, March 4 -- with a two-hour live special edition ESPNU College GameDay College GameDay may refer to one of several shows produced by ESPN:
Action will include a variety of top Division I football and men's and women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. mixed with baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. , hockey, wrestling and more. ESPNU will also offer comprehensive studio programming, replays of ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television games, plus specials and more. ESPNU has secured distribution agreements with DIRECTV, Adelphia, several smaller affiliates and is close to distribution agreements with others. The 24-hour television network is the key component of the multi-media ESPNU initiative that will deliver college sports content across ESPN's family of services, such as ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine ESPN The Magazine is a bi-weekly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in New Britain, CT in the United States. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998. , ESPN Mobile (wireless), ESPN Radio, ESPN Interactive, ESPN360 (broadband), merchandising and more Original Dream Job winner Mike Hall will serve as ESPNU's signature anchor, hosting the majority of the network's studio programming from Charlotte, N.C., headquarters of ESPN Regional Television (ERT ERT abbr. estrogen replacement therapy Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) A treatment in which estrogen is used therapeutically during menopause to alleviate certain symptoms such as hot flashes. ) which will handle the primary production responsibilities for ESPNU. The debut ESPNU show will feature College GameDay commentators host Chris Fowler, analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps, Dick Vitale and ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz, in addition to Hall and ESPNU basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb. After the 7-9 p.m. College GameDay show, ESPNU will present its first live event telecasts -- a men's semifinal game from the Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly known as Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) at 9 p.m. followed by a first round men's basketball game from the West Coast Conference Tournament (Santa Clara, Calif.) at 11 p.m. Burke Magnus, ESPNU VP and GM, on some network programming highlights: "Football and men's and women's basketball have been ESPN hallmarks for 25 years, so clearly we plan to emphasize those mass-appeal sports on ESPNU. We will supplement them by showcasing regular-season and championship events from many emerging college sports. There are plenty of remarkable stories about athletes in sports that don't get a lot of exposure. We can add texture to the network by bringing those stories to fans nationally." Mike Hall, ESPNU signature anchor on what makes college sports special: "There is something different about the atmosphere in college games. There is a different connection that all of us have to our college teams. Maybe it's because we look at college as some of the best years of our lives." Editor's Note: For an ESPNU logo and photos, go to http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/ESPNU_photos.htm |
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