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The Man Who Built ESPN | Texas News
Bill Rasmussen, co-founder of ESPN and visionary behind the world’s first 24-hour sports network, has died at 93 from Parkinson’s complications. Fired from his job, he and his son Scott dreamed up a sports-only channel — starting with Connecticut games — that launched in 1979 with a slow-pitch softball broadcast. Despite early skepticism and being ousted by Getty Oil just a year later, Rasmussen refused to back down, famously declaring critics wrong about sports content. After Texaco sold its stake to ABC, he remained estranged until a 20th-anniversary reunion, later touring for ESPN’s 40th…
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