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The Man Who Built ESPN | Peoria News
Bill Rasmussen, the visionary co-founder of ESPN who died at 93 after battling Parkinson’s, turned a bold idea — an all-sports TV network — into a global phenomenon. Fired from his job, he teamed with his son Scott, starting small with Connecticut sports before revolutionizing the concept with satellite tech and landing key deals with Getty Oil and the NCAA. ESPN launched on Sept. 7, 1979, defying skeptics who doubted its survival. Though ousted after just a year, his legacy endured — celebrated by ESPN itself, even touring the country in 2019 to mark its 40th anniversary. His pioneering…
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