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ESPN turns 30

ESPN started as an anomoly 30 years ago. But the sports cable network has become a behemoth, influencing coverage not only of television but also other media. With no other significant sports network to compete against has ESPN become too big for its own good?

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Yeah!

Three more decades of this:

http://deadspin.com/191242/here-are-those-tirico-stories-we-hinted-at-la...

And this:

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/professional/article_19da2313-3e6c-59f7...

And this:

http://deadspin.com/273308/espn-woody-paige-sued-for-sexual-harassment

And this:

http://stilespoints.blogspot.com/2008/07/erin-andrews-what-she-was-weari...

And this:

http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=19790

And this:

http://deadspin.com/5065543/ok-lou-holtz-apologized-will-espn-discipline...

George Bodenheimer must be so proud.

Yes, Ralph. (sigh)

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ESPN turns 30