Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Travis Vogan is Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire."This is a book that has much to commend it and little to criticize. It is built on meticulous research and a strong overall conception of the significance of the subject. For the specialist in history or media it is essential."
New York Journal of Books
"Vogan employs his impressive historical and archival research skills to develop an important cultural analysis of American sports media. Vogan’s research helps fill large holes not only in the area of sports studies but also within the broader field of media studies."
Media Industries Journal
Acknowledgments
Introduction: ABC Sports and Network Sports Television
1. The “Almost Broadcasting Company” and the Birth of ABC Sports
2. ABC’s Wide World of Sports: “The Seedbed of Modern Sports Television” and the Cold War
3. “Th e Network of the Olympics”: Starring Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell
4. Monday Night Football, Brian’s Song, and the Roots of the Prime-Time TV Event
5. Th e News from Munich on the “Arledge Broadcasting Company”
6. “What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports Is Going On Here?”: Trash Sports and Scandal
7. “No More Sacred Cows”: The End of ABC Sports’ Golden Age
Conclusion: From Wide World of Sports to the Worldwide Leader in Sports
Appendix 1: Wide World of Sports Inaugural Season Schedule, 1961
Appendix 2: ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Appendix 3: Top Fifteen Television Audiences of All Time as of Roots’ Premiere
Appendix 4: Top Ten Most-Watched Wide World of Sports Episodes
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Index
"Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell, Wide World of Sports and Monday Night Football, the tragedy at Munich and the emptiness of TrashSports are all part of the genius of Roone Arledge and his empire at ABC Sports. Arledge taught a generation of viewers how to watch sports, how to love them, and how to hate them. Travis Vogan's deep look into the world Arledge created suggests the meaning and legacy of televised sports. This is a book for anyone who cares about sports and worries about the future of the beast."—Randy Roberts, coauthor of A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle