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SportsCenter

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Image:sportscenter_logo.gif thumb|175px|SportsCenter logo '''''SportsCenter''''' is a sports news television show shown every day on ESPN since the network was founded on September 7, 1979. The official name of the show is "Sportscenter presented by T.Rowe Price." Originally a once a day show, ''SportsCenter'' is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major sporting events. As a result of the regular airing, it has now been shown more times than any other show in American television, with nearly 30,000 unique episodes. George Grande anchored the first ever ''SportsCenter'' on September 7, 1979. He was the lone host of the first show, which ironically, didn't show a single sports clip. Grande introduced the country to ESPN and ''SportsCenter'' that night. He spent ten more years with ESPN and ''SportsCenter'' until 1989. ''SportsCenter'' normally airs every morning from 1am- 12pm; 6pm; 11pm(Eastern Time). The morning shows are generally re-airings of the previous night's 1am show. ESPN Radio also has ''ESPN Radio SportsCenter'' with radio highlights airing three times an hour on the ESPN Radio network.

History
''SportsCenter'' aired its 25,000th episode on August 25, 2002, and its 20,000th coincidentally aired on the same day David Wells pitched his perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Minnesota Twins: May 17, 1998. Sometime in 2006, the program will air its 30,000th episode. The program began broadcasting in high definition television high definition on June 7, 2004, and on the same day began broadcasting the show from studios inside the network's brand-new Digital Center. In 1994 ESPN began the ''This is SportsCenter'' ad campaign to promote their show. [http://espn.go.com/thisissportscenter/index.html] During the summer of 2004, ESPN counted down the top 100 sports moments of the past 25 years. Hosted by Chris Berman, ESPN25 consisted of 30-second commercials shown during the 6pm ET ''SportsCenter'' each day from May 31 until the #1 moment, the American national men's hockey team US Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team's victory over the USSR during the 1980 Winter Olympics, was aired on September 7. In July of 2005, ''SportsCenter'' premiered a segment called "50 States in 50 Days", where a different ''SportsCenter'' anchor traveled to a different state every day to discover the sports, sports history, and athletes of the state. [http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/fiftyfifty/index] After ESPN acquired a share of Canada Canadian sports network TSN, that network's news program ''SportsDesk'' was re-branded as ''SportsCentre'' (using Canadian spelling) in the summer of 2001. On April 4, 2006, ''SportsCenter'' started showing highlights of Major League Baseball games in progress, which were previously an exclusive to another program, Baseball Tonight. Prior to that date, highlights of the afforementioned Major League Baseball games weren't shown on ''SportsCenter'' until the games went final (as shown on the ticker at the bottom of the screen, known as the "Bottom Line").

SportsCenter anchors

Current SportsCenter anchors
* John Anderson (sportscaster) John Anderson (1999–present) * Chris Berman (1979–present) * Michelle Bonner (2005–present) * John Buccigross (1996–present) * Linda Cohn (1992–present) * Rece Davis (1994–present) * Neil Everett (2000–present) * Mike Greenberg (1996–present) * Jay Harris (2003–present) * Fred Hickman (2004–present) * Brian Kenny (sportscaster) Brian Kenny (1997–present) * Suzy Kolber (1993-1996 and 1999-present) * Steve Levy (1993–present) * Bob Ley (1979–present) * Kenny Mayne (1994–present) * Chris McKendry (1996–present) * Dan Patrick (1989–present) * Karl Ravech (1993–present) * Dave Revsine (1999–present) * Stuart Scott (1993–present) * Scott Van Pelt (2001–present) * Stan Verrett (2000–present) * Matt Winer (2001–present) * Trey Wingo (1992–present)

Former SportsCenter anchors
* Larry Beil (1996-1999) * Steve Berthiaume (1999–2005) * Jack Edwards (sportscaster) Jack Edwards (1991–2003) * Rich Eisen (1996–2003) * Kevin Frazier (2002–2004) * Gayle Gardner (1983–1988) * George Grande (1979–1989) * Greg Gumbel (1979–1988) * Brett Haber (1994–1997) * Craig Kilborn (1993–1996) * Lee Leonard (1979) * Tom Mees (1979–1996) * Gary Miller (1990–1999) * Keith Olberman (1992–1997) * Robin Roberts (sportscaster) Robin Roberts (1990–2002) * Charley Steiner (1987–2001) * Mike Tirico (1991–1997)

SportsCenter reporters

Current SportsCenter reporters
*John Barr *Chris Connelly *Steve Cyphers *Pedro Gomez *Bob Holtzman *Andrea Kremer *Mike Massaro *Kenny Mayne *Rachel Nichols *Sal Paolantonio *Tom Rinaldi *Lisa Salters *Jeremy Schaap *George Smith (journalist) George Smith *Shelley Smith *Ed Werder

Segments
*'''Fact or Fiction''': Usually an analyst(s) will debate whether something is plausible or not. Example: Sammy Sosa will make the Hall of Fame *'''Contender or Pretender''': Usually an analyst(s) will debate whether a team can contend for a pennant, division, or championship. Example: The Baltimore Orioles Orioles will be contending for the AL East in September *'''30 at 30''': during non-SportsCenter programs, usually during Primetime hours, an anchor will read the headlines *'''Sunday Conversation''': An interview with a newsmaker *'''Budweiser Hot Seat''': A figure (sports or non-sports) will be interviewed usually out-of-studio, in which they are asked to take sides on issues, teams, etc *'''Coor's Light Cold Hard Facts''': A six pack of questions directed to an analyst on a certain sport *'''Old School, Nu Skool''': A Sunday segment that features Skip Bayless as Old School, Stephen A. Smith as Nu Skool and Bob Ley as the host. The segment is featured on every Sunday morning edition of ''SportsCenter''. *'''4 Downs''' is the segment when the professor John Clayton (sportscaster) John Clayton goes head to head with the quarterback Sean Salisbury on four different topics once a week during the football season. *'''Ultimate Highlight''': A weekly segment that shows a montage of sports highlights from the past week, accompanied by a song from various musical artists or groups, such as Fall Out Boy, Black Eyed Peas, and Papa Roach. This segment is seen on the 11:00pm ''SportsCenter'' broadcast on Sunday nights.

See also
* 50 States in 50 Days * This is SportsCenter

External links
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- SportsCenter Altar — a comprehensive fan site {{ESPN}} Category:1970s TV shows in the United States Category:1980s TV shows in the United States Category:1990s TV shows in the United States Category:2000s TV shows in the United States Category:ESPN network shows Category:SportsCenter Category:Syndicated television series see SportsCenter Category:ESPN Category:National Football League on television

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