ABC Sports is no more

Nets247 · 08-17-2006, 01:27 PM

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Goodbye ABC Sports, hello ESPN on ABC
Network to drop sports brand, turn programming over to cable partner

NEW YORK - An era will come to an end next month when the ABC Sports brand that popularized ?The Wide World of Sports? and ?Monday Night Football? will pass into history.

Sept. 2 will usher in a new logo and look for the broadcast network?s sports, ?ESPN on ABC.? It will wipe away all traces of the ABC Sports brand, which began in the early 1960s with ?Wide World? and then blossomed with Roone Arledge and the ascendancy of ?Monday Night Football.?

While there will be an ABC bug in the bottom right corner, everything else will be ESPN-branded ? graphics, scoreboards, sets and the names of programs, from ?SportsCenter? to ?ESPN College GameDay.? It will be clear on promos, however, that advertised games will be on ABC and not ESPN.[/b]

So what do you guys think about ABC Sports turning to ESPN on ABC?

Combs · 08-17-2006, 02:56 PM

I don;t really think it's a big deal. it's basicaly been ESPN the whole time..just said ABC.

TheFamily24 · 08-17-2006, 03:54 PM

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I don;t really think it's a big deal. it's basicaly been ESPN the whole time..just said ABC.
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Exactly, ESPN already owned them.

P.R.M.S. · 08-17-2006, 04:00 PM

Mmmhmm. They already had the same commentators/ in studio commentators. The only realy change will be the name.

KirkHinrich12 · 08-17-2006, 06:35 PM

It's kind of stupid. They're already owned by the same company, and they use the same broadcasters. It's just like the Angels calling themselves the Los Angelos Angels of Anahiem

Ed the Ceo · 08-18-2006, 12:43 AM

Then can they please put MNF on ESPN on ABC?

Sham · 08-22-2006, 06:42 PM

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Exactly, ESPN already owned them.
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That would explain basketball on ESPN having the theme song that ABC had about 3 years ago. But either way, ABC or ESPN are both great

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08-17-2006, 06:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
KirkHinrich12 All Star Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,665	It's kind of stupid. They're already owned by the same company, and they use the same broadcasters. It's just like the Angels calling themselves the Los Angelos Angels of Anahiem

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