ESPN25: The Headlines

ESPN began operations Friday, September 7, 1979 in a modest studio on the Eastern Seaboard. Little did anyone know that, from that modest platform, the entire scope of sports journalism was about to change. From then on, the incidents that could be labeled "anti-sport"greed, scandal, strikes, disconnected tragedywould regularly overshadow the wins and losses on the fields and arenas of the sporting world. In preparation for its 25th anniversary, ESPN Inc. polled 100 respected names in sports jo…