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Anybody else remember back in the early 80's
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Anybody else remember back in the early 80's

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:30 PM

When ESPN was in its infancy and had very little programming, but what it did have was the college world series. They played every game twice each day. And, as a 12-13 year old little leaguer and pony leaguer, I sat in front of that 26" zenith and watched every game twice and loved every minute of it.

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Yeah, I remember how they used to show things like.......

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:39 PM

the International Strongman Competition and the Lumberjack Championships - anything the "real" sports networks didn't bother with.

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:40 PM

And Austrailian Rules Football all day long

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:46 PM

I still crack up at the referees in Australian Rules football giving the signal for a score...they're hands making imaginary pistols. And the pom-poms in the stand were HUGE.

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That is what I miss the most***

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Jun 12, 2023, 6:48 PM [ in reply to Re: Yeah, I remember how they used to show things like....... ]



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Re: Anybody else remember back in the early 80's

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Jun 12, 2023, 7:07 PM

Can I change my mind….earlier the question was what invention could we do without? It just came to me….ESPN!!!!

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Re: Anybody else remember back in the early 80's

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Jun 12, 2023, 10:15 PM

I remember the huge satellite dishes you could get and then tune into live feeds from around the world. Australian Rules football was always fun to watch - no commercials, either. Just the announcers shooting the breeze, going over notes, etc., while their local stations ran commercials.

And yeah, ESPN had some pretty obscure sports broadcasts, too, in their ‘infancy’.

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Jun 13, 2023, 9:53 AM

The World Self-Harm Cutter Championships and Beta Male crying finals

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