"Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League" has found a home. Richard Brown's Passenger and Fremantle announced on Monday that ESPN has acquired exclusive U.S. rights, with Bell Media taking ...

The history of ESPN runs through Reno. Well, at least an upcoming documentary that tells the tale of how the sports network was born is Reno-based. "Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN," will premiere on ...

ESPN has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to Richard Brown and Tebogo Malope’s docuseries “Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League” ahead of its world premiere in Toronto. Bell Media acquired ...

On September 7, 1979, at exactly 7 p.m. EST, television sports history was made when ESPN officially launched its first broadcast. Roughly 30,000 viewers tuned in to see the brand-new 24-hour sports ...