Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 304
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Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-87833-239-7 • Hardback • April 2000 • $24.95 • (£18.99)
978-0-87833-270-0 • Paperback • December 2001 • $17.95 • (£13.99) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
978-1-58979-638-6 • eBook • April 2000 • $9.99 • (£7.99)
This is a must-read for ESPN and sports fans alike.
— Gadflyonline.Com
The tale of ESPN's rise digs deeply...into behind-the-scenes shenanigans...
— Sports Illustrated
...powerful and entertaining.
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Extensively researched, ESPN: The Uncensored History presents a fascinating, candid, revealing story in clear, unambiguous, and highly evocative language. A singularly memorable and compelling 'tell-all' book, ESPN: The Uncensored History is strongly recommended reading for all sports buffs.
— Library Bookwatch
Network stoolies are buzzing about a...book on ESPN by New York Times sports writer Mike Freeman...sounds real juicy
— New York Daily News
...a fascinating new book...might make you watch ESPN in a whole new way.
— Book Page
Michael Freeman tells the story with the same urgency and breathlessness that ESPN brings to its coverage of sports.... a dazzling American success story ....
— American Way
Freeman uses network documents, court records, and (often anonymous) interviews with past and current employees to make this a compelling read. Highly recommended.
— Library Journal
After reading this explosive book it's hard to believe that a network owned by the squeaky-clean Disney Corporation could allow the sexual hijinks that go on at ESPN to escape their corporate scrutiny. A devastating read.
— Publishers Weekly
Michael Freeman provides the first book of critical analysis of the original and largest sports network.
— Sports Collectors Digest
Give Freeman points for diligent research [and] for his no-nonsense history of how the all-sports network evolved.
— Philadelphia Daily News
... compelling subject matter for any sports fan.
— Daytona News-Journal
Freeman, a skilled and concise writer, does an exceptional job of telling the entire story—warts and all ....
— Baltimore Sun
... sizzling expose ... truly shocking.
— Publishers Weekly
This story would make a terrific Outside the Lines. Yet ESPN's investigative series ... wouldn't touch the material ... with a 10-foot TelePrompTer.
— Orlando Sentinel
Michael Freeman has captured the essence of the freewheeling, 24-hour cable network that pioneered not just sports television, but the cable industry itself.
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram
... give[s] the reader a real insight to the early days at ESPN.
— Tampa Tribune
... stunning ... fascinating ....
— Chicago Sun-Times