Poker is a sport?

[DanS]

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Not really. ESPN = the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

Therefore, if it's on ESPN, it must be either a sport or entertainment.

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Kurn, it's a subtlety, but I think it's the Entertainment Sports Production Network.

Dan

[NotMitch]

WHAT DOES ESPN STAND FOR?
It doesn't stand for anything, but the story is this...When ESPN started in 1979 we were the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (thus, ESPN). However, the full name was dropped in February 1985 when the company adopted a new corporate name --ESPN, Inc.--and a new logo. We are a subsidiary of ABC, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co. The Hearst Corporation has a 20 percent interest in ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/sitetools/s/help/espn-faq.html#ESPN

[krazyace5]

Spelling bee on ESPN is nothin, I cracked up one day when I saw the Scrabble championship being played. You should of seen the contestants interviews, they were hilarious.

[MicroBob]

there was an outstanding book about scrabble tournaments and the top scrabble players.
i think it was called Word Freaks. or Word Games...or something like that.
the author really gets into the scrabble tournament scene...i guess not unlike mcmanus in positively 5th st (although i havent read that book).

scrabble uses a ratings system very similar to chess...and they use the clocks as well.

i dont really play scrabble at all....but the book was terrific and i would have enjoyed seeing the tv coverage.


the sports radio station around here has a weekly sunday morn program dedicated to gambling. i would guess they are paying for the air-time (the host is some author named Frank Scoblete). i havent heard the show though.

i'm pretty sure the sports-talk station in Las Vegas has a weekly poker show...thought i saw an ad for it in card-player.