Bill Rasmussen

incorp. July 1978, launched September 7, 1979. Author, speaker, life long entrepreneur and passionate sports fan.

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN print book is available for pre-order today on Amazon!
https://t.co/RNrgFoasQI

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

Ted was a cable TV giant, a great ally in the early cable TV era. ESPN beat the launch of CNN by a year, but we had many shared goals and traveled the same circles as we charged into the vast domains of sports and news. RIP, Ted - it was a great run! I treasure our friendship.

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Sports Heaven: the Birth of ESPN documentary is now available on the streaming platform Tenero.
It premiered on ESPN on Monday 4/6/2026. Now you can watch it on https://t.co/BXQSX7jctA

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN audiobook was released today at #1 on Amazon!
https://t.co/cRCnLp5vRa

[Mike Soltys @MichaelJSoltys]

My hoop teams didn’t make it to #1, but the audio book of Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN was released today and is #1 on Amazon for New Releases in Media and Communications.

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Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN will premiere on ESPN April 6 at 8:30 pm Eastern. This is a one time only event on ESPN - don’t miss it! https://t.co/od6ALak19q
An audio book is now in pre-order and will be released April 7. https://t.co/su0yEG9AMh

[Mike Soltys @MichaelJSoltys]

Tremendous honor for @Bill_ESPN just before a date all the ESPN pioneers love, Sept. 7 (this year the 46th anniversary).  It has been a thrill for me this year working with the now Hall of Famer on a doc on the amazing story of the launch of ESPN.

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45 years on the air and ESPN is still going strong!

If you're curious, that’s 540 months, 16,437 days or 394,488 hours of sports programming. And that's only on one channel . . .

https://t.co/meSfRODppl

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My book Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN has all the details of that day 45 years ago when the first 24 hour channel launched on September 7, 1979 at 7 pm.

https://t.co/f5tXeg3zCW

[Mike Soltys @MichaelJSoltys]

On the eve of ESPN’s 45th birthday, @JeremySchaap takes you back with @Bill_ESPN and a terrific look at the launch. Lee Leonard’s answer to “Why Bristol” always makes me laugh.

https://t.co/94sd51aHDl

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

Christmas is coming and here are 2 great books for your hard-to-buy-for friend or relative: Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN is the story of how it all started and ESPN: One Giant Leap for Fankind is the rest of my story, my memoir.
Find them both on Amazon.

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

What a great celebration we had yesterday in Bristol! Wow - it is great to see the enthusiasm and smiles across the plaza. Thanks for including me, Josh @jksports.

[Josh Krulewitz @jksports]

ESPN turns 44 years old today. Grateful to ESPN Founder @Bill_ESPN for all of this & his brilliant stroke to hire @MichaelJSoltys as his first intern. Mike, in a rare moment of weakness (eyes closed?), hired me a decade later. Happy anniversary @espn & thank you, Mike & Bill!

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

@TheFrizz87 Scott... I'm tad older than you, but wonder if know about WW2 - #4 Grey Clarke? The War years produced some unusual daily lineups.
Back to 2023 - NYY Domingo Herman 99 pitch no hitter. DYK Having a first name starting with *D* helps..threw 6 of the 24 no hitters since 1880.

[Scott F @TheFrizz87]

Who is your personal favorite Chicago White Sox third baseman?

Robin Ventura is first to mind for me, but my favorite is Kevin Youkilis.

Also liked John Cusack as Buck Weaver.

[Bill Rasmussen @Bill_ESPN]

This is a must read. An amazing man - an amazing career! https://t.co/XlRHzt4FxZ /business/article/laid-43-years-mike-soltys-says-goodbye-espn-17999911.php

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@nut_history Yes

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Today my memoir has been recognized at the 2023 Los Angeles Book Festival in the compilation/anthology category! #ESPNFounder #ESPN #sportshistory #memoir #history #technology #ESPNP

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@espnmikes Mike Soltys, 43 yr PR expert in spreading the "ESPN word." was terminated today. I met his UCONN PR Dad 44 yrs ago. "Do you have an intern program he asked?" "YES" & thus began your amazing 43 ESPN yrs! Thank you! PS: You were the entire Intern program at the time!

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@nut_history Brooks Robinson.