Search - ESPN 25: 25 Mind-Bending, Eye-Popping, Culture Morphing Years of Highlights

This celebration of ESPN and all things sports is timed to coincide with ESPN's 25th anniversary.

When ESPN started broadcasting in September 1979, some people thought that a network devoted to sports was a crazy idea. Twenty-five years later, those people can only marvel at what has transpired. ESPN is the undisputed leader in sports, an awesome cultural force that changed the way we view the world's finest athletes, the way we watch them in action, and the way we evaluate their amazing feats of strength and courage. How did ESPN do this? By treating the highlight clip as a form of art.

ESPN25 -- the book -- celebrates the champions of this revolution: the people who watch sports, the people who analyze sports for ESPN, and the people who fill stadiums with their amazing athletic talent. In addition to lists of the best and worst that sports has to offer, the book includes a foreword by Chris Berman, an essay on the evolution of the highlight by Chuck Hirshberg, an illustrated foldout of the era's brightest stars, and, for the first time ever on DVD, a collection of SportsCenter's greatest commercials.

In true ESPN fashion, with imagination and humor, opinion and insight, the book will revisit the greatest moments in sports on each and every page. A rewarding read for any sports fan, ESPN25 is a worthy companion to ESPN's best-selling SportsCentury book.

As an added bonus (inspired by the unforgettable appeal of ESPN's TV ads), each book includes a free 25-minute DVD featuring a collection of SportsCenter's Greatest Commercials!