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ESPN.com

Available in	English
Headquarters	Bristol, Connecticut
Owner	ESPN Inc.
Parent	ESPN Internet Ventures
URL	www.espn.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Available, but not required
Launched	April 1, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-04-01) (as ESPNET.SportsZone.com)
Current status	Active

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN. It is owned by ESPN Internet Ventures, a division of ESPN Inc.

History

Since launching in April 1995 as ESPNET.SportsZone.com (ESPNET SportsZone), the website has developed numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN3, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider, ESPN.com's Fanboard, ESPN Fantasy Sports, ESPNU.com, and ESPN Search. ESPN.com also has partnerships with MLB.com, NBA.com, NFL.com, WNBA.com, MLSsoccer.com, NHL.com, Baseball America, Golf Digest, Scouts Inc., Jayski.com, USGA.org, Sherdog.com, and Masters.org.

It also has sections devoted to certain sports and leagues including: the National Hockey League, National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, NASCAR, Indy Racing League, NCAA, golf, soccer, women's sports (ESPNW), cricket, and eSports. Each section contains pages devoted to: scores, teams, schedules, standings, players, transactions, news wires, injures, and columnists pages.

Columnists

Some notable current and former ESPN.com and ESPNW.com columnists are Allison Glock, Jemele Hill, John Buccigross, Chris Mortensen, John Clayton, Adam Schefter, Andy Katz, Bill Simmons, Jayson Stark, Buster Olney, Paul Lukas, Gene Wojciechowski, Scoop Jackson, Pat Forde, Jim Caple, Michael Smith, and in the last stages of his journalism career, Hunter S. Thompson. The website was part of the MSN portal from 2001 to 2004. ESPN launched a Spanish language website in 2000, ESPN Deportes.com. The content of some ESPN.com articles is argued to have been plagiarized.

ESPNW

ESPNW (stylized espnW) is a section on the ESPN.com website, focusing on women's sports stories and news. ESPNW's stated mission is to "inform and inspire female athletes and fans." The website covers a wide range of topics related to women in sports including women's soccer, martial arts, basketball, tennis, food and nutrition for athletes, Title IX legislation, LGBTQF inclusion, poetry, personal essays and music for athletes. Coverage of men's sports is also included on the website. In 2019, personal essays by feminist self defense practitioner Rachel Piazza and gymnast Ellen Hagan were featured in their culture section. Since its inception ESPNW has included extensive coverage about women's soccer. The 2011 Women's World Cup was only the 6th women's World Cup and the participation of the United States helped raise domestic awareness about the involvement for women in soccer, such as Mia Hamm. According to journalist Jack Bell, author of the New York Times article "Hamm Joining ESPNW for Women's World Cup", "in the women’s game, the world is catching up to the United States; in the men’s game, the United States is always playing catch up." ESPNW hired well regarded female athletes to commentate on their newly formed network. The involvement of such important figures as Mia Hamm helped grow ESPNW's reputation among sports fans. Hamm helped popularize the online network when she worked as a commentator during the 2011 World Cup for ESPNW as well as ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.

Local sites

ESPN started local chapters of its website in response to the decline of local sports coverage available as newspapers continue to go out of business across the country. Each page covers local professional and college teams, hiring locally known writers, and in some cases making use of the city's ESPN Radio affiliate. In markets where the ABC Owned Television Stations owns a station, their sports coverage is incorporated with the corresponding ESPN local site. Some local sites have expanded into high school sports coverage.

Current

• ESPNBoston.com – with affiliate WEEI
• ESPNChicago.com – with WMVP and WLS-TV
• ESPNCleveland.com – with affiliates WKNR and WWGK
• ESPNDallas.com
• ESPNLosAngeles.com – with KSPN and KABC-TV
• ESPNNewYork.com – with WEPN-FM and WABC-TV

References

1. ESPN, Inc. Fact Sheet Archived 2014-08-05 at the Wayback Machine - ESPN Media Zone
2. ESPN.com, MSN tie up for online sports coverage Archived 2018-11-06 at the Wayback Machine - CIOL, 7 September 2001
3. Game on for MSN, Fox Sports site Archived 2021-11-21 at the Wayback Machine - CNET, 28 June 2004
4. ESPN Deportes celebra 10 años Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine - Business Wire
5. Rauch, Isaac (July 11, 2012). "ESPN Entertainment Writer Has A Bad Misplaced Pages Habit". Archived from the original on February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
6. "Sponsors Announced for espnW Summit NYC on May 9" (Press release). ESPN PressRoom. May 2024. Archived from the original on May 31, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
7. "espnW Fact Sheet". ESPN Press Room U.S. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
8. "Simone Biles and raising righteous daughters". espnW. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
9. "Essay: How feminist self-defense flips the script on violence against women". espnW. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
10. ^ Bell, Jack (2011-06-21). "Hamm Joining espnW for Women's World Cup". Goal. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
11. ESPN: The local leader in sports? Archived 2017-02-12 at the Wayback Machine - Sports Business Daily, 14 September 2009

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Executives	George Bodenheimer Edwin Durso Chuck Pagano Norby Williamson James Pitaro
U.S. networks	Streaming ESPN+ ESPN3 Venu Sports (33.33%) Linear TV ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU ESPNews Deportes ACC Network SEC Network Part-time ACC Network Xtra ESPN on ABC SEC Network + Radio ESPN Radio Deportes Xtra
International	Canada TSN 1 2 3 4 5 RDS RDS2 RDS Info Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery Science Discovery Velocity Japan J Sports (3%) Latin America Panregional ESPN (Latin America) Brazil ESPN (Brazil) Caribbean ESPN Caribbean Netherlands ESPN (Netherlands) Oceania ESPN Australia Sub-Saharan Africa ESPN Africa
Ventures	ESPN.com ESPN Bet (with Penn Entertainment) ESPN Deportes.com ESPN Broadband ESPN Events ESPN Films ESPN Deportes La Revista ESPN Books ESPY Awards ESPN Integration ESPN PPV
Defunct ventures	Arena Football League (minority stake, 2006–2009) ESPN 3D (2010–2013) ESPN America (2002–2013) ESPN Classic (U.S.) (1995–2021) ESPN Classic (UK) (2006–2013) ESPN Classic Canada (2001–2023) ESPN College Extra (2015–2023) ESPN Full Court (2007–2015) ESPN GamePlan (1992–2015) ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded (2010–2020) Grantland (2011–2015) ESPN HS (1997–2012) ESPN The Magazine (1998–2019) ESPN MVP (2005–2006) ESPNscrum (2007–2015) ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1996–2012; incl. ESPN Asia (1995–2013)) NHL Network Canada (2001–2015) ESPN5 (2017–2020) WatchESPN (2011–2019) Sony ESPN (2016–2020) ESPN West Longhorn Network (2011–2024) WTSN (2001–2003)
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Other properties	Andscape ESPNcricinfo Jayski's Silly Season Site (formerly) ESPN FC Scouts Inc. TrueHoop
Notable personalities	Current personalities Former personalities ESPNews personalities ESPNU personalities ESPN Radio personalities Presidents of ESPN
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