Sports on Television

by Alvin Marill and Alvin H. Marill

Television has always augmented its dramatic and variety programming with sports. After covering wrestling and boxing matches for several years, ABC added the hugely popular Roller Derby between 1949 and 1951, and later, college and pro football. Today, there is a multitude of pay and cable networks devoted exclusively to baseball, football, golf, hockey, tennis, ice-skating, and auto racing. Rather than focusing on live sports broadcasts, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313351058
• ISBN13: 9780313351051
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"