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Around 1983-84, ESPN was up for sale. ABC and Sports Illustrated were interested, but Ted Turner outbid them for their services. He promised to take the network to the next level, but within a few months, he let go many members of the staff, and then shut the network down completely to get rid of the competition.

However, what if ESPN was bought by one of those other buyers, and ended up lasting to this day? How would sports programming be different?
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