ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen Dies at 93 from Parkinson’s: ‘A Visionary and an Innovator’

Yahoo Sports•Tue, Aug 18, 2026, 05:18 PM•2 min read

The former sports broadcaster and his son Scott came up with the idea for an all-sports network in 1978 while stuck in traffic

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