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104-470: Since it premiered upon the network's launch on September 7, 1979, the show has broadcast more than 60,000 episodes, more than any other program on American television; SportsCenter is broadcast from ESPN's studio facilities in Bristol, Connecticut , Washington, D.C. , and Los Angeles . As of 2024, SportsCenter normally runs live at the following times: The program's runtime and starting time depend on

208-477: A bicycle division. During any shift, there may be as many as 12 officers on duty, not including detectives and officers from other divisions. [REDACTED] Media related to Bristol, Connecticut at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] Bristol, Connecticut travel guide from Wikivoyage CBS Sports CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television broadcaster CBS . Its headquarters are in

312-623: A dark grey color scheme. A downscaled replica of DC2's set was constructed for broadcasts originating from ESPN's Los Angeles studio. On February 2 and 3, 2015, Lindsay Czarniak anchored the 6:00 p.m. (Eastern) edition of SportsCenter from ESPN's Los Angeles facilities, due to a major snowstorm that hit the Northeastern United States the previous weekend, which also affected ESPN's main facilities in Bristol. The previous week from January 26 to 30, Czarniak had co-anchored

416-410: A decade and (with the exception of the midnight ET edition with Scott Van Pelt) it has now been replaced by a bug on the lower-left portion of the 16:9 screen. The bug now identifies specific editions of SportsCenter (such as SC:AM , SC@Night and so on). ESPN debuted a brand new advertising campaign for SportsCenter which was created by Droga5 in late 2017. It was originally expected to replace

520-413: A different SportsCenter anchor traveled to a different state each day to discover the sports, sports history, and athletes of the state. On April 4, 2006, SportsCenter began to show highlights of Major League Baseball games in progress at the program's airtime; the rights to broadcast these highlights while games were ongoing was previously given exclusivity to fellow ESPN program, Baseball Tonight ;

624-500: A half-hour edition in which they announced the cancellations of major upcoming sporting events. On June 7, 2004, SportsCenter began broadcasting in high definition . Along with the conversion, the program introduced a new set designed by Walt Disney Imagineering (situated in a studio located at ESPN's new "Digital Center"), and a new graphics package titled "Revolution" that was developed by Troika Design Group. During that summer, ESPN celebrated its 25th anniversary , by counting down

728-515: A house north of Barnes Street, on the west side of King Street. The following year the first settlement arrived in what became East Bristol when Nathaniel Messenger of Hartford and Benjamin Buck of Southington bought land and built houses along King Street. Other houses were soon built around present-day Bristol wherever land was available for farming. This included the slope of Fall Mountain, along today's Wolcott Street, and on Chippens Hill. By 1742,

832-421: A household in the city in 2010 was $ 57,610. The per capita income for the city was $ 30,573. Of the population 10.5% was living below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 8.7% of those under the age of 18 and 5.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. The companies below are some of the most notable in Bristol. These, in addition to Bristol Hospital, are the largest private employers in

936-412: A limited number of NFL national telecasts; the remainder requires a Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access) subscription to be viewed online, with CBS Sports Network programming requiring a TV Everywhere subscription.) On August 31, 2013, CBS Sports rolled out its previous graphics and animation package that was first used in the network's coverage of Super Bowl XLVII . Additionally, in compliance with

1040-547: A move to reposition the network to include mainstream sports—including coverage of minor professional sports leagues such as the Arena Football League and Major League Lacrosse , although college sports are still aired frequently by the network. CBS Sports Radio was a sports radio network that launched on September 4, 2012, with hourly sports news updates. It began offering a full 24-hour schedule of sports talk programming on January 2, 2013. CBS Sports Radio

1144-464: A new website for the program – SportsCenter.com, which launched on August 11, 2008 – to promote more interaction with viewers. To promote these changes, ESPN held an employee casting call to see who would be featured in almost 25 live and unscripted commercials per day. Steve Braband, an International Programmer for the network, won, and was featured in ads shown about every half-hour (excluding from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on ESPN. Additionally,

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1248-525: A particular event originating from the event locations (such as " SportsCenter at the Super Bowl " and " SportsCenter at the World Series "). In August 2009, Robert Flores – co-anchor of the program's 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. block – was replaced on the early-afternoon broadcasts with John Buccigross. On August 30, 2010, ESPN expanded SportsCenter to ESPNEWS , airing an additional seven hours of

1352-413: A railroad station (no longer in use). At one time all of Forestville had its own zip code. As of the 2010 census , there were 60,477 people, 25,189 households, and 16,175 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,265.8 inhabitants per square mile (874.8/km ). There were 26,125 housing units at an average density of 985.6 units per square mile (380.5 units/km ). The racial makeup of

1456-462: A sole resident who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38, and the average family size was 2.94. The age diversity at the 2000 census was 23.2% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for

1560-638: A studio at ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. However, the Scott Van Pelt edition of SportsCenter has been produced out of a studio in Washington, D.C., inside the ABC News bureau since 2020, in the former studio of Around the Horn . The 1 a.m. Eastern edition of SportsCenter has been produced out of ESPN's Los Angeles Production Center at L.A. Live since 2009; that edition also

1664-574: Is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut , United States, 20 miles (32 km) southwest-west of Hartford . The city is also 120 miles southwest from Boston , and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City . The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region . As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 61,844. Bristol is the location of the general studios of ESPN ,

1768-580: Is also a Polish-American Dożynki festival every September, at St Stanislaus Church . Bristol has a summer collegiate baseball team called the Bristol Blues who play home games at Muzzy Field . Muzzy Field is one of the oldest ballparks in the United States. In 2012 and 2013, the City of Bristol approved funding for a significant renovation project of the historic ballpark. Bristol hosts

1872-596: Is also featured in a small weekly called the Bristol Observer . Bristol has a bus service that connects urban centers and hospitals with the rest of the city. It is part of the CTtransit system, which serves the Greater Hartford area. Bristol's emergency medical services program has been provided by Bristol Hospital since 1977. It was designed to assume the responsibility previously carried by

1976-409: Is governed under a Mayor-council form of government. Both the mayor and councilpersons are elected every two years. The city's Treasurer, Board of Assessment Appeals, and Board of Education are also elected every two years. Jeff Caggiano (R) was elected as mayor on November 2, 2021. Ellen Zoppo-Sassu (D), first elected in the 2017 municipal election and was re-elected in 2019. The last municipal election

2080-487: Is operated by Paramount Global through CBS Sports. Launched as the National College Sports Network in 2002, then renamed as College Sports Television in 2003, CBS's then-parent company Viacom acquired the network in 2005 and later renamed it CBS College Sports Network in 2008. The network had always focused on college sports, but in 2011, CBS rebranded the network as CBS Sports Network as

2184-433: Is part of Paramount Streaming . On February 26, 2018, following up on the success of their online news network CBSN , CBS Sports launched CBS Sports HQ , a 24/7, online only, linear sports news network. The network focuses entirely on sports news, results, highlights and analysis. (CBS Sports college sports and golf programming that it distributes over the air is generally made available for free via separate streams, as are

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2288-492: Is repeated during the overnight hours. ESPN also produces short 90-second capsules known as SportsCenter Right Now , which air at select points within game telecasts on the network and sister broadcast network ABC to provide updates of other ongoing and recently concluded sporting events. In addition to providing game highlights and news from the day in sports outside of the scheduled slate of games (including team player and management transactions, injury reports and other news),

2392-580: Is tasked with ensuring that properties are not abandoned and that all properties are reasonably maintained. In 2008, the Bristol Blight Committee was disbanded in order to make way for a new committee, the Bristol Code Enforcement Committee. This new committee has even greater powers and can now deal with both appearances and structural integrity issues of buildings in Bristol. The purpose of the committee

2496-577: Is the "Mum City", because it was once a leader in chrysanthemum production and still holds an annual Bristol Mum Festival . The area that includes present-day Bristol was originally inhabited by the Tunxis Native American tribe, one of the Eastern Algonquian-speaking peoples that shared the lower Connecticut River Valley . Originally, Bristol was within the boundaries of Farmington, Connecticut , which

2600-468: Is the largest taxpayer to the City of Bristol. Though its beginnings were in Yonkers, New York , Otis Elevator Company possesses the tallest elevator test tower in the United States in Bristol. Located near ESPN and Lake Compounce, the 383-foot (117 m)-high tower is easily visible from the surrounding roads. According to Bristol's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in

2704-421: Is to streamline the process of enforcing the issues the former Blight Committee was tasked with. The law requires all structures to be free of "abandoned vehicles, nuisances, refuse, pollution and filth ... broken glass, loose shingles, holes, cracked or damaged siding, crumbling brick and other conditions 'reflective of deterioration or inadequate maintenance.'" Since 2008, Bristol has begun another renovation of

2808-716: The Active Format Description #10 code, CBS Sports switched to a 16:9 aspect ratio letterbox presentation used for all sports programming, including the SEC on CBS and the NFL on CBS broadcasts. On November 30, 2015, CBS Sports unveiled a new rectangular logo, which premiered on-air during its coverage of Super Bowl 50 , and was intended to provide consistency between the division's platforms. It replaced an existing logo that had dated back to 1981. In October 2020, CBS announced that all of its major divisions would adopt

2912-784: The CBS Building on W 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan , New York City , with programs produced out of Studios 43 and 44 of the CBS Broadcast Center on W 57th Street . CBS' premier sports properties include the WNBA , NFL , Big Ten football, NCAA Division I college basketball (including alternating-year telecasts of the NCAA men's basketball tournament ), PGA Tour golf, the Masters Tournament ,

3016-517: The Connecticut Academic Performance Test , a standardized test which students take statewide in tenth grade. The report states that more than 87% of Bristol students scored at or above the proficient level in each of the content areas assessed. Recently, it has been proposed that the educational system of the city be redesigned. Because some of the schools are in historic buildings, new schools are being sought by

3120-641: The Little League New England and Mid-Atlantic Regional playoffs every August at the A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Center. Parks in Bristol include Peck, Page, Rockwell, Bracket, Barnes Nature Center, Indian Rock, and Forestville Memorial. The city is also home to Lake Compounce (1846), the oldest continuously operated amusement park in North America, and to the New England Carousel Museum. The city

3224-624: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), allow for brief highlights to be shown while a game is in progress. From 2006 to 2013, Major League Baseball only allowed ongoing game highlights to air during SportsCenter within the Baseball Tonight Extra segments in the broadcast. The National Football League (NFL) does not permit the use of highlights for games that are ongoing at all, outside of those featured within its own live game broadcasts on

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3328-639: The PGA Championship , and the UEFA Champions League . CBS Sports was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content for Interactive Use for its program March Madness on Demand. CBS Sports Network is a sports-oriented American digital cable and satellite channel that

3432-681: The "Mum Festival" leaders were "encouraged" to adopt the new image at the festival and parade. Located in Bristol are the American Clock & Watch Museum , Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center, Bristol Military Memorial Museum , Bristol Historical Society Museum , Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum , and the Harry Barnes Memorial Nature Center which is part of the Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut. There

3536-713: The 2006 deal that saw ABC release Al Michaels from his contract, in order to join John Madden and key production personnel for the new NBC Sunday Night Football (this same deal also reverted rights to the Walt Disney-produced Oswald The Lucky Rabbit cartoons from Universal Pictures , which originally distributed the shorts). In addition, there are many anecdotal reports of various television networks (such as CBS Sports , NBC Sports , and beIN Sport ) that will not release highlights of certain sporting events to ESPN, unless

3640-437: The 6:00 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter , effective February 6, 2017 (the day after Super Bowl LI ). They replaced Lindsay Czarniak, who had been anchoring the 6:00 p.m. ET edition of the show since December 3, 2012. On November 13, 2015, ESPN interrupted regular programming around 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, to cover the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks on Stade de France and downtown Paris as well as

3744-545: The 6:00 p.m. edition alongside John Anderson from the parking lot of the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona as part of the program's coverage of Super Bowl XLIX . After that week, Anderson was moved back to the 11:00 p.m. broadcast, making Czarniak the solo anchor of the 6:00 p.m. editions on weeknights starting on February 2. On September 7, 2015, Scott Van Pelt became

3848-567: The 6:00 p.m. edition of SportsCenter . On February 8 and 9, 2013, the 11:00 p.m. editions of SportsCenter on both nights were broadcast from Los Angeles, due to a massive snowstorm in the Northeastern United States that prevented some staff from conducting the program out of ESPN's Bristol headquarters. Stan Verrett anchored both editions from the network's Los Angeles studios. In late March 2013, David Lloyd and Sage Steele, both of whom were previously co-anchored

3952-423: The 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time edition, which was anchored by Hannah Storm and Sage Steele), SportsCenter debuted a new graphics package that saw the "rundown" graphic – shown during the daytime editions – being shifted to the left side of the screen. On that same date, SportsCenter began producing its 1:00 a.m. Eastern Time edition of SportsCenter live from ESPN's production facilities in

4056-491: The Bristol Police Department. The Bristol Hospital's EMS are carried out using six emergency ambulances (including spares), two paramedic intercept vehicles and four wheelchair vans. The Bristol, Connecticut Fire Department is a full-service fire department with five engine companies (or stations) and one tower ladder company. The Bristol Board of Fire Commissioners consists of five members appointed by

4160-735: The Connecticut Senate. At the federal level, Bristol is in Connecticut's 1st congressional district and is currently represented by Democrat John B. Larson . Education in Bristol is conducted using seven elementary schools (grades kindergarten through five), two middle schools (grades six, seven and eight), and two high schools. In addition to these public schools, there are three private Catholic Schools , and one Lutheran School available. These add an additional three pre-kindergarten through grade 8 schools and one additional high school. A recent press release shows good scores on

4264-488: The ESPN logo used on footage presented in standard definition). That same year on October, the former WWE employee Todd Grisham joined ESPN to anchor the show. The move required the letterboxed image to be shrunk in order to be displayed in that manner, with the "rundown" graphic continuing to be placed on the left side of the screen. In August 2011, John Anderson – who previously served as the 11:00 p.m. (Eastern) anchor –

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4368-596: The Forestville area, there are two subsections known as East Bristol and the Stafford District. Forestville village has a library branch (Manross), post office, meeting hall, community group (Forestville Village Association), fire station, cemetery, funeral home, two urban parks (Quinlan Veterans Park and Clock Tower Park), Pequabuck Duck Race, Memorial Day Parade, Summer Concert Night, Pumpkin Festival, and

4472-662: The General Court formed a committee to locate the geographic center of the settlement. The area now known as Federal Hill was deemed the center, and the first Congregationalist church was built there. In 1785, New Cambridge was incorporated as the town of Bristol, named after Bristol, England . By 1790, the industry for which the town later became famous was established by the pioneer of clock making Gideon Roberts. Roberts began making wooden moment clocks and peddled them by horseback through Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania . As Roberts' sons grew up and began helping with

4576-459: The Mayor who establish the primary policies of the fire department. The Bristol Police Department is a full-service police department with approximately 125 sworn officers. The Bristol Board of Police Commissioners consists of five members appointed by the Mayor who establish the primary policies of the police department. In addition to a vehicular patrol division, downtown Bristol is also policed by

4680-577: The Plainville town line, south to the Southington town line, west up to the industrial development along Middle street and crosses King Street, including properties on Kingswood Drive and Bernside Drive, north up to Bristol Eastern High School, then north up to the south edge of properties on Louisiana Avenue, then to the west of properties on the west side of Brook Street and from there, goes up to commercial development along Farmington Avenue. Within

4784-399: The ability for anchors to present content on-set through means other than just through voiceovers. A new graphics package was also introduced, emphasizing a bolder, yet more simplified look – in both their appearance and the level of content. To coincide with the redesign of SportsCenter , a revised variant of ESPN's BottomLine ticker was introduced to complement the new graphical design, using

4888-399: The area. Founded in 1857 and headquartered in Bristol, Barnes Group is a diversified international manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies and a distributor of industrial supplies, serving a wide range of markets and customers. Barnes Group consists of three businesses with 2005 sales of $ 1.1 billion. ESPN houses its broadcast studios in Bristol on Middle Street. ESPN

4992-697: The attacks, announcing the postponements of some major European sporting events that had been announced up to that weekend. On January 3, 2017, the 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. ET editions of SportsCenter moved from ESPN to ESPN2, effectively switching channels with the two-hour debate program First Take , which moved from ESPN2 to ESPN. On February 6, 2017, the newly revamped 6:00 p.m. ET of SportsCenter , known as SC6 with Michael/Jemele (pronounced SportsCenter at 6 ), debuted with Michael Smith and Jemele Hill as co-anchors. This new format featured some elements taken from Smith and Hill's former show, His & Hers and, like SportsCenter with SVP ,

5096-419: The business, Gideon increased production and Bristol clocks were soon sold all over the country. By the early 19th century, nearly all of the capital and skill in town was involved in the clock industry in some form or fashion. The clock business gave way to related industries, which included brass, springs, bearings, and hardware. As Bristol began to grow, many ethnic groups arrived to work in the industries. It

5200-505: The city is 87.74% White, 3.84% African American, 9.64% Hispanic, 0.19% Native American, 1.94% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.72% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. In 2000 there were 24,886 households in Bristol, of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. Of all households 28.9% were made up of individuals, and 10.7% consisted of

5304-521: The city were: Bristol holds an annual street festival in September with a car show and a family farms weekend at Minors Farm, Shepherd Meadows and Roberts Orchard. The first Bristol Mum Festival began on July 7, 1962, and included a parade. The members of the Chamber of Commerce and City of Bristol officials met and completed a list of activities to take place over six days. They wanted to focus on

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5408-404: The city. In addition, it has been proposed that the entire education system of the city be redesigned, eliminating the middle school category. In other words, all schools would be kindergarten through eighth grade or high school. The Bristol Board of Education's appeals for support for this project have been met with mixed emotions. The local daily newspaper is The Bristol Press, and town news

5512-634: The closure of the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency, the metropolitan planning organization for Bristol, New Britain , and surrounding towns for decades. Forestville was the hunting grounds of the Tunxis tribe until the 19th century. The village was established in 1833 and named Forestville for its wooded surroundings. Forestville today has grown into a mini-metropolis of suburban neighborhoods and local businesses. The boundaries of Forestville go from

5616-448: The country to ESPN when he co-anchored the premiere episode of SportsCenter on September 7, 1979, with Leonard, a longtime New York City sports broadcaster. According to Entertainment Weekly , Leonard said in the opening of the show: "If you're a fan, what you will see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow may convince you that you've gone to sports heaven." Grande spent ten more years with ESPN and SportsCenter until he left

5720-484: The downtown area. The Bristol Downtown Development Corporation was formed to manage the downtown renovation. This has included a complete overhaul of a park in the center of the city. In addition, the outdated and underused Bristol Centre Mall from the mid-1960s was purchased by the city, then demolished in 2008, yielding a 17-acre site suitable for development, christened Depot Square by the city. Also, North Main Street

5824-574: The early-evening edition was, for the first time, expanded to three hours. During that broadcast, ESPN aired live coverage of Roger Clemens 's second start for the New York Yankees ' minor league affiliate in Scranton, Pennsylvania . The 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time edition of SportsCenter on August 7, 2007, which was anchored by John Buccigross and Cindy Brunson , showed live coverage of Barry Bonds 's 756th career home run, which broke

5928-602: The families inhabiting the area petitioned the Connecticut Colony General Court for permission to create their own Congregational Society , citing the difficulties traveling to Farmington during winter. The Court approved their petition for the winter months only, and in 1744, agreed that area residents could set up their own ecclesiastical society. It was called New Cambridge. With their own congregation, area settlers began forming their own local government. However, since homes were so widely scattered,

6032-473: The first 10,000 shows (all three men individually counted down each set of 10,000 clips). ESPN also debuted the SportsCenter Minute , a one-minute SportsCenter update that is streamed exclusively on ESPN.com . Four months later on May 6, another major change to SportsCenter was introduced on that night's 11:00 p.m. (Eastern) edition, with the debut of a "rundown" graphic that appears on

6136-413: The games' runtime. In case a game overlaps the starting time of any SportsCenter edition, it is occasionally moved to either ESPN2 or ESPNews (depending on whether one of the networks is carrying an event) until the event concludes. Conversely, SportsCenter may start early and run longer if the preceding event finishes early or breaking sports news requires it. Most editions of the show originate from

6240-540: The hostage situation in the Bataclan theatre , where a concert by American rock band Eagles of Death Metal was interrupted by terrorists who killed 89 people. ESPN FC correspondent Jonathan Johnson, as well as then French president François Hollande , were attending the game in the Stade de France , around which the three explosions occurred. While Hollande was evacuated from the stadium at half-time, Johnson remained in

6344-708: The in-progress highlights are shown as part of the "Baseball Tonight Extra" segment. Prior to that date, video footage from MLB games was not shown on any SportsCenter broadcasts until the games completed play. On February 11, 2007, following the NBA game between the Chicago Bulls and the Phoenix Suns , SportsCenter aired its 30,000th broadcast. The special milestone edition was anchored by Steve Levy and Stuart Scott; Bob Ley, Chris Berman and Dan Patrick made guest appearances to recap events as well as bloopers from

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6448-552: The internet. CBS issued a cease and desist order in early April 2024 to all remaining affiliates informing them to cease using the CBS trademark by April 15 (CBS Radio had merged with Entercom in 2017 and CBS/Paramount Global has allowed use of the CBS name and Eyemark logo under a limited license to expire in late 2037; it withdrew permission for the use of the Eyemark by CBSSR at the end of 2019). Since then, Audacy has owned and operated

6552-595: The launch of a new three hour morning block from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m., titled SportsCenter:AM , also branded SC:AM . Maintaining a faster-paced format, the program focuses on highlights from the previous night in the first hour, the top plays and moments of the previous night's sporting events in the second hour, and the upcoming day in sports in the third hour. SportsCenter:AM also shares resources with Good Morning America and ESPN2/ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike . On October 11, 2016, ESPN named His & Hers co-hosts Jemele Hill and Michael Smith as co-anchors of

6656-508: The league's broadcast partners. ESPN is traditionally unable to air highlights of Olympic events until after they have aired on tape-delay on NBC (which currently holds the American rights to the Olympic Games through 2032) or its co-owned sister cable networks. ESPN began showing more Olympics highlights on-air and online beginning with the 2006 Winter Olympics , with the network obtaining these extended rights from NBC as part of

6760-471: The location of Lake Compounce , the United States's oldest continuously operating theme park, and is facing approval in 2024 to become home to one of the largest biomedical waste incineration operations in the United States. Bristol was known as a clock-making city in the 19th century, and is the location of American Clock & Watch Museum . Bristol is also the site of the former American Silver Company and its predecessor companies. Bristol's nickname

6864-491: The long-running This is SportsCenter advertising campaign as it would be discontinued. As of 2020, the latter advertising campaign (This is SportsCenter) is still being shown. On November 29, 2017, within an announcement of 150 behind-the-scenes staff members being laid off, ESPN announced the end of the primetime SportsCenter editions airing on ESPNews as of November 30 (breaking sports news coverage will be maintained where needed). Bristol, Connecticut Bristol

6968-490: The network decided to scale back the length of the daytime broadcast before the expansion occurred. That same year, Hannah Storm (former NBC Sports reporter and anchor of CBS 's The Early Show ) joined ESPN to anchor the 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. block of the program. The new format included two teams of two anchors in three-hour shifts: In addition, Sage Steele would provide updates every 30 minutes from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The changes also included

7072-568: The network in 1989. Chris Berman joined ESPN one month after its launch and became a fixture on the program until the early 1990s, when his efforts became more focused on National Football League and Major League Baseball coverage. He does, however, still occasionally appear as a substitute anchor. Bob Ley, who also hosted Outside the Lines , regularly appeared on the Sunday morning edition of SportsCenter until his retirement in 2019. In 1988,

7176-493: The network launched the website, steveislive.com, featuring Braband's daily appearance schedule, blog, and video clips of past appearances and audition footage. Upon that network's launch on February 13, 2009, SportsCenter began producing a countdown segment, the SportsCenter High-5 , for sister channel Disney XD (which is owned by ESPN majority owner The Walt Disney Company ). On April 6, 2009 (starting with

7280-469: The new BottomLine was reinstated on July 8. The 2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship , which was repeatedly delayed due to weather, aired on both NBC and ESPN. Portions of ESPN's broadcast, including the early parts of the Monday final round, were presented under the " SportsCenter at the U.S. Open" banner – using a similar branding as the segments-within-the-show focusing on nightly highlights and analysis of

7384-619: The newly constructed L.A. Live complex (just across from the Staples Center ) in Los Angeles. The set is virtually identical to the setup at the main facilities in Bristol, and the late-night West Coast broadcast would be produced as simply another edition of the program. Neil Everett and Stan Verrett were appointed as the primary anchors for the Los Angeles-based editions of SportsCenter . A new BottomLine ticker

7488-446: The old MLB record set by Hank Aaron (ESPN was carrying the game live on ESPN2). In August 2008, the former WWE employee Jonathan Coachman joined ESPN to anchor the show. On August 11, 2008, during the opening week of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games , SportsCenter began airing live from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The original plan was to start the live block three hours earlier at 6:00 a.m. Eastern; however,

7592-532: The originating U.S. broadcaster's name is displayed on-screen for the entire length of the highlight (for example, "Courtesy NBC Sports"). Starting in 2007 and until its final season of broadcasting in 2014, ESPN stopped displaying the actual name of the NASCAR Nationwide Series or Sprint Cup Series race during highlights of such events (for example, the " Allstate 400 at the Brickyard "

7696-413: The positive things that were occurring in Bristol. When the festival opened it was originally known as the "Fall Festival". In 1963 the chrysanthemum ("Mum") was also added to the festival's name. Prior to 1986 the nurseries in Bristol would produce over 80,000 mum plants. In 2014, city leaders elected to adopt a new "brand" for the city. "All Heart" became the new logo on letterheads and T-shirts and even

7800-436: The program also features live reports from sites of sports events scheduled to be held or already concluded, extensive analysis of completed and upcoming sports events from sport-specific analysts and special contributors, and feature segments providing interviews with players, coaches, and franchise management in the headlines. In addition to airing simulcasts or network-exclusive editions on sister networks ESPN2 and ESPNews ,

7904-596: The program also produces short in-game updates during sports events aired on ABC and, until 2017, an interstitial play countdown segment for fellow network Disney XD . Some sports leagues and organizations, including the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), and college athletic conferences that are members of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and

8008-450: The program in separate blocks from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, canceling the channel's self-named rolling coverage. By late 2010, the "rundown" graphic was expanded to all editions of SportsCenter . On April 22, 2011, Josh Elliott – original and main co-anchor of the 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time block of SportsCenter – left ESPN to become news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America and

8112-505: The program's format was changed by executive producer Walsh from focusing on individual sports or leagues to a "newspaper-style" structure, prioritizing stories by importance rather than by sport. The program's title sequence during its early years included various kinds of sports balls flying outward, set to a rapid-fire electronic music version of " Pulstar " by Vangelis . By 1989, the first of several theme songs to incorporate ESPN's trademark six-note fanfare went into use. The theme music

8216-409: The remnants of the network under the brand Infinity Sports Network , utilizing the name of a forerunner company, Infinity Broadcasting . On February 26, 2018, CBS Sports launched CBS Sports HQ, a 24-hour streaming sports news channel modeled after CBS News 's streaming news channel . The online arm of CBS Sports is CBSSports.com . CBS purchased SportsLine.com in 2004, and today CBSSports.com

8320-426: The replacement of Danny Kanell as the new co-host of Russillo Show alongside Ryen Russillo , and utilizes a modified version of the show's theme (composed by Timbaland ), as well as a different lighting and graphics set. In October 2015, Ronda Rousey became the first female athlete to guest host on the show. On February 8, 2016, SportsCenter moved its start time from 9:00 to 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time, with

8424-531: The right-side third of the screen. This feature was originally only shown during rebroadcasts of the overnight edition on Monday through Saturday nights, and on the main Sunday night telecast; on ESPNHD, the sidebar graphic filled the right pillarbox where the ESPNHD logo would usually appear when standard definition footage was presented. The 6:00 p.m. edition of SportsCenter moved one hour earlier to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 28, 2007; at that time,

8528-402: The same introductions and theme music as the ESPN version, except with its title rendered using Canadian spelling . On September 11, 2001, ESPN interrupted regular programming at 11:05 a.m. Eastern to cover the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks through a simulcast of ABC News coverage. ESPN considered suspending that night's editions of SportsCenter , before deciding to air

8632-429: The show's opening tagline. The team of Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann —who anchored the 11:00 p.m. ( Eastern ) edition of the program—achieved great popularity during the late 1980s and the 1990s, a period interrupted by Olbermann's brief move to spin-off channel ESPN2 upon that network's launch in 1993. After Olbermann left ESPN in 1997, Kenny Mayne became Patrick's co-anchor on the late broadcast; when Patrick

8736-402: The solo anchor of a revised 12:00 a.m. (Eastern) edition of the program, which is more freeform than other SportsCenter editions and promoted as SportsCenter at Night, or SC@Night for short. In addition to featuring highlights and discussion panels, it features Van Pelt's analysis of sports events in a style similar to that conducted on his former radio talk show SVP and Russillo , during

8840-535: The southwestern quarter, Chippens Hill in the northwestern quarter, Edgewood in the northeastern quarter, Forestville in the southeastern quarter and the city in the approximate middle of Bristol. The majority of Bristol's area is residential in character, though since 2008 there has been a push for commercial development in the city. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Regional Planning Organization following

8944-511: The stadium, and after the game he described to the viewers the panic of the fans who attended the game and then rushed the field, after being noticed by the Stade de France's PA announcer . After the hostage crisis ended, a special edition of the program was aired, featuring analysis and reports on the impact that the Paris attacks had on the sports world and social media reactions of sportspeople to

9048-645: The then-newly renovated Los Angeles studio on June 23, 2014. On June 22, 2014, SportsCenter began broadcasting from Studio X of ESPN's new Digital Center 2 facility, which concurrently resulted in a major overhaul to the program's production and on-air appearance. The new studio incorporates over 114 displays – including two touchscreens, large vertical screens, and a "multidimensional" video wall consisting of 56 monitors of varying sizes and positions that can be used to create pseudo-3D effects. The monitor displays can be used to show video content (such as highlights) and other relevant imagery (such as statistics), emphasizing

9152-548: The top 100 moments in sports over the previous 25 years. The countdown was seen on each SportsCenter broadcast daily beginning on May 31, 2004; the countdown concluded with the #1 moment, the United States men's national ice hockey team 's victory over the USSR during the 1980 Winter Olympics , airing on September 7, 2004. During the summer of 2005, SportsCenter premiered a segment called " 50 States in 50 Days ", where

9256-495: The weekend morning editions – moved to the weekday early-afternoon block (from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern). The current daytime format, which was implemented that month, now features three teams of two anchors in two-hour shifts. On June 21, 2013, a large LED high definition monitor placed behind the main anchor desk was added to the main SportsCenter set in the network's Bristol facility. In February 2014, production of

9360-429: The weeknight 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) editions of SportsCenter was temporarily relocated back to Bristol, due to renovations being made at the network's SportsCenter studio in Los Angeles. In addition, Neil Everett and Stan Verrett – both of whom had anchored SportsCenter from Los Angeles since 2009 – were moved back to the network's headquarters, before both hosts and the program's production returned to

9464-412: Was also unveiled that day on four of the five ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2 , ESPN Classic and ESPNU ); the redesigned ticker was quickly dropped, reverting to the old BottomLine design – which had been in use since April 2003 – due to an equipment failure (however, this ticker was operational for the 2009 NFL draft and the 2009 NBA draft ). After technical issues with the revamped BottomLine were fixed,

9568-500: Was held on November 2, 2021. The City Council is made up of six members, elected every two years from three two member districts. As of the 2021 municipal elections, the members of the city council are: Bristol is represented in the Connecticut House of Representatives by state representatives Cara Pavalock D’Amato (R-77), Whit Betts (R-78), and Chris Ziogas (D-79). State Senator Henri Martin (R-31) represents Bristol in

9672-493: Was improved in 2008 by adding islands in the road, elegant street lighting and a brick median when the road was repaved. According to the United States Census Bureau , Bristol has a total area of 26.8 square miles (69.5 km ), of which 26.4 square miles (68.4 km ) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km ), or 1.51%, is water. Bristol contains several distinct sections, including Cedar Lake in

9776-495: Was incorporated as a city in 1911. Today, Bristol is mostly residential and best known as the home of ESPN (which arrived in 1979), the American Clock & Watch Museum (since 1952), and Lake Compounce , America's oldest operating theme park—opened in 1846. In the 1990s, the Blight Committee was formed to enforce appearance laws, and even demolish properties which it deems are unsightly and unkempt. This committee

9880-478: Was incorporated in the Connecticut Colony in 1645. This deed was confirmed by another deed in 1650. The first actual settler of Bristol was Daniel Brownson, who built a house near West Street, but did not stay in the area very long. The first permanent settler was Ebenezer Barnes, who the next year built a home on King Street. Also in 1728, Nehemiah Manross arrived from Lebanon, Connecticut , and built

9984-502: Was laid off four months earlier) and Kevin Negandhi as co-anchors for the weekday editions of SportsCenter:AM joining Jay Harris , while Matt Barrie and Elle Duncan co-anchor the weekend editions of SportsCenter:AM alongside Negandhi (who has since left that show to co-anchor the weeknight 6:00 p.m. ET editions of SportsCenter with Steele). In another notable change, the "rundown" graphic has been permanently removed after

10088-555: Was more freeform than other editions of SportsCenter . In addition, SC6 focused on the night ahead in sports, as well as breaking sports news as warranted. On April 26, 2017, SportsCenter anchors Jay Crawford , Chris Hassel, Jade McCarthy , Sara Walsh and Jaymee Sire (who had co-anchored SportsCenter:AM since its debut on February 8, 2016) were among the 100 staffers who were let go by ESPN. Several notable changes were implemented for SportsCenter beginning on August 28, 2017. Sage Steele and Randy Scott replaced Sire (who

10192-422: Was moved to the 6:00 p.m. edition, Rich Eisen and Stuart Scott became the show's primary anchor team. In 2001, Toronto -based Bell Globemedia and ESPN (which received a minority stake) jointly acquired The Sports Network (TSN). As part of its shift to ESPN-influenced branding, the specialty channel rebranded its existing sports news program SportsDesk and changed its name to SportsCentre , using

10296-638: Was moved to the early-evening 6:00 p.m. broadcast, replacing Brian Kenny (who departed ESPN to become a program host for the MLB Network ). ESPN launched a completely redesigned SportsCenter.com website on October 16, 2011. On August 25, 2012, the BottomLine was used to acknowledge the death of astronaut Neil Armstrong , the first man to walk on the Moon . It was reportedly only the fifth of six times that an outside news event not involving an athlete

10400-526: Was originally composed by John Colby , who served as ESPN's music director from 1984 to 1992, creating and producing music for various sporting events and programs seen on the network. The current version of the theme was composed in 2006 by Annie Roboff, who also co-wrote Faith Hill 's 1998 hit " This Kiss ". In 1994, ESPN launched the This is SportsCenter advertising campaign , a series of humorous, tongue-in-cheek spots featuring anchors and crew, based on

10504-419: Was originally owned by CBS Radio , with Westwood One handling distribution and marketing of the network. Sports radio stations that were owned by Entercom (now Audacy ) and Cumulus Media carried part of the full schedule of programming, while eight Entercom-owned stations carry network programming throughout the day. In addition to carriage on terrestrial stations, CBS Sports Radio streamed its programming on

10608-489: Was referred to as the "Brickyard 400 pres. by Golden Corral "), unless the title sponsor of the race is paid for to the network; a similar stipulation also applied to the network's IndyCar Series coverage until 2018. SportsCenter was conceived in 1979 and created by ESPN executives Chet Simmons and Scotty Connal. The program was originally anchored by Chris Berman , George Grande , Greg Gumbel , Lee Leonard , Bob Ley , Sal Marchiano and Tom Mees . Grande introduced

10712-462: Was replaced on the late morning block of the program by Kevin Negandhi. By mid-2011, shortly after ESPN and ESPN2 both converted to a 16:9 letterbox format (in compliance with the #10 AFD code ) on their primary standard definition feeds, SportsCenter began showing all high-definition and standard-definition footage in the appropriate aspect ratio on the SD feed (with stylized pillarboxes adorned with

10816-514: Was reported on the ticker, alongside the news of the September 11 attacks, the death of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in 2005, the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2008 , the Killing of Osama bin Laden , and the later death of former South African president Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013. On December 3, 2012, Lindsay Czarniak became the main co-anchor of

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