Editing SportsCenter (section)

===1980s===

In 1988, 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=The ESPN Effect: How ESPN Has Transformed Local Sportscasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g711NwAACAAJ|author=Chung Soon Choi|year=2002|access-date=2015-10-06|archive-date=2016-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429084411/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_ESPN_Effect.html?id=g711NwAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 "[[Albedo 0.39|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 was originally composed by [[John Colby (musician)|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet SportsCenter theme composer Colby — the 'DaDaDa, DaDaDa' guy|url=http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/09/meet-sportscenter-theme-composer-colby-the-dadada-dadada-guy/|author=Rob Tobias|website=ESPN Front Row|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]|date=September 10, 2012|access-date=October 6, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002241/http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/09/meet-sportscenter-theme-composer-colby-the-dadada-dadada-guy/|url-status=live}}</ref> The current version of the theme was composed in 2006 by Annie Roboff, who also co-wrote [[Faith Hill]]'s 1998 hit "[[This Kiss (Faith Hill song)|This Kiss]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Annie Roboff Home Page|url=http://www.geocities.com/aroboff/Annie.htm|author=Annie Roboff|website=[[GeoCities]]|access-date=June 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624230615/http://www.geocities.com/aroboff/Annie.htm|archive-date=June 24, 2007}}</ref>