Editing ESPN (section)

===ESPN2===
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'''ESPN2''' was launched on October 1, 1993. It carried a broad mix of event coverage from conventional sports—including [[auto racing]], [[college basketball]] and [[National Hockey League|NHL]] hockey—to [[extreme sports]]—such as [[BMX]], [[skateboarding]] and [[motocross]].<ref name="baltimoresun-espn2">{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/10/01/whether-you-get-it-or-not-espn2-has-no-tie-to-the-tried-and-true/ |title=Whether you get it or not, ESPN2 has no tie to the tried and true |newspaper=Baltimore Sun |access-date=September 25, 2012 |date=October 1, 1993 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001232654/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-10-01/sports/1993274121_1_sportsnight-sportscenter-olbermann |url-status=live }}</ref> The "[[ESPN BottomLine]]", a [[news ticker|ticker]] displaying sports news and scores during all programming that is now used by all of ESPN's networks, originated on ESPN2 in 1995.<ref name="USA">{{cite news| url =https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2008-03-06-hiestand-weekend_N.htm| title =Dedicated staff keeps close watch on ESPN's Bottom Line| work =USA Today| date =March 7, 2008| access-date =March 27, 2008| first =Michael| last =Hiestand| archive-date =April 9, 2008| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080409132021/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2008-03-06-hiestand-weekend_N.htm| url-status =live}}</ref> In the late 1990s, ESPN2 was gradually reformatted to serve as a secondary outlet for ESPN's mainstream sports programming.<ref name="Deadspin-last days">{{cite web|title=The Last Days Of ESPN2|url=http://deadspin.com/233272/the-last-days-of-espn2|work=February 1, 2012|date=February 2007 |publisher=Deadspin|access-date=September 26, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523192201/http://deadspin.com/233272/the-last-days-of-espn2|url-status=live}}</ref>