ABC Sports (historical brand)

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sports division sports television brand television production unit

ABC Sports (historical brand) was the sports division and on-air branding of the American Broadcasting Company that produced and broadcast major sporting events, including the iconic "Wide World of Sports."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
ABC Sports	1
ABC News and Sports division (historically)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sports division ⓘ sports television brand ⓘ television production unit ⓘ
associatedWith	Roone Arledge ⓘ
brandingUsedOn	ABC Sports ⓘ surface form: ABC sports telecasts
brandOf	American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
broadcast	ABC Sports ⓘ surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports Monday Night Football ⓘ NBA games ⓘ Olympic Games coverage ⓘ college football games ⓘ
broadcastArea	national ⓘ
broadcastLanguage	English ⓘ
broadcastMedium	television ⓘ
category	American sports television production companies ⓘ defunct sports television brand ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	sports television ⓘ
industry	sports broadcasting ⓘ television production ⓘ
integratedInto	ESPN ⓘ
network	ABC ⓘ
notableFor	iconic sports theme music ⓘ innovative sports broadcasting techniques ⓘ long-running anthology series ABC's Wide World of Sports ⓘ
notableProgram	ABC Sports ⓘ surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports
notableSlogan	The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat ⓘ
operatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ownedBy	American Broadcasting Company ⓘ The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
parentOrganization	American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
partOf	American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
produced	ABC Sports ⓘ surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports Monday Night Football ⓘ NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ Olympic Games coverage ⓘ auto racing broadcasts ⓘ boxing broadcasts ⓘ college football broadcasts ⓘ golf tournament broadcasts ⓘ
programFormat	live sports events ⓘ sports anthology ⓘ
replacedBy	ESPN on ABC ⓘ
serviceType	sports coverage ⓘ
successor	ESPN on ABC ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ early 21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ABC → hasService → ABC Sports (historical brand) ⓘ

ABC Sports → partOf → ABC Sports (historical brand) ⓘ

this entity surface form: ABC News and Sports division (historically)

Bowl Championship Series → televisionPartner → ABC Sports (historical brand) ⓘ

this entity surface form: ABC Sports