ABC Sports

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sports division television production unit

ABC Sports was the sports division of the American Broadcasting Company, best known for producing major U.S. sports broadcasts including Monday Night Football.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
ABC Sports canonical 55
ABC's Wide World of Sports 5
ABC Wide World of Sports 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sports division ⓘ
television production unit ⓘ
brandRetired yes ⓘ
broadcastArea United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
broadcastMedium cable and satellite (through ESPN on ABC) ⓘ
terrestrial television ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredSport American football ⓘ
Olympic sports ⓘ
auto racing ⓘ
baseball ⓘ
basketball ⓘ
golf ⓘ
formerName Wide World of Sports ⓘ
surface form: Wide World of Sports division
genre sports television ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
industry sports broadcasting ⓘ
television production ⓘ
innovation emphasis on storytelling and human-interest features in sports ⓘ
pioneering modern sports television production techniques ⓘ
use of slow-motion replays in sports coverage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mergedInto ESPN on ABC ⓘ
network ABC ⓘ
notableFigure Roone Arledge ⓘ
notableFor producing Monday Night Football ⓘ
producing major U.S. sports broadcasts ⓘ
ownedBy The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
parentOrganization American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
partOf ABC Sports (historical brand) ⓘ
surface form: ABC News and Sports division (historically)
producedProgram ABC Sports self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports

College Football on ABC ⓘ
IndyCar racing on ABC ⓘ
Major League Baseball on ABC ⓘ
Monday Night Football ⓘ
ESPN on ABC ⓘ
surface form: NASCAR on ABC

NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ
surface form: NBA on ABC (early packages)

ESPN on ABC ⓘ
surface form: NCAA basketball on ABC

Olympic Games opening ceremony television production ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Games coverage on ABC

PGA Tour golf on ABC ⓘ
slogan The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat ⓘ
surface form: "Wide World of Sports" tagline "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat"

"You’ll see it all on ABC Sports" ⓘ
successor ESPN ⓘ
surface form: ESPN, Inc.
timePeriodOfProminence 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

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

Monday Night Football → productionCompany → ABC Sports ⓘ
Tim McCarver → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
ABC Sports (historical brand) → notableProgram → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
this entity surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports
ABC Sports (historical brand) → produced → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
this entity surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports
ABC Sports (historical brand) → broadcast → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
this entity surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports
ABC Sports (historical brand) → brandingUsedOn → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
this entity surface form: ABC sports telecasts
Bill Walton → employedBy → ABC Sports ⓘ
American Broadcasting Company → sportsBrandPreviouslyUsed → ABC Sports ⓘ
Al Michaels → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Don Drysdale → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Michele Tafoya → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Jim Palmer → workedFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Bob Griese → broadcastFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Howard Cosell → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Ahmad Rashad → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
ABC Sports → producedProgram → ABC Sports self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports
John Madden → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Mike Tirico → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Lynn Swann → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Curt Gowdy → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Bill Clement → workedFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Gifford → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: Frank Gifford
Peggy Fleming → televisionNetworkWorkedFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Iron Bowl → hasMediaCoverageBy → ABC Sports ⓘ
Hubie Brown → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
William Theodore Walton III → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Jack Whitaker → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
ESPN on ABC → partOf → ABC Sports ⓘ
The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat → usedIn → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: "The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat"
this entity surface form: ABC Wide World of Sports
The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat → associatedWith → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: "The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat"
The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat → popularizedBy → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: "The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat"
this entity surface form: ABC Wide World of Sports
Roone Arledge → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Sean McDonough → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Cheryl Miller → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Tommy Harmon → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Sir Jackie Stewart → commentatedFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Dan Dierdorf → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Dick Vermeil → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Linda Anne Stamaton → spouseEmployer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Chris Berman → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Melissa Stark → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Ralph Boston → workedFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Tafoya → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: Michele Tafoya
Bob Wolff → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
ABC (historical) → hasDivision → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC
Keith Jackson → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
Frank Broyles → workedFor → ABC Sports ⓘ
Cosell → employer → ABC Sports ⓘ
subject surface form: Howard Cosell
Wide World of Sports → alsoKnownAs → ABC Sports ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC's Wide World of Sports
Wide World of Sports → productionCompany → ABC Sports ⓘ