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Presents the history of sports channel ESPN based on interviews with nearly five hundred current and former employees, featuring announcers and analysts as well as sports stars including LeBron James, Peyton Manning, and Jeff Gordon.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling returns to St. Louis, for Lockdown 2010. The annual extravaganza was held Sunday night, April 18, at the Family Arena in suburban St. Charles. TNA Wrestling and Hulk Hogan lead the invasion of TNA Superstars including the reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion 'The Phenomenal' AJ Styles and Ric Flair, along with Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, Mick Foley, Samoa Joe, Team 3D, and more.

WWE kicks off The Road to WrestleMania with the 2013 Royal Rumble and this year, The Rock is back to electrify the WWE Universe once again! Will the Peoples Champ finally bring the WWE Championship home to Team Bring It for the first time in over ten years? Plus, 30 or more Superstars compete in WWE's historic over-the-top rope main event where one resilient Superstar earns a chance to main event WrestleMania!

Debuting in 1995, 'In Your House' is a three disc, eight hour collection of pay-per-view matches for the top Superstars in WWE to settle their scores in the months between the 'big 4' events. In 28 total events over five years, 'In Your House' and its unmistakable insignia solidified a permanent place in WWE through the iconic Superstars it hosted and the litany of innovations that stemmed from it.

"ESPN's rise is one of the most remarkable stories about business and sports in our time, and nobody can tell it better than George Bodenheimer. It may be hard to believe, but not long ago, getting sports updates was difficult and frustrating. ESPN changed everything. George Bodenheimer knows. Initially hired to work in the mailroom, one of Bodenheimer's first jobs was to pick up sportscaster Dick Vitale at the Hartford airport and drive him to ESPN's...

The talent-rich welterweight division will take center stage at UFC 171 on Saturday, March 15th in Dallas. A new 170-pound champion will be crowned when Johny 'Bigg Rigg' Hendricks battles 'Ruthless Robbie Lawler for the vacant title. Plus, former interim titleholder 'The Natural Born Killer' Carlos Condit continues his quest for another shot at championship glory when he squares off against hard-hitting Tyron 'The Chosen One' Woodley.

A look at wrestling between rivals WWE and WCW, the Monday night ratings battles, the birth and rebirth of some of wrestling's biggest stars, and more. Includes The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Triple H, and more. Includes footage and matches from WWE, WCW, and ECW, and exclusive matches.

"WWE goes EXTREME in a high octane pay-per-view event. Each of the matches have special stipulations as WWE Superstars battle for high profile championships and pride. The 2010 edition featured Street Fights, Steel Cage Matches, Strap Matches and more extreme antics. Who knows what lengths the Superstars of Raw and SmackDown will go to top last year's event?" --

"Once a shoestring operation built on plywood sets and Australian rules football, ESPN has evolved into a media colossus. A genius for cross-promotion and its near-mystical rapport with its viewers empower the network to set agendas and create superstars, to curate sports history even as it mainstreams the latest cultural trends. Travis Vogan teams archival research and interviews with an all-star cast to pen the definitive account of how ESPN turned...