ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen no more

Bill Rasmussen, whose vision and ambition fueled the 1979 launch of ESPN as the world’s first 24-hour television network, died Tuesday. He was 93. Rasmussen died at his Florida home from the effects of Parkinson’s disease. With son Scott, Rasmussen conceived of the initial idea of ESPN — first, as solely a Connecticut venture, and […]