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The NFL Draft Premieres on ESPN (feat. Mina Kimes & Peter King)

Sports History This Week by Ben Dickstein

Apr 26, 202330:55Sports & Recreation

April 29, 1980. An upstart media company has proposed a strange idea to the NFL: broadcast the pro football draft live on TV. Nobody really paid much attention to the NFL Draft before, but with the young ESPN still findi...

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The NFL Draft Premieres on ESPN (feat. Mina Kimes & Peter King) is an episode from Sports History This Week by Ben Dickstein. April 29, 1980. An upstart media company has proposed a strange idea to the NFL: broadcast the pro football draft...

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Published Apr 26, 2023, 30:55 long, audio available.

The NFL Draft Premieres on ESPN (feat. Mina Kimes & Peter King)

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