ESPN mourns death of trailblazing founder Bill Rasmussenhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-mourns-death-trailblazing-founder-170244494.htmlESPN remembers founder Bill Rasmussen, who died at 93 after completely changing sports television.
Aug 18, 2026 5:02 PM
ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen Dies At 93https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-founder-bill-rasmussen-dies-170122546.htmlBill Rasmussen, a sports visionary who founded ESPN in 1979 with his son Scott as the world’s first 24-hour sports television network, died Tuesday at 93 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Florida. Shrugging off skeptics, the pioneering Rasmussen – after being fired as communications director of the New England Whalers — acquired space …
Aug 18, 2026 5:01 PM
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at age 93https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-co-founder-bill-rasmussen-165259551.htmlESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at age 93
Aug 18, 2026 4:52 PM
How to watch, stream and listen to the Bills preseason game against Clevelandhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/watch-stream-listen-bills-preseason-164715239.htmlBUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bills will play their second of three preseason games at 1 p.m. Saturday, heading to Cleveland to face the Browns. Here’s how you can watch, stream and listen to Saturday’s game. Television and streaming WIVB, the official broadcast station of the Buffalo Bills, will have the rights to Saturday’s game. […]
Aug 18, 2026 4:47 PM
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93 from the effects of Parkinson’s diseasehttps://abcnews.com/Entertainment/wireStory/espn-founder-bill-rasmussen-dies-93-effects-parkinsons-135744295Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded cable TV sports giant ESPN, has died at the age of 93
Aug 18, 2026 4:42 PM
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93 from the effects of Parkinson’s diseasehttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-co-founder-bill-rasmussen-163140952.htmlLAND O’ LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded ESPN in 1979 after being fired from a public relations job in the World Hockey Association, died Tuesday. ESPN historian Mike Soltys said Rasmussen died at his Florida home from the effects of Parkinson’s disease. Rasmussen announced in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with the degenerative disease in 2014.
Aug 18, 2026 4:31 PM
Bill Rasmussen, founder of ESPN, dead at 93https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bill-rasmussen-founder-espn-dead-163004667.htmlThe man who pioneered wholesale change in sports media with the founding of ESPN has died. Bill Rasmussen, the entrepreneur who conceived the 24-hour cable sports network ESPN, died on Tuesday at age 93, the network announced. Rasmussen, along with his son Scott, famously came up with the idea for ESPN while stuck in traffic…
Aug 18, 2026 4:30 PM
Bill Rasmussen, ESPN’s Founder, Dies at 93https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/bill-rasmussen-espn-founder-dead-1236837219/Bill Rasmussen, a former local-news sports director who parlayed an interest in the nascent business of satellite television into the launch of the sports-media giant known as ESPN, has died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. The entrepreneur and founder was 93 years old. Rasmussen in 1978 was idling in traffic on Connecticut’s Interstate 84 […]
Aug 18, 2026 4:26 PM
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93https://sports.yahoo.com/article/espn-co-founder-bill-rasmussen-dies-at-93-161801130.htmlBill Rasmussen was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2025.
Aug 18, 2026 4:18 PM
Bill Rasmussen, ESPN Co-Founder, Dies at 93https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bill-rasmussen-espn-co-founder-161653616.html"Quite simply, none of us would be here today if it wasn’t for Bill’s passion and all the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit," chairman Jimmy Pitaro says
Aug 18, 2026 4:16 PM
ESPN founder, 'father of sports television,' Bill Rasmussen dead at 93https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-founder-father-sports-television-161223734.htmlESPN founder Bill Rasmussen died Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the age of 93 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
Aug 18, 2026 4:12 PM
Bitcoin Whales End Selling Spree, Adding $2.9 Billion in 60 Dayshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-18/bitcoin-whales-end-selling-spree-adding-2-9-billion-in-60-daysBitcoin has spent months mired in a slump that has driven out retail traders, drained billions from crypto funds and turned one of its biggest buyers into a seller. Now, investors searching for signs of a bottom are getting a modicum of relief from an old source: Bitcoin whales are buying again.
Aug 18, 2026 3:39 PM
Former Bills pass rusher Von Miller finds new team, what he signed forhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-bills-pass-rusher-von-150820062.htmlThe Bills and Von Miller will not be reuniting as he found a new team.
Aug 18, 2026 3:08 PM
See Who's Starring in New Billy Recce Musical The Mermaidshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPcFlHS3F3OWdwVjFka2RUZjUtZUczYjAtUmJyX19KcmZNOVBfcWNfMGkydUIzdmd2WkZzRl9QcGNFYUluc1g3bWlRdml6RE9nWkRGWTZxREt4Q24tbkVTd1ByU1JxVEZLYlZMSTBGZndiUVZTTHh2ejZHTXRIQWRYSHpVVGhJbTkydHZJQnpGQQ?oc=5See Who's Starring in New Billy Recce Musical The Mermaids Playbill
Aug 18, 2026 2:12 PM
Bills' starting wide receiver held out of practice, wears walking boothttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bills-starting-wide-receiver-held-140111840.htmlBuffalo Bills starting wide receiver Keon Coleman was wearing a walking boot and not practicing on Aug. 18.
Aug 18, 2026 2:01 PM
‘Bluey’ Leads as Australia’s Screen and Games Sector Hits $7.9 Billion, Study Findshttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/bluey-screen-australia-study-1236836967/Australia’s screen and games sector contributed AUD11.1 billion ($7.9 billion) to the economy in gross value added in fiscal year 2023/24 and directly employed 68,844 people in FY 2024/25, according to Screen Currency 2026, a landmark Screen Australia study. The report singles out “Bluey” as the country’s most effective cultural export, citing the children’s series […]
Aug 18, 2026 2:01 PM
OBITUARY: William Joseph ‘Bill’ McCovey, 1982-2026https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPc2lqcEFVSTRZZEVqdmI4MGZsem1DMjFLMVAyMUxoa0Nhb01hak8xQVJRQTZoMVM1YnRkVzAwUWEzTWhueE1kVEpyYzY2czY1V1F2d2N1bVBwTktWZXBwTVVobjFhMWlrX0dzSFBrTU5qazNYLV9KcnkyRHVQX3p0S0VUY3RSZXRPWmtHWWFuS1VrUQ?oc=5OBITUARY: William Joseph ‘Bill’ McCovey, 1982-2026 Lost Coast Outpost
Aug 18, 2026 1:58 PM
Bills RB James Cook No. 20 on NFL Top 100 Players of 2026 listhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bills-rb-james-cook-no-131917508.htmlFresh off of leading the league in rushing yards in 2025, Bills star James Cook was ranked on the NFL 100 list this year.
Aug 18, 2026 1:19 PM
Missouri enacts omnibus election bill, three others in 2026 sessionhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxObzlOQmpOTGxzSGgwcU9WZTJGdlR2N01GeEVwM1FMNGFPLW5Bc1dUVWNYRlVLRmZHVWxRcFB2NXRaakdIaE9UNnpIbXhhOUVBWHRtTHJjWUtmRzdmVWEtaUp4RUtLUXhsSUxLMWtmeVdZTDhkdTNJenh6QTV1SjNFU3hyYnBmWGhsX1RyLXcwQjMwbnBHVE1PcGpaWEZ5SmhxaE81VEVnNGp2cVk?oc=5Missouri enacts omnibus election bill, three others in 2026 session Ballotpedia News
Aug 18, 2026 1:00 PM
Quote of the day by Bill Gates: 'We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we…' - a lessonhttps://news.google.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 of the day by Bill Gates: 'We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we…' - a lesson The Times of India
Aug 18, 2026 12:33 PM