Bill Rasmussen, ESPN Founder And Sports Media Innovator, Dies At 93

Bill Rasmussen, the visionary founder of ESPN who helped transform sports from a programming category into a round-the-clock television industry, died Tuesday at his home in Florida. He was 93. Rasmussen died from complications related to Parkinson’s disease, according to ESPN. He revealed in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with the disease five years ...