ESPN is a television station based out of Bristol, Connecticut that covers sports exclusively. They also have an office in California as well. They specialize in reporting breaking news from every inch of the sports world.
There are multiple channels within the ESPN family including; ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNU which specializes in college sports and ESPN News which looks closely into sports topics in a more serious matter. No matter what time of day, ESPN will always be running something related to profession, college or amateur athletics. They provide in-depth coverage and analysis on a number of different sports and have the rights to a number of headline sporting events as well.
ESPN hosts the extremely popular, Monday Football broadcast and they were recently given the broadcast rights to the World Cup of Hockey in 2016. There are a number of former professional athletes that are on the staff at ESPN and they provide top of the line reporting from all major sporting events around the world. Any major world sporting event such as the World Cup or the Olympics is covered heavily by ESPN and they provide the analysts to breakdown each piece of the event.
They have a portion of their programming directed at all sports fans with all backgrounds. ESPN covers a ton of NFL, NBA and MLB but also cover the NHL frequently along with the most popular college sports like college basketball and football. They will also air soccer coverage along with an array of other sports like lacrosse, softball and poker.