Posted on Thursday, 10th March 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Part of the activities of ESPN: The Weekend included the Champion 5k race held Saturday, March 5th through the streets of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  runDisney billed this race as a blending of Sports and Hollywood, and there were certainly plenty of athletes as well as ESPN personalities on hand.  In fact, ESPN broadcaster Trey Wingo shot video along [...]

Tags: Disney's Hollywood Studios, ESPN, ESPN: The Weekend, RunDisney, running
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Posted on Friday, 4th March 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Spring is in the air at Walt Disney World, and the International Flower and Garden Festival has opened with the theme “Epcot Springs to Life.”  Well another Disney theme park is also “springing” to life as Disney’s Hollywood Studios hosts its 8th Annual ESPN the Weekend March 3rd – 6th.  The co-hosts of the event, ESPN’s Mike [...]

Tags: DIS Interview, Disney's Hollywood Studios, ESPN, ESPN Wide World of Sports, ESPN Wide World of Sports Grill, ESPN: The Weekend, Mike & Mike in the Morning, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Mike Golic, Mike Greenberg
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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 by WebmasterLeah

The following post is from my husband David, who attended ESPN the Weekend, a weekend-long festival for fans of ESPN and professional sports:

Tags: Al Jaffe, All Star Resorts, Baseball Tonight, Caribbean Beach, Chad Ochocinco, Devin Hester, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Dream Job, ESPN First Take, ESPN: The Weekend, Howie Schwab, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Polynesian Resort, pop century, Roy Oswalt, Stump the Schwab
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Posted on Friday, 26th February 2010 by Corey Martin

ESPN Wide World of Sports Grand Opening Green Carpet. This video includes some or all of the following sports stars and ESPN personalities: Monica Abbott, Mike Alstott, Nick Anderson, Juan Pablo Angel, Brandi Chastain, Brian Ching, Bobby Cox, Brian Dawkins, Dwayne De Rosario, Jennie Finch, Josh Freeman, Darrell Green, Garrett Hartley, Santonio Holmes, Shawn Johnson, [...]

Tags: ESPN Wide World of Sports, ESPN: The Weekend
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Posted on Monday, 22nd February 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Disney is putting the finishing touches on their Wide World of Sports Complex; “re-branding” the facility the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (ESPN WWoS) in a push to make the venue one of the premier destinations for amateur and youth sports in the country.   On Thursday, February 25, 2010, a red-carpet opening ceremony with [...]

Tags: ABC, Atlanta Braves, disney, ESPN, ESPN: The Weekend, Innovation Lab, Pop Warner, sports, Wide World of Sports Complex
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