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The original ESPN2 graphics featured the letters "ESPN" in several fonts, one of which was its traditional script, with the only consistency being the '2' that looked like spray painted Graffiti . On-screen graphics used an odd font with random capital letters, as "tHis iS aN ExAMplE". No announcers wore ties and traditional sports had "deuce names", NASCAR was "Hell on Wheels", the NHL was "Fire on Ice", and so on. The first program on ESPN2 was SportsNight, a sports news hybrid featuring and Kenny Mayne . In its early years, ESPN2 was used for some experimental sports broadcasts. On . ESPN2's sports telecasts were also among the first to regularly use a Scoring Bug . This format was not successful. The so-called homes in the United States , only one million less than ESPN . ESPN2's flagship show, the morning sports/entertainment program '' Cold Pizza '', has achieved minimal success and seen several format and host changes. In January 2006 , it was supplanted by the TV simulcast of ESPN Radio 's ''Mike and Mike in the Morning'' (which moved from ESPNEWS ) and moved to a later time slot (10a-12n EST). '' Quite Frankly '' with Steven A. Smith has become quite a popular show as well, featuring interviews with popular sports figures. ESPN2 also simulcasts some ESPNEWS programming, and for a while provided a Sunday simulcast of ESPN Deportes SportsCenter. ESPN2 also often carries '' SportsCenter '' on days where the regular ESPN broadcast is overrun by a longer than expected sporting event. ESPN2 HD , a high-definition simulcast of ESPN2, was available for the first time nationwide September 9 , 2005 , via DIRECTV . ESPN flipped the switch on ESPN2 HD at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2005 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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