ESPN to launch online action sports network
July 30, 2008 | 1:51
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ESPN says it will launch an online hub for action sports. Think X Games, the twice-yearly competition that ESPN also created featuring skateboarding, surfing, motocross, snowboarding and others. Dawn Chmielewski of The Times has the scoop on the Disney-owned channel's fall launch of the ESPN Action Sports Network.
Photo: Bob Burnquist in the X Games Skateboard Big Air finals at the Staples Center in 2007. Credit: Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times
