ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. Most programming on ESPN and its affiliated networks is composed of live or tape-delayed sporting events and sports-related news programming (such as Sports Center) with the remainder filled by sports-related talk shows (such as Around the Horn, Jim Rome is Burning,Outside The Lines, and PTI) and sports-related documentaries.
