ESPN stands for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The media programming department at ESPN mission statement says “The Programming Department's mission is to create, acquire, and schedule premier content to engage fans and maximize audiences on all platforms.” The ESPN Organization as whole mission statement is “To serve the sports fan wherever sports are watched, listened to, discussed, debated, read about or played.”
Sports are watched, listened to, discussed, debated, read about or played all over the world. Every country has their national sport. For a company to reach the entire world on a level that no one else even comes close to is quite special and takes imperial managerial skills in every department