What sport was featured in the first coast-to-coast sports telecast in the United States in 1951?
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#2898. Asked by halloo. (May 29 00 6:50 PM)
McGruff
Baseball
Ernie Harwell broadcast the first coast-to-coast telecast of a major sporting event, the deciding game of the 1951 playoffs between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. http://www.americansportscasters.com/people/harwell.htm
May 30 00, 2:50 PM
Datsmeharse
Per Wikipedia, the first coast-to-coast telecast was a football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh on September 22. The Dodgers-Giants game was Oct. 3rd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_in_television
Aug 18 10, 7:08 PM
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