Funny what made ESPN popular in the early years was their constant coverage of Aussie Rules Football. So many in the US were curious about it and helped ESPN gr

Funny what made ESPN popular in the early years was their constant coverage of Aussie Rules Football. So many in the US were curious about it and helped ESPN grow. I'm sure other sports were a factor too. Too bad ESPN dropped coverage of that sport - I used to pretend I was an Aussie trying to bounce the ball and catching it and kicking etc with friends who had ESPN as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_States#1980s_.E2.80.93_television_and_ESPN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_t...