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For ESPN viewers (and fans): a Big Quiz

Fans of ESPN are all abuzz about the newly released 770-page book about their favorite sports cable network. James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales conducted 560 interviews in writing “Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN.” To determine how closely you’ve been following this “world,” we offer this quiz of your ESPN aptitude.

11. What former NFL quarterback was the first regular analyst, in 1988, on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Football” telecasts?

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ESPN Television's 'Sunday Night Baseball' broadcast team (L to R) Bobby Valentine, Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser pose for a photograph before a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on April 24.

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For ESPN viewers (and fans): a Big Quiz

11. What former NFL quarterback was the first regular analyst, in 1988, on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Football” telecasts?

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