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Eddie Einhorn, who is best known as a part owner and vice-chairman of the Chicago White Sox, will be enshrined into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame to honor his work as a television and radio producer as well as a promoter of the game. He will also be acknowledged at this year's Final Four in Houston.
Einhorn was the main force behind the creation of a cable network in Chicago, which featured sports, including the White Sox. But in 1968, he was instrumental in putting together the “Game of the Century” between the two major powerhouses, Houston and UCLA. Eddie’s network created the excitement and 50,000 (the largest crowd ever up till then) watched Houston beat UCLA at the Houston Astrodome featuring Elvin Hayes and Lew Alcindor. It was the first coast to coast national broadcast of college basketball.
But Eddie Einhorn's story has a Bradley basketball connection. When Eddie first tried to put together a network to broadcast college basketball, none of the networks were interested. So he formed his own syndicated TV network called TVS in 1960. The first game he ever broadcasted was Bradley versus St. Bonaventure from Madison Square Garden. They were 2 of the top teams in the country at the time. The popularity and success of that broadcast, and subsequent ones, lead to continued expansion of his network, and eventually the proliferation of sports TV networks carrying college basketball and other sports. He later sold his interest in the TVS network and became the head of CBS Sports.
Einhorn was the main force behind the creation of a cable network in Chicago, which featured sports, including the White Sox. But in 1968, he was instrumental in putting together the “Game of the Century” between the two major powerhouses, Houston and UCLA. Eddie’s network created the excitement and 50,000 (the largest crowd ever up till then) watched Houston beat UCLA at the Houston Astrodome featuring Elvin Hayes and Lew Alcindor. It was the first coast to coast national broadcast of college basketball.
But Eddie Einhorn's story has a Bradley basketball connection. When Eddie first tried to put together a network to broadcast college basketball, none of the networks were interested. So he formed his own syndicated TV network called TVS in 1960. The first game he ever broadcasted was Bradley versus St. Bonaventure from Madison Square Garden. They were 2 of the top teams in the country at the time. The popularity and success of that broadcast, and subsequent ones, lead to continued expansion of his network, and eventually the proliferation of sports TV networks carrying college basketball and other sports. He later sold his interest in the TVS network and became the head of CBS Sports.
