From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn (born on January 3, 1936 in Paterson, New fullpage.html?res=9C01E6D61430F936A1575AC0A9639C8B63&sec=&
Jersey) is minority owner and Vice Chairman of the Retrieved December 9, 2007. "Mr. Einhorn -- who
Chicago White Sox. was born and raised in Paterson and lives in Alpine
Einhorn produced the nationally syndicated radio -- is the flamboyant yin to the steely yang of the
broadcast of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Cham- principal owner, Jerry Reinsdorf."
pionship in 1958. In 1960, he founded the TVS Television
Network to telecast college basketball games to regional
networks at a time that the sport was of no interest to
Sources
the national networks. The first broadcast was Bradley • Einhorn, Eddie; Ron Rapaport. How March Became
University vs. St. Bonaventure University from Madison Madness: How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest
Square Garden. Einhorn helped put together the first na- Sporting Event in America. Chicago, Illinois: Triumph
tional broadcast of college basketball for the Game of the Books. ISBN 1-57243-809-6.
Century between the Houston Cougars and UCLA Bruins
in 1968. He later sold his interest in the network and be-
came the head of CBS Sports.
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He was formerly the owner of the IWA wrestling pro- • Chicago White Sox Executives - Eddie Einhorn
motion in United States in 1975, not to be confused with Persondata
the IWA in Puerto Rico or IWA Japan. The promotion was Name Einhorn, Eddie
originally intended to be the first one to run cards na-
Alternative names
tionally and promoted mainly in the midwest and even
ran cards in the Carolinas. Short description
Einhorn grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, and has Date of birth January 3, 1936
resided in Alpine, New Jersey.[1] Place of birth
Date of death
References Place of death
[1] Cahillane, Kevin (September 25, 2005). "WORTH
NOTING; White Sox Fans? Say It Ain’t So". The New
York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/
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