ESPN Radio Hosts 10th Annual ESPY Day Auction

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, July 8, 2014

ESPN Radio's 10th Annual ESPY Day Auction to benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research is officially underway on eBay and will continue through Wednesday, July 16. This year's auction of more than 250 items includes tickets to prime sporting events, autographed memorabilia, unique experiences with athletes, celebrities and ESPN and ABC personalities. To date, the ESPY Day Auction has raised $6.5 million for cancer research.

Also up for auction are behind-the-scenes experiences with "Sunday NFL Countdown," "Monday Night Football," "NFL Live," "Numbers Never Lie," "First Take," "SportsNation," "Grantland," "FiveThirtyEight," "College GameDay," "Mike & Mike," "The Herd," "SVP & Russillo," "Highly Questionable," "Good Morning America," "Live with Kelly and Michael," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Dancing with the Stars," "The View," "The Chew," "Nashville," and "General Hospital" among others.

Additional highlights include:

• Dinner with current and former Presidents of ESPN-John Skipper and George Bodenheimer;
• Work as highlight producer for a day at ESPN's Bristol, Conn. campus;
• Attend a This is SportsCenter commercial shoot;
• Own the SportsCenter desk;
• VIP experience at Jon Gruden's QB Camp in Orlando, Fla. and a family vacation to Walt Disney World;
• Star Wars VIP Tour of Lucasfilm;
• Fantasy Football in-person Draft with NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. and ESPN Fantasy Expert Matthew Berry;
• Watch a Dallas Mavericks game with owner Mark Cuban;
• College Football Championship VIP access, tailgate and tickets;
• Golf with SportsCenter's John Anderson, John Buccigross, Herm Edwards, Chris Berman, Cris Carter or Barry Melrose;
• Watch a New York Rangers game with Linda Cohn and Don LaGreca;
• Lunch with Paul Finebaum and an SEC Network tour;
• Enjoy a family vacation at Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.;
• U.S. Open tickets and the opportunity to play with John McEnroe and Chrissie Evert and much more.

Listeners and viewers can also enter a sweepstakes for a $20 donation to win a grand prize, exclusive five-day, four-night experience at Super Bowl XLIX with the NFL and ESPN, as well as additional prizes. The opening bid for every online auction item and experience began at $1.99. Items available online include autographed jerseys, footballs, basketballs, baseballs, helmets, photos and more.

As part of ESPY Day Benefitting The V Foundation for Cancer Research-ESPN's new multiplatform initiative to raise money for cancer research-the auction will expand to include fundraising and live auction updates across ESPNEWS simulcasts of the Mike & Mike, The Herd (airing live from Moores Cancer Center in San Diego), SVP & Russillo and the Freddie Coleman Show on Wednesday, July 16.

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