E:60 is a weekly investigative journalism

Investigative journalism

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 newsmagazine

Newsmagazine

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 show. It premiered on ESPN

ESPN

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 on October 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. ET, 4:00 p.m. PT. The show is one hour long.

E:60 covers stories that relate to both American and international sports. Reporters from the network interview those surrounding the stories, and they also discuss what was involved in covering the stories. Many of the stories' subjects are of a serious nature, such as a story featured on the premiere show about Jason Ray, the student who portrayed the North Carolina Tar Heels

North Carolina Tar Heels

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' mascot Ramses, being killed after he was struck by a car.

Reporters and contributors on the show include ESPN personalities Jeremy Schaap

Jeremy Schaap

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, Rachel Nichols

Rachel Nichols (reporter)

Rachel Michele Nichols is an ESPN reporter. A regular part of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown shows, as well as a regular on ESPN's NBA coverage, Nichols is also a correspondent for E:60. She worked for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Washington Post...

, Lisa Salters

Lisa Salters

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, Jeffri Chadiha

Jeffri Chadiha

Jeffri Chadiha is an American sports journalist currently employed by ESPN. He contributes frequently to ESPN.com, where he covers the NFL. He previously worked for Sports Illustrated. Prior to working for SI, he worked for the Ann Arbor News and San Francisco Examiner...

, and Michael Smith

Michael Smith (sports reporter)

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