Its scheme was to start with a regional sports network in Los Angeles, where Disney's baseball team, the Anaheim Angels, and its hockey team, the Mighty DucksofAnaheim, were to form the core of the programming.
Hence the inclusion on our list of Jean-Sebastian Giguere, a hot goalie who led the AnaheimDucks to the 2007 Stanley Cup, and then rewarded with a lucrative four-year contract.