CNN Daybreak CNN Daybreak CNN Daybreak is an American early morning news television program aired on CNN, anchored from New York by Carol Costello. It debuted on June 1, 1980, the same day CNN went live. The first program to air live weekdays on the network, it preceded "American Morning" at 5:00 a.m. ET. Similar to "First Look" on MSNBC, the program was based on covering the news stories of the morning without talk and analysis, usually with correspondents on location or taped stories from the previous evening. Until spring 2005, Daybreak was aired from the CNN Center in Atlanta. Costello then
CNN Sports Illustrated the September 11 attacks was likely the death knell for CNN/SI, which lost all connections to their mother network. In its dying days, "Sports Tonight" was exclusive to CNN/SI. CNN/SI added NASCAR qualifying, Wimbledon matches, National Lacrosse League matches, and televised the now-defunct Women's United Soccer Association CNN/SI closed its doors on May 15, 2002. On many cable systems, CNN/SI was replaced by NBA TV. NBA TV, which launched in 1999, eventually evolved into a joint venture between Time Warner and the NBA that officially launched on October 28, 2008. While the network closed, its international sports program "World Sport"