Jamie Ding, and Marshall Winchester as well as giving an overview of the history of the bee. Multiple episodes of the ESPN Classic show Cheap Seats featured the hosts revisiting broadcasts of the Bee from the 1990s. References Further reading Gormley, Amelia. Verbomania: Experiencing the National Spelling Bee. Maguire, James. American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds. Kimble, Paige, Trinkle, Barrie, and Andrews, Carolyn. "How To Spell Like A Champ". External links SpellingBee.com, the competition's official website 2008 Spelling Bee Press Release Final rounds of 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee to be broadcast live on ABC during primetime (press release) 1925 establishments in the United States Education competitions in the United States English orthography ESPN Recurring events established in 1925 History of Louisville, Kentucky Courier Journal