<p><b>THE OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF <i>BBC SPORTS REPORT</i></b><br><br><b>''Opens the doors to one of the great radio institutions.'' </b>¿ Dan Walker<br><br><b>''An absolute joy to read.'' </b>¿ John Inverdale<br><br><b>''That opening tune always quickens the pulse.''</b> ¿ Henry Winter<br><b><i><br>Sports Report</i> is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.</b><br><br>For nearly 75 years, one BBC programme has been a constant factor in chronicling the way sport is covered, in all its many facets. It has been a window on the sporting world all over the globe ¿ packed tightly into every Saturday evening for the bulk of the year.<br><br>First broadcast in 1948, <i>Sports Report</i> is the longest-running radio sporting programme in the world and one of the BBC''s hardy perennials. Pat Murphy has been a reporter on the programme since 1981 and here he sifts