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Jim Lampley is a sportscaster, news anchor, movie producer, and former restaurant owner, best known for his boxing coverage with HBO.
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Fast Facts:
- Born: April 8, 1949
- Covered more Olympics than any other sportscaster
- Earned 3 Emmy Awards with Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
- Portrayed himself in "Blades of Glory" and Rocky Balboa
- 1987: Hosted the 1st ever program on WFAN - the nation's 1st all-sports radio station
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Jim Lampley Questions
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What was Jim Dickinson's best work? 1 Answerits got to be his last solo album Killers from Space if not then its his song with bob dylan read more -
TASK: Transcribe Kevin Pollaks Interview with Jim Gaffigan 2 Answers(intro) Kevin Pollak: My first guest I saw on David Letterman, I believe, the first time. It might have been Conan O’Brien, one of those two. I’ll have him cle... read more -
How did Jim Morrison die? Suicide; accidental overdose; natural causes; or murder? 6 AnswersIn 1971 he died of heart failure and was found in his bathtub in a Paris flat. Why he was found there with heart failure is unknown. There is the theory that Pa... read more -
Thoughts on the Jim Cramer smackdown on The Daily Show? 6 AnswersI think Jon Stewart hammered Jim Cramer! It was perhaps the hardest thrashing Stewart has given since 2004 when he called Tucker Carlson and his co-host Paul Be... read more
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Jim Lampley Timeline
- April 8, 1949: Born
- 1974: Hired by ABC to cover college football games.
- 1975: ABC football, baseball, Wide World of Sports and five Olympic Games
- 1985: Co-anchor for ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XIX
- 1987: First talk show host on WFAN, the nation's first all-sports radio station
- 1987: KCBS-TV Los Angeles sports news anchor
- 1987: HBO Sports Professional Boxing and Wimbledon coverage
- 1992: NBC Sports Winter Olympic coverage in Albertville, NFL on NBC
- 1992: Sam Taub Award for "Excellence in Broadcast Journalism"
- 1992: Late night anchor Barcelona Olympics
- 1993: NBC Sports's NFL play-by-play announcer, golf coverage
- 1995: Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
- 1996: Anchored late night Atlanta Olympic coverage
- 1998: Nagano Olympics and Goodwill Games for Turner Sports
- 2000: NBC Sports Sydney Olympic coverage
- 2002: Salt Lake City Olympic coverage
- 2004: Daytime anchor for NBC Sports and USA Network Athens Summer Olympic coverage
- 2006: Central correspondent for Torino Winter Olympics
- 2007: Arrested for domestic abuse against fiancée Candice Sanders


