Roone Arledge Archives - Sports Broadcast Journal

Recognizing top five sports network executives; Arledge, Ebersol, Hill, McManus and Simmons

Titans of Programming and Production: Important Figures Behind the Broadcasts TOP FIVE – NETWORK SPORTS […]

Mid-summer – Notes and factoids: There’s quick Joe and Slow Joe. No. this isn’t the […]

In the early 1970s, television executive extraordinaire Roone Arledge became a household name. And […]

In the 1970s and early 80s during the height of ABC Sports, all decision-making […]

The untold encounter of Howard Cosell and Pat Summerall, a 1966 classic witnessed by […]

NBA on ESPN ESPN ran five games on Christmas Day. The quintuple-header turned into an […]

Coaching trees: Think Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. Careers blossomed. Records swelled. In the […]

The New York and DC sports broadcasting legend found the humor in sports. He might have been the first.

After his career, Cosell told ESPN: “I’m not bitter. It’s the sportswriters who are bitter.”