Tag: Roone Arledge
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 […]
On Roone Arledge’s 90th birthday, former ABC Sports exec Jim Spence remembers a TV giant
In the early 1970s, television executive extraordinaire Roone Arledge became a household name. And […]
Executive Jim Spence saw it all at ABC Sports, from pompous Howard Cosell to gentleman Keith Jackson
In the 1970s and early 80s during the height of ABC Sports, all decision-making […]
Halby’s Morsels: A cynical view of Roone Arledge; ESPN’s NBA talent; More 70+ Voices; NFL TV rights
NBA on ESPN ESPN ran five games on Christmas Day. The quintuple-header turned into an […]
TV icon Dick Ebersol honored with Pro Football HOF’s Rozelle Award; Shaped ‘Football Night in America’
Coaching trees: Think Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. Careers blossomed. Records swelled. In the […]
Warner Wolf: ‘Let’s Go to The Video Tape’
The New York and DC sports broadcasting legend found the humor in sports. He might have been the first.