1980 Winter Olympics (play-by-play for ABC).1976 Summer Olympics (play-by-play for ABC).1976 Winter Olympics (play-by-play for ABC).Boxing blow-by-blow: HBO World Championship Boxing, HBO Pay-Per-View, Boxing After Dark (from premiere to April 2006 and sporadically afterwards).Lampley also hosted a series called Legendary Nights in 12 installments in honor of HBO's three decades covering boxing in 2004, recounting 12 memorable fights broadcast on HBO in that timespan. Other highlights in his career were the first Riddick Bowe- Andrew Golota fight at Madison Square Garden, where a riot occurred following the "Foul Pole's" disqualification for low blows, and the famous "It happened.IT HAPPENED!" call of George Foreman's miracle comeback against then heavyweight champion Michael Moorer when a straight right ended Moorer's reign. Since March 1988, as commentator he has called some of boxing's most famous moments, such as Thunder Meets Lightning, when Julio César Chávez saved himself from a decision defeat by knocking out Meldrick Taylor (who was leading the fight on two of the three official scorecards) with only two seconds to go in the last round James "Buster" Douglas's upset of Mike Tyson for the World Heavyweight championship. HBO World Championship BoxingĬasual fans may know Lampley best for his work on HBO World Championship Boxing show, and on the HBO pay-per-view telecast. Lampley also did not cover the 2012 Summer Olympics either in which Michaels also served as the daytime host. Al Michaels served as the daytime host of the 2010 Olympics on NBC. The 2010 Winter Olympics was the first time since the 1980 Summer Olympics that he didn't cover. Lampley was again called upon to anchor for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Lampley's 14th Games. Torino 2006 was the 13th Olympics Lampley covered, surpassing the record set by America's original voice of the Olympics, Jim McKay. ![]() ![]() In 2006, Lampley served as a central correspondent for the 2006 Winter Olympics which aired on the networks of NBC Universal. In 2004, Lampley was the daytime anchor for NBC's Olympics coverage for the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as anchoring the USA Network's coverage of the Games. In 1998, he covered the Nagano Olympics and the Goodwill Games for Turner, and in 2000, he covered the Sydney Olympics, again for NBC. In 1995, he began working at the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO series. Lampley moved to play-by-play duties for NBC's NFL telecasts the following year and was later replaced by Greg Gumbel. In 1993, Lampley took over studio hosting duties for Bob Costas on The NFL on NBC. In 1992, Lampley moved to NBC, where he helped cover the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1993 Ryder Cup, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the Albertville Olympics in 1992, as a news anchor for KCBS-TV. That same year, he began working for HBO, covering boxing and HBO's annual telecast of Wimbledon. At CBS, he took over duties as co-anchor on the daily news show in Los Angeles, and also was a correspondent. After the game, Lampley presided over the presentation ceremony for the trophy. In 1985, Lampley along with Al Michaels served as anchors for ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XIX, the first Super Bowl that ABC televised. On July 4, 1984, with Sam Posey alongside, he called the NASCAR Firecracker 400, and interviewed President Ronald Reagan during the winner's interview with Richard Petty. At ABC, he covered such events as Major League Baseball and college basketball games, the 19 Indianapolis 500, the 1977 Monon Bell game between DePauw University and Wabash College, five Olympics, as well as the program Wide World of Sports.įrom 1983 to 1985, he was the studio host of ABC broadcasts of the United States Football League (USFL), a spring league that featured stars such as Herschel Walker, Jim Kelly, Steve Young and Reggie White. ABC executives thought that Lampley's youthful looks would make him endearing to the college crowds they looked to attract for their college football games. In 1974, while in graduate school, he was chosen along with Don Tollefson in what ABC called a talent hunt. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1971 with a degree in English and finished coursework in 1974 for a Master in Mass Communications also at UNC but never wrote his thesis because his career took off. He was raised in Hendersonville and Miami, Florida. His mother immersed him in sports to make up for what she felt his father would have done. ![]() Lampley was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
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