James Lampley was born on April 8,1949 and is an American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner.
22 Facts About Jim Lampley
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Jim Lampley was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on HBO World Championship Boxing for 30 years.
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Jim Lampley had covered a record 14 Olympic Games on US television, most recently the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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Jim Lampley's mother immersed him in sports to make up for what she felt his father would have done.
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Jim Lampley graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1971 with a degree in English and completed some coursework for a Master in Mass Communications at UNC but never wrote his thesis.
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ABC executives thought that Jim Lampley's youthful looks would make him endearing to the college crowds they looked to attract for their college football games.
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Jim Lampley attended the Albertville Olympics in 1992, as a news anchor for KCBS-TV.
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In 1992, Jim Lampley moved to NBC, where he helped cover the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1993 Ryder Cup, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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In 1993, Jim Lampley took over studio hosting duties for Bob Costas on The NFL on NBC.
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Jim Lampley moved to play-by-play duties for NBC's NFL telecasts the following year and was later replaced by Greg Gumbel.
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In 2004, Jim 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.
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In 2006, Jim Lampley served as a central correspondent for the 2006 Winter Olympics which aired on the networks of NBC Universal.
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Jim Lampley was again called upon to anchor for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Jim Lampley's 14th Games.
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Jim Lampley did not cover the 2012 Summer Olympics either in which Michaels served as the daytime host.
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Jim Lampley 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.
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Jim Lampley was the first program host on New York's sports talk radio station WFAN when it began operation on July 1,1987.
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Jim Lampley was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in its 2015 class.
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Jim Lampley appeared in the 2007 sports comedy films Blades of Glory starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, and Balls of Fury, with Christopher Walken.
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Jim Lampley was married to former Channel 2 co-anchor Bree Walker from 1990 to 1999.
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Jim Lampley is the former owner of two restaurants in Utah, both of which were named the Lakota Restaurant and Bar.
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In 2007, Jim Lampley was arrested for suspicion of domestic violence over an incident that took place at his girlfriend's home.
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Jim Lampley later pleaded no contest to violating a restraining order and was sentenced to three years of probation, plus required to complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program.