390: Sports Broadcaster Jim Lampley

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It's a bucket-list conversation this week with legendary sports broadcaster Jim Lampley as he shares insights and anecdotes from his new memoir, "It Happened!: A Uniquely Lucky Life in Sports Television."

With a career spanning five decades, Lampley takes us behind the scenes of some of the most indelible moments in modern-day sports broadcasting, offering a first-person, blow-by-blow account of history-making assignments, iconic calls, and never-before-told stories - including:

Becoming the first live sideline reporter for a nationally televised college football game;
Rising to ABC Sports heir apparency behind legends like Jim McKay and Howard Cosell;
Covering an astonishing 14 Olympic Games across multiple networks, including ABC, NBC, and Turner; AND
Hosting HBO’s Wimbledon telecasts and reaching Hall of Fame status as the 30-year voice of HBO World Championship Boxing (including his unforgettable call during George Foreman’s miraculous victory over Michael Moorer)

BUT, OF COURSE, we naturally drag "Lamps" back to some of his more “forgotten” stops made along the way, including:

Play-by-play and studio host for the original USFL;
First-ever host at ground-breaking all-sports radio station WFAN/New York; AND
Local news anchor at CBS's Los Angeles O&O flagship KCBS-TV

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