Interviewees discuss changes in television sports coverage.
About
“We went after sports. We went after the contract for Madison Square Garden and we launched Madison Square Garden sports in September of 1977.” - Kay Koplovitz, Network Creator/Executive
Highlights
Kay Koplovitz on launching Madison Square Garden Sports Network , the first basic cable network
09:00
Don Ohlmeyer on pushing the industry forward on Monday Night Football
11:52
Curt Gowdy on the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games and the importance of satellite feeds
04:10
George Bodenheimer on ESPN's business model
02:04
Ted Turner on acquiring the Atlanta Braves games for WTCG and trying to get people to buy a UHF antenna
00:38
Tony Verna on creating the instant replay for the Army/Navy football game in December of 1963
02:38
Who Talked about This Topic
Ted Bergmann
Ted Bergmann on the importance of sports to DuMont
10:48
Ted Bergmann on arrangements to televise boxing for DuMont
02:10
Ted Bergmann on arrangements to televise football for DuMont
09:46
George Bodenheimer
George Bodenheimer on Chet Simmons' televising the NFL draft on ESPN
01:35
George Bodenheimer on televising the NCAA Basketball Tournament
01:27
George Bodenheimer on ESPN televising the America's Cup sailing event for the first time in 1987
06:49
George Bodenheimer on ESPN acquiring a contract with the NFL
00:52
Bob Costas
Bob Costas on covering the Olympics and why it's so captivating; on the tone of the Games and the Centennial Park bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
09:15
Bob Costas on the 2000 Sydney Olympics
01:34
Bob Costas on the 2004 Athens Olympics
00:42
Bob Costas on the response he gets to his Olympic coverage; on the dynamics of international sports
05:53
Bob Costas on decisions Dick Ebersol has to make as producer of The Olympics
01:11
Bob Costas on how his style affects telling the story of sports
01:46
Frank Gifford
Frank Gifford on his transition to CBS Sports and working on CBS Radio
04:02
Frank Gifford on being part of the CBS broadcast team for the first Super Bowl in 1967
04:13
Frank Gifford on how Roone Arledge changed sports broadcasting with his coverage of the Olympics
01:37
Frank Gifford on working on Wide World of Sports and memories of the terrorist attack in Munich at the 1972 Olympics
04:00
Leonard H. Goldenson
Leonard H. Goldenson on the success of Monday Night Football
01:40
Curt Gowdy
Curt Gowdy on legendary announcer Mel Allen
00:40
Curt Gowdy on Ted Willams last game
02:58
Herb Granath
Herb Granath on Jim McKay's coverage of the Munich Massacre
01:24
Kay Koplovitz
Kay Koplovitz on how HBO's Thrilla from Manila changed television history
01:52
Kay Koplovitz on launching Madison Square Garden Sports Network, the first basic cable network
09:00
Don Ohlmeyer
Don Ohlmeyer on pushing the industry forward on Monday Night Football
11:52
Ted Turner
Ted Turner on acquiring the Atlanta Braves games for WTCG and trying to get people to buy a UHF antenna
00:38
Ted Turner on buying the Atlanta Braves
05:29
Tony Verna
Tony Verna on directing CBS's Baseball Game of the Week
03:33
Tony Verna on the advent of the post-game show
02:00
Tony Verna on directing Monday Night Football
02:44
Tony Verna on working with the NFL and Pete Rozelle on football broadcasts
01:31
Tony Verna on directing hockey
03:07
Tony Verna on directing basketball
00:43
Tony Verna on directing television coverage of boxing
02:05
Tony Verna on directing winter sports for television and dealing with injuries on television
04:45
Tony Verna on directing the 1984 Summer Olympics and athletes promoting sponsorship
03:51
Tony Verna on directing The Goodwill Games
04:35