Olympic Games

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Tabs

About

“The Olympics have always had at least the possibility of something epic about them, something truly memorable. For all the flaws involved and all the contradictions and hypocrisies that sometimes are part of the Olympics, it is a grand international stage.” - Bob Costas, Sportscaster

Interviewees discuss televised coverage of the Olympics.

Highlights

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

Don Ohlmeyer on how producing the Olympics is like going to war

Dick Ebersol on the Mexico Summer Olympics in 1968 and the beginning of regular primetime sports coverage

Herb Granath on ABC being the network of the Olympics

Don Mischer on producing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Muhammad Ali carrying the torch

Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

Who talked about this topic

Ray Aghayan

Ray Aghayan on designing for The 1984 Olympics

Linda Bell Blue

Linda Bell Blue on covering the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

Bob Costas

Bob Costas on the first time he served as prime-time host of the Olympics - 1992 in Barcelona and how he approaches hosting

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

Bob Costas on the 2000 Sydney Olympics

Bob Costas on the 2004 Athens Olympics

Bob Costas on the response he gets to his Olympic coverage; on the dynamics of international sports

Bob Costas on decisions Dick Ebersol has to make as producer of The Olympics

Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol on how Muhammed Ali came to be involved with the Atlanta Olympics

Dick Ebersol on the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France

Dick Ebersol on the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico

Dick Ebersol on the 1972 Munich Olympics

Dick Ebersol on making clear to his employees at NBC that sports was still a passion

Dick Ebersol on the Beijing Olympics

Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford on how Roone Arledge changed sports broadcasting with his coverage of the Olympics

Frank Gifford on working on Wide World of Sports and memories of the terrorist attack in Munich at the 1972 Olympics

Curt Gowdy

Curt Gowdy on the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games and the importance of satellite feeds

Curt Gowdy on preparing to cover hockey for the Olympics

Herb Granath

Herb Granath on ABC being the network of the Olympics

Herb Granath on ESPN's coverage of the Munich Massacre at the Olympic Games

Kay Koplovitz

Kay Koplovitz on changing the name of her network Madison Square Garden Sports Network to USA in 1979

Jim McKay

Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

Al Michaels

Al Michaels on how he came up with "Do you believe in miracles?" when covering the 1980 Olympics

Al Michaels on covering the 1980 Olympics "Miracle on Ice", when the US team beat the Soviet team, considered to be the best in the world

Michael Moye

Michael Moye on some people seeing racism where he does not

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on becoming an associate director on The 1968 Olympics

Hank Rieger

Hank Rieger on doing publicity for The 1984 Olympics and challenges he faced covering The Olympics

Tony Verna

Tony Verna on covering the 1960 Rome Olympics

Tony Verna on directing the 1984 Summer Olympics and athletes promoting sponsorship

Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker on working as a Researcher for ABC during the 1984 Olympics

Jeff Zucker on working as a Researcher for NBC during the 1988 Olympics

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