Editing Jim Lampley (section)

==Early life and career==
Lampley was born in [[Hendersonville, North Carolina]], and after the sixth grade was raised in [[Miami, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Distl | first=Craig | title=The Emmy-award winning journalist from Hendersonville who got away | date=May 21, 2024 | url=https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/local/2024/05/21/the-emmy-award-winning-journalist-from-hendersonville-who-got-away/73730273007/ | work=blueridgenow.com }}</ref> His father died when he was five, and his mother immersed him in sports to make up for what she felt his father would have done.<ref>{{cite news | last=Moss | first=Bill | title=City native Jim Lampley heads to Boxing Hall of Fame | date=May 11, 2015 | url=https://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/news/3962-city-native-jim-lampley-heads-to-boxing-hall-of-fame.html | work=hendersonvillelightning.com }}</ref> In 1971, he graduated from the [[University of North Carolina]] where he majored in English and earned a master’s degree from UNC’s Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures.<ref>{{cite web | title=Jim Lampley | access-date=January 11, 2025 | url=https://comm.unc.edu/people/department-faculty/jim-lampley/ | work=unc.edu }}</ref>