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==Life outside sports== ===Film and producing career=== Lampley's movie production company, ''Crystal Spring Productions'', has produced a handful of movies, including [[2000 in film|2000]]'s ''[[Welcome to Hollywood]]''. The company, now known as Atticus Entertainment was executive producer of the HBO documentary series, ''On Freddie Roach'' in 2012β13. Since 2012, it has produced the continuing series, ''The Fight Game with Jim Lampley''. In addition to several minor credits as an announcer in films, Lampley portrayed himself in the movies like ''[[Rocky Balboa (film)|Rocky Balboa]]'', ''[[Southpaw (film)|Southpaw]]'', ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]'', ''[[Grudge Match]]'', all in all more than a dozen feature film credits. He also appeared in the 2007 sports comedy films ''[[Blades of Glory]]'' starring [[Will Ferrell]] and [[Jon Heder]], and ''[[Balls of Fury]]'', with [[Christopher Walken]]. Lampley also appeared on television in shows such as ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'', ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', the [[Andy Samberg]] [[HBO]] [[mockumentary]] ''[[7 Days in Hell]]'', and ''[[Eastbound & Down]]''. ===Personal life=== Lampley was married to former news anchor [[Bree Walker]] from 1990 to 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-16-vw-240-story.html |title="L.A.'s Most Visible Office Romance"|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=16 March 1990 }}</ref> The pair had a son, Aaron James Lampley, born in August 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-27-et-braxton27-story.html |title="Taking the sting out of a disability"|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=27 July 2004 }}</ref> Lampley and his current wife, Debra, live in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/boxing/bios/jim_lampley.html|title=HBO Boxing Bios}}</ref> Their blended family includes five daughters, two sons and nine grandchildren. Lampley is the former owner of two restaurants in [[Utah]], both of which were named the ''Lakota Restaurant and Bar''. One of his daughters is Brooke Lampley, Global Chairman and Head of Global Fine Art at [[Sotheby's]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Annie |date=2022-06-13 |title=How Type-A Market Dealmaker Brooke Lampley Became the Highly Meme-able Face of Sotheby's Next Generation |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brooke-lampley-sothebys-next-generation-2127163 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/fashion/weddings/21Lampley.html | title=Brooke Lampley, Christopher Papagianis | work=The New York Times | date=20 November 2010 }}</ref> ===Domestic violence arrest=== In 2007, Lampley was arrested for suspicion of domestic violence over an incident that took place at his girlfriend's home.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-04-me-lampley4-story.html |title=" Jim Lampley is arrested in domestic violence case"|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=4 January 2007 }}</ref> He 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-jim-lampley-pleads-no-contest-gets-probation-2007feb22-story.html |title=" Jim Lampley pleads no contest, gets probation"|website= sandiegouniontribune.com|date=22 February 2007 }}</ref>
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