Editing Jim Lampley (section)

==Broadcast network television==

===ABC Sports===
In 1974, while in graduate school, he was chosen along with Don Tollefson in what [[ABC Sports|ABC]] called a ''talent hunt''. ABC executives thought that Lampley's youthful looks would make him endearing to the college crowds they looked to attract for their [[College Football on ABC|college football]] games. At ABC, he covered such events as [[Major League Baseball on ABC|Major League Baseball]] and [[College Basketball on ABC|college basketball]] games, the [[1986 Indianapolis 500|1986]] and [[1987 Indianapolis 500]], the 1977 [[Monon Bell]] game between [[DePauw University]] and [[Wabash College]], five [[Olympics on ABC|Olympics]], as well as the program ''[[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]''.

From 1983 to 1985, he was the studio host of ABC broadcasts of the [[United States Football League on ABC|United States Football League]] (USFL), a spring league that featured stars such as [[Herschel Walker]], [[Jim Kelly]], [[Steve Young (American football)|Steve Young]] and [[Reggie White]].

On July 4, 1984, with [[Sam Posey]] alongside, he called the [[NASCAR]] [[Coke Zero 400|Firecracker 400]], and interviewed [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] during the winner's interview with race winner [[Richard Petty]].

In 1985, Lampley along with [[Al Michaels]] served as anchors for ABC's coverage of [[Super Bowl XIX]], the first Super Bowl that ABC televised. After the game, Lampley presided over the presentation ceremony for the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy|trophy]].

===KCBS===
In 1987, Lampley moved to CBS.  At CBS, he took over duties as co-anchor on the daily news show in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], and also was a correspondent. That same year, he began working for [[Home Box Office|HBO]], covering [[boxing]] and HBO's annual telecast of the [[Wimbledon Championships]]. He also attended the [[1992 Winter Olympics|Albertville Olympics]] in 1992, as a news anchor for [[KCBS-TV]].

===NBC Sports===
In 1992, Lampley moved to [[NBC Sports|NBC]], where he helped cover the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympics]], [[1993 Ryder Cup]], and the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics]]. In [[1993 NFL season|1993]], Lampley took over studio hosting duties for [[Bob Costas]] on ''The [[NFL on NBC]]''. Lampley moved to play-by-play duties for NBC's NFL telecasts the following year and was later replaced by [[Greg Gumbel]]. While with ''NFL on NBC'', he was slated to join [[Jim Laslavic]] as the #8 announcing team in [[1997 NFL season|1997]] during Week 9's [[1997 Tennessee Oilers season|Tennessee Oilers]]-[[1997 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]] game; however, he was not placed in the lineup at all. In 1995, he began working at the ''[[Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel]]'' HBO series. In 1998, he covered the [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano Olympics]] and the [[Goodwill Games]] for [[Turner Sports|Turner]], and in 2000, he covered the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Olympics]], again for NBC.

In 2004, Lampley was the daytime anchor for NBC's Olympics coverage for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], as well as anchoring the [[USA Network]]'s coverage of the Games. In 2006, Lampley served as a central correspondent for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] which aired on the networks of [[Olympics on NBC|NBC Universal]]. Torino 2006 was the 13th Olympics Lampley covered, surpassing the record set by America's original voice of the Olympics, [[Jim McKay]]. Lampley was again called upon to anchor for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing, China]], Lampley's 14th Games. The [[2010 Winter Olympics]] was the first time since the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] that he didn't cover. [[Al Michaels]] served as the daytime host of the 2010 Olympics on NBC. Lampley also did not cover the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] either in which Michaels also served as the daytime host.