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ABC Sports hired Bob Beattie as a ski-racing commentator, where he was frequently paired with Frank Gifford, a former NFL running back.Beattie's television work included alpine commentary during ABC's coverage of four Winter Olympics in 1976, 1980, 1984, [57] and 1988, [58] and also covered volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [59]
ABC Sports also covered the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA. That year, Kathleen Sullivan became the first woman to serve as an in-anchor a telecast of the Olympic Games.
McKay recovered in time to host the 1960 Summer Olympics from the CBS Television studio in Grand Central Terminal. [6] He had a six-episode stint as host of the game show Make the Connection on NBC in 1955. He moved on to ABC in 1961, and was the host of ABC's influential Wide World of Sports for 37 years. [3]
ABC aired the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1984 Winter and Summer, and the 1988 Winter Olympics. After that, the network, at the insistence of new owner Capital Cities Communications (much to the chagrin of Roone Arledge's successor at ABC Sports, Dennis Swanson), opted not to bid for the rights to show any future Games.
ESPN on ABC (formerly known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006) is the branding used for sports event and documentary programming televised by ABC in the United States. . Officially, the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, in 2006, ABC's sports division was merged into ESPN Inc., which is the parent subsidiary of the cable sports network ESPN that is majority owned by ABC ...
NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup racing was a Wide World of Sports staple until the late 1980s, when it became a regularly scheduled sporting event on the network. Traditional Olympic sports such as figure skating, skiing, gymnastics and track and field competitions were also
Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. Legendary ABC broadcaster Jim McKay introduced the TV show "Wide World of Sports" by promising viewers would see "the thrill of victory ...
At ABC, he covered such events as Major League Baseball and college basketball games, the 1986 and 1987 Indianapolis 500, the 1977 Monon Bell game between DePauw University and Wabash College, five Olympics, as well as the program Wide World of Sports.