Jim Lampley
| Jim Lampley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Lampley April 8, 1949 Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
| Notable credit(s) |
HBO World Championship Boxing anchor and co-host (1988–present) Olympic Games reporter and anchor (1984–2008) |
| Spouse(s) |
Bree Walker (former) Debra Schuss |
| Children | three daughters, one son, |
James "Jim" Lampley (born April 8, 1949) is an American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner. Lampley has covered a record 14 Olympic Games on U.S. television, most recently the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Lampley is part of the 2015 class for the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Lampley was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina. His father died when he was five. His mother immersed him in sports to make up for what she felt his father would have done. He was raised in Hendersonville and Miami, Florida.
He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1971 with a degree in English and finished coursework in 1974 for a Master in Mass Communications also at UNC but never wrote his thesis because his career took off.
In 1974, while in graduate school, he was chosen along with Don Tollefson in what 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 games. 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.
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