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Pete Rozelle Award
The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, created in 1989 and named for the late longtime NFL commissioner, Pete Rozelle, is bestowed annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame "for longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football". In contrast to similar awards given by the other American professional sports leagues, the Rozelle Award has occasionally been granted to broadcast executives and production people in addition to on-air personalities. Rozelle Award recipients References See also * List of current National Football League broadcasters *Curt Gowdy Media Award - the NBA's comparable award * Ford C. Frick Award - MLB's comparable award *Foster Hewitt Memorial Award The Foster Hewitt Memorial Award is an annual accolade honoring a member of the ice hockey broadcasting world. It was named for the Canadian hockey radio broadcaster and newspaper journalist Foster Hewitt, and it has been presented every year at a ... - the NHL's comparable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFL Commissioner
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world. Each NFL season begins with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament that culminates in the Super Bowl, which is contested in February and is played between the AFC and NFC conference champions. The league is headquartered in New York City. The NFL was formed in 1920 as the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Sports
1994 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * January 29 – death of Ulrike Maier (26), Austrian skier, who broke her neck when she crashed during a World Cup downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Kjetil André Aamodt, Norway ** Women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland American football * Super Bowl XXVIII – the Dallas Cowboys (NFC) won 30–13 over the Buffalo Bills (AFC) **Location: Georgia Dome **Attendance: 72,817 **MVP: Emmitt Smith, RB (Dallas) **Note: It is the fourth consecutive Super Bowl appearance by the Bills as well as their fourth consecutive loss. This is also the first (and thus far only) time that the same two teams have met in consecutive Super Bowls. * Orange Bowl (1993 season): ** The Florida State Seminoles won 18–16 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the national championship. * October 23 – in a game where the New Orleans Saints bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Sports
1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway ** Women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria American football * Super Bowl XXXIII – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 34–19 over the Atlanta Falcons (NFC) **Location: Pro Player Stadium **Attendance: 74,803 **MVP: John Elway, QB (Denver) * April 17 – Quarterback Tim Couch is selected by the Cleveland Browns with the first overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft. * St. Louis Rams Quarterback Kurt Warner named NFL MVP * St. Louis Rams Head coach Dick Vermeil named NFL Coach of the Year * Indianapolis Colts running back Edgerrin James named NFL Rookie of the Year * Fiesta Bowl (1998 season): ** The Tennessee Volunteers claim the first ever BCS National Championship 23–16 over the Florida State Seminoles * November 1 – death of Walter Payton (45), Chicago Bears running back Artistic gymnastics * 1999 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Pinchbeck
Valjean A. Pinchbeck, Jr. (February 16, 1931 – March 6, 2004) was an American football executive on both the college and professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ... level. Biography Pinchbeck was born on February 16, 1931, in Syracuse, New York. Best known as an NFL broadcast official, he was known for organising the NFL schedule annually. He died while crossing a Manhattan street and subsequently hit by a cab, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Today, the room where the NFL organises the scheduling matrix annually is known as the Valjean A. Pinchbeck, Jr. Room. Pinchbeck was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2008 by Paul Tagliabue, with the award presented to sons James and Valjean III. References 1931 births 2004 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Sports
1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria ** Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany American football * Super Bowl XXXII – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 31–24 over the Green Bay Packers (NFC) **Location: San Diego Stadium **Attendance: 68,912 **MVP: Terrell Davis, RB (Denver) * Rose Bowl (1997 season): ** The Michigan Wolverines won 21–16 over the Washington State Cougars to win the AP Poll national championship ** The Orange Bowl was the original venue for the championship game, but the Big Ten Conference was not a part of the Bowl Alliance, so the game instead featured the #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the #3 Tennessee Volunteers * January 13 – ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion per season contract to keep Monday Night Football. * December 13 – The Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings return an NFL record 3 kickoff returns for touchd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Jones (sportscaster)
Charlie Jones (November 9, 1930 – June 12, 2008) was an American sportscaster for NBC and ABC. Early life Charlie Jones was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California, where he was a tennis player, and a law degree at the University of Arkansas. He also served two years in the U.S. Air Force. Broadcasting career American Football League/National Football League Jones began his sportscasting career at local television and radio stations in Fort Smith, before signing on as a broadcaster for the fledgling Dallas Texans of the American Football League in 1960. Jones also began calling AFL games for ABC that year. In 1965, he moved to NBC, continuing to broadcast the AFL and later the National Football League. He would work NFL games until 1997, when NBC lost their NFL ( AFC) broadcasting rights to CBS. Among Jones' notable broadcasts was in January 1993, when he covered the Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Oilers Wild Card ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France ** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden American football * Super Bowl XXXI – the Green Bay Packers (NFC) won 35–21 over the New England Patriots (AFC) **Location: Superdome **Attendance: 72,301 **MVP: Desmond Howard, KR (Green Bay) * Sugar Bowl (1996 season): ** The Florida Gators won 52–20 over the Florida State Seminoles to win the national championship * October 18 – Liz Heaston becomes the first woman to both play and score in a college football game Artistic gymnastics * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – ** Women's all–around champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian ** Women's team competition champion: Romania ** Women's vault champion: Simona Amânar, Romania ** Women's uneven bars champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian ** Women's balance beam champion: Gina Gogean, Romania ** Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFL On CBS Radio
''The NFL on Westwood One Sports'' is the branding for Cumulus Broadcasting subsidiary Westwood One's radio coverage of the National Football League. These games are distributed throughout the United States and Canada (the latter through TSN Radio). The broadcasts were previously branded with the CBS Radio and (for one season) Dial Global marques; CBS Radio was the original Westwood One's parent company and Dial Global purchased the company in 2011. Dial Global has since reverted its name to Westwood One after merging with Cumulus Media Networks. Westwood One's package consists of every primetime regular season NFL broadcast ('' Sunday Night Football'', ''Monday Night Football'', ''Thursday Night Football''), the opening game of the season, all NFL International Series games, any NFL game airing on Thanksgiving Day, any late season Saturday NFL broadcasts, the Pro Bowl and all playoff games (including the Super Bowl). The network also carries the annual NFL Hall of Fame Game. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Buck
John Francis "Jack" Buck (August 21, 1924 – June 18, 2002) was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. His play-by-play work earned him recognition from numerous halls of fame (Baseball, Pro Football, and Radio). He has also been inducted as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum. Early years and military service Buck was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the third of seven children of Earle and Kathleen Buck. His father was a railroad accountant who commuted weekly to New Jersey. From an early age, Buck dreamed of becoming a sports announcer with his early exposure to sports broadcasting coming from listening to Boston Red Sox baseball games announced by Fred Hoey. Part of his childhood coincided with the Great Depression, and Buck remembered his family sometimes using a metal slug to keep a coin-operated gas meter going during the winter to provide heat for their home. In 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Sports
1996 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway ** Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany American football * Super Bowl XXX – the Dallas Cowboys (NFC) won 27–17 over the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) **Location: Sun Devil Stadium **Attendance: 76,347 **MVP: Larry Brown, CB (Dallas) * World Bowl 96 – The Scottish Claymores won 32–27 over the Frankfurt Galaxy. * Fiesta Bowl (1995 season): ** The Nebraska Cornhuskers won 62–24 over the Florida Gators to win the national championship * Cleveland Browns deactivate and move to Baltimore where they become the Baltimore Ravens The Browns are later reactivated in Cleveland in 1999. * The Big 12 Conference begins with its first college football game between Texas Tech and Kansas State. Kansas State won 21–14. Association football Athletics * July–August – Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics held at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFL On ABC
Nationally television broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games first aired on ABC from 1948 to 1951. Between 1970 and 2005, ''Monday Night Football'' aired exclusively on ABC. In 2006, ESPN took over as the exclusive rights holder to ''Monday Night Football'', and the ABC Sports division was merged into ESPN Inc. by parent company Disney. Afterward, ABC did not broadcast any game from the NFL, whether exclusive or a simulcast from ESPN, until they simulcasted an NFL Wild Card playoff game in 2016. ABC would then return to ''Monday Night Football'' in 2020, when they aired three games as simulcasts from ESPN. Since 2021, under the branding ''ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC'', ABC simulcasts and exclusively airs selected ''Monday Night Football'' games, two Saturday games during Week 18, one Wild Card playoff game, and the Pro Bowl with ESPN. In 2027 and 2031, ABC will air the Super Bowl. History Prior to ''Monday Night Football'' ABC began television professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford (August 16, 1930 – August 9, 2015) was an American football player, actor, and television sports commentator. After a 12-year playing career as a halfback and flanker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), he was a play-by-play announcer and commentator for 27 years on ABC's ''Monday Night Football''. Gifford won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award from United Press International in 1956, the same season his team won the NFL Championship. During his career, he participated in five league championship games and was named to eight Pro Bowls. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. After retiring as a player Gifford was an Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, known for his work on ABC's ''Monday Night Football'', '' Wide World of Sports'', and the Olympics. He was married to television host Kathie Lee Gifford from 1986 until his death. Early life Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
