Jim Lampley Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism in 1992
• Was nominated for three CableACE Awards for Sports Host and Sports Play-By-Play Announcer for "HBO World Championship Boxing" in 1993 and 1995
• Graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in English in 1971 and did Master's coursework in Mass Communications, also at UNC
• Started out as a college-age reporter on ABC's college football telecasts in 1974
• Began working for CBS in 1987, where he first worked as a sports anchor at KCBS-TV and later as a sports correspondent for "CBS This Morning․"
• Best known as a sportscaster and news anchor who is the host of HBO's "World Championship Boxing․"
• Founded the production companies Atticus Entertainment and Crystal Spring Productions
• Was the executive producer of "On Freddie Roach" and "The Fight Game with Jim Lampley․"
• Has had minor roles, primarily as radio announcers, in films like "Ocean's Eleven," "Rocky Balboa," and "Blades of Glory․"
• Has also done coverage of every Summer and Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics