Jim Lampley

Birth Name:

James Clifford Lampley

Birth Place:

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer

Was nominated for three CableACE Awards for Sports Host and Sports Play-By-Play Announcer for "HBO World Championship Boxing" in 1993 and 1995
Won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism in 1992
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
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․"
Started out as a college-age reporter on ABC's college football telecasts in 1974
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 also done coverage of every Summer and Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics
Has had minor roles, primarily as radio announcers, in films like "Ocean's Eleven," "Rocky Balboa," and "Blades of Glory․"

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