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...has held that job for two years and will do one more year of it before shifting his attention to other assignments. Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports, announced the change Tuesday as the network prepared for the return of its NBA series with...
...fans, including former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and NBC President Dick Ebersol, might have had a broader perspective for appreciating Woods' amazing achievement. ''This is probably the last...
...two athletes in my time -- Muhammad Ali and Jordan -- that draw from outside their sports,'' NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol has said. ''Every indicator we have says that Tiger is the next one.'' That was certainly evident during last...
...Games as it sees fit. Given the time difference -- 18 hours to L.A., 15 hours to New York -- NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol opted to show the Games entirely on tape delay. That enables NBC to show the Games in prime time. "I don't have...
...Olympic telecasts. CBS sold off portions of its 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics coverage to TNT, and NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol's 1992 pay-per-view "TripleCast" was the laughingstock of the sports television industry. But the use of cable...
...was excellent, as always, on diving analysis. And Dan Hicks was sharp on play-by-play doing both. Bronze: -- Dick Ebersol as producer. Say whatever you want about the tape delay (and plenty did), but Ebersol knows how to put on good...
...vs. Outlaws. The least shocking thing about the XFL is that the founding fathers found each other. NBC Sports boss Dick Ebersol was still sore over his network's loss in the television-rights fight for the NFL. McMahon was looking for another...
NEW YORK -- Never the types who are satisfied until every angle has been covered, Vince McMahon and Dick Ebersol get right back to work this week with one task in mind: Make sure the XFL was not a one-shot wonder. Yes, the league's debut...
...progress, and our numbers last night are exactly where we said they would be the last six months," NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said. What remains to be seen is whether the XFL can prevent further ratings erosion. "We have to wait at least four...
...launch worked, the people were there, and we didn't answer their expectations, I guess," NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said. The idea was to put the games on NBC on Saturday nights, when few people watch television generally, and use...