Jim Lampley
- Actor
- Producer
- Executive
Jim Lampley is an American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner.
He was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on HBO World Championship Boxing for 30 years. He had covered a record 14 Olympic Games on U.S. television, most recently the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The 2010 Winter Olympics was the first time since the 1980 Summer Olympics that he didn't cover. Lampley writes hosts and executive produces his own studio boxing news show, The Fight Game with Jim Lampley on HBO.
For his participation in the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO series, Lampley earned three Emmy awards.
He was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on HBO World Championship Boxing for 30 years. He had covered a record 14 Olympic Games on U.S. television, most recently the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The 2010 Winter Olympics was the first time since the 1980 Summer Olympics that he didn't cover. Lampley writes hosts and executive produces his own studio boxing news show, The Fight Game with Jim Lampley on HBO.
For his participation in the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO series, Lampley earned three Emmy awards.
