American Decades
Roone Arledge
"It's Sport … It's Money … It's TV"
Magazine article
By: Roone Arledge with Gilbert Rogin
Date: April 25, 1966
Source: Arledge, Roone, with Gilbert Rogin. "It's Sport … It's Money … It's TV." Sports Illustrated, April 25, 1966, 93, 97, 98, 100, 103, 105, 106.
About the Author: Roone Arledge (1931–2002) was born in Forest Hills, New York. After graduating from Columbia University, he worked for the Dumont Network and NBC. In 1960, he went to ABC, eventually becoming vice president, then president of sports programming, producing and directing college football, Wide World of Sports, Monday Night Football, and several Olympic Games. In 1977, he became president of ABC News, and from 1985 to 1998, was president of the network.
"Sports All Over"
Newspaper article
By: Deane McGowen
Date: February 11,...
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1960's Sports Primary Sources
- Ted Williams's Farewell
- Roger Maris at Bat
- Roone Arledge
- "The Complete Concentration of Mr. Palmer"
- Vince Lombardi
- The New York Mets
- Johnny Unitas
- Michigan State Ties Notre Dame
- Red Auerbach: Winning the Hard Way
- The Olympic Protests
- Super Bowl III
- Muhammad Ali and the Draft
- Wilt Chamberlain's One Hundred Point Game
- UCLA Basketball
- Wilma
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
