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I called my boss in at NBC in New York, Dick Ebersol, and said 'Are you watching this?' It was exactly as a viewer what I wanted to watch. That stuck with me. I want to deliver that type of experience to our audience.
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Ebersol joins NFLN’s schedule-release show
NFL regular-season schedule contains an unexpected treat. Thursday night’s three-hour special on NFL Network will include Dick Ebersol as a guest analyst. A legendary figure in TV and the long-time chairman of NBC Sports, Ebersol will provide insight and thoughts from MSNBC Sports Read more »
Nick Zaccardi: A look inside one of the greatest entry-level jobs in sports media
NBC Sports Group's Executive Editor. ABC, not NBC, actually birthed the Olympic researcher position. The first was a man named Dick Ebersol for the 1968 Olympics. When Ebersol moved to NBC, the Olympic broadcast rights eventually followed him, and so did the from Sports Illustrated Read more »

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About Dick Ebersol

Duncan "Dick" Ebersol (born July 28, 1947 in Torrington, Connecticut) is an American radio and TV manager. He was protégé of ABC Sports czar Roone Arledge and was a key NBC executive in the launching of Saturday Night Live in 1975 and which he produced from April 1981 to May 1985. He became president of NBC Sports in April 1989. In May 2004, Dick Ebersol was named chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics. He is responsible for all sports programming on the NBC and USA Networks and also manages NBC Universal's involvement with the Olympics.

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