List of Pan American Games commentators

Further information: Pan American Games on television and List of 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games broadcasters

ABC was the first American television network to broadcast the Pan American Games in 1963, when they devoted one episode of their Wide World of Sports anthology program to the games. The doubled their coverage to two episodes of the show in 1967.

## 1960s

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### 1963

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Network | Hours | Host

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ABC[1] | 1 1/2  | Jim McKay

### 1967

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Network | Hours | Host

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ABC | 3  | Jim McKay

#### Notes

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* On Saturday, July 29, ABC's Wide World of Sports (5-6:30 p.m. EST) aired highlights of the swimming and track-and-field events at the Pan American Games, live from Winnipeg, Canada.

## 1970s

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### 1975

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Network | Hours | Host | Play-by-play | Color commentators

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CBS | 7 2/3  | Pat Summerall | Jack Whitaker (Athletics and Boxing)
Brent Musburger (Swimming and Baseball)
Adrian Metcalfe (Synchronized Swimming)  | Bill Toomey (Athletics)
Sugar Ray Leonard (Boxing)
Keena Rothhammer (Swimming)
Kim Ocean-Smith (Synchronized Swimming)

### 1979

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Network | Hours | Host | Play-by-play | Color commentators

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CBS | 12 1/4  | Dick Stockton[2][3][4] | Jack Whittaker
Curt Gowdy[5][6]
Tim Ryan (Boxing)
Irv Cross
Gary Bender (Basketball)
Jayne Kennedy[7] (Wrestling and Sailing)  | Muriel Grossfeld (Gymnastics)
Gil Clancy (Boxing)
Wilma Rudolph (Athletics)
Rick Barry[8] (Basketball)

## 1980s

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### 1983

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Network | Hours | Host | Play-by-play | Color commentators

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CBS | 15 1/2  | Brent Musburger[9] | Gary Bender (Basketball)
Tim Ryan (Boxing)
Dick Stockton (Swimming)
John Tesh[10] (Gymnastics and Athletics)
Pat O'Brien[11][12] (Other Sports and Breaking Events)
John Dockery (Other Sports and Breaking Events)  | Billy Packer (Basketball)
Gil Clancy (Boxing)
John Naber (Swimming)
Phil Boggs (Diving)
Peter Kormann (Gymnastics)
Craig Masback (Athletics)

### 1987

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Network | Hours | Host | Play-by-play | Color commentators

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CBS | 26  | Brent Musburger | Verne Lundquist[13] (Basketball)
Tim Ryan (Boxing)
Tim Brant (Gymnastics)
Dick Stockton[14] (Athletics and Basketball)
Jim Nantz[15] (Swimming and Diving)
John Dockery[16] (Baseball)
Chris Marlowe[17] (Volleyball)
Pat O'Brien (Roving Reporter)
Anne Butler (Roving Reporter)
James Brown[18] (Roving Reporter)
Irv Cross (Roving Reporter)
Bob Drum (Features)
Ron Luciano (Guest Essayist)
John Cougar Mellencamp (Guest Essayist)
George Plimpton (Guest Essayist)
Linda Ellerbee (Guest Essayist)  | Billy Packer[19][20] (Basketball)
Gil Clancy (Boxing)
Bart Conner (Gymnastics)
Kathy Johnson (Gymnastics)
John Naber (Swimming)
Mark Marquess[21] (Baseball)
Craig Masback[22][23] (Athletics)
Mary Decker Slaney[24] (Athletics)
Phil Boggs (Diving)
Jerry Yeagley (Soccer)

## 1990s

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### 1991

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Network | Hours | Host | Play-by-play | Color commentators

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ABC[25]
TNT | 22 (ABC); 26 1/2[26] (TNT); 2 (TBS) (Total Hours ABC/TNT/TBS combined: 50 1/2)  | Brent Musburger[27][28][29][30]
Ernie Johnson Jr.[31][32] and Nick Charles (Opening and Closing Ceremonies)  | Ron Thulin[33][34] (Basketball)
Mark Jones (Boxing)
Gary Bender (Gymnastics)
John Naber (Swimming)
Bob Beattie (Volleyball)
Jack Arute[35] (Cycling, Tennis, Soccer, and Features)
Craig Sager[36] (Features)
Nicole Watson[37] ("sideline reporter", Opening and Closing Ceremonies)  | Jim Valvano[38][39] (Basketball)
Cheryl Miller[40] (Basketball)
Alex Wallau (Boxing)
Bart Conner (Gymnastics)
Kathy Johnson (Gymnastics)
Donna de Varona (Swimming)
Chris Marlowe[41] (Volleyball)
Hubie Brown[42] (Basketball)

## See also

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* List of Wide World of Sports (American TV series) announcers

## References

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8. ^ "A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS". Sports Illustrated. April 25, 1983.
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13. ^ "Elyria Chronicle Telegram Newspaper Archives August 09, 1987 Page 32". Newspaperarchive.com. August 9, 1987.
14. ^ "PANS FOR THE PAN AMS". Sports Illustrated. August 24, 1987.
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16. ^ "The Day I Touched the Net". oocities.org. September 13, 2005.
17. ^ Myslenski, Kay, Skip, Linda (August 14, 1987). "On the road in Indianapolis . ..." Chicago Tribune.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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22. ^ Masback, Craig (August 30, 1987). "VIEWS OF SPORT; CYCLE OF DRUG USE DEEPS GOING ..." The New York Times.
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24. ^ Dwyre, Bill (August 17, 1987). "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Notes : A New, Proud Mary Wins the 3,000 Meters for the United States". Los Angeles Times.
25. ^ "Wide World of Sports Highlights -- 1990s". ESPN.com.
26. ^ Jackman, Phil (May 10, 1991). "Hubie tones down coach talk on TNT". The Baltimore Sun.
27. ^ "Bowl Championship Series - Musburger, Brent". ESPN.com.
28. ^ Luna, Richard (June 18, 1991). "ABC announces Pan Am Games coverage". UPI.
29. ^ Nidetz, Steve (August 2, 1991). "ABC GEARS UP FOR PAN AM GAMES". Chicago Tribune.
30. ^ Heisler, Mark (August 8, 1991). "Send Chicken to Musburger c/o ABC Sports, Havana, Cuba". Los Angeles Times.
31. ^ Stewart, Larry (July 26, 1991). "Even When It Comes to Exhibitions, NFL Has Air Superiority ..." Los Angeles Times.
32. ^ Williams, Jennifer (July 19, 1991). "LOCAL RADIO AIRWAVES MAY BE MISSING U.VA. BIGGIES". Daily Press.
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36. ^ "Sager gets Jimmy V award: 'I will keep fighting'". ESPN.com. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
37. ^ Wilbon, Michael (August 18, 1991). "Night Talk in Cuba: Freedom, Truth, Jordan". Los Angeles Times.
38. ^ Diaz, George (April 30, 1993). "VALVANO'S MESSAGE: LAUGH, THINK, CRY". Orlando Sentinel.
39. ^ Sager, Craig (8 November 2016). Living Out Loud: Sports, Cancer, and the Things Worth Fighting For. Flatiron Books. p. 31\. ISBN 9781250125637.
40. ^ Robb, Sharon (August 8, 1991). "U.S. CRITICIZED FOR MIAMI TRIP". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
41. ^ Garcia, Irene (August 15, 1991). "They're Back by Popular Demand : Volleyball: Many of the players who laid the foundation for today's successful pro beach tour will compete in the Legends tournament at Manhattan Beach". Los Angeles Times.
42. ^ "WHO IS THIS HUBIE BROWN? WHAT HAPPENED WITH SENNA?". The Morning Call. May 22, 1994.

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