{"id":1033,"date":"2018-12-13T12:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportsbroadcastinghalloffame.org\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:02:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:02:54","slug":"sports-broadcasting-hall-of-fame-passes-100-member-mark-at-12th-annual-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsbroadcastinghalloffame.org\/2018\/12\/13\/sports-broadcasting-hall-of-fame-passes-100-member-mark-at-12th-annual-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Passes 100-Member Mark at 12th-Annual Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame expanded to 105 members last night, inducting 11 industry legends during its 12th-annual induction ceremony at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel. The evening was hosted by CBS Sports\u2019 <strong>Lesley Visser<\/strong>, marking the first time that a woman and a member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame has hosted the ceremony. In addition, all table sales, totaling more than $215,000 this year, are once again being donated to the <u><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsbroadcastingfund.org\/\">Sports Broadcasting Fund<\/a><\/u>, which supports industry members in times of need.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_150829\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150829\" class=\" wp-image-150829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HOF-Visser-Featured-888x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-150829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 12th-annual Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame ceremony was hosted by Lesley Visser at the Hilton Midtown New York Hotel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year\u2019s roster of honorees comprises famed on-air personalities <strong>Mary Carillo<\/strong>, <strong>Bob Costas<\/strong>, <strong>Jim Nantz<\/strong>, and <strong>Dick Vitale<\/strong>; NHL Commissioner <strong>Gary Bettman<\/strong>; CBS Sports and ESPN production stalwart <strong>Bill Fitts<\/strong>; sports documentarian <strong>Bud Greenspan<\/strong>; BSI co-founder <strong>Peter Larsson<\/strong>; NBC Sports and Olympics technology guru <strong>David Mazza<\/strong>; video-control master <strong>Gene Mikell<\/strong>; and former CBS Sports President and master sports-rights negotiator <strong>Neal Pilson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsbroadcastinghalloffame.org\/inductees\/?search=&amp;class%5B%5D=2018\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to read each inductee\u2019s full profile and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLw0UHiV5tMVDbkcs5JnaR96CO6D6mQYMr\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to watch each member\u2019s acceptance speech (also embedded below).<\/p>\n<p><strong>JIM NANTZ, the Family Man Who Became Sports TV\u2019s Father<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cHello, friends.\u201d That\u2019s far more than a calling card or a catch phrase. It\u2019s a daily reminder that, in the sports-broadcasting industry, we\u2019re family. For 35 years, <strong>Jim Nantz<\/strong> has been family to millions of U.S. television viewers who have welcomed the legendary broadcaster into their homes for some of sports TV\u2019s biggest events, including countless NFL and March Madness games and thrilling major golf tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Jim Nantz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3Jvqua4Lhg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUD GREENSPAN, Olympic Storyteller<br \/>\nBud Greenspan<\/strong>\u2019s legendary Olympic documentaries were less about the heroes than about the often heartbreaking, often exhilarating stories of athletes both in competition and away from it. Greenspan wrote, produced, and directed the documentaries through his production company, Cappy Productions, from the 1960s through <em>Vancouver 2010 Stories of Olympic Glory<\/em>, released after his death. Greenspan\u2019s longtime business partner and companion <strong>Nancy Beffa<\/strong> accepted on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame: Bud Greenspan (Nancy Beffa Accepting)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eL1-9zvTLOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BILL FITTS, A Career of Firsts, a Lasting Legacy<br \/>\n<\/strong>When your broadcasting career includes producing the first Super Bowl, launching <em>The NFL Today<\/em> for CBS, and then jumping aboard ESPN in its formative years, it\u2019s easy to think that ego could take over. But that didn\u2019t happen to <strong>Bill Fitts<\/strong>, a long-time production professional who credits those around him and takes more pride in their success than in his own. Fitts took his time on stage to thank the executives that provided him opportunities to succeed during his five-plus decades in the business.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Bill Fitts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CfvVzx7ZVFs?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>GARY BETTMAN, Father of the Modern NHL<br \/>\n<\/strong>In the modern media era, NHL Commissioner <strong>Gary Bettman<\/strong> led the league\u2019s transformation from a media non-starter to a staple on NBC Sports\u2019 networks, growing the league\u2019s revenue from $400 million in 1993 (when he arrived) to $4.5 billion this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Gary Bettman\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TJ0B2WYhW8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARY CARILLO, Globetrotting Correspondent, Born Storyteller<br \/>\n<\/strong>There\u2019s no athlete-turned-broadcaster quite like <strong>Mary Carillo<\/strong>. After retiring from pro tennis, she became one of the most esteemed tennis analysts in the business, calling matches for a wide variety of networks. Although her tennis analysis earned her accolades from the industry, it was her unique storytelling at 14 Olympic Games that has made her a household name.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Mary Carillo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x6EqyaEimtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>GENE MIKELL, Six Decades of Masterful Video Control<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Gene Mikell<\/strong> enters the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame not just as an octogenarian but as an octogenarian who still spends a day or two a week working in a remote-production truck for Fox Sports. Odds are, you may not recognize his work, but you have seen it: he sets the course for the video-control and camera-shading department at Fox Sports and has worked in the industry for the better part of 60 years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Gene Mikell\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coHZgl_RBsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEIL PILSON, Prodigious Leader and Sports-Rights Negotiator<br \/>\n<\/strong>During 19 years at CBS, including 13 as president of CBS Sports, <strong>Neil Pilson<\/strong> helped transform the Tiffany Network into a live-sports-programming goliath and earned a reputation as a tenacious but honest negotiator and cerebral tactician. Departing CBS in 1994, he launched consulting firm Pilson Communications Inc. (PCI) and has played an integral role in the negotiations for billions of dollars in sports-rights deals over the past 2\u00bd decades.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Neal Pilson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rr9Oa9Xu2ew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>PETER LARSSON, Peter Larsson, Wireless-Camera Pioneer<br \/>\n<\/strong>Without the efforts of <strong>Peter Larsson<\/strong>, mind-blowing perspectives in live production \u2014 such as the driver\u2019s seat in NASCAR or on the putting green at major golf tournaments \u2014 would never have been available to viewers at home. The co-founder of Broadcast Sports Inc. (BSI) and the wireless-camera and -audio systems, he has brought sports fans inside the action in ways never thought possible over the past four decades. In addition to thanking his family, the entire BSI team, production teams he\u2019s worked with over the years, Larsson thanked the industry at large.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Peter Larsson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5R_7tGWBVmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BOB COSTAS, <\/strong><strong>Sports\u2019 Poetic Voice and Conscience<br \/>\nBob Costas<\/strong>, a 28-time Emmy Award winner, has been the face of many of the largest sports events that U.S. television has ever produced. Whether it was the play-by-play call of the World Series or the NBA Finals or sitting behind the desk to welcome viewers to a big night in the NFL or to the Olympic Games, he became the benchmark of sportscasting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Bob Costas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SCQd9MU48CA?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>DAVID MAZZA, NBC\u2019s Gold-Medal Tech Visionary<br \/>\n<\/strong>Few individuals have had a greater impact on the way the Olympic Games are produced for U.S. viewers than <strong>David Mazza<\/strong>. Currently SVP\/CTO at NBC Olympics and NBC Sports Group, he has worked on 11 Olympic Games for NBC (15 overall) since joining the company in in 1994. Mazza and his team were also responsible for designing and building the NBC Sports Broadcast Center in Stamford, CT.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: David Mazza\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZbKg9QbrvQ?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>DICK VITALE, College-Basketball Wordsmith<br \/>\n<\/strong>A master of wordplay that has enhanced the lexicon of sports broadcasting, <strong>Dick Vitale<\/strong> has inhabited the TV screens of college-basketball fans for four decades. His r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes numerous Hall of Fame inductions, eight movie appearances, nine books, and iconic calls, and his on-air presence and lighthearted personality have left their mark on the world of sports.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2018: Dick Vitale\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IJSfYkAgg4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Jason Dachman, Ken Kerschbaumer, Brandon Costa, Karen Hogan, Kristian Hernandez, and P.J. Bednarski contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame expanded to 105 members last night, inducting 11 industry legends during its 12th-annual induction ceremony at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel. 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