This small series holds topical files in regards to ABC Sports. General administrative records, records pertaining to the NFL, Monday Night Football, Wide World of Sports, and the network coverage of the Goodwill Games, championship boxing, and Major League Baseball are found in this series. There is also documentation of the many Olympic Games that were covered including Calgary, Seoul, Los Angeles, and Sarajevo. The Olympic records illustrate the amount of synchronization and planning that Roone Arledge and his team were required to do in order to cover the multiple competitions occurring at the event. Additionally, there are transcripts of testimonies by Howard Cosell and Roone Arledge, correspondence, and accompanying documents concerning the Subcommittee on Communications' review of the Communications Act of 1934, particularly with regard to in particular how television networks (and, in this case, sports divisions) obtained programming
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General Administrative Records, 1977-1986
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Articles, 1986-1988
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Baseball, 1983-1989
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Boxing, 1977-1983
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Contract, 1966 September 1
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Cosell, Howard, 1995
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Goodwill Games, 1984-1988
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Hall of Fame Dinner, 1985
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Korea, 1982-1987
NFL
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General, 1967-1971, (2 Folders)
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Correspondence, 1980 February-1984 June
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Rozelle Meetings, 1985
Olympics
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General, 1976-1984
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Baden, 1981-1988
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Barcelona, 1984-1992
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Calgary, 1982-1988, (3 Folders)
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Hall of Fame, 1982-1989
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Innsbruck, 1973-1976
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Los Angeles, 1983-1984
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Meetings, 1984-1985
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Olympic Moments, 1985-1987
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Sarajevo, 1980-1984
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Seoul, 1984-1985
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Skycam, 1983-1985
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Subcommittee Hearings, 1976-1978, (3 Folders)
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United States Football League (USFL)--General, 1982-1986, (2 Folders)
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USFL--Court Transcripts, 1986 June 12
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Wide World of Sports, 1961-2001