The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Class of 2025 has formally been introduced and Little League International is happy to rejoice three honorees who’ve been instrumental within the protection and progress of the Little League program over time.
Curt Gowdy Jr.
With a sports activities broadcasting profession that lasted greater than 46 years, together with 29 years at ABC Sports the place he served because the Senior Coordinating Producer for ABC’s Wide World of Sports, Gowdy Jr. spent 16 summers producing the Little League Baseball World Series, serving to convey the enjoyable and pleasure of the world’s largest youth sports activities event to households all all over the world every August. As half of the 75th Anniversary of the Little League Baseball World Series, Gowdy joined then-Little League President and CEO, Steve Keener, in addition to Jim Palmer and Dennis Lewin, for a special Six Inning conversation. In addition to his Little League profession, Gowdy’s spectacular portfolio additionally contains producing and overseeing three MLB World Series occasions, together with the Bay Area earthquake Series and integral roles within the manufacturing of 4 Summer and Winter Olympic video games, Super Bowl pre, half and publish video games, 14 Kentucky Derby, 12 Triple Crown races, 11 World Figure Skating Championships, 18 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and the historic 1991 Pan American Games, broadcast stay from Havana, Cuba.
Pam Oliver
A trailblazer within the sports activities media panorama, and at present serving because the longest tenured NFL sideline reporter, Oliver additionally frolicked as a reporter for ESPN on the Little League World Series through the early half of her profession. Along together with her illustrious profession protecting the NFL, Oliver has additionally prolonged her reporting experience to NCAA Women’s and Men’s College Football and Basketball and the NBA Finals.
Bill Rasmussen
Rasmussen based ESPN in the summertime of 1978 and by the next yr he had discovered an investor and had the community on air. Thanks to his efforts and talent to launch the community, Little League and ESPN/ABC have been in a position to work collectively since 1963 to convey the enjoyable, pleasure, and pleasure of the Little League World Series annually and at present serves roughly 340 baseball and softball video games every summer time to audiences all over the world on ESPN Platforms.
These three honorees be part of Glenn Adamo, Lee Corso, Greg Gumbel, Marc Herklotz, Jerry Jones, Hiroshi Kiriyama, and David Levy. This yr’s class will probably be inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame on Dec. 16 on the New York Hilton resort in midtown Manhattan and the host for the ceremony will probably be former CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus.