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Feb

FIRST BLACK COACH TO WIN SUPER BOWL

Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts became the first African
American NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl.

The victory marked the first time a Black head coach had
reached the National Football League’s championship game,
one that featured not just one, but two Black head coaches.

Super Bowl XLI pitted Dungy and his Colts against Lovie Smith,
head coach of the Chicago Bears.

The Bears shocked the Colts with a 92-yard kick return for a
touchdown in the first 14 seconds of the game. Despite this
demoralizing start, the Colts and quarterback Peyton Manning
came back to defeat the Bears, 29-17.

It was the Colts’ first Super Bowl victory since 1971, when they
played in Baltimore.

Dungy (center) along with colleagues Dan Patrick and Rodney Harrison at an NFL game in Denver in September 2013.

Tony Dungy's Advice for Youth Coaches Isn't What You'd Expect | Tony Dungy's Advice for Youth Coaches Isn't What You'd Expect
Anthony Kevin Dungy (69).

Since retiring, Dungy has served as a TV sports analyst. He
is an evangelical Christian, and at one point in his coaching
career considered leaving football for the prison ministry.

Throughout his career, he has remained involved with
community service organizations.

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Dec

SPORTS ANCHOR HAS DIED AT AGE 78

Greg Gumbel - Autographed Inscribed Photograph | HistoryForSale Item 174080

Through the years with Greg Gumbel

CBS hosts wish Greg Gumbel well as he misses March Madness

(FOX NEWS) – Greg Gumbel, who broadcast the NFL
on CBS and served as the network’s studio host for
March Madness, has died after a bout with cancer.

Ravens v. Panthers Broadcast on CBS - Russell Street Report

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Aug

THE FIRST TIME ON TELEVISION IN 1939

Today in Reds history, 1939: The Reds participate in the first major league game to be televised ...

On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball
game was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was
to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game
between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at
Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

The Reds won the first, 5–2 while the Dodgers won the second,
6–1.

This all started in April of 1939 with the opening of The World’s
Fair, when David Sarnoff told the nation that RCA had “added
radio sight to sound”, and officially kicked off the age of
television.

August 26, 1939…First MLB Game On TV + Other Sports TV Firsts – Eyes Of A Generation…Television ...
Barber (in suit) called the first game on NBC Radio and
moved over to TV for the second game.

A photograph of the president of RCA, David Sarnoff, dedicating the RCA building at the 1939 ...
The President of RCA, David Sarnoff, dedicating the RCA
Building at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.

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Jun

THE RADIO RONALD REAGAN

After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and
sociology from Eureka College in 1932. Ronald Reagan took
a job in Davenport, Iowa, as a sports broadcaster for four
football games in the Big Ten Conference. He then worked
for WHO radio in Des Moines as a broadcaster for the
Chicago Cubs.

His specialty was creating play-by-play accounts of games
using only basic descriptions that the station received by
wire as the games were in progress
(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

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Feb

FIRST BLACK COACH TO WIN SUPER BOWL

Tony Dungy Steelers Pictures And Photos | Tony dungy, Indianapolis colts, Indianapolis

Tony Dungy (68) of the Indianapolis Colts became the first Black
NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl (XLl). The victory marked
the first time a Black head coach had reached the National
Football League’s championship game—one that featured not
just one, but two Black head coaches.

Tony Dungy: Media 'cannot begrudge' athletes who share faith in Christ - Sports Spectrum
Hall of Fame head coach and NBC Football analyst Tony
Dungy.