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Jan 17, 1988 · Jimmy (the Greek) Snyder, CBS Sports commentator, analyst and oddsmaker, was fired by the network yesterday after a controversial television interview Friday in which he said many blacks were...
Jan 16, 2018 · (Saturday, January 16, 1988) — Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder was dismissed by CBS Sports today, one day after the veteran commentator made derogatory racial comments about athletes.
James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996), better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS program The NFL Today, Snyder predicted the scores of NFL games, which sports bettors used to determine the point spread.
Jan 17, 1988 · An embarrassed CBS fired a contrite Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder Saturday after the sports commentator said in a much-criticized television interview that blacks were “bred” to be better athletes...
Jun 7, 2019 · Before Twitter, JIMMY THE GREEK was one of the first public figures fired by a major corporation for making insensitive remarks regarding race. The debate goes on? Was Jimmy a bigot caught on...
Mar 29, 2012 · According to Jimmy Campanis, on one occasion, taunts about racism hurled at Jim Jr. came from an opposing team after a game Jimmy and Al had just watched.
Jan 18, 1988 · After 12 years as a CBS Sports commentator, Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder finally said something worth remembering. It cost him his job. “CBS had to fire him,” someone said Sunday.
Aug 8, 2021 · PUBLISHED: January 20, 1988 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 8, 2021 at 9:05 p.m. Thank you, Jimmy ”the Greek” Snyder. Your remarks about black athletes help confirm what many of us have been...
Jun 7, 2018 · Jimmy the Greek was a mainstay on the revolutionary CBS NFL pregame show “NFL Today” and is credited with helping bring point spreads (…)
Apr 22, 1996 · Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder, 77, the flamboyant oddsmaker who was fired as a CBS Sports commentator for making controversial statements about black athletes, died Sunday at a hospital in Las Vegas,...
