The Odd Couple
1970
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NEW YORK -- Roone Arledge, a pioneering television executive at ABC News and Sports responsible for creating shows from "Monday Night Football'' to "Nightline,'' died...
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. crafted the modern link between sports and entertainment, transforming ABC Sports from a financial disaster to the world’s go-to destination for athletics entertainment.
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, chairman and longtime president of ABC News, died at the age of 71 in New York City Thursday of complications from cancer.
Dec 9, 2002 · A former president of ABC Sports and News, Arledge died last week from cancer. Arledge built ABC's Wide World of Sports into a powerhouse, and ushered in the era of prime-...
Dec 29, 2002 · When Roone Arledge took over ABC Sports in 1968, televised sports was in a primitive state. A few stationary cameras provided pictures; prime-time games were unheard of; instant replay...
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, who transformed American television by infusing dramatic story lines, star personalities and vivid graphic presentations into the disparate realms of news and sports,...
Dec 9, 2002 · Former ABC News president Roone Arledge, one of the most influential and innovative executives in television history, died Thursday at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He...
