By using BiJog.com you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. [139], American sports and political commentator, "Olbermann" redirects here. [32], Early in 1997 Olbermann was suspended for two weeks after he made an unauthorized appearance on The Daily Show on Comedy Central with then-host and former ESPN colleague Craig Kilborn. For his 2013 sports talk show, see. Sources claim that the duo used to live together in the same apartment. Keith Olbermann... American sports and political commentator. At one point in the show he referred to Bristol, Connecticut (ESPN's headquarters), as a "Godforsaken place". However, in February 2007, Olbermann launched a new blog, The News Hole. He co-hosted ESPN's SportsCenter from 1992–1997. [22] he later co-authored a book with Patrick called The Big Show about their experiences working at SportsCenter; he also said that the short-lived ABC dramedy Sports Night was based on his time on SportsCenter with Patrick, ABC having been co-owned with ESPN since 1985 (ESPN now produces all sports coverage on ABC, which is branded ESPN on ABC). During Olbermann's later years as a sportscaster, he furthered his experience in news broadcasting by hosting MSNBC's White House in Crisis and The Big Show. Astonishing isn't it? Patrick often introduced Olbermann with the tagline "saving the democracy", a nod to his work on Countdown. Keith Theodore Olbermann is an American sports and political commentator and writer.
[130], Olbermann's father, Theodore, died on March 13, 2010, of complications from colon surgery the previous September. [102], On September 12, 2016, GQ magazine announced that Olbermann would, as a special correspondent, host a web series covering the 2016 US Presidential Election. Countdown's format, per its name, involved Olbermann ranking the five biggest news stories of the day or sometimes "stories my producers force me to cover", as Olbermann put it.
"[121], He has accused the Tea Party movement of being racist due to what he views as a lack of racial diversity at the events, using photos that show overwhelmingly Caucasian crowds attending the rallies. He has also written a series of articles on baseball cards for the Sports Collectors Digest. [85][dead link], On October 28, 2010, days before the 2010 U.S. elections, Olbermann donated $2,400 each to three Democratic candidates for Congress: Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway, and Arizona Democratic Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. [119] Yael T. Abouhalkah of the Kansas City Star said that Olbermann "crossed the line in a major way with his comments". Keith Olbermann has been in relationships with Katy Tur (2006), Laura Ingraham (1997) and Rebecca Lobo (1995). "[114] Avoiding ideological self-labeling, Olbermann described his reporting in 2006 to Salon.com, "I don't think in these issues that I'm a liberal; I think that I'm an American. In 2007, ten years after Olbermann's departure, in an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, he said, "If you burn a bridge, you can possibly build a new bridge, but if there's no river any more, that's a lot of trouble."
$2 million per annum. [21] At college Olbermann served as sports director for WVBR, a student-run commercial radio station in Ithaca. Point taken. In a joint statement, Olbermann and Current TV said: "The parties are pleased to announce that a settlement has occurred, and that the terms are confidential. "[34] The essay told of an instance when his former bosses remarked he had "too much backbone", a claim that is literally true, as Olbermann has six lumbar vertebrae instead of the normal five.
According to his 2011 contract with KCBS Los Angeles, Olbermann was making $475,000. Theodore Olbermann (Father) Marie Katherine Charbonier Olbermann (Mother) He is such a multi-talented personality and makes a name and fame as an author, sportswriter, Radio commentator and as well as television pundit, Keith Olbermann and his first book, 'The Major League Coaches' had published when he was just fourteen. Olbermann released his own statement, apologizing for "the failure of Current TV" and "that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently. Keith Olbermann was born in Manhattan on January 27, 1959, but was raised primarily in Westchester County, New York. The series, titled The Closer with Keith Olbermann, aired twice weekly on GQ.com. I think I'm acting almost as a historian on these particular things". Olbermann spent the first 20 years of his career in sports journalism.
[30] In his last year with KCBS before moving east to work for ESPN, Olbermann's salary was $475,000 but started at "just over $150,000" with ESPN. [127] During the same commentary, Olbermann called Bush a fascist.