ABC Sports picked up rights to broadcast the game the following year.
Three years ago, he also became president of ABC Sports.
In 1999, he returned to ABC Sports to call college football until the 2001 season.
ABC Sports, meanwhile, showed that it has problems of a different kind.
ABC Sports has not had broadcast rights to the Games since 1988.
From 1994 to 2000, the race was broadcast live on ABC Sports.
ABC Sports never confirmed the suspension, but has not denied it.
He had previously worked as a program executive in ABC Sports.
In a first - and last - for the television industry, he continued to lead ABC Sports as well.
"We wanted to make a statement about the new ABC Sports," he said.