Ross Greenburg

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Ross Greenburg (born 1955) was president of HBO Sports from 2000 to 2011. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Greenburg grew up in Scarsdale, New York. He attended Brown University, where he worked as an assistant writer for the sports news director at WPRI-TV Providence. He graduated in 1977 with a degree in political science. [3]

Career

Greenburg spent 33 years at HBO Sports. [4] He served as VP and executive producer from 1985- 990 and then as Senior VP and executive producer from 1990-2000. In 2000, Greenburg became President and served in that position until 2011. During his tenure, he won 51 Sports Emmys and 8 Peabody Awards. He succeeded Seth Abraham as president. [5]

HBO Sports is famous for its series Sports of the 20th Century a series of sports documentaries produced by Greenburg, as well as the leading sports magazine show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel , a football studio show led by Bob Costas, Dan Marino, Cris Carter, and Cris Collinsworth titled Inside the NFL and HBO World Championship Boxing .

Following his tenure at HBO, Greenburg created Ross Greenburg Productions. [6]

In 2016, Greenburg took a teaching position at Iona College, where he served as Executive-in-Residence for the 2018-2019 academic year. He also served as an adjunct professor and advisory sports member. [7]

Awards & Recognition

In 1990, he won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism. [8]

In 2004, Greenburg was inducted into the Brown University Hall of Fame, [9] and in 2022, [10] he was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. [9] [10]

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