1989 – Is hired as President of NBC Sports and hires Terry O’Neil to replace Michael Weisman as Executive Producer
1990 – Acquires the rights to the NBA from CBS.
1991 – Signs a five year deal for exclusive rights to Notre Dame home football games.
1992 – Oversees his first Olympics at NBC in Barcelona.
1993 – Secured the rights to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
1994 – Created “The Baseball Network” with ABC.
1995 – Obtained the rights to the 2000 and 2002 Olympics and later in the year, in a pre-emptive strike bought the rights to the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Olympics.
1995 – Dissolved “The Baseball Network” and signed a 6 year deal with Major League Baseball to share rights with ESPN and Fox.
1997 – Lost the rights to the NFL.
1998 – Named Chairman, NBC Sports & Olympics
1999 – Started to air NASCAR races.
2001 – Lost the rights to the NBA. With Vince McMahon of the then-WWF, created the XFL which ran for one season.
2001 – Signed the rights to the second half of the NASCAR season sharing the rights with Fox.
2001 – Signed a five year deal to air horse racing’s Triple Crown.
2003 – Obtained the rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics.
2003 – Bought a stake in the Arena Football League and aired games through 2007.
2004 – Signed the NHL to a two year revenue sharing deal without any rights fee.
2004 – Named Chairman, NBCUniversal Sports & Olympics when NBC merged with Universal.
2005 – Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.
2005 – Re-entered the NFL game by obtaining the rights for Sunday Night Football.
2007 – Signed the NHL for two more seasons.
2009 – Signed a new two year deal with the NHL.
2009 – Honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with the Lifetime Achievement Sports Emmy Award in a presentation that included six commissioners of American Sports (MLB, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, NHL, PGA Tour) and Muhammed Ali.
2010 – Produces what would be his last Olympics for NBC in Vancouver.
2011 – Named Chairman of NBC Sports Group which included NBC Sports, Golf Channel, Versus and Comcast SportsNet.
2011 – Signs a new 10 year rights deal with the NHL for the NBC Sports Group.
2011 – Announces his resignation from NBC Sports effective at the end of June.
