Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959 in New York City, New York) is an American news anchor and former sportscaster. He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, an hour-long nightly newscast that counts down the top news stories of the day.

After SportsCenter

In 1997, Olbermann left ESPN to host his own primetime show on MSNBC, aptly named The Big Show. The news variety program covered three or four different topics in a one-hour broadcast. Olbermann also occasionally hosted the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News, and NBC Sports' coverage of the World Series.

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MSNBC - NBC Nightly News - NBC Sports - World Series

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When the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, he began hosting another news program, White House In Crisis. Olbermann says he became frustrated when the Lewinsky story would constantly consume his regular show. He left MSNBC after 17 months to return to sportscasting, although he has said that even if Lewinsky never happened, he still would have left to return to sports.

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In 1998, Olbermann became an anchor and executive prodcer for The Keith Olbermann Evening News, a nightly sportscast similar to SportsCenter, which aired nightly on cable's Fox Sports Net. While at Fox, Olbermann was host of the World Series again and of Fox Broadcasting's baseball Game of the Week.

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Fox Sports Net - Fox Broadcasting - Game of the Week

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