- Technical Sports by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... application.Technical sports include aviation sports (with helicopters, gliders, and airplanes), automotive sports, motorcycle sports, radiosport, shooting, motorboating, underwater sports, and sports with aircraft, automobile, and ship models.Development of technical sports began in the USSR in the 1950’s, and all-Union competitions have been held since ...
- Arledge, Roone by Chloe Watson
... work at ABC-TV in 1960 as a sports producer. He later became president of ABC Sports and group president of ABC News and Sports (1985–90). He created sports programs such as Wide World of Sports (from 1961) and Monday Night Football (from 1968) and produced television coverage of 10 Olympic games, making many technical and editorial innovations in sports ...
- Gumbel, Bryant by Garrett Carlson
... 1948– ) television sports commentator/anchorman; born in New Orleans, La. Editor of Black Sports. Magazine after college, he worked as sportscaster for KNBC in Los Angeles (1972–80). He also covered professional sports for the National Broadcasting Company, winning an Emmy for his 1976 Olympic coverage. Hired by the Today show in 1980 to do sports ...
- Sportivnye Igry by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... illustrated magazine on sports and sports methodology; organ of the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports of the USSR. Published in Moscow since 1955, the magazine deals with game strategy, the theory and practice of team sports, and the techniques and methods used in training and coaching the better athletes and teams in the USSR and other countries. It ...
- Avangard by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a voluntary sports association (VSA) of trade unions of the Ukrainian SSR uniting sportsmen and athletes from construction and mining enterprises and specialized high schools. It was created in 1957.As of Jan. 1, 1968, there were 2,012,000 ...