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Boxing on ABC refers to a series of boxing events [1] that have been televised on the American Broadcasting Company.Many of these events aired under the Wide World of Sports [2] banner which began on April 11, 1964 when challenger Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeated champion Sonny Liston in the seventh round.
Coverage of the North American Continental Boxing Championships. First Wide World of Sports coverage of the Tour de France. August 16 Coverage of John Walker's world mile record of 3:49.4 in Göteborg, Sweden, making him the first to break the 3:50 barrier. September 13
The Open Championship, [20] first two rounds (1982–2002), all four rounds (2010–2015) World Golf Championships (1999–2006) Tour Championship (1991–2006) LPGA. Regular season events from 1979–2009; Kraft Nabisco Championship, first two rounds (1983–2005), first three rounds (2006–2010) U.S. Women's Open, first two rounds (1982–2014)
Outside of events organized by the PGA Tour, Golf Channel also carries coverage of the European Tour, LPGA Tour, and Asian Tour. Golf Channel was the cable broadcaster of two of the men's majors, including the U.S. Open and other USGA championships (since June 2020) and the Open Championship (since 2016, including their women's and senior men's ...
The earliest incarnation of NBC's boxing telecasts could be traced back to 1944. Although technically, an anthology program, the Cavalcade of Sports was best known for Friday night boxing (from Madison Square Garden) on NBC from 1944 through 1960, and (after NBC decided against featuring boxing due to sensitivity over criminal allegations in the sport) then for several more years on ABC.
The Irish Ladies' Golf Union is founded and is the oldest Ladies Golf Union in the world. The Chicago Golf Club opens the United States' first 18-hole golf course on the site of the present-day Downers Grove Golf Course. The Chicago Golf Club moved to its current location in 1895.
The World Golf Championships (WGC) were a group of annual professional golf tournaments played from 1999 through 2023 created by the International Federation of PGA Tours as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more frequently than the pre-existing four major championships.
After a 24-hour free trial period, players can purchase a day pass to access all of the games, or purchase full access to the individual games. Tennis and Bowling were first released on October 30, 2013, [125] [126] golf was first released on December 18, 2013 [127] and Baseball and Boxing were first released at the end of June 2014.