Sam Flood '83, Coordinating Producer of NBC Sports, to speak at Williams College02:57PM / Monday, April 06, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Sam Flood '83, Coordinating Producer, NBC Sports, will speak at Williams College at 7:00 pm in Griffin Hall, Room 3 on Monday. April 20. Flood's talk is titled: "Grab some snacks sit back and watch the Game/Race/Olympics on TV... The Game of Sports Television." Flood will be on hand to present the 20th Frank Deford Award to the top student sports information assistant(s) at Williams.
A question and answer session will follow.
The event is free and open to the public.
Sam Flood was named Coordinating Producer, NBC Sports, in July 2005. He continues to produce the NHL on NBC, NBC’s NFL studio show “Football Night in America,” and NBC Sports’ horse racing coverage, including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
Bob Costas (host) and Cris Collinsworth (co-host), Keith Olbermann (co-host) and Dan Patrick (co-host), analysts Tiki Barber and Jerome “The Bus” Bettis, and reporter Peter King of Sports Illustrated comprise the highly-acclaimed “Football Night in America” studio team.
A 10-time Emmy Award winner, Flood produced the Olympic Closing Ceremony from Salt Lake in 2002 and the Torino Closing Ceremony in 2006.
Flood produced the 2009 NHL Winter Classic from Chicago's Wrigley Field between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings on January 1st. He has also produced World Track & Field Championships, Olympic Track & Field from 1996 to 2008, the Daytona 500, World Series pre-game coverage, and the NFL.
Flood earned a bachelor's degree in history at Williams and he lettered in varsity ice hockey, serving as a team captain for the Ephs as a senior.
Flood and his wife, Jane, reside in Ridgewood, N.J., with their two children, Eliza and Sam, Jr. |
