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Keith Olbermann        

Award-Winning Host of "Olbermann"

Keith Olbermann is an American sports and political commentator and writer. He worked for ESPN until 2020, where he moved to YouTube for his own program.

Olbermann spent the first 20 years of his career in sports journalism. He was a sports correspondent for CNN and for local TV and radio stations in the 1980s, winning the Best Sportscaster award from the California Associated Press three times. He co-hosted ESPN's "SportsCenter" from 1992–97. From 1998 to 2001 he was a producer and anchor for Fox Sports Net and a host for Fox Sports' coverage of Major League Baseball.

From March 2003 to January 2011 Olbermann hosted the weeknight political commentary program "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on MSNBC.

Olbermann hosted a web series for GQ, titled "The Closer with Keith Olbermann", covering the 2016 US presidential election, later renamed "The Resistance" after the victory of Donald Trump.

In January 2018 Olbermann returned to ESPN's "SportsCenter" program.

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The Big Show: Inside ESPN's SportsCenter

An Evening with Keith Olbermann

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Keith Olbermann Bodyslams Donald Trump Through The Core Of The Earth
Ever since Keith Olbermann left the ESPN airwaves eight months ago, there has been a conspicuous lack of uppercutting people into volcanoes and dropkicking them through glass doors in our lives. But there was no way the man who made his post-SportsCenter name exchanging haymakers with the Bush administration could stay away from the farce of a primary season we’re having, and today he entered the fray with a blistering op-ed in the Washington Post.
It's official! Keith Olbermann returns to ESPN with two-year deal to ...
Keith Olbermann now not only faces the challenge of making a new show succeed, but making sure his latest television venture — as previous ones have ...

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