1981 Wide World of Sports Broadcasts with announcers if known
January 10 Hula Bowl Keith Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Jim Lampley, Lynn Swann
January 11 No Broadcast
January 17 Globetrottes Al Michaels, Downhill Skiing Gifford, Beattie Kitzbuhel
January 24 World Cup Gymnastics Jim Mc Kay, Kurt Thomas Ski Jumping Michaels, Devlin
January 31 Grand Prix Motocross Mc Kay, Stewart, Economaki Tandem Surfing Sandy Hill, Rich Tomson
World Cup Weightlifting Bob Beattie, Bruce Wilhelm
February 1 Pro Bowl gifford, cosell, tarkenton, Swann
February 7 US Figure Skating Mc Kay, Button, Peggy Fleming Winternationals Economaki
February 8 Figure Skating, Superbikes
February 14 World Cup Skiing Zweisel Lampley WBA Bantamweight Eusebio Pedroza-Patrick Ford Cosell
February 15 World Cup Gymnastics Mc Kay, Rigby world 2 man bobsled Bill Flemming, Paul Lamey
February 21 US Figure Skating Exhibition Button, Chinese Acrobats Mc Kay, Winternationals
February 22 WBC Bantamweight Lupe Pintor-Jose Uziga Cosell, Winter Olympic Highlights
February 28 Surfing World Wristwrestling Lampley International Toboggan Mc Kay, Stewart
March 1 Grand Prix Motorcross, World Ski Flying Devlin
March 7 World Figure Skating
March 8 World Figure Skating
March 14 World Figure skating, Triathlon Lampley, Diana Nyad, Arthur Ashe
March 15 Atlanta 500 World Cup Bodybuilding
March 21 Baja 1000 McKay, Posey, Economaki, Stewart American Cup Gymnastics Maddux, Thomas, Rigby
March 28 Michael Spinks-Marvin Johnson Cosell, Flamingo Stakes Mc Kay, Arcaro
More from 1981
April 4 World Cup Wrestling Bill Flemming, Ken Kraft World Invitational High Diving Al Michaels, Ken Sitzberger Motorcycles on Ice Jim Lampley, Chris Economaki
April 5 NCAA Swimming Lampley, Mark Spitz, Diana Nyad Gotham Stakes Mc Kay Arcaro
April 11 World Cup Gymanstics Mc Kay, Thomas World Figure Skating Button
April 12 WBC Lightweight Sean O Grady Hilmer Kenty Cosell
April 18 Wood Memorial Mc Kay, Arcaro Globetrotters Michaels
April 19 Rebel 500 Holmes Berbick Highlights
April 25 WBA Welterweight Thomas Hearns-Randy Shields
April 25 separate 20th anniversary show in prime time
April 26 National Sprint car Rosburg Ohio Jackson, Kahanamoku Surfing Sandy Hill, Rob Tomson
May 2 USSR Gymnasts
May 3 High Dive Challenge Michaels, Sitzberger National Air Races Flemming Frontier Days Schenkel, Lampley
May 9 Indy 500 Time Trials McKay, Stewart, Economaki English Rugby Final Michaels, Swann
World Lumberjack Bob Beattie, Diana Nyad
May 10 AMA Motorcycle Flemming World Table Tennis Bob Beattie, Dick Miles
May 16 National Dirt Car Jackson, Economaki Indy 500 time trials Flemming, Stewart National Air Races
May 17 Cooney Norton Preview, NCAA Volleyball Beattie, Kirk Kilgour Indy 500 and Preakness reports
May 23 Dirt car, Chinese Acrobats, US Boxing
May 24 US Boxing Cosell, Frog Jumping Calaveras County Hughes Rudd
May 30 WBC Jr Lightweight cosell Bobby Chacon Cornelius Boza Edwards
June 6 Alan Minter-Mustafa Hamsho Schenkel NY State Firemen Lampley
June 13 US Grand prix Motocross Lampley, Jeff Smith, Diana Nyad Holmes Spinks Highlights
June 27 WBA Jr Lightweight Aaron Pryor-Lennox Blackmoore Cosell, US Track
July 4 Firecracker 400 Jackson, Stewart, Economaki Grand Prix of England Flemming, Bill Steinkraus
July 11 US USSR Track Jackson, Liquori, Terri Crawford, Dave Diles Oslo Mile Bill Flemming
July 18 WBA Light Heavyweight Michael Spinks-Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
July 25 US Women's Open Preempted
August 1 Hall of Fame Game
August 8 preempted for PGA
August 15 AMA National Economaki, Sam Posey Mens Platform Diving Flemming, Sitzberger Long Course Swimming Lampley, Nyad
August 22 Greg Page George chaplin boxing Schenkel, Summernationals Economaki, Reggie Jackson
(remember baseball was on strike in 81 Reggie needed the money)
August 29 Little League World Series Jim Mc Kay, Davey Lopes
September 5 Sanchez Gomez , womens platform. Frontier Days Zabriskie, Mahan
September 12 WBA Lightweight Claude Noel, Gato gonzales
October 17 Leonard Hearns replay