Chris Lincoln

Chris Lincoln (born November 11, 1947) is an American sportscaster who called College Football on ABC from 1976 to 1979 and hosted ESPN's horse racing coverage from 1985 to 1998. He recently "semi-retired" from a stint as sports director at KTUL-TV (ABC) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Early life

Lincoln was born in

In 1981, Lincoln left KTUL to form Winner Communications (now Winnercomm), a television sports production company. The company would become the largest independently owned sports production company in the United States. Winnercomm also owns and operates Skycam and Cablecam. Lincoln and his partner sold a majority of the company to outside investors in February 2006, but Lincoln has remained with Winnercomm as Senior Consultant for Special Projects.^[1]

National broadcasting

In 1976, Lincoln was hired by

From 1982 to 1998, Lincoln worked for ESPN, where he hosted thoroughbred and quarter horse races and the weekly Racehorse Digest.^[1] In 1998, Lincoln hosted the Kentucky Derby post position draw and was responsible for drawing the numbers. He called the number 15 for two horses, causing the entire draw to be redone. After the incident, Churchill Downs president Tom Meeker declared that neither ESPN nor Chris Lincoln would be involved in the draw again.^[2]

Lincoln also called college football, college basketball, and Canadian Football League games for ESPN.^[1][3]

In 1999, Lincoln became the global presenter for the World Racing Championship Series.^[1]

Return to Tulsa

In May 2007, Lincoln returned to KTUL as Executive Sports Director.^[1] Lincoln anchored the weeknight sports from May 2007- August 2011. Lincoln retired from evening news in 2011 to hand the position to Rick Pendergraft and John Moss. Moss was later named sports director in January 2013.

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