They're Off Past Speakers

1974 Howard Cosell
1975 Ambassador John Sherman Cooper, A. B. Happy Chandler, Colonel Harland Sanders, Coach Adolph Rupp
1976 George Plimpton
1977 Heywood Hale Broun
1978 Bruce Jenner
1979 Ben L. Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Maxie L. Anderson
1980 George Blanda
1981 Al McGuire
1982 George Steinbrenner
1983 Jack Whitaker
1984 Howard Schnellenberger
1985 Hank Aaron
1986 Billy Packer
1987 Phil Simms
1988 Joe Jacoby
1989 Cawood Ledford
1990 Bettina Gregory
1991 Bob Costas
1992 Rick Pitino
1993 Mike Ditka
1994 Denny Crum
1995 D. Wayne Lukas
1996 Larry King
1997 Rosie Grier
1998 Greg Gumbel
1999 Dan Jansen
2000 Earvin "Magic" Johnson
2001 James Earl Jones
2002 Lily Tomlin
2003 Dick Vitale
2004 Bill Walton
2005 Lesley Stahl
2006 Terry Bradshaw
2007 Boomer Esiason
2008 Deborah Norville
2009 Robin Roberts