Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1974, yayin da yake karatun digiri na biyu, an zaɓe shi tare da Don Tollefson a abin da ABC ta kira "neman baiwa". Shugabannin ABC sun yi tunanin cewa samarin Lampley zai sa shi ya zama abin so ga taron kwalejin da suke neman jawo hankalin wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa na kwalejin su. A ABC, ya rufe irin abubuwan da suka faru kamar Major League Baseball da kwalejin kwando wasanni, da
1986 da 1987 Indianapolis 500, wasan Monon Bell na 1977 tsakanin Jami'ar DePauw da Kwalejin Wabash, wasannin Olympics guda biyar, da kuma shirin "Wide World of Sports".