Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1974, yayin da yake karatun digiri, an zaɓe shi tare da Don Tollefson a cikin abin da ABC ta kira "farautar 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 waɗannan abubuwan kamar Major League Baseball da kwalejin kwando na kwaleji, 1986
da kuma 1987 Indianapolis 500, da 1977 Monon Bell wasan tsakanin DePauw University da Wabash College, biyar Olympics, kazalika da shirin "Wide Duniya na Sports".