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  Brian Williams: CTV and TSN Sports Commentator
Born in Winnipeg, Williams is a political science honors graduate of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Brian Williams has been the face of the Olympics for Canadians for decades, having hosted twelve Olympic Games.
Brian Williams is considered the dean of Canadian sports commentators, with more than a quarter of a century of broadcast experience.
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 Brian Williams - dKosopedia
Brian Williams (born May 5, 1959) [1] is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, the flagship evening news program of the National Broadcasting Company.
Previously, Williams was the network's chief correspondent at the White House and then anchor of The News with Brian Williams on CNBC and MSNBC cable networks.
Williams was raised in Elmira, New York where he attended Hendy Avenue Elementary.
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 CNBC TV: Investing - MSN Money   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Williams is perhaps best known for his trademark ability to quickly and comprehensively pull together the elements of a breaking news story, combine it with historic context, and report it from either a world hot spot or while live on the air each evening.
Williams has been awarded three Emmys: for his 1987 coverage of the stock market crash, his 1993 coverage of the Iowa floods, and in 2001 for his live coverage of the crash of a Singapore Airlines 747 in Taiwan.
Williams attended George Washington University and the Catholic University of America, both in Washington, and is the recipient of honorary Doctorates from Elmira College and Providence College.
moneycentral.msn.com /content/CNBCTV/TV_Info/Anchors&Reporters/P2236.asp   (701 words)

  
 Brian Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network.
Williams, the youngest of four children, was raised in a middle class family in Elmira, New York, attending Hendy Avenue Elementary.
Williams is known as a big Dale Earnhardt fan, even visiting Earnhardt a few times (Williams and his son Douglas were at Talladega Superspeedway in October 1999 for a race when Williams interviewed Earnhardt for his show.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brian_Williams_(news_anchor)   (1040 words)

  
 Q & A
And to this day in a case, as you enter the LBJ library, there is a letter from one Brian Williams, age eight in Elmira, New York and Michael Beschloss age 10, in suburban Illinois.
WILLIAMS: I have a 16-year old daughter, who I believe is visible right over our shoulder there and my son, who is also in the picture next to a race car, is 13 and they’re both doing astounding well in school.
WILLIAMS: Well, a normal day, given that that’s a little bit of an oxymoron and that some of that has to do with raising two children and having school functions and having a lot else in my life, the normal day begins with the tactile feel of a newspaper.
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 TheKSBWChannel.com - News - 'Early Nightly' With Brian Williams (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Brian Williams became the seventh Anchor and Managing Editor in the distinguished history of "NBC Nightly News" on December 2, 2004.
Williams was the anchor and managing editor of the Saturday edition of "NBC Nightly News" for six years before becoming anchor of the weekday edition.
Williams is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
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 USATODAY.com - Zooming in on Brian Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
NEW YORK —; Brian Williams is aware of the behind-the-scenes sniping about his succeeding Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News, a historic network changing of the guard that will occur Dec. 2.
Williams reported — presciently in light of President Bush's re-election — that Cabela's customers were a force to be reckoned with: God-fearing conservatives who like guns, fishing and the outdoors, and that in 2000, "six in 10 gun owners voted for President Bush."
On air, Williams' delivery can be a bit formal, which Williams attributes to "a couple of years of Catholic schooling." He's on his best behavior, he says, as if he were a guest for the first time in someone's home.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2004-11-09-williams_x.htm   (1622 words)

  
 Brian Williams
Ricky Williams will have a tough time convincing trade suitors that he is back for the long haul when he is balking at playing for the minimum salary the Dolphins want him to accept.
Williams was one of five honorary degree recipients offering advice, ranging from the personal to the political, to 517 graduating seniors today during the ceremony, held inside Merrill Gymnasium due to inclement weather.
Their anchors, Brian Williams on NBC and Bob Schieffer on CBS, were in the process of ending the networks' coverage, so that their entertainment programming could resume, on schedule, at 9.
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 ASBC FOUNDATION - Brian Williams Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Brian never thought twice about giving back to the industry that was such an important part of his life.
Our goal is to build the Brian Williams Scholarship Fund to a total endowment of at least $20,000 by June 2006, which will allow the foundation to present at least one $1,000 scholarship every year to a deserving graduate student in Brian’s name.
Support the Brian Williams Scholarship Fund by sending your donations, along with the Brian Williams Fund donation form, to Ronda Thompson at ASBC, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121.
www.asbcnet.org /foundation/bwilliamsfund.htm   (238 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - NBC's Williams: Journalists' gloves off   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Williams spent much of the past two weeks in New Orleans, huddling in the Superdome with suffering residents and giving one of the first warnings on the Today show that the levees had been breached.
Williams said he's focused on a story that will preoccupy the country for many months and probably play a key role in deciding the nation's next president.
Williams has had a hellish travelogue the past year, including Banda Aceh after the tsunami and a battleground in Mosul, Iraq, filled with the dead and dying.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2005-09-11-brian-williams-katrina_x.htm   (1004 words)

  
 Brian Williams - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Brian Williams - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com
Williams was the first and only network evening news anchor to report from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit and was the only network news anchor to report from the Superdome during the storm.
In April 2005, Brian Williams was the first of the big three network news anchors to report that Pope John Paul II had died, and the first and only evening news anchor to travel to Rome to cover the funeral.
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 The Daily Nightly - MSNBC.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Brian Williams became the seventh anchor and managing editor in the history of NBC Nightly News on December 2, 2004.
Brian anchors the broadcast tonight, but the anchor of NBC Nightly News, Weekend Edition John Seigenthaler is on Early Nightly duty.
Brian is out of pocket, as is regular pinch hitter David Gregory, so NBC Chief Science and Health Correspondent Robert Bazell makes his "Early Nightly" debut today.
dailynightly.msnbc.com.cob-web.org:8888   (2764 words)

  
 CNN.com - Brian Williams to succeed Brokaw in 2004 - May 28, 2002
The announcement was made in a news conference with Brokaw, Williams and top NBC executives in Studio 8H at NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters.
Brokaw's contract was to expire at the end of this summer and network executives worked to re-sign him while also accommodating Williams, a hot commodity whom the network did not want to lose.
Williams -- a White House intern during the Carter administration -- first joined NBC in 1993, and served as the network's chief White House correspondent from 1994-1996.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/28/nbc.williams/index.html   (658 words)

  
 Guy Williams at Brian's Drive-In Theater
With the rise of television, Williams began doing television commercials in New York in the late 1940s, and in the early 1950s, he moved to Hollywood and was put under contract by Universal.
Williams was put under contract by Disney and began shooting episodes of the series.
In April 1989, Williams was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of natural causes.
www.briansdriveintheater.com /guywilliams.html   (1082 words)

  
 Brian Williams D.D.S. F.A.G.D. LTD
Brian Williams and our staff are committed to bringing you and your family better oral health by providing an atmosphere for you to make positive choices for long-term health.
Dr. Brian Williams' enthusiasm for dentistry doesn't stop at caring for patients who need preventive or reconstructive services at his new Scottsdale practice.
Williams even creates facial prostheses for cancer and trauma survivors, plus serves as a valuable resource to fellow dentists who may need to refer a particular patient with specialized needs.
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But Williams may take steps to erase that tag as he steps into the big shoes of Brokaw, 64, who is retiring after 21 years as NBC anchor.
Williams, who was the first NBC News correspondent to get to Baghdad after the U.S. invasion in 2003, joined NBC News in 1993.
Williams, tapped in 2002 as Brokaw's successor, has the assignment of continuing NBC News' dominance of the much-followed ratings for the past eight years.
www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={5AADC8CD-FFA6-4440-949B-F575D6CB6E08}&dist=rss&siteid=mktw   (863 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Next anchor is the big story at 'Nightly News'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Brian Williams is supposed to take over after the 2004 elections.
Williams also rejects the theory that the Big Three newscasts are dinosaurs and that it's only a matter of time before the Internet and cable news become the main source of news in America.
The plan, insiders say, is aimed at downplaying one of Williams' negatives: being seen as an overly confident — some say arrogant — anchor with blow-dried hair who favors two-tone shirts.
www.usatoday.com /life/columnist/mediamix/2004-01-12-media-mix_x.htm   (852 words)

  
 Insecure Brian Williams Only One Who Doesn't Trust Brian Williams For Latest News | The Onion - America's Finest ...
Williams was dismissive of the fact that, as the former chief White House correspondent and host of The News With Brian Williams on MSNBC and later CNBC, he was the clear choice to replace retiring Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw, alleging that, "at least Brokaw knew what the fuck he was doing half the time."
While Williams' insecurities may come as a surprise to viewers who regularly watch the outwardly calm and confident newsman, those behind the scenes at NBC Nightly News are all too aware of the anchor's lack of self-confidence.
As he prepares his acceptance speech for the June 5 Peabody Awards ceremony, Williams plans to single out 37 different television journalists who he feels are more deserving of the honor, including two junior-college journalism students, and five reporters who have been dead for more than 20 years.
www.theonion.com /content/node/48716   (792 words)

  
 Brian Williams | NewsBusters.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Brian Williams, beginning the show: "It was the shot heard around the world, and it came from the commander of the British Army.
NBC anchor Brian Williams turned to David Gergen who rationalized the tantrum: “He'd just come off a terrific week as ex-President and raised over $7 billion for worthy causes, walked into an interview with Fox with Chris Wallace that he thought was going to be at least half about his initiative.
NBC anchor Brian Williams deserves kudos for, on one night at least, giving as high a priority to declining gas prices as he and the media gave when they were rising, but then he suggested a political motive.
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 Michelle Malkin: BRIAN WILLIAMS SAID WHAT?
According to news watchers, Williams repeated the argument in his broadcast banter tonight with NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
It's actually less offensive for Williams to imply that our Founding Fathers were terrorists than it is for him to put them on a par with the bloodthirs[t]y, unevolved barbarians who took over Iran in 1979.
Williams indulges in the same, tired moral equivalency that led Michael Moore to declare Zarqawi as the Iraqi version of the Minutemen from our war of independence.
michellemalkin.com /archives/002896.htm   (587 words)

  
 Brian Williams Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Brian Williams was born on Saturday, February 15, 1969, in Lancaster, South Carolina.
Williams was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1991, with the Houston Astros.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Brian Williams baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=willibr01   (289 words)

  
 Brian Williams, index.php - Gawker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Last Friday, when meeting with NBC News anchor Brian Williams to help launch his latest messianic charity endeavor, U2 frontling Bono was waiting for an elevator with Williams next to a lightboard ad of the anchorman's face.
Bono then scribbled on the face of the Williams ad, fashioning a bandit mask or a pair of his signature bubble shades, or something.
Williams was politely amused for the crowd, but this can only increase his well-known distaste for the Irish.
www.gawker.com /news/brian-williams/index.php   (1209 words)

  
 Media Matters - NBC's Brian Williams let McCain falsely claim that Social Security trust fund will have "no money ...
Brian Williams was talking to Boxer yesterday, and when he was finished with the interview he added Boxer is well known for her grilling of Rice.
i'm sure brian williams was more than happy to help his pal bush distort the facts on social security.
NBC's Brian Williams claimed "[s]cientists can't say yet whether global warming is the culprit" for rapid Arctic ice melt, but author of study he cited disagrees (09/15/2006)
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 Grant Williams at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Born Grant John Williams in New York on August 18, 1931 (some sources cite 1930), Grant Williams began acting in summer stock while still a child.
Warner Bros. cast Williams in several films, including Susan Slade (1961 with Connie Stevens and Troy Donahue); The Couch (1962 with Shirley Knight); and PT 109 (1963 with Cliff Robertson and Ty Hardin).
Williams was a cast member from December 1960 until the series ended in 1963.
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 Brian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Referring to Brian Williams as the Renaissance Man of Tarot is a bit of an in-joke.
Brian's versatility and breadth can not be denied--he has created the art for four tarot decks (including the forthcoming Ship of Fools Tarot), as well as illustrated the Angel Journey Cards.
Artist, author, and scholar, Brian Williams' contribution to the tarot community is an enormous one.
www.tarotpassages.com /brian.htm   (311 words)

  
 Sickening Moral Equivalence From NBC Anchor Brian Williams -- 07/01/2005 - Media Research Center - Media Reality Check
Remote controls flew at TV sets across America last night as NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams came out of an Andrea Mitchell story on whether Iran’s new President was one of the captors of U.S. hostages in 1979 during Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic revolution.
Williams suggested a sickening moral equivalence between the Iranian radicals and America’s Founding Fathers.
This is also not the first time NBC has tried to ruin Independence Day, although Williams has trumped 2003, when NBC promoted their July 4th edition of Dateline: “They had good jobs, making good money, but now they’ve lost almost everything.
www.mediaresearch.org /realitycheck/2005/fax20050701.asp   (401 words)

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