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NFL Films Founder Ed Sabol, A Sports Media Pioneer, Dies At Age 98

NFL Films Founder and Pro Football HOFer Ed Sabol died yesterday at the age of 98. Sabol started NFL Films in '64 and headed the company from '64-95, during which time it won 52 Emmy Awards. He "changed the way football was filmed and how it was viewed," making the filming of sporting events "an art form as he layered on music, dramatic and literate narration." NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Sabol "made the NFL a better league, and that's quite a legacy" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 2/10).

See THE DAILY for more on how Sabol impacted the NFL and sports media.

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