Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, Jan 25, 1990
Title: Nightline
| Abstract: | Live discussion re: allegations of selective enforcement of National Football League drug policies with Ted Koppel (ABC), player agent/attorney Steve Zucker, NFL PLayers Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw, and WJLA-TV reporter Roberta Baskin; taped segment with John Martin (ABC), Baskin, Drug Education Consultant Gordon Griffith, Dr. Forrest Tennant, former Tennant employee Robert Tovar, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, football players Joe Montana, Karl Mecklenberg, and Dennis Smith, and excerpt of interview with Jesse Jackson; broadcast introduction includes excerpts of statements by Rozelle, Griffith, and NFL Communications Director Joe Browne; videotape footage re: crash of Avianca Flight 52, and telephone interviews by Koppel with witness Mike Flynn and New York Port Authority Police Department Officer Andrew Anderson. |
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| Begin Time: | 11:30:00 pm |
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| End Time: | 12:09:00 am |
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| TVN Record Number: | 646567 |
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| Copyright: | Abstract and Metadata (c) 1990-2009 Vanderbilt University |
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| More Information: | Contact the staff of the Archive. |
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