ESPN John Bizziano (The Bizz)
Jannick Johnsson
John Bizzano was very good, but maybee he was too good. He was then
replaced by David Bobbs who then later was replaced by Derek Daly, all
down the hill from there.
What ever happened to the Bizz is he still in TV sport.
I assume the ESPN is all politics and money.
Jannick Johnsson
Thomas D Hiett
John Bisignano grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, where is dad is a
well known resurant owner. He makes the local papers every few
years. The last time was a few years ago when he had problems
seeing his child after a divorce. He was living in Colorado,
I think.
He did quite a bit of racing when he was young. I think
perhaps it was F3000 and maybe F5000 here in the states.
He was Mark Donahue's press agent and while he was working
for ESPN, he had a marketing company that, among other things,
lined up USF&G as a sponsor for Arrows.
I thought he was the best they've ever had too,especially
when he had it all to himself when ESPN first started covering
races. Eventually he got paired with someone else, then moved
to the pits. He covered one Indycar race also. He had class.
Tom
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Michael J. Sciabica
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>A few years ago I used to watch ESPN and F1 and their commentator
>John Bizzano was very good, but maybee he was too good. He was then
>replaced by David Bobbs who then later was replaced by Derek Daly, all
>down the hill from there.
>What ever happened to the Bizz is he still in TV sport.
>I assume the ESPN is all politics and money.
>Jannick Johnsson
>
Jannick may very well have it right -- I was just wondering.) was the pit
reporter, not the race commentator, though I think he filled in at least
once in the booth. He was always my favorite of the three announcers and
I never found out why he left or where he went. Anyone know?
Mike.
Thomas D Hiett
>Actually Biz (What is the correct
spelling of his last name anyway? >Jannick may very well have it right -- I was just wondering.) was the pit
>reporter, not the race commentator, though I think he filled in at least
>once in the booth. He was always my favorite of the three announcers and
>I never found out why he left or where he went. Anyone know?
>Mike.
When ESPN started carrying F1 back in the early or maybe mid eighties,
John B. was it, period. He was a solo commentator over a purchased feed.
It was a year or two later that he got a co-announcer, then later still
when he was moved to the pits. His solo work was his best.
I don't know why he left, except possibly his involvment with business
deals with some teams migh have been viewed as a conflict by some.
Steve Thompson
support of him; zippo. I remember Bob Varsha at a race where the
temperature was quite high handing over to JB in the pits, saying "I hope
you're keeping cool down there John". JB says, "I'm always cool, John, you
know that".
-Steve
Tom Kasprow
<Pine.A32.3.91.960409...@spain.endicott.ibm.com>, Steve
Thompson <v2p...@spain.endicott.ibm.com> wrote:
> > A few years ago I used to watch ESPN and F1 and their commentator
> > John Bizzano was very good, but maybee he was too good. He was then
> > replaced by David Bobbs who then later was replaced by Derek Daly, all
> > down the hill from there.
> > What ever happened to the Bizz is he still in TV sport.
> > I assume the ESPN is all politics and money.
> > Jannick Johnsson
I don't know what he's doing full time these days, but at last year's
Montreal GP, Grand Prix Tours sponsored an auction, and John Biz was the
auctioneer, with David Hobbs giving descriptions of such items as the lug
nuts from a Schumacher car. I think it was in support of a Mechanics
hard-luck fund, or something like that. Apparently, Jackie Stewart had
something to do with it too. So the man is still alive and associated
with racing, at least...
Tom
dabi...@vnet.ibm.com
:>In article
Hobbs heard a baby crying, he said 'Michael Andretti must be here' !
I wish we had Hobbs back on the ESPN broadcasts, he's great.
David (dabi...@vnet.ibm.com)
Official International David Coulthard Fan Club
My opinions do not represent my employer or the OIDCFC
Scott Willsey
>A few years ago I used to watch ESPN and F1 and their commentator
>John Bizzano was very good, but maybee he was too good. He was then
>replaced by David Bobbs who then later was replaced by Derek Daly, all
>down the hill from there.
>What ever happened to the Bizz is he still in TV sport.
>I assume the ESPN is all politics and money.
>Jannick Johnsson
>
>
John Bisigiano was NOT replaced by David Hobbs. He worked with David Hobbs and
Bob Varsha in undoubtedly the best commentary team that ESPN has had covering
f1. I wish all three of them were back together again. I bet Varsha probably
wishes so, too. I get the feeling they had a lot of fun.
Scott
.......scottie@teleport.com.......
larry.e.holmen
says...
>
>John Bisigiano was NOT replaced by David Hobbs.He worked with David
>has had covering f1. I wish all three of them were back together again.
>I bet Varsha probably wishes so, too. I get the feeling they had a lot
>of fun.
>
spelling) made ESPN's F1 coverage worth watching.
Using http://www.switchboard.com I found a John Bisignano living in
Bristol CT. The home of ESPN I think. My guess is that he is still with
ESPN.
I sure would like to see that team come back.
larry
Tom Kasprow
(larry.e.holmen) wrote:
> Using http://www.switchboard.com I found a John Bisignano living in
> Bristol CT. The home of ESPN I think.
You are correct. I've driven by there once or twice; pretty unimpressive,
actually - if memory serves me, it's a lot smaller than one might expect
of the headquarters of such a big station. Then again, it's been a
while. It just sneaks up on you - you're driving along (I forget the
route number) and all of a sudden there's a fenced-in area with multiple
large and impressive-looking satelite dishes, and of course the building
housing the studios, and you sort of say, "Oh, hey, that's ESPN, isn't
it..." :) A few of my friends - diehard Sportscenter fans - took a tour
there and were most impressed.
Tom Kasprow
W. Jeremy Davis
back. I believe the CT address may be wrong. The last address I had for
Bis was in Breckenridge, Colorado.
In article <4l6b06$b...@cdshub.cdc.com>, larry.e...@cdc.com
(larry.e.holmen) wrote:
> In article <316ee77d...@news.teleport.com>, sco...@teleport.com
> says...
> >
> >John Bisigiano was NOT replaced by David Hobbs.He worked with David
> >Hobbs and Bob Varsha in undoubtedly the best commentary team that ESPN
> >has had covering f1. I wish all three of them were back together again.
> >I bet Varsha probably wishes so, too. I get the feeling they had a lot
> >of fun.
> >
> I couldn't agree more. David Hobbs and John Bisignano (correct
> spelling) made ESPN's F1 coverage worth watching.
>
> Using http://www.switchboard.com I found a John Bisignano living in
> Bristol CT. The home of ESPN I think. My guess is that he is still with
> ESPN.
> I sure would like to see that team come back.
>
> larry
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