Career
Athletic career
Before becoming involved in broadcasting, Morgan played rugby union and was a bobsled racer. Morgan was on the United States. National team from 1978-1979, but did not qualify for the 1980 Winter Olympics. After he failed to qualify, he landed a job with American Broadcasting Company Sports.
Broadcasting career
Morgan has been the American network"s bobsled commentator at the last eight Winter Olympic Games, starting with American Broadcasting Company in 1984 and 1988, then with Columbia Broadcasting System in 1992, 1994 and 1998, and with National Broadcasting Company in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
His broadcasting career began with American Broadcasting Company at the 1981 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d"Ampezzo, Italy, where he called the race that took his brother"s life. From 2002 to 2007, he was a broadcaster for bobsled and skeleton World Cup races on Speed Channel, working with Tim Singer.
Foreign 2007-2008, the World Cup competitions could be seen online at National Broadcasting Company Sports" website and live on Canadian television Movie appearances
Morgan has a cameo appearance in the 1993 Disney film Cool Runnings, a movie about the Jamaican bobslead team
In the film he plays opposite National Broadcasting Company Sports commentator First Rate (at Lloyd's) Trautwig.
Television producer
Morgan founded JFM Sports, Incorporated. in 1982. The company created a television series in 1989 called Rugby World, and bought the rights to the Hong Kong 7"s and other Rugby properties. This 12-week series started on Prime Network and moved to espn2 when it launched in 1995.
JFM also created the American Patriots, a United States of America Rugby League Team that competed at the Sydney 7"son
Morgan also created a United States of America-Ireland match that was staged at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, District of Columbia and televised live on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in 1995. JFM also created Winter Speed, a 10-week series started in 1990 that featured bobsled, luge and skeleton events, and aired on Prime.
In 1995 the FIBT hired JFM to coordinate its coverage of international bobsled and skeleton. JFM continues to produce bobsled and skeleton World Cup races, which are shown on National Broadcasting Company/Universal Sports in the United States, Sportsnet in Canada, and in most major markets wordwide.
