- He placed the highest bid ($50,000.00) in a charity auction in 2003 for the privilege of knowing who Carly Simon wrote about in her song "You're So Vain".
- In 2006, along with his wife, Susan Saint James, he donated $1.3 million to "The Gunnery" to help pay for a new dormitory in memory of their son, Teddy, killed in a plane crash.
- On November 28, 2004, a charter plane carrying him and two of his sons, crashed and burst into flames during takeoff in Colorado, killing three people, including his son, Edward (Teddy), aged 14, and seriously injuring Ebersol and son, Charlie Ebersol, age 21.
- Uncle of actress Christa Miller.
- Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005.
- In 1996, he suffered a heart attack.
- Children: Harmony Lucas, Sunshine Lucas, William James Ebersol, Charlie Ebersol and Edward ("Teddy") Ebersol.
- Dropped out of Yale to work as researcher for ABC Sports at 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games. Later returned to university and obtained degree.
- The Sporting News magazine ranked him #1 of 100 most powerful people in sports, 1996. Had been ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 70th in previous years.
- Was executive assistant to Roone Arledge, president, ABC Sports.
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