Barkley, TNT NBA Analysts To Join NCAA Coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — Look out, March Madness. Charles Barkley is coming. CBS and Turner executives confirmed Tuesday that the brash Hall of Famer and other big names from TNT’s NBA broadcasts would be part...
View ArticleNew TV Deal Changes How Fans Watch NCAA Tournament
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — For all you college basketball fans who’ve moaned over the years that you could do a better job of switching among NCAA tournament games than CBS — here’s your chance. If a team...
View ArticleB&C Show Blog & Audio: St. Patty’s Day Party
By Max Herman It was the St. Patrick’s Day edition of the Boomer & Carton radio program this morning, live from Connolly’s Pub in Manhattan. The crowd was lively and Craig’s outfit was very green....
View ArticleFormer New York Giant, Legendary Broadcaster Pat Summerall Dead At 82
DALLAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — A football legend has passed. Pat Summerall, the deep-voiced NFL player-turned-broadcaster who spent half of his four decades calling sports famously paired with John Madden,...
View ArticleThousands Pay Tribute To Pat Summerall At Memorial Service
PLANO, Texas (AP) — Veteran sportscaster Pat Summerall was remembered Saturday during a memorial service as “the voice of the NFL” and a venerated figure who maintained a humble approach despite the...
View ArticleSean McManus: CBS Does Not Tell Our Announcers What To Say
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The controversy surrounding the Washington Redskins nickname is not going away. Is it offensive? Is it not? Should the team change its name? Should it stick with it? Everyone...
View ArticleRihanna Dropped From Thursday Night Football In Wake Of Rice Scandal
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Jay-Z song “Run This Town” featuring Rihanna had been selected to open “Thursday Night Football” on CBS, but plans have changed in the wake of the Ray Rice scandal. CBS...
View ArticleGolf Producer Lance Barrow: ‘Golf Is The Hardest Sport To Do On Television’
By Sam McPherson Lance Barrow assumed the position of coordinating producer for CBS Sports golf coverage in January 1997, right before the emergence of Tiger Woods and the resulting increase in the...
View ArticleFarmers Insurance Open Marks Tiger Woods’ Return To PGA Tour
By Dave Shedloski CBS Sports begins its 2017 golf coverage this week at the Farmers Insurance Open from Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, California, the first of 22 events on its calendar,...
View ArticleGrant Hill On Final Four: ‘Any One Of These Teams Capable Of Winning’
Bryan Altman Final Four weekend is upon us. On Saturday, April 1 four teams from the field of 68 will face off Phoenix with a national championship berth on the line. Two newcomers to the Final Four —...
View ArticleCBS Sports Expands Coverage Of 2017 PGA Championship
By Matt Citak The 2017 PGA Championship, the final major of the year, is set to begin next Thursday at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be the tournament’s 99th edition, and for...
View ArticleBrad Nessler Is The New Voice Of ‘SEC On CBS,’ Opens With TCU-Arkansas
By Matt Citak For the first time in 17 years, Verne Lundquist will not be in the booth when ‘SEC on CBS’ returns to television on Saturday, September 9. The legendary broadcaster is stepping away from...
View ArticleCharles Schwab Will Be ‘A Production Unlike Any Golf Production We’ve Ever...
(CBS DFW/CBS Local) — With the Charles Schwab Challenge, the PGA Tour returns this week from a forced three-month coronavirus hiatus. The pandemic has shut down most live sports since mid-March. NASCAR...
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