The Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen meet for the 125th time this Saturday in one of football's most celebrated rivalries. Rich DeMarco and Joe Miller, play-by-play announcers for the teams, weigh in on the tradition and excitement. ...
Chris Lewis and Beth Mowins will also serve as play-by-play announcers for select games, and Amanda Balionis, Tiffany Blackmon and Amanda Guerra will serve as sideline reporters for select games, the network announced. Gene Steratore will serve as the network's NFL rules analyst for the seven...
On the CBS broadcast, play-by-play announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms went silent. Sideline reporter Steve Tasker announced to viewers a "click of the lights" as the problem. Later, the halftime crew anchored by host James Brown returned to fill the time with football analysis. Brown said...
Leonard Shapiro
[112] The contract was struck shortly before the AFC's emergence as the dominant NFL conference over the NFC, spurred in part by the turnaround of the New England Patriots in the 2000s. With the help of the AFC package, CBS surpassed NBC for first place in the 1998–1999 season; ...
This really shouldn’t come as a surprise if you recall the story that broke over the summer, when the league dictated to NBC which announcers the network was required to use on its Thursday and Sunday night broadcasts. In the professional football world, the NFL Network is state-run media...
Producers have found comfort in rivals’ recent efforts to bring the spirit of sports back to TV. CBS’ McManus said he was encouraged by both ESPN’s telecast of the NFL Draft, which included winning moments of coaches and general managers watching the proceedings from home with their families...
But the trend in broadcasting, particularly in covering the NFL, is toward youthful announcers."Everybody's looking for young people," Stram said Thursday night. "I think that had a lot to do with it."Buck's son, Joe, has been a prime beneficiary of that movement, ascending to a ...
Focuses on the efforts of ABC and CBS television networks to maximize their investments in the National Football League (NFL). Major adjustments made by the stations to their announcing teams; Information on several programs...
He is known to the legions of Dallas Cowboys fans as one of the most colorful and electrifying play-by-play announcers and broadcasters ever. In a recent sit-down interview with Villalba, the announcer said he didn't originally set out for a career in a broadcast booth. In fact, he work...