I was steeling myself for an afternoon of mawkish sentimentality, with Fox Sports presenting a football game through the prism of death – cameras tracking Brian Urlacher all afternoon, announcers consumed with his feelings after he buried his mother just the day before. Thanks to the tone set...
A look back at some of our favorite sports announcers Broadcast announcer Jason Benetti is leaving the White Sox for the Detroit Tigers. Jim, Marie, Joe, and Irika were inspired to talk about their favorite sports announcers -- Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray, of course, are on the list. ...
including Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, on all Thursday night games. In a new twist, NFL Network hosts and analysts will be featured in the pregame, halftime and postgame shows along with CBS Sports announcers.
CBS Sports programming is also provided most weekend afternoons. Due to the unpredictable length of sporting events, CBS will occasionally delay scheduled primetime programs to allow the programs to air in their entirety, a practice that is most common on Sunday evenings during the NFL season. In...
Everyone is paying attention to your announcers, your coverage of the game. If there is a controversial play, like there was in the AFC Championship Game, they want to know CBS has the definitive crystal-clear look." The pressure is there because the reward is so great. Being the Super ...
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...
Nantz, a veteran sportscaster, and Romo, a rookie broadcaster and former football star, discuss teaming up as CBS Sports' lead NFL announcers Nov 9, 2017 Tony Romo heading to CBS Sports as lead NFL analyst CBS Sports Chairman Sean McMannus announced that Tony Romo, 36, will replace ...
Back full circle at San Francisco's Chase Center arena, Maher has seen and heard it all from opposing players, coaches, and even announcers. He recalled a young Hank Greenwald, then the Warriors' PA announcer before his play-by-play days with the San Francisco Giants, coming to his table...
— NFL (@NFL)February 5, 2018 9:19 p.m.: 955 total yards so far this game NBC announcers said that a total of 955 yards have been run as of the third quarter. Another stat: The all-time record for most passing yards in a Super Bowl was 466 (by Tom Brady!) ...
Gifford later had a successful second career in broadcasting, most notably on ABC's "Monday Night Football," where he famously served as a buffer between fellow announcers Don Meredith and Howard Cosell.