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NCAA Tournament tip-off times and announcers are set for the First Four and the first round
The tournament begins with the First Four games Tuesday and Wednesday night. A notable broadcasting change this year sees Brad Nessler in for Verne Lundquist.
The new Selection Show is ruining one of the best days in sports
Things went poorly for the new-look Selection Show, but it served as a reminder of why people loved the old format.
Verne Lundquist stepping away from college basketball, won’t call NCAA Tournament
Brad Nessler and Ian Eagle will replace Uncle Verne on CBS and Turner Sports' NCAA Tournament coverage.
CBS Sports HQ streaming service will launch later this month
CBS’ long-awaited over the top streaming sports channel begins operation very soon.
Yes, the Tiger Effect is still a real thing for the PGA Tour
Tiger's mere presence boosted ratings at Torrey Pines.
CBS ticked off people and likely lost money thanks to Farmers Insurance Open coverage running into Grammys red carpet show
The golf coverage ran 38 minutes long on CBS, and that's before they punted the playoff to Golf Channel.
Allie LaForce talks covering NC State-North Carolina and Virginia-Duke back-to-back, including traditions and trip between campus
Ratings be damned, the NFL will still command high media rights fees
If you think the NFL will see less money for Thursday Night Football, think again
Legendary sports broadcaster Dick Enberg reportedly dead at 82
The Hall of Fame announcer called just about every sporting event imaginable over the last 60 years. He was one of the very best.
College football viewership down for most networks (aside from Fox and FS1) in 2017
The Big Ten gave Fox/FS1 the best college football viewership to date.
CBS CEO Les Moonves on Eli Manning: “We’d take him in a second!”
Moonves was having dinner with NBC’s Al Michaels when asked about Eli Manning.
DISH and CBS reach carriage agreement in time for Iron Bowl after missing Thanksgiving Cowboys vs. Chargers game
The agreement comes after Thursday's Cowboys-Chargers game, but ahead of Saturday's Iron Bowl.
Dish and CBS overrun with angry tweets from those who can’t watch Cowboys-Chargers
Plenty are outraged a carriage dispute is keeping them from watching the Cowboys and Chargers on Thanksgiving.
CBS and Dish “far apart” on deal, so Thanksgiving Cowboys-Chargers game and Iron Bowl may be blacked out in 14 big markets
Dish subscribers in 14 of the biggest markets around the country no longer have access to CBS, just in time for Thursday's Thanksgiving Cowboys-Chargers game and Saturday's Iron Bowl.
CBS and Dish reach impasse just in time for Thanksgiving game and Iron Bowl
Not the best timing for the newest dispute in the industry.
The world of NFL broadcasting maps is more complex than you could ever imagine
Each week there are two things relative to sports media that are of great interest to NFL fans....
Gary Danielson says LSU QB Danny Etling ‘took a big shit on the last series’
More information than we needed to know, Gary.
NBC and CBS pull new programming for two hours thanks to World Series Game 7
There's going to be less new broadcast programming competing with Game 7.
Wall Street analysts are wondering why NFL ratings are down
Some analysts are lowering their profit estimates for the NFL’s TV partners.
Amazon’s TNF streaming numbers are good even when you strip out the bullshit
372,000 people watched Bears-Packers on Amazon Prime for at least 30 seconds, and 1.6 million people apparently "initiated a stream" of the Thursday Night Football game.
CBS will televise national anthem on ‘Thursday Night Football,’ breaking from Fox
Unlike Fox, CBS will cover the NFL story everyone is talking about.
Here is how the Fox, CBS and NFL Network studio shows discussed league-wide protests
There was no avoiding politics this time.
DirecTV Now and fuboTV pick up more network affiliates
CBS and Fox are now available to more subscribers on DirecTV and fuboTV respectively
ESPN takes another shot at Fox’s pivot to video, disses CBS too just for the hell of it
ESPN is not impressed with its competitors digital media audiences.