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PBR SIGNS EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION AGREEMENT WITH CBS SPORTS
Deal Includes 100 hours of Event Programming on CBS Sports Network and Increases Coverage on the CBS Television Network The Professional Bull Riders and CBS Sports have signed an agreement that makes CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network the exclusive television home of PBR beginning in 2013. The agreement extends CBS Sports’ deal with PBR, which began in 2012 and made CBS Sports Network PBR’s primary television partner. Through this new deal, CBS Sports Network will provide exclusive coverage of the World Finals from Las Vegas in October, which is the culmination of40 telecasts cove...
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CBS SPORTS
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Live Boxing Returns To CBS - Saturday, Dec. 15
Put ‘em up: Boxing returns to CBS for the first time in 15 years when the network teams with SHOWTIME Sports to present an unprecedented day/night fistic marathon that will feature up to seven fights this Saturday, Dec. 15, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The live 90-minute CBS broadcast, “SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS”, is the network’s first since Bernard Hopkins knocked out Glen Johnson in the 11th round on Jan. 20, 1997, will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT and offer two fights. The accent is on youth and the lighter weight classes. In the main event between unbeate...
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CBS Sports
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CBS SPORTS AND THE NCAA® CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF MARCH MADNESS®
CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com Launch Original Programming Commemorating 75 Years of One of the World’s Most Popular Sporting Events Jim Nantz Hosts 75 YEARS: A COACH’S PERSPECTIVE, Airing Saturday, Dec. 29 (3:00-4:00 PM, ET) CBS Sports salutes 75 years of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship with original programming celebrating the rich history of March Madness. Starting this month and through the 2013 NCAA tournament, CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com, in conjunction with the NCAA, will air a series of themed specials dedicate...
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NFL ON CBS
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CBS SPORTS NETWORK GOES DEEP WITH FIRST-EVER SUPER BOWL PROGRAMMING SURROUNDING CBS SPORTS’ LIVE GAME BROADCAST OF SUPER BOWL XLVII
Network to Showcase More Than 50 Hours of Live Programming From New Orleans, Including a Primetime Show Hosted by Greg Gumbel Coverage Features Six Shows On-Site Including Live Extended Post-Game Show from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome with THE NFL TODAY Announcers CBS Sports Network debuts its first-ever Super Bowl coverage with more than 50 hours of original programming from New Orleans, La. surrounding the CBS Television Network’s exclusive broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3. The Network launches two new shows from New Orleans, SUPER BOWL LIVE and INSIDE THE SUPE...
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NFL ON CBS
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CBS SPORTS NETWORK GOES DEEP WITH FIRST-EVER SUPER BOWL PROGRAMMING SURROUNDING CBS SPORTS’ LIVE GAME BROADCAST OF SUPER BOWL XLVII
Network to Showcase Over 50 Hours of Live Programming From New Orleans, Including a Prime Time Show Hosted by Greg Gumbel Coverage Features Six Shows On-Site Including Live Extended Post-Game Show from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome with THE NFL TODAY Announcers CBS Sports Network debuts its first-ever Super Bowl coverage with over 50 hours of original programming from New Orleans, La. surrounding the CBS Television Network’s exclusive broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3. The Network launches two new shows from New Orleans, SUPER BOWL LIVE and INSIDE THE SUPER BOWL, provid...
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CBS Sports
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NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 14 ON DECEMBER 9
► ON DALLAS COWBOYS JOSH BRENT’s ARREST FOR INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER Click to view: http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/nfl-on-cbs/JiDJKQUfSflP SHANNON SHARPE: Often we sit up here at this desk and talk about NFL players and DUIs. Josh Brent upped the ante because through his careless and reckless behavior, this was not an accident. This was careless and reckless behavior [that] cost a teammate and a friend his life. Now this is a young man who had a DUI in 2009 [and] served time. You would have thought he would have learned his lesson. Clearly he did not get the point. At...
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CBS Sports' Lesley Visser to Speak at Forum in Qatar
THIS JUST IN… …FROM CBS SPORTS CBS Sports Hall of Fame sportscaster Lesley Visser will be speaking on “How Sports Can Change the Culture” at the Doha GOALS Forum in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 10-12, at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Richard Attias, who produced, among other events, the World Economic Forum in Davos. Created and designed by the Emir of Qatar as a new initiative to develop the use of sports as a driver for social and economic change, the Doha GOALS Forum has assembled sports leaders from around the world....
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College Basketball
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CBS SPORTS’ COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE CONTINUES ON SATURDAY, DEC. 8 WITH #3-RANKED MICHIGAN TAKING ON ARKANSAS
Doug Gottlieb Debuts on CBS Sports CBS Sports’ college basketball coverage continues with a national broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 8 (12:00 NOON, ET) with *#3-ranked Michigan taking on Arkansas. Spero Dedes and Clark Kellogg call the action live from Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich. Steve Scheer produces and Jim Cornell directs. AT THE HALF, CBS Sports’ halftime studio show, is hosted by Tim Brando, along with Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis and new CBS college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb, who makes his debut on CBS Sports. Vin DeVito produces and Li...