Releases
-
CBS Sports
Release
NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 13 ON DECEMBER 2
►REACTION TO KANSAS CITY JOVAN BELCHER TRAGEDY JAMES BROWN: We want to take a moment to recap the story out of Kansas City. The game between the Panthers and Chiefs will go on as scheduled with a moment of silence for victims of domestic violence. Yesterday, Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins. Belcher then went to the Chiefs facility at Arrowhead Stadium where he took his own life. We all know that never is domestic violence, never is that acceptable. BOOMER ESIASON: You mentioned at the top of the show that I knew Javon...
-
College Basketball
Release
CBS SPORTS TIPS OFF 32nd YEAR OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL ON SATURDAY, DEC. 1 WITH *#8-RANKED KENTUCKY TAKING ON BAYLOR
CBS Sports’ 32nd consecutive season of college basketball tips off with a national broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 1 (12:30 PM, ET) with *#8-ranked Kentucky taking on Baylor. CBS Sports’ lead college broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg call the action live from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Mark Wolff, the Network’s coordinating producer of college basketball, produces, and Suzanne Smith directs. This season CBS Sports will broadcast 40 men’s contests, two women’s games and five conference championships (plus the Big Ten semi-finals), featuring teams from top co...
-
NFL ON CBS
Release
THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 13 (SUNDAY, DEC. 2) - AUDIBLES WITH “NFL ON CBS” LEAD ANALYST PHIL SIMMS AND DAN DIERDORF
The CBS Television Network, home of Super Bowl XLVII, continues its 53rd year broadcasting the NFL with coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Dec. 2 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s one-hour studio show (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET), live from THE NFL TODAY studio in New York City. THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action live from the Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game from M&T Bank Stadium. Lance Barrow is the coordinating producer and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director....
-
NFL ON CBS
Release
“THE NFL TODAY’s” BILL COWHER VISITS PITTSBURGH TO PREVIEW STEELERS-BALTIMORE GAME FOR WEEK 13 ON SUNDAY, DEC. 2
JIM ROME TALKS “SUPER TEAMS,” AND VICTORIA’S SECRET MODEL LILY ALDRIDGE DISCLOSES HER PICKS FOR WEEK 13 THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl XLVII and broadcasting its 53rd year of the NFL, continues its 2012 NFL season on Sunday, Dec. 2 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET). Former Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach and THE NFL TODAY’s Bill Cowher previews the key AFC North rivalry game between the Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens by visiting the city where he once coached. With Ben Roethlisberger questionable to start due to injury and back-up...
-
CBS Sports
Release
THE “SEC ON CBS” FEATURES #2-ALABAMA VS. #3-GEORGIA FOR SEC CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY, DEC. 1
“COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY” STUDIO CREW LIVE FROM ATLANTA GAME TO BE STREAMED ON CBSSPORTS.COM AND CBS SPORTS MOBILE; CBS SPORTS NETWORK PROVIDES POST-GAME COVERAGE CBS Sports presents the SEC Championship game Saturday, Dec. 1 (4:00 PM, ET) featuring the Western Division Champion and *#2-ranked Alabama taking on the Eastern Division Champion and *#3-ranked Georgia at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, CBS Sports’ lead college football announce team, call the action with Tracy Wolfson reporting from the sidelines. Craig Silver, the Networ...
-
CBS Sports
Release
CBS SPORTS SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PREVIEW CONFERENCE CALL
*** CBS SPORTS MEDIA ADVISORY *** #2-RANKED ALABAMA VS. #3-RANKED GEORGIA TUESDAY, NOV. 27 (4:00 PM, ET/1:00 PM, PT) DIAL: 719-325-2432 CBS Sports will host a conference call on Tuesday, Nov. 27 (4:00 PM, ET/1:00 PM, PT) to preview its coverage of the 2012 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game with GARY DANIELSON and VERNE LUNDQUIST, the Network’s lead college football announce team. On Saturday, Dec. 1 (4:00 PM, ET) CBS Sports broadcasts the battle for the SEC title as *#2-ranked Alabama takes on *#3-ranked Georgia. Danielson and Lundquist along with lead reporter, Tracy Wolfson...
-
CBS Sports
Release
NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 12 ON NOVEMBER 25
BOUNTIFUL RATINGS FOR “NFL ON CBS” WITH HIGHEST-RATED GAME OF THANKSGIVING DAY THE NFL ON CBS scored the highest-rated game of Thanksgiving Day with its coverage of the Houston Texans 34-31 overtime win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday, Nov. 22. The game earned an average overnight household rating/share of 15.2/36, the second highest-rated Thanksgiving Day game for the Network in the metered markets since CBS re-acquired NFL broadcast rights in 1998 (15.3/38; Miami-Dallas; 11/24/11). ► ON POSSIBLE FINE AND SUSPENSION OF NDAMUKONG SUH REGARDING PLAY ON MATT SCHAUB ON THANKSGIVIN...
-
CBS SPORTS
Release
CBS SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD
CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR TACKLES BEST OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON FRIDAY, NOV. 23 CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR presents BEST OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2012 on Friday, Nov. 23 (1:30-2:30PM, ET). Hosted by CBS Sports’ lead college football game reporter Tracy Wolfson, the program looks at the biggest stories and most exciting finishes of the year, including a countdown of the top plays of 2012 in college football. The show features Matt Barkley, Geno Smith, the best traditions in college football and the explosion of offense across the sport. CBS Sports’ Julie Keryc serves as coordinating producer. LAS...
-
CBS Sports
Release
NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 11 ON NOVEMBER 18
PHIL SIMMS DOESN’T FLIP-FLOP IN DEFINING ELITE Phil Simms on THE NFL TODAY talking about his comments this past week on Eli Manning. Click to view: http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/nfl-on-cbs/yPXJZRXLBSny Let me go back to these comments. I don't have time to address them all, because I'd like to. But let's go with this Eli comment. Let's think about it this way. Let me clarify it for everybody out there so they can understand it. Let's say they're all elite in the NFL. My premise in the whole thought was, if you listen to the whole thing, I was trying to distinguish Tom ...