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"THE NFL ON CBS" TRAVELS TO FOXBOROUGH FOR 2008 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS UNDEFEATED NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS HOST SAN DIEGO CHARGERS LIVE ON CBS TELEVISION NETWORK ON SUNDAY, JAN. 20

THE NFL ON CBS concludes its 48th season covering the National Football League when it travels to Foxborough, Mass. for the 2008 American Football Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 20 (3:00 PM, ET) as the undefeated AFC East champions and No. 1-seeded NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (17-0) host the AFC West champions and No. 3-seeded SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (13-5), live on the CBS Television Network.

 

 CBS Sports' lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action, and Steve Tasker serves as reporter, from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.  Lance Barrow is coordinating producer of THE NFL ON CBS and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director.

 

CBS Sports' coverage of THE NFL ON CBS begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network's pre-game studio show, on Sunday (2:00 PM, ET) with host James Brown and analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, as well as NFL TODAY "General Manager" Charley Casserly, and Lesley Visser and Sam Ryan reporting, live from THE NFL TODAY studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

 

Eric Mann is senior producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.

 

Sean McManus is President, CBS News and Sports.  Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.  McManus and Petitti serve as executive producers for the Network's coverage of the NFL.