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CBS SPORTS TO AIR NCAA WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS SHOW APRIL 30
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 28, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS --- For the ninth consecutive year, all 88 NCAA championships will ...
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CBS Sports Spectacular Also Has Racing Weekend Away with Supercross and Off Road
************************************************************************************************************************* CBS SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD ************************************************************************************************************************* CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR'S "MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS" HEATS UP AGAIN IN SALT LAKE CITY ON SUNDAY, MAY 1 With just two races to go in the 2011 season of MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, an FIM World Championship, CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR rides into Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City this weekend on Sunday, May 1 (...
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"CBS SPORTS SPECIAL: SUNRISE TO SUNSET - A PGA PROFESSIONAL'S LIFE" BROADACST SUNDAY, MAY 1
CBS SPORTS SPECIAL, ‘SUNRISE TO SUNSET - A PGA PROFESSIONAL'S LIFE,' AIRS SUNDAY, MAY 1, HIGHLIGHTING GOLF TEACHERS OF IMPACT PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - "Sunrise to Sunset: A PGA Professional's Life," a personalized profile of special PGA Professionals, will kick off PGA Free Lesson Month by celebrating the 95th anniversary of The PGA of America and its 27,000 men and women professionals' passion to teach, grow and promote the game of golf. Presented by CBS Sports, Sunday, May 1, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET, the program takes viewers coast to coast behind the scenes to meet premier PGA go...
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CBS SPORTS TEES UP GOLF DOUBLEHEADER WITH PGA TOUR'S "THE HERITAGE" AND CHAMPIONS TOUR'S "LIBERTY MUTUAL LEGENDS OF GOLF" ON APRIL 23-24
Defending FedExCup and Heritage champion Jim Furyk, five-time Heritage winner Davis Love III, Luke Donald, Ian Poulter, Ernie Els, Stewart Cink, Stuart Appleby and young stars in their 20s including Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Camilo Villegas, Bill Haas, Sean O'Hair and last week's Valero Texas Open winner Brendan Steele tee it up at the THE HERITAGE which marks the half-way point of the PGA TOUR regular season. CBS Sports broadcasts the third and final rounds of the 2011 Heritage on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET; both days), live from one of the most picturesque ...
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CBS SPORTS MARKS 52nd YEAR OF NFL COVERAGE AS NETWORK ANNOUNCES 2011 "NFL ON CBS" BROADCAST SCHEDULE
AFC Champions Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts Appear Nine Times, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers to Appear 10 Times; Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City Chiefs to Appear 11 Times; Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins Slated for 12 Appearances Traditional AFC Rivalries, Key AFC-NFC Match-Ups and Thanksgiving Day Game Highlight CBS Television Network's NFL Schedule The CBS Television Network, marking its 52nd year of coverage of the NFL, will broadcast a total of 106 games during its 17 weeks of regular-season...
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DEFENDING CHAMPION ADAM SCOTT HEADS FIELD AT "VALERO TEXAS OPEN" AS PGA TOUR TEES OFF IN LONE STAR STATE ON CBS SPORTS APRIL 16-17
CBS Sports' golf coverage swings into Texas this weekend at the VALERO TEXAS OPEN with third and final-round action at TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course on Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET; both days), live on the CBS Television Network. Bill Macatee anchors CBS Sports' coverage of the Valero Texas Open along with Ian Baker- Finch in the 18th hole tower. Peter Oosterhuis calls the action at the 17th hole and Peter Kostis at the 16th hole. David Feherty serves as on-course reporter. Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer and Steve Milton is Director of CBS Sports' ...
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CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCES 2011 NFL PRESEASON GAMES
THE NFL ON CBS Preseason Schedule Kicks Off with Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts Live in Prime Time on Friday, August 26 New England Patriots Take On Detroit Lions for THE NFL ON CBS's Second Preseason Game Following Night on August 27 on CBS Television Network The CBS Television Network is scheduled to begin its 52nd year broadcasting the NFL with two preseason games during the 2011 season. The preseason schedule for THE NFL ON CBS begins on Friday, Aug. 26 (8:00 PM, ET) when the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers take on the Indianapolis Col...
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SECOND-MOST VIEWERS IN 10 YEARS WATCH CBS SPORTS' MASTERS(R) AS ESTIMATED 42.3 MILLION VIEW ALL-OR-PART OF WEEKEND COVERAGE
An estimated 42.3 million viewers (Persons 2+) watched CBS Sports' third- and final-round coverage of the 2011 Masters on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, making it the second largest number of viewers to watch all-or-part of the Network's weekend coverage of the Masters in 10 years. Sunday's final round was watched in all-or-part by 35.8 million viewers (Persons 2+) and Saturday's third round was watched in all-or-part by 21.2 million (Persons 2+). Both Saturday and Sunday was watched in all-or-part by the third largest number of viewers in 10 years. Sunday's final round co...
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CBS SPORTS' 2011 MASTERS FINAL-ROUND COVERAGE EARNS SECOND HIGHEST RATING IN 10 YEARS
CBS Sports' coverage of the 2011 Masters on Sunday, April 10, which saw South African Charl Schwartzel win the coveted Green Jacket by birdying the final four holes in a dramatic final round, scored the second-highest rating for the final round of the Masters in the metered markets in 10 years. Yesterday's final-round coverage earned an average overnight household rating/share of 10.4/22, second only to last year's 12.0/25. This year's 10.4/22 for the final round was up 18% from 2009 (8.8/21), up 17% from 2008 (8.9/18), as well as being up 1% from 2005 (10.3/21) when Tiger Woods won h...