CBS Sports' 2008-09 schedule features the most prominent lineup of events in sports television, including the 49th year of broadcasting the NFL ON CBS (see separate release) and the 54th year of broadcasting the Masters®.  Some of the other highlights of the CBS Television Network's sports broadcast schedule follow.

            NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE - This is the 49th season the NFL will be broadcast on CBS.  THE NFL ON CBS schedule kicks off on Sunday, Sept. 7, and continues over the 17-week regular season.  The culmination of the Network's coverage is its broadcast of an AFC Wild Card Playoff game, the Divisional Playoff games and the AFC Championship game.  Jim Nantz and Phil Simms comprise CBS Sports' lead announce team for game coverage.  The Network's pre-game studio show, THE NFL TODAY, will be hosted by James Brown, along with analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, with NFL TODAY General Manager Charley Casserly, along with Lesley Visser and Sam Ryan reporting.

            COLLEGE BASKETBALL - CBS continues to be the leading network broadcaster of college basketball.  For the 19th consecutive year, the Network will have exclusive television rights to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, annually one of the most-watched sporting events on television.  More than 65 hours of coverage of this coveted property are scheduled during the 2009 tournament, tipping off on Thursday, March 19 and culminating with the Final Four and Championship game from Ford Field Detroit, Mich. on Saturday, April 4 and Monday, April 6, respectively.  In addition to covering all tournament games, CBS Sports will broadcast the NCAA SELECTION SHOW and preview programs.

For the 28th consecutive season, CBS Sports features the most comprehensive regular-season college basketball schedule, featuring teams from nine conferences including the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, Big East and Pac-10. The 2008-09 season debuts with a national doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 13. In addition, CBS Sports broadcasts the conference championships for the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-10, Conference USA and the Missouri Valley.

            COLLEGE FOOTBALL - CBS Sports kicks off its 2008 college football coverage this fall on Saturday, Sept. 13, with a national broadcast of No. 1-ranked Georgia taking on South Carolina (3:30 PM, ET).  The 12-week regular-season schedule features exclusive Network broadcasts of the home games of the Southeastern Conference, highlighted by coverage of SEC powerhouses Georgia, Florida, LSU and Tennessee; and one of the greatest rivalries in sports, the Army-Navy game, on Saturday, Dec. 6.  Following Army-Navy, CBS Sports will present for the eighth consecutive year the SEC Championship Game, featuring the Eastern and Western Division champions, beginning at 4:00 PM, ET.  CBS Sports' college football schedule concludes with coverage of the Sun Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 31 and the Gator Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 1.

GOLF - CBS Sports' 2009 golf broadcast schedule, the most comprehensive of any on network television, is headlined by extensive coverage of two of the four majors: the Masters® and the PGA Championship.  The Masters, broadcast from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., perennially ranks as the highest-rated golf tournament on television.  The 2009 Masters, scheduled for April 9-12, marks its 54th consecutive year on CBS, making it the longest-running sports event on network television.  Another tradition marks its 19th consecutive year as CBS Sports broadcasts the 91st PGA Championship, Aug. 13-16, from Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn.  In all, CBS Sports will broadcast 20 PGA TOUR events, with a total of 25 golf events showcasing more than 150 hours of tournament coverage, including two LPGA competitions and one Champions Tour event.

            U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - The 41st U.S. Open Tennis Championships, America's only Grand Slam event and a cornerstone event of the 2008 season, will feature six days of coverage and more than 38 broadcast hours beginning on Saturday, Aug. 30, and culminating in the men's final on Sunday, Sept. 7.  First-weekend coverage includes men's and women's third-round action on Saturday, Aug. 30, men's third-round and women's fourth-round action on Sunday, Aug. 31, and men's and women's fourth-round action on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.

            CBS Sports' final weekend of U.S. Open coverage begins on Friday, Sept. 5, with the women's semifinals and men's doubles final and continues on Saturday, Sept. 6, with "Super Saturday," featuring the men's semifinals and primetime coverage of the women's final.  This will mark the eighth time in network television history that a Grand Slam event final will be broadcast in prime time.  Coverage concludes with the men's final on Sunday, Sept. 7.

            CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR -The Network's sports anthology series includes a unique and diverse lineup of event coverage originating from venues both national and international.  It is broadcast during the second and third quarters and features such events as the Tour de France, track and field, tennis, auto racing and poker.

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