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Programs throughout the years

Current programs

• NFL on CBS
  NFL on CBS
  
  The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS coverage of the National Football League's American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports....
   (1956–1993, 1998–present)
• The NFL Today
  The NFL Today
  
  The NFL Today is a Television program that precedes the American football program NFL on CBS on CBS Sports. The program usually airs at noon on Sundays of the National Football League regular season ....
   (1975–1993, 1998–present)
• Super Bowls I
  Super Bowl I
  
  The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl I, was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California....
   (shared with NBC), II
  Super Bowl II
  
  The second Super Bowl in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968 at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida....
  , IV
  Super Bowl IV
  
  Super Bowl IV was the fourth AFL-NFL Championship Game in American Professional American football, and the second one to officially bear the name "Super Bowl"....
  , VI
  Super Bowl VI
  
  Super Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1971 NFL season....
  , VIII
  Super Bowl VIII
  
  Super Bowl VIII was an American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 1973 NFL season....
  , X
  Super Bowl X
  
  Super Bowl X was an American football game played on January 18, 1976 at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1975 NFL season....
  , XII
  Super Bowl XII
  
  Super Bowl XII was an American football game played on January 15, 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1977 NFL season....
  , XIV
  Super Bowl XIV
  
  Super Bowl XIV was an American football game played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1979 NFL season....
  , XVI
  Super Bowl XVI
  
  Super Bowl XVI was an American football game played on January 24, 1982 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Michigan to decide the National Football League champion following the 1981 NFL season....
  , XVIII
  Super Bowl XVIII
  
  Super Bowl XVIII was an American football game that was played on January 22, 1984 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1983 NFL season....
  , XXI
  Super Bowl XXI
  
  Super Bowl XXI was an American football game played on January 25, 1987 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1986 NFL season....
  , XXIV
  Super Bowl XXIV
  
  Super Bowl XXIV was an American football game played on January 28, 1990 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1989 NFL season....
  , XXVI
  Super Bowl XXVI
  
  Super Bowl XXVI was an American football game played on January 26, 1992 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota to decide the National Football League champion following the 1991 NFL season....
  , XXXV
  Super Bowl XXXV
  
  Super Bowl XXXV was played on January 28, 2001 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 2000 NFL season....
  , XXXVIII
  Super Bowl XXXVIII
  
  Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 2003 NFL season....
  , XLI
  Super Bowl XLI
  
  Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played on February 4, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, Florida, a suburb of Miami, Florida, to decide the National Football League champion following the 2006 NFL season....
   and XLIV
  Super Bowl XLIV
  
  Super Bowl XLIV will be the 44th annual edition of the Super Bowl in American football, and the 40th annual championship game of the modern-era National Football League ....
  
• The Masters (1956–present)
• PGA Tour
  PGA Tour
  
  The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
   (1970–present)
• The Road to the Final Four
  College Basketball on CBS
  
  College Basketball on CBS is a presentation of men's College_basketball#Division_I on CBS Sports. In 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, CBS Sports obtained broadcast television rights to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship from College Basketball on NBC ....
   (1981–present)
• College football
  College football
  
  College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
  : SEC on CBS
  SEC on CBS
  
  The SEC on CBS is a presentation of the college football television package owned by CBS Sports. The television network broadcasts games in the Southeastern Conference of Division I-A National Collegiate Athletic Association football....
   (1996–present), the Gator Bowl
  Gator Bowl
  
  The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the sixth oldest college bowl, held continuously since 1946....
   (2007–present), and the Sun Bowl
  Sun Bowl
  
  The Sun Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The game was chartered on October 18, 1934 and has been played 75 times, making it the second oldest college bowl game....
   (1968–present)
• Army–Navy Game (1996–present)
• Notre Dame-Navy (When the game is played at Navy)
• PGA Championship
  PGA Championship
  
  The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....
   (1991–present)
• US Open (Tennis) (1968–present)
• CBS Sports Spectacular
  CBS Sports Spectacular
  
  CBS Sports Spectacular is a sports anthology program produced by CBS Sports. The series began on January 3, 1960 as The CBS Sports Spectacular, and has been known under many different names, including CBS Sports Saturday, CBS Sports Sunday and Eye on Sports....
   (1960–present, airs on occasions, mainly during the summer)
• SlamBall
  Slamball
  
  Slamball is a team sport based on basketball. Points are scored by playing the ball through the net, as in basketball, though the point-scoring rules are modified....
   Championship (Fall 2008)

Former programs

• The NBA on CBS (1973-1990)
• Kentucky Derby
  Kentucky Derby
  
  The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
   (1952–1974)
• Preakness Stakes
  Preakness Stakes
  
  The Preakness Stakes is an United States Graded stakes race 1-3/16 mile thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
   (1960–1976)
• Belmont Stakes
  Belmont Stakes
  
  The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
   (1960–1985)
• Daytona 500
  Daytona 500
  
  The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
  , along with various other races throughout the NASCAR
  NASCAR
  
  The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
   season (1979-2000)
• Olympic Summer Games (1960)
• Olympic Winter Games (1960, 1992, 1994, 1998)
• Major League Baseball on CBS (circa 1955-1965, 1990-1993)
• 1990
  1990 World Series
  
  The 1990 World Series matched the defending champions and heavily-favored Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four games....
  , 1991
  1991 World Series
  
  The 1991 World Series was played between the Minnesota Twins of the American League and the Atlanta Braves of the National League between October 19 and October 27, 1991....
  , 1992
  1992 World Series
  
  The 1992 World Series was the first Series ever played outside the United States. It pitted the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays against the National League champion Atlanta Braves....
  , and 1993 World Series
  1993 World Series
  
  The 1993 World Series was the second Series in a row played outside the United States and the second to be won by a team outside of the USA. It pitted the defending champion Toronto Blue Jays of the American League against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies....
  
• The NHL on CBS
  The NHL on CBS
  
  The National Hockey League on CBS was professional ice hockey's first official incarnation of the sport's Game of the Week in the United States....
   (1968-1972, 1980)
• Orange Bowl
  Orange Bowl (game)
  
  The Orange Bowl is an annual United States of America college football bowl game played in Dolphin Stadium just outside Miami, Florida, Florida....
   (1953-1962; 1996-1998), Fiesta Bowl
  Fiesta Bowl
  
  The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips, is a United States college football bowl game played annually since 1971. Originally, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium where it remained until 2006....
   (1974-1977; 1996-1998), Cotton Bowl
  Cotton Bowl (game)
  
  The Cotton Bowl Classic, commonly known as the Cotton Bowl, is a United States college football bowl game that was played annually since 1937 at its Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas....
   (1958-1992; 1996-1998), Blockbuster Bowl (1990-1995) Big East Football (1996-2000)
• Pro Bowlers Tour
  Pro Bowlers Tour
  
  The Pro Bowlers Tour is a broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1961 in television ? 1997 in television....
   (1998-1999)
• Champ Car World Series (2002-2003, 2006-2007)
• Formula One
  Formula One
  
  Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
   (2005)
• EliteXC (2008)

Notable personalities (past and present)

• Ian Baker-Finch
  Ian Baker-Finch
  
  Ian Michael Baker-Finch is an Australian professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.Born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia....
  
• Gary Bender
  Gary Bender
  
  Gary Bender is an United States sportscaster and 2008 inductee in to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame....
  
• Craig Bolerjack
  Craig Bolerjack
  
  Craig Bolerjack is an United States sportscaster. He is currently an announcer for CBS Sports, working mostly college football and college basketball games....
  
• Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. He is currently a football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday....
  
• Tom Brookshier
  Tom Brookshier
  
  Thomas Jefferson Brookshier is a former professional American football player, coach and sportscaster.Brookshier played high-school football in Roswell, New Mexico....
  
• Hubie Brown
  Hubie Brown
  
  Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brown is a former basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years....
  
• James Brown
  James Brown (TV personality)
  
  James Brown , commonly called "J.B.", is an United States of America sports announcer known for being the host of the Fox Broadcasting Company's National Football League Pre-game show FOX NFL Sunday....
  
• Jack Buck
  Jack Buck
  
  John Francis "Jack" Buck was an United States of America sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St....
  
• Bobby Clampett
  Bobby Clampett
  
  Robert Daniel "Bobby" Clampett, Jr. is a television golf analyst and former PGA Tour golfer.Clampett was born in Monterey, California. From 1978 – 1980, he was a three-time All-American and two-time Collegiate Golfer of the Year at Brigham Young University....
  
• Don Criqui
  Don Criqui
  
  Don Criqui is an United States of America sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports . Criqui's duties include television coverage of NFL on CBS games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports' coverage of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football football...
  
• Irv Cross
  Irv Cross
  
  Irvin Acie "Irv" Cross is a former professional American football cornerback and sportscaster....
  
• Randy Cross
  Randy Cross
  
  Randall "Randy" Laureat Cross is a football analyst and former National Football League offensive lineman....
  
• Billy Cunningham
  Billy Cunningham
  
  William John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid....
  
• Dan Dierdorf
  Dan Dierdorf
  
  Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former United States of America American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for American Broadcasting Company's Monday Night Football and NFL on CBS as a color commentator since his retirement....
  
• Terry Drinkwater
  Terry Drinkwater
  
  Terry Drinkwater was an United States television and radio journalist best known for his 25 year career as a correspondent with CBS News. Drinkwater was also an anchorman for the West Coast editions of the CBS Evening News, reporting on events that occurred since the original East Coast version with Walter Cronkite was taped....
  
• Ian Eagle
  Ian Eagle
  
  Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio....
  
• Dick Enberg
  Dick Enberg
  
  Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg is an American sportscaster currently employed by CBS and ESPN. His duties include National Football League and NCAA basketball telecasts on CBS and coverage of all four major professional tennis tournaments for ESPN and ESPN2....
  
• Nick Faldo
  Nick Faldo
  
  Nicholas "Nick" Alexander Faldo Order of the British Empire is an England professional golfer on the European Tour, and is one of Europe's most successful players ever....
  
• David Feherty
  David Feherty
  
  David Feherty is a former PGA European Tour and PGA Tour professional golfer, who now works as a writer and broadcaster. He is known by many for his good sense of humour....
  
• Rich Gannon
  Rich Gannon
  
  Richard Joseph Gannon is a retired American football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League....
  
• Phyllis George
  Phyllis George
  
  Phyllis Ann George Brown is an United States businesswoman. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971....
  
• Frank Gifford
  Frank Gifford
  
  Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a former American football player and United States sportscaster....
  
• Frank Glieber
  Frank Glieber
  
  Frank John Glieber was an United States sportscaster....
  
• Jim Gray
  Jim Gray (sportscaster)
  
  Jim Gray is an United States sportscaster. He has previously worked as a reporter with NBC Sports and CBS Sports. He is currently with the Westwood One radio network, Showtime and ESPN/ESPN on ABC but has provided NBC with commentary during the 2008 Olympics....
  
• Greg Gumbel
  Greg Gumbel
  
  Greg Gumbel is an United States television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network . The brother of news personality Bryant Gumbel, he became the first African American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network...
  
• Kevin Harlan
  Kevin Harlan
  
  Kevin Harlan is an United States of America television sports announcer. The son of former Green Bay Packers executive Bob Harlan, he currently broadcasts NFL on CBS and College Basketball on CBS games on CBS Sports with former NFL MVP Rich Gannon....
  
• Tom Heinsohn
  Tom Heinsohn
  
  Thomas William "Tom" Heinsohn is a former professional basketball player, known for his time as a player on the Boston Celtics National Basketball Association team....
  
• Gus Johnson
  Gus Johnson (sportscaster)
  
  Gus Johnson is an United States sportscaster. He is currently employed by CBS Sports, Showtime, Madison Square Garden Network, the Big Ten Network, and the Detroit Lions Television Network....
  
• Jim Kaat
  Jim Kaat
  
  James Lee "Jim" Kaat , nicknamed "Kitty", is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins , Chicago White Sox , Philadelphia Phillies , New York Yankees , and St....
  
• Jayne Kennedy
  Jayne Kennedy
  
  Jayne Kennedy is an United States actress, model and sportscaster.Jayne was crowned Miss Ohio USA 1970 , and was one of the 15 semi-finalists in the 1970 Miss USA pageant....
  
• Peter Kostis
  Peter Kostis
  
  Peter Kostis is an United States golf analyst and instructor.Kostis is a world-renowned golf instructor and has been a member of the Golf Digest teaching staff for over 20 years....
  
• Verne Lundquist
  Verne Lundquist
  
  Verne Lundquist is an United States of America sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports television....
  
• John Madden
• Bill Macatee
  Bill Macatee
  
  Bill Macatee is an United States of America sports broadcaster....
  
• Tim McCarver
  Tim McCarver
  
  James Timothy McCarver is an United States former Major League Baseball baseball catcher, and a current Presenter for FOX Sports....
  
• Gary McCord
  Gary McCord
  
  Gary Dennis McCord is an United States professional golfer, commentator, author and actor.McCord was born in San Gabriel, California. He was a two-time All-American at the University of California, Riverside....
  
• Sean McDonough
  Sean McDonough
  
  Sean McDonough is an United States of America television sportscaster....
  
• Al McGuire
  Al McGuire
  
  Al McGuire coached the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977. He compiled impressive numbers throughout his coaching career, resulting in his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, and was also well known for his colorful personality....
  
• Jim McKay
  Jim McKay
  
  James Kenneth McManus , better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an United States television sports journalist.McKay is best known for hosting American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports ....
  
• Sean McManus
• Brent Musburger
  Brent Musburger
  
  Brent Woody Musburger is an United States sportscaster for the ESPN on ABC and ESPN television networks....
  
• Jim Nantz
  Jim Nantz
  
  James William Nantz, III is an United States sportscaster, known primarily for his work with CBS Sports television....
  
• Pat O'Brien
  Pat O'Brien (television)
  
  Pat O'Brien is the former host of The Insider , a spin-off of Entertainment Tonight . Prior to that, O'Brien spent 7 years as co-anchor of Access Hollywood and was an American sports commentator....
  
• Peter Oosterhuis
  Peter Oosterhuis
  
  Peter Oosterhuis is an England golfer and golf analyst.Oosterhuis was born in London. Before turning professional, Oosterhuis represented Great Britain in the 1967 Walker Cup and in the 1968 Eisenhower Trophy....
  
• Billy Packer
  Billy Packer
  
  Billy Packer is a former United States of America sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published author....
  
• Bill Raftery
  Bill Raftery
  
  Bill Raftery is an United States basketball analyst and former college basketball coach.Despite a long and successful college basketball coaching career, Raftery is today probably best known for his enthusiastic play-by-play coverage of college basketball games....
  
• Don Robertson
  Don Robertson (sportscaster)
  
  Don Robertson is a retired United States sportscaster for the CBS television network. He was known as "The Voice Of CBS Sports". He was CBS's equivalent to Curt Gowdy, where he also called nearly every sporting event CBS had, similar to Gowdy calling every sporting event, nicknaming him "The Voice Of Everything"....
  
• Sam Ryan
• Ray Scott
  Ray Scott
  
  Ray Scott may refer to:*Ray Scott , American*Ray Scott , player and coach*Ray Scott , American country music*Ray Scott , in Australian rules football...
  
• Vin Scully
  Vin Scully
  
  Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully is an United States sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team....
  
• Phil Simms
  Phil Simms
  
  Phillip Martin "Phil" Simms is a former American football quarterback, and currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft....
  
• Jimmy Snyder
  Jimmy Snyder
  
  Jimmy Snyder , better known as "Jimmy the Greek", was an United States sports commentator and Las Vegas, Nevada bookmaker. He was born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos in Steubenville, Ohio, Ohio....
  
• Dick Stockton
  Dick Stockton
  
  Dick Stockton is an United States of America sportscaster. He is currently employed by FOX Sports and Turner Sports as a football, baseball, and basketball play-by-play man....
  
• Pat Summerall
  Pat Summerall
  
  George Allen "Pat" Summerall is a former American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS Sports, NFL on FOX, and ESPN Sunday Night Football....
  
• Ken Venturi
  Ken Venturi
  
  Kenneth Venturi is an American former professional golfer and golf broadcaster.Venturi was born in San Francisco, California. Venturi first gained national attention in 1956 when, as an amateur, he finished second in that year's The Masters Tournament after leading from the first round....
  
• Lesley Visser
  Lesley Visser
  
  Lesley Visser is an United States of America sportscaster, radio personality, television personality, and sportswriter. She is the only sportscaster, male or female, who has worked on the network broadcasts of the Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, Monday Night Football, the Winter Olympics,...
  
• Jack Whitaker
  Jack Whitaker (sportscaster)
  
  Jack Whitaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an United States sportscaster who worked for both CBS and American Broadcasting Company....
  
• Solomon Wilcots
  Solomon Wilcots
  
  Solomon Wilcots is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. Wilcots played six seasons in the league for the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers....
  
• Tracy Wolfson
  Tracy Wolfson
  
  Tracy Wolfson, a University of Michigan graduate with a degree in communications, is a reporter for CBS Sports....
  

Main competitors

• ESPN on ABC
• NBC Sports
  NBC Sports
  
  NBC Sports is the brand used for sports programming on NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. Formerly "a service of NBC News," it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games , the NBC Sunday Night Football, the The NHL on NBC, Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, the PGA Tour, the Un...
  
• FOX Sports

Slogans

• "When you look for champions, you look to CBS Sports!" (longtime slogan, discontinued after the loss of the NFL and Major League Baseball in 1993).
• "The most compelling action is on CBS Sports," (began after getting back NCAA Football in 1996).
• "The network more people turn to than any other. The year-round leader is CBS Sports" (used when CBS Sports reached #1 status).

See also

• CBSSports.com
  CBSSports.com
  
  CBSSports.com is a CBS-owned website that provides sports scores, news, video, and information on fantasy leagues. It is considered one of the top sports websites, along with ESPN.com....
  

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