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NBC Sports
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Musburger 'gets his due' with Pete Rozelle award
Dan Patrick and the crew announce that legendary broadcaster Brent Musburger has won the Pete Rozelle Radio and TV award, as well as reflecting on his career and the impact he had in sports.
NBC Sports
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Musburger recalls historic meeting with Rozelle
Brent Musburger joins the Dan Patrick Show to reflect on his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, offer thoughts on the increased presence of sports betting, tell the story about meeting Pete Rozelle and more.
NBC Sports
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Brent Musburger wins the 2025 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that longtime play-by-play announced Brent Musburger has won the 2025 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. Musburger will receive his award during the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week, which includes the Enshrinees' Gold Jacket Dinner on Friday, Aug. 1, and the Class of 2025 enshrinement on Saturday, Aug. 2. 'The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award recognizes broadcast excellence in pro football, and Brent Musburger certainly measures up to that standard,' Jim Porter, president and CEO of the Hall of Fame, said. 'Brent has entertained and informed generations of fans – across not only pro football but college football, basketball, Little League baseball, golf, tennis and other sports – with insights and some signature phrases that became a trademarked style.' CBS Sports hired Musburger in 1973 as a play-by-play voice. He took over as host of 'The NFL Today' in 1975 and held that role until 1990. With Musburger at the helm, the pregame show began an 18-year run as the highest-rated program in its time slot that didn't end until the program ceased in 1994 with pro football's move from CBS to FOX. Former NFL defensive back Irv Cross, winner of the 2009 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, was among Musburger's on-air partners on 'The NFL Today.' Following his departure from CBS in 1990, Musburger joined ABC Sports and stayed with the network family for 27 years. His broadcast credits there included college football and basketball, World Cup soccer and a stint as a halftime reporter for 'Monday Night Football.' After a short hiatus from broadcasting, he returned to the booth as the radio play-by-play voice of the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders for three seasons (2019-21). He also launched his current venture, Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN), the first multichannel network dedicated to sports gaming information, where he remains active. Musburger is a member of the Medill Hall of Achievement at Northwestern University. While still in college, he joined the staff of the Chicago American newspaper as a sports writer. His broadcasting career started shortly thereafter, when he joined WBBM Radio in Chicago as sports director. He later was named sports director for WBBM-TV before moving to Los Angeles to co-anchor the nightly news for KNXT-TV. Musburger's 50-year on-air career includes broadcasts of several NCAA men's national basketball tournaments — he is credited with coining the phrase 'March Madness' — Indianapolis 500 races, U.S. Open and British Open golf tournaments, Little League World Series games, Triple Crown horse races and NASCAR events.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Where did the name March Madness come from?
How March Madness came to be. View more Where did the name March Madness come from? Well, in 1908, the Illinois High School Association began a basketball tournament for high school teams. The tournament was so popular it brought in sellout crowds. So because of that, Henry V. Porter, an Illinois high school official in 1939, described the tournament saying a little March Madness. and contribute to sanity and help keep society on an even keel, and that is how March Madness originated. But the term didn't find its way into the NCAA tournament until CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger used it while he was covering the 1982 tournament. However, from there, March Madness became synonymous with the national tournament. Close
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
What is March Madness?
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The college basketball season is winding down, which means March Madness is upon us. The annual men's and women's National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments are among the most closely watched sporting events in the U.S. No matter how much you know about college basketball — if you're looking to follow the fun, make your own bracket, or even just trying to understand what all the fuss is about — here are some things to know. It's the basketball world's term to reference the upsets, chaos, remarkable plays and historic moments that are sure to happen in postseason tournaments. It all starts with teams playing a tournament against the other schools in their conference, which is the division that a school competes in during the regular season. One slip up there and a team could find itself 'on the bubble,' or at risk of missing the ensuing NCAA Tournament. And it ends with the ultimate prize: a school being crowned the champion. The teams are selected, seeded and placed in a bracket by an NCAA committee made up of 12 members. The brackets are broken up into four regions: Midwest, East, South and West. The goal of the committee is to create a bracket that's equally competitive in each region. The term 'March Madness' was first used by Henry V. Porter, a high school official in Illinois, in 1939. But the term wasn't officially used in reference to college basketball until 1982, when CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger used it during that year's coverage. Every year, millions of people fill out their own brackets in hopes of correctly guessing who will win each round. A huge reason why March Madness is so popular is its unpredictability. Lower-seeded teams regularly beat the higher-seeded ones, throwing brackets and predictions completely out of the window. Thirty-one of the 68 teams automatically qualify to play in the NCAA Tournament because they won their respective conference tournaments. The remaining 37 teams are chosen by that 12-person committee mentioned earlier. Next, the committee will seed all of the teams. It determines seeding by wins, losses, strength of schedule and other metrics. The teams are seeded 1-16 within each of the four regions. The top-seeded team will play the bottom-seeded team, and so on. Well, you'd be the first. The odds of doing so are astronomical. The closest anyone has ever gotten on the men's side was an Ohio man in 2019 who predicted the entire tournament into the Sweet 16. If you do happen to make a perfect bracket, there could be more in it for you than just bragging rights. Perfect bracket pickers have been offered as much as $1 billion. That's the figure Warren Buffett offered to his Berkshire Hathaway employees in 2014 if any of them achieved such a lofty goal. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
