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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.
Boston Globe
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
CBS moving Charles Davis off No. 2 NFL broadcast role — replaced by J.J. Watt — is a raw deal
If you missed it — or just didn't think twice when you heard it in between perusing mock drafts — CBS made a major change in its No. 2 broadcast booth. Advertisement J.J. Watt , who was an analyst on 'The NFL Today' studio program last season, his second with the network, was moved to a game analyst role, where he will join play-by-play voice Ian Eagle in that No. 2 booth. Watt replaces Charles Davis , who in 2026 will replace the retiring Gary Danielson on the network's top college football broadcast team, alongside play-by-play voice Brad Nessler . But Davis is in a weird kind of limbo right now — he will be a game analyst on one of CBS's NFL broadcast teams in 2025, but it is undetermined which one. Advertisement My first thought upon learning of CBS's shuffling is that Davis is getting a raw deal. Eagle and Davis, with Evan Washburn on the sideline, have called numerous Patriots games since former CBS sports boss Sean McManus brought Davis over from Fox and assembled that broadcast team in 2020, and they always provided an informative and enjoyable broadcast. Personally, I found them more consistently enjoyable in recent years than CBS's No. 1 team of Jim Nantz , Tony Romo , and reporter Tracy Wolfson , especially during those times when Romo seemed to treat the broadcast like a nonsensical conversation with himself, a habit he repaired last season while sounding more prepared. Related : I suspect Watt, who gives off an easygoing vibe, will eventually be very good — though suggestions that he may threaten Romo's status as the No. 1 analyst seem like a stretch. Eagle, whether he's calling the NFL, NBA, or college basketball, always elevates whomever he is with. And it's clear CBS liked what it heard when Eagle, Watt, and Nate Burleson teamed up in the booth for Netflix's Christmas Day Chiefs-Steelers game. But it will take time to build the chemistry that Eagle had with Davis, who deserved better in all of this. If CBS still had Southeastern Conference broadcast rights, the move to its college football broadcasts in '26 could be spun as a promotion, or at least a lateral move from one excellent gig to another. But working Big Ten games just does not have the same prestige. Advertisement Davis was — or is, at least for another year — the rare NFL game analyst who wasn't a former NFL player. (He starred as a cornerback at Tennessee, but was cut by the Cowboys in training camp in 1987 and never played in the league.) That suggested to me he had to work harder than most to get the opportunities that eventually came his way, first with his 14 years at Fox Sports before McManus advocated for him at CBS. Related : That hard work always was evident when Davis was in the booth, and I'm sure it still will be. But all these months before the new season begins, it's a bummer to realize that one of the best, if not the best, NFL broadcast booth is no more.—. YouTube venture shows promise Joon Lee , who did excellent work for ESPN as a baseball writer before being laid off in July 2023, has 'Sports Sunday' remains on hiatus 'Sports Sunday' on NBC Sports Boston and NBC 10 was put on hiatus in late January, with plans, per a company spokesperson at the time, to continually evaluate the show's status through 2025. I thought that might mean 'Sports Sunday' would be revived when the Celtics, whose games air on NBC Sports Boston, of course, began their playoff quest to repeat as NBA champions. But I was told this week that a return during the NBA postseason is not in the cards. Advertisement Chad Finn can be reached at
NBC Sports
27-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Gary Danielson will retire as college football analyst at end of 2025 season
NEW YORK — Longtime CBS Sports college football analyst Gary Danielson will retire after the 2025 season. That will be his 36th season on television, making him the longest-tenured college football analyst on any network. 'I have discussed the timing of this moment with CBS Sports leadership over the past few years and we felt it was important I remained with the team during our transition to the Big Ten. As we enter our second full season of Big Ten football and my 20th at CBS Sports, the timing just feels right,' Danielson said Wednesday in a statement. Danielson, who will turn 74 in September, played 11 seasons in the NFL before joining ESPN in 1990. He called games for ESPN and ABC for 16 seasons before joining CBS in 2006. CBS carried the top Southeastern Conference game through the 2023 season. It had a limited Big Ten schedule in 2023 before carrying the 3:30 p.m. Eastern game last season. 'Gary Danielson is simply one of the greatest college football analysts ever. And an even better teammate,' CBS Sports President and CEO David Berson said in a statement. 'Gary cares more about uplifting others and ensuring the team receives all the accolades. During his 20 years here, he helped propel CBS Sports to the gold standard in college football coverage. We can't thank him enough; he will always be part of the CBS Sports family and wish him the best in retirement.' CBS announced that Charles Davis would take over as the lead analyst next year. Davis was Fox's lead college football analyst from 2007-14 before shifting full time to NFL games. He joined CBS in 2020 and has spent the last five seasons as the analyst on the network's No. 2 crew with Ian Eagle. Earlier in his career, Davis worked five seasons as the lead analyst for TBS' game coverage of the Big 12 and Pac-10 conferences. Davis will work some NFL games for CBS this season, but JJ Watt will move from 'The NFL Today' studio to being an analyst with Eagle. 'Gary has been the preeminent voice in college football for decades, and someone I have long admired and respected,' Davis said. 'It is hard to imagine college football Saturdays without him, but I am thrilled we get one last season with him. There is no replacing Gary, but I am truly honored and humbled to succeed him and call games with Brad Nessler and the incredible Big Ten on CBS team.'
USA Today
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Texans legend J.J. Watt lands new gig at color commentator with Ian Eagle for 2025 season
Texans legend J.J. Watt lands new gig at color commentator with Ian Eagle for 2025 season J.J. Watt has a new gig for the 2025 NFL season. According to The Athletic's Andrew Marchand, the Houston Texans' legend will hit the broadcast booth as a new color commentator on CBS' No. 2 crew for the upcoming season opposite play-by-play broadcaster Ian Eagle. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year reacted to the news by sharing a hilarious exchange of texts between him and Eagle on perhaps the world's most talked-about fad: Watt, a future Hall of Fame defensive end, spent 10 seasons with the Texans before closing out his career as a member of the Arizona Cardinals for two seasons. On top of winning three DPOY honors, Watt was a five-time first-team All-Pro and was named to five Pro Bowls. Former NFL defensive back Charles Davis has been Eagle's partner for several seasons, but CBS announced Wednesday afternoon that he will take over as their lead college football analyst when broadcaster Gary Danielson retires after the 2025 season. According to Marchand, Davis's role for the 2025 season is still being determined entering the upcoming NFL draft. Watt, who's been working at the desk on The NFL Today as a studio analyst since 2023, does have experience in the booth working play-by-play. He called a game one of the Christmas for Netflix last year when the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Pittsburgh Steelers. He impressed working with Eagle, leading to fans hoping that potentially the move would become permanent in the future. Watt continues the tradition of transitioning from being a star on the field to a star in the booth at CBS, joining names Tony Romo, Trent Green, Tiki Barber, Jay Feely, and several others. Here's hoping he'll still show allegiance to the Texans whenever Eagle lands at NRG Stadium come Sunday in 2025.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
JJ Watt joins CBS as NFL analyst, teaming up with Ian Eagle as part of network's No. 2 team
Former NFL defensive end JJ Watt is moving up the broadcasting ranks. CBS announced Wednesday that Watt will join the network as an NFL game analyst, teaming up with veteran announcer Ian Eagle. Watt and Eagle will begin calling games in the 2025-2026 season, with the pair operating as CBS' No. 2 NFL team. "There is nothing better than the energy and excitement of being in the stadium on game day in the NFL," Watt said in a statement from the network. "I couldn't pass up the opportunity to return to that atmosphere each week, working with one of the best in Ian. While I certainly miss delivering hits on the field, it will be nice to leave the stadium without taking any, unless Ian decides to try something crazy." JJ Watt Named NFL ON CBS Game Analyst; Will Call Games with Ian Eagle Beginning with the 2025-26 SeasonRelease: — CBS Sports PR (@CBSSportsGang) March 26, 2025 Watt, who retired after the 2022 season, joined CBS Sports the next season. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year has spent the past two years as an analyst on "The NFL Today," CBS Sports' NFL studio show. After two seasons of staying in the studio for CBS Sports, Watt called his first game this December, calling a Christmas Day game with Eagle on Netflix. Watt will be replacing Charles Davis, who has been Eagle's broadcasting partner since 2020. Davis will become CBS' lead college football analyst starting in 2026, replacing Gary Danielson, who will be retiring after the 2025 season. Per the network, Davis will stay on NFL coverage through the 2025 season.
