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Super Bowl LV
Super Bowl LV was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2020 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) and defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31–9. The game was played on February 7, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, the home stadium of the Buccaneers, marking the first time a team played a Super Bowl in its home stadium. Due to COVID-19 protocols limiting the stadium's seating capacity to 25,000 fans, Super Bowl LV was the least-attended championship game since December 1941, which had 13,341 attendees due to World War II restrictions. The lowest unrestricted (no attendance restrictions by pandemic or wartime restrictions) NFL championship game attendance was in December 1935, when 15,000 spectators attended. The Buccaneers' victory was their second and made them one of two teams, along with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Kansas City Chiefs Season
The 2020 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 51st in the National Football League (NFL), their 61st season overall and their eighth under head coach Andy Reid. The Chiefs, who entered the season as defending Super Bowl LIV champions, qualified for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, tying a franchise record set from 1990 to 1995 and won the division for the fifth consecutive year. They finished with a league-leading 14–2 record, the best record in Chiefs history until the 2024 season. The Chiefs appeared in Super Bowl LV, their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance and fourth in franchise history, but lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31–9. With the loss, the Chiefs became the sixth defending Super Bowl champion to lose the next year's game, after the 1978 Dallas Cowboys, the 1983 Washington Redskins, the 1997 Green Bay Packers, the 2014 Seattle Seahawks, and the 2017 New England Patriots. Their 2024 counterpart would later join this list. Season summa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States
On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20, and United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a Public health emergency (United States), public health emergency on January 31. Restrictions were placed on flights arriving from China, but the initial U.S. response to the pandemic was otherwise slow in terms of preparing the healthcare system, stopping other travel, and COVID-19 testing in the United States, testing. The first known American deaths occurred in February and in late February President Donald Trump proposed allocating $2.5 billion to fight the outbreak. Instead, Congress approved $8.3 billion and Trump signed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 on March 6. Trump declared a State of emergency, national emergency on March 13. The government also purchased lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Okmin
This article is a list of every person who has served as an on-camera announcer for the ''NFL on Fox'': List of current announcers A * Kenny Albert: play-by-play (1994–present) *Erin Andrews: sideline reporter and ''Fox NFL Sunday'' feature reporter (2012–present); lead Sunday sideline reporter (2014–2020); ''Thursday Night Football'' co-lead sideline reporter (2018–2021); co-lead Sunday sideline reporter (2021–2024) * Adam Amin: play-by-play (2020–present) B * Jason Benetti: play-by-play and select NFL games for Westwood One (2022–present) *Dean Blandino: rules analyst (2017–present) *Tom Brady: lead game analyst (2024–present) * Terry Bradshaw: studio co-host (1994–present); ''TNF'' studio analyst (2018–2021); rotating analyst (2019–2021) * Kevin Burkhardt: play-by-play (2013–present); #2 (2014–2021); lead play-by-play (2022–present) C * Lindsay Czarniak: rotating sideline reporter (2019, 2022–present); full-time sideline reporter (2020–2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Warner
Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals. His career, which saw him ascend from an undrafted free agent to a two-time Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Cinderella stories in NFL history. After playing college football for the Northern Iowa Panthers from 1990 to 1993, Warner spent four years without being named to an NFL roster. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1994, but released before the regular season and instead played three seasons for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL). Warner landed his first NFL roster spot in 1998 with the Rams, holding a backup position until he was thrust into becoming St. Louis's starter the following season. During his first season as an NFL starting quarterback, Warner led The Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Harlan
Kevin Robert Harlan (born June 21, 1960) is an American television and radio sports announcer, and a 3 time National Sportscaster of Year as voted by his peers. The son of former Green Bay Packers President and CEO Bob Harlan, he broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS and the NBA on TNT. 2024 was his 40th consecutive season doing NFL play-by-play, and 2024–25 is his 38th year doing NBA play-by-play. He is also the lead NFL radio voice nationally for Westwood One and '' Monday Night Football'' since 2009. On that platform, he has broadcast 15 consecutive Super Bowls, the most in radio or television history. Overall, he is third all time in the total number of network television sports broadcasts doing play-by-play for one of the four major sports. Harlan has also broadcast more than 500 NFL games on network TV, top 10 all time joining names like Al Michaels and Pat Summerall for play-by-play. Until 2008, Harlan was the voice of Westwood One Radio's Final F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFL On Westwood One Sports
''The NFL on Westwood One Sports'' is the branding for Cumulus Broadcasting subsidiary Westwood One's radio coverage of the National Football League (NFL). These games are distributed throughout the United States and Canada (the latter through TSN Radio). The broadcasts were previously branded with the CBS Radio and (for one season) Dial Global marques; CBS Radio was the original Westwood One's parent company and Dial Global purchased the company in 2011. Dial Global has since reverted its name to Westwood One after merging with Cumulus Media Networks. Westwood One's package consists of every primetime regular season NFL broadcast ('' Sunday Night Football'', ''Monday Night Football'', '' Thursday Night Football''), the opening game of the season, all NFL International Series games, any NFL game airing on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, any late season Saturday NFL broadcasts, the Pro Bowl and all playoff games (including the Super Bowl). The network also carries the annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Steratore
Eugene Joseph Steratore (; born February 8, 1963) is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 2003 until his retirement from the NFL in June 2018. He also worked as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball referee from 1997 to 2018. Since the fall of 2018, Steratore has served as a rules analyst for CBS Sports, including the '' NFL'', ''college football'', ''college basketball'', and ''March Madness''. Steratore entered the league as a field judge and was promoted to referee at the start of the 2006 season, one of two new referees ( Jerome Boger being the other) for that season, following the retirements of Bernie Kukar and Tom White. He wore uniform number 114. Steratore was chosen to be the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLIV, which was held in Miami on February 7, 2010, and was chosen to be the referee for Super Bowl LII, played on February 4, 2018, which would be his last game officiating. Ster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Feely
Thomas James Feely (born May 23, 1976) is a former professional football player. He started his playing career as a placekicker with the Florida Bobcats in the Arena Football League (AFL) as a free agent in 1999 before playing for several National Football League (NFL) teams. Following his retirement, until 2025, Feely worked as a reporter and analyst for the NFL on CBS. Feely played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. He was also a member of the AFL's Tampa Bay Storm and in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, and Chicago Bears. He was a member of the ''Pro Football Weekly'' All-Rookie Team with the Falcons in 2001. In 2025, Feely announced he would run for Arizona's 5th congressional district as a Republican in 2026. Feely is seeking to succeed Andy Biggs, who is running for governor of Arizona. Early years Feely attended Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida. While there, he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Washburn
Evan Washburn (born September 25, 1984) is an American reporter for CBS Sports. He joined CBS in 2014, and is a part of the network's coverage of the NFL and NCAA basketball, along with contributing to CBS Sports Network. He is also the sideline reporter for the local TV broadcasts of the Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The team plays its home g ... pre-season games. Personal life Washburn married Kate Washburn in 2014 and they had their first child, a boy, Hudson, in 2016. References 1984 births Living people American sports journalists American television sports announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's lacrosse players Lacrosse announcers College football announcers NFL announcers Sportspeople from An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Wolfson
Tracy Wolfson (born March 17, 1975) is an American sportscaster for CBS Sports. She is the lead sideline reporter for the NFL on CBS. Early life Wolfson grew up in Congers, New York, and attended Clarkstown High School North, in New City, New York. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1997 with a degree in communications. Career Wolfson's on-air career began at WZBN in Trenton, New Jersey, as a sports anchor. She also appeared as a reporter for ''Long Island News Tonight'' (''LI News Tonight''), a local Long Island college-run news station. She later worked for MSG Network as an anchor and reporter as well as covering golf, college football and Arena Football for ESPN from 2002 to 2003. Wolfson is the lead field/floor reporter for all live CBS Sports football and basketball broadcasts. She works with the lead on-air talent team in each of the sports she covers. She was the CBS college football sideline reporter from 2004 to 2013, considered to be part of one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Romo
Antonio Ramiro Romo (born April 21, 1980) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers, where he made an Ohio Valley Conference championship appearance in 2001 and won the Walter Payton Award the following year. Romo signed with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2003. Beginning his career in a backup role, Romo served as the Cowboys' primary starter from 2006 to 2015. He led the Cowboys to four postseason appearances during his tenure, while also receiving Pro Bowl honors amid each playoff run. Romo retired after the 2016 season after a preseason back injury caused him to lose his starting position to rookie backup Dak Prescott. Upon retiring, Romo was hired by CBS Sports to become the lead color analyst for its NFL telecasts. Romo holds several Cowboys team records, including passing touchdowns, passing ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Nantz
James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA, and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has anchored CBS's coverage of the Masters Tournament since 1989 and been the lead play-by-play announcer on CBS's NFL coverage since 2004. He was also the lead broadcaster for the NCAA men's basketball tournament from 1990 to 2023. Early life and education Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nantz grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, and Marlboro Township, New Jersey, where he attended Marlboro High School. In high school, he was co-captain of the basketball team and co-captain and number one player on the golf team. He was a member of Bamm Hollow Country Club. Nantz then matriculated at the University of Houston where he played on the Cougars men's golf team, rooming with future professional golfers Fred Couples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
