CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American

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and

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owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of

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. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known as CSTV), it operated as a multi-platform media brand which also included its primary website, collegesports.com, and a network of websites operated for the athletic departments of 215 colleges and universities. After CSTV was acquired by CBS in 2006 (handed over from Viacom who purchased the network the previous year), the network was re-branded as the CBS College Sports Network in 2008. The network initially maintained its college sports focus, but in February 2011, the service was re-branded as CBS Sports Network to re-position it as a mainstream sports service. The network continues to have a particular focus on college sports, along with coverage of smaller leagues and events, simulcasts of

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shows from both the

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network and

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(formerly owned outright by CBS), and studio and analysis programming. As of May 2015, CBSSN was available to approximately 61 million pay television households (66.1% of households with cable television) in the United States. Updated figures are unknown as they have not been released by Paramount in nearly a decade.

History

The network's roots began in 1999 when Chris Bevilacqua approached the co-founders of the Classic Sports Network,

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and

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—at that time, running Fusient Media Ventures, a New York-based sports and media company—with the idea for a subscription network featuring college sports 24 hours a day. Under the leadership of Bedol as CEO, the network was originally named the National College Sports Network in June 2002, was subsequently renamed College Sports Television (CSTV) and launched on February 23, 2003. From their headquarters and studio operations at Chelsea Piers in New York City, CSTV was the first independent pay-television channel to be distributed nationwide, having been carried on satellite provider

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at launch. In 2004, CSTV bought sports

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network SportsWest for a $25 million investment from former NBA owner Dave Checketts and

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. In November 2005, College Sports Television was purchased by

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for $325 million.

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(Viacom's legal successor) took control of the network in January 2006. On January 3, 2008, it was announced that CSTV would be integrated into

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, with the sports division's executive vice president and executive producer,

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, taking over day-to-day operational management of CSTV, which would be overseen by

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and Sports president Sean McManus. CSTV co-founder Brian Bedol would become a senior advisor to CBS Corporation president and CEO

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. (Petitti has since become the

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Commissioner.) In the fall of 2006, CSTV launched more than 100

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channels dedicated to college sports, which feature more than 10,000 live events. The subscription/pay-per-view service, called CBS College Sports XXL, and its portfolio of broadband channels in its All-Access suite, include coverage of Notre Dame,

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and

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CBS reorganization

On February 12, 2008, CBS Corporation announced that, as part of the ongoing integration of CSTV into CBS Sports, that the network would be renamed the CBS College Sports Network on March 16, coinciding with the start of

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's coverage of the NCAA's basketball tournament. Studio shows moved from the original Chelsea Piers headquarters to the

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on West 57th Street in 2012. As part of the relaunch, the network added a new news program, ''College Sports Tonight''. That program was canceled in 2010, however other studio shows (including ''Inside College Football'' and ''Inside College Basketball'') still originate from the Chelsea Piers location. On February 15, 2011, CBS announced that the network would be relaunched as CBS Sports Network on April 4 (coinciding with the end of the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament), to reflect an expansion into non-collegiate sports programming.

High definition

A high-definition simulcast feed of the channel, broadcasting at

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, was launched in August 2008. Prior to the launch of the feed, the two NCAA basketball tournament games that aired in March 2008, which were presented in HD on CBS, were converted to a

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feed. CBSSN uses the

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#10 broadcast flag to present programming on its standard definition feed in

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for viewers watching through 4:3 television sets.

Programming

CBSSN televises original programming, features, talk shows and documentaries as well as extensive women's sports coverage. Its regular season and championship event coverage draws from every major collegiate athletic conference and division, in addition to nine NCAA championships. CBSSN televises 35 men's and women's college sports including

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and

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from every major conference. The network holds multi-media and marketing rights for the

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, the

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, the

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, Army football and Navy football. In April 2006, the network organized the first Collegiate Nationals, a festival of championships dedicated to crowning champions in a wide variety of collegiate

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such as

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and

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. More than 1,000 competitors converged on

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- Tahoe to compete, the largest number ever for an event of its kind. For its second installment in 2007, the Collegiate Nationals added sports and other events such as national film and music competitions, as well as a second venue—

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. The third year, 2008, brought further changes, as the winter sports events were moved to the Keystone Resort near

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and

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was added. In the fall of 2006, CSTV and

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launched the MountainWest Sports Network (colloquially known as ''The Mtn.''), a network focusing exclusively on the

. The relation with the network also gave CSTV exclusive online and broadcasting rights to Notre Dame's game at

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on November 11, 2006—which caused controversy since CSTV did not have carriage as widely distributed as other networks that have aired Notre Dame games. The Irish did not revisit a Mountain West team until a 2013 game at Air Force, which once again aired on CBSSN.

2010s

On April 3, 2012, CBSSN premiered ''Rome'', a sports news and talk program hosted by nationally syndicated radio host

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; Rome had recently left

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and his previous show, ''

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'', after signing a new contract with CBS Sports. ''Rome'' ended in March 2015, but the channel subsequently announced in October 2017 that it will add a television simulcast of his radio program, ''

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'', beginning January 2, 2018. On June 7, 2012, CBSSN began to air the remaining games of the

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's 2012 Calder Cup Final between the Norfolk Admirals and the

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, starting with game 3. On July 26, 2012, the network signed a deal with the United Football League—a second-tier professional football league that began play in October 2009—to televise its games for the 2012 season. The UFL paid for all production expenses and received no rights fee from CBSSN for the broadcasts."Agent: Three UFL players haven't been paid yet,"
from ''The Virginian-Pilot'', March 10, 2012 The league lasted approximately four weeks on CBSSN before suspending operations halfway through the season. Beginning in the 2012–13 season, CBS Sports Network began airing selected events for the

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. They have also carried selected PWBA Tour events since professional women's bowling returned from an 11-year hiatus in the 2015 season. In September 2012, CBSSN introduced the new NFL studio show ''NFL Monday QB''. The following season, CBSSN premiered ''That Other Pre-Game Show,'' a weekly, four-hour studio show on Sunday mornings hosted by

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, Jonathan Jones, Kyle Long,

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, and Brock Vereen, designed to be a more "casual" and "fan-focused" counterpart to CBS's own ''

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'' and competitors (such as ESPN's ''

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''). On April 26, 2013, the network announced that it had signed a deal with the GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Series for the remainder of the 2013 and the 2014 seasons. The network aired flag to flag coverage for the races as well as live coverage for several of the races. The network broadcast the FIA WTCC Race of the United States from

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on September 8, 2013. On December 2, 2013, CBSSN announced that it was to begin simulcasting the ''Boomer and Carton'' (now '' Boomer and Gio'') morning show from then co-owned

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radio station

in New York City in January 2014. In October 2014, CBSSN launched a new talk show, ''We Need To Talk'', which became the first, and only, nationally televised all-female sports panel show. Regular panellists include former professional

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, former professional basketball player

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and

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President

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. In August 2015, the network premiered ''Time to Schein'', a new program hosted by

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. CBSSN was one of three cable broadcasters of the

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—a second-tier developmental football league, alongside

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and

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. A weekly game and one playoff game were assigned to CBSSN. As was the case with the UFL, the AAF paid CBSSN for the airtime; the AAF abruptly ceased operations before the season ended. On April 4, 2019, the 3-on-3 basketball league

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announced that it would move to CBS and CBSSN for its 2019 season. CBSSN will air at least 25 hours of coverage, including coverage of the league's draft. On April 22, 2019, CBS Sports reached an agreement to televise select games from the WNBA; coverage is now split between CBS and

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(who up to that point had held exclusive rights since ). CBS is also the last of the Big Three television networks to cover the WNBA (

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had the first-ever broadcast rights, which ran from to ). In November 2019, it was reported that CBS Sports had acquired the U.S. English-language broadcast rights to the

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beginning in the 2021–22 season, with CBSSN expected to be incorporated into the coverage. CBS would end up starting its coverage a year earlier in 2020 after acquiring the rights to the remainder of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons after

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opted out of its remaining contract.

2020s

On January 9, 2020, the

announced that it had reached a new six-year deal with CBS and

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for its top-tier basketball and football rights. CBSSN will remain the conference's primary broadcaster with 23 football games and 23 men's basketball games per-season, and there will be an option for selected games and the conference men's basketball championship to air on CBS, and events in

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to air on CBSSN beginning in 2021. The Mountain West football championship and Boise State home games will move to a Fox network. CBSSN acquired a package of

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events from June 20 to July 4. On September 11, 2020,

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announced that its events would move to CBSSN moving forward, after having previously aired on

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, which is in the process of abandoning non-scripted development in favor of films. Bellator and Paramount Network were under

when the company merged with

to form

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. However, only five months later, the promotion announced that it would instead move to CBS's sister premium network Showtime. On April 19, 2021, the

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and CBS Sports announced a multi-year rights agreement with

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to become the domestic television partner for the WSOP Main Event and various WSOP bracelet events, ending its long-term relationship with ESPN. Beginning in January 2023,

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has produced a three hour sports information show for CBS Sports Network entitled ''CBS Sports HQ Spotlight''. On April 27, 2023, the channel announced a new multi-year broadcasting rights deal with the

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, becoming the new U.S. TV rightsholder to the league; the channel will broadcast 34 CFL games for the 2023 season. On May 29, 2025, The

(PBA) announced that CBS stations will carry all five events of the PBA World Series of Bowling in the 2026 and 2027 seasons. CBS Sports Network will have live coverage of four "animal pattern" events, while CBS terrestrial stations will host live coverage of the crown jewel of the World Series: the PBA World Championship finals. In addition, the PBA Tour Finals, which has been aired on CBS Sports Network since the 2017 season, will return to the network with a new format and new name: PBA Commissioner's Cup.

Sports broadcast rights

College sports

Professional sports

(2020–present) ** Group and knockout stages only *** ''List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals, UEFA Champions League final'' (2020) * UEFA Europa League (2020–present) ** All group and knockout stages ** List of UEFA Europa League finals, UEFA Europa League final * UEFA Super Cup (2020–present) * UEFA Conference League (starting in 2021–22 season) *Scottish Professional Football League (2021–2025) **Scottish Premiership ** Scottish Championship **Scottish League Cup *

basketball (2019) ** Encore presentations (2021–present) *Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA (2019–present) * National Women's Soccer League, NWSL (2020–present) * Professional Bull Riders (2012–2024) ** Weekly coverage * Major League Rugby (2018–2022) * PGA Tour on CBS (2012–present) ** Masters Tournament, Masters on the Range (2013–present) ** PGA Championship on the Range (2012–present)CBS Sports Network Augments Lineup with U.S. Open Tennis, PGA Championship Coverage , Cable Television News , Broadcast Syndication , Programming
Multichannel.com (July 23, 2012). Retrieved on August 17, 2013. * World's Strongest Man (2013–present) ** Full coverage of competitions, beginning in 2013 World's Strongest Man, 2013. ** Reruns of past World's Strongest Man competitions *Tennis on CBS **World TeamTennis (2019–2020) **Davis Cup (2020–present) *

(2020–2021) * 3ICE, 3ICE Hockey (2022–present) * Athletes Unlimited Softball (2020–present) *

(2021–present) *

(via The Sports Network, TSN, 2023–present) * Arena Football League (2024), Arena Football League (2013 Arena Football League season, 2013–2018 Arena Football League season, 2018, 2024 Arena Football League season, 2024 playoffs) * Indoor Football League (2023 Indoor Football League season, 2023–2025, IFL National Championship, championship only) * USL Championship (2024–present) * Serie A (2021–present) * English Football League (2024–present)

Motorsports

* Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (2010–2020) * World of Outlaws, World Racing Group (2013–present) **World of Outlaws, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Cars (2013–present, select races such as World Finals and Kings Royal) **World of Outlaws Late Model Series, World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models (2013–present, select races such as World Finals and Prairie Dirt Classic) **Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds (2013–2015, select races such as Super DIRT Week and World Finals) * Stadium Super Trucks (2014–present) * AMSOIL Championship Snowcross (2013–present) * Trans-Am Series (2015–present) * SCCA National Championship Runoffs (2017–present) * (2021–present) * Formula E (2021–present) * Championship Off-Road (2022–present) * Kicker AMA Arenacross Series (2022–present) * Best in the Desert (2022–2024, select races)

Carriage

CBSSN is available nationally on most subscription television providers in the United States. In Canada, Rogers Cable began carrying CBSSN on October 9, 2008. Satellite provider Bell Satellite TV started carrying the channel on September 3, 2009, and stopped on August 21, 2014 (they subsequently brought the channel back August 2015). Certain programs aired by the network (particularly NFL and NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, NCAA basketball tournament related programs and other programs whose rights are owned by other broadcasters) are blacked out in Canada, and replaced with reruns of other events or studio programs. CBSSN is the only U.S.-based mainstream sports service that is carried on pay television in Canada. As of 2020, it is only available on Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco and Eastlink (company), Eastlink. In late February 2009, CBSSN reached a new carriage agreement with DirecTV, which allowed the satellite provider to move the channel from its add on "Sports Pack" to its "Choice Xtra" base package; the move became effective on February 25, 2009, expanding the channel's distribution to 30 million subscribers. On July 7, 2009, Cox Communications announced that it would add the channel to its systems in Orange County, California and Arizona on August 1, 2009. AT&T U-verse added the network on February 17, 2010. On August 1, 2011, Cable One added the network in select markets. On July 20, 2019,

and AT&T U-verse removed it from their lineup due to a carriage dispute with

. The channel was re-added on August 8, 2019, to both platforms as they reached a multi-year content carriage agreement.

On-air staff

Source:

Announcers, reporters and hosts

* Adam Zucker – host and play-by-play (2003–present) * Brent Stover – host and play-by-play (2003–present) * Grant Boone – reporter (2011–present) * Dave Ryan (sportscaster), Dave Ryan – play-by-play (2006–present) * Jason Knapp (sportscaster), Jason Knapp – play-by-play (2008–present) * Tom McCarthy (broadcaster), Tom McCarthy – host and play-by-play (2012–present) * Matt Shepard (sports reporter), Matt Shepard – play-by-play (2008–present) * Krista Blunk – reporter (2008–present) * Ben Holden – play-by-play (2008–2020) *

– host and play-by-play (2012–present) * John Sadak – play-by-play (2012–present) * Carter Blackburn – play-by-play (2014–present) * Andrew Catalon – play-by-play (2009–present) * Brad Johansen – play-by-play (2012–present) *

– host and play-by-play (2012–present) * Dave Popkin – play-by-play (2016–present) * Dave Armstrong (sportscaster), Dave Armstrong – play-by-play (2016–present) * Mike Crispino – play-by-play (2017–present) * Rich Waltz – play-by-play (2010–present) * Dylan Jacobs – play-by-play (2018–present) * Tina Cervasio – reporter (2018–present) * Ed Cohen – play-by-play (2017–present) * Jason Horowitz – play-by-play (2018–present) * Alex Del Barrio – play-by-play (2020–present) * Joel Godett – play-by-play (2018–present) * Michael Grady – play-by-play (present) * Andy Greathouse – director (2003–present) * Lisa Byington – reporter and play-by-play (2020–present) * Chris Lewis – play-by-play (2021– present) * Chris Sylvester – play-by-play (2022–present) * Chick Hernandez – play-by-play (2022–present) * John Fanta - play-by-play (2022–present) * Brett Dolan - play-by-play (2022–present) * Paul Burmeister – play-by-play (2023–present) * Jordan Kent - play-by-play (2023–present) * Pete Yanity - play-by-play (2023–present) * AJ Ross - reporter (2023-present) * Matt Schick - play-by-play (2023–present) * Chris Hassel - play-by-play (2023–present) * Danny Waugh - play-by-play (2023–present) * Sloane Martin - play-by-play (2023–present) * Dave Neal - play-by-play (2023–present) * Meghan McPeak - play-by-play (2023–present) * Craig D'Amico - play-by-play (2023–present) * Paul Dottino - play-by-play (2023–present) * Fran Charles - play-by-play (2024–present) * Dave Friedman - play-by-play (2024–present) * Pat McCarthy - play-by-play (2025–present)

Football

* Corey Chavous – analyst (2012–present) * Randy Cross – analyst (2008–present) * Aaron Murray – analyst (2018–present) * Houston Nutt – analyst (2011–present) * Brian Jones (American football linebacker), Brian Jones – analyst (2003–present) * Aaron Taylor (American football, born 1972), Aaron Taylor – analyst (2009–present)

Basketball

* Alaa Abdelnaby – analyst (2012–present) * Kim Adams - analyst (2022-present) * Dan Bonner – analyst (2003–present) * Doris Burke – analyst (2023–present) * Tykera Carter – analyst (2023–present) * Tim Capstraw – analyst (2023–present) * Mo Cassara – analyst (2018–present) * Jordan Cornette – analyst (2016–present) * Kelly Crull – analyst (2023–present) * Tre Demps – analyst (2024–present) * Joe DeSantis - analyst (2023-present) * Seth Davis – analyst (2003–present) * Dan Dickau – analyst (2018–present) * Tim Doyle – analyst (2015–present) * Khalid El-Amin – analyst (2018–present) * John Giannini - analyst (2022-present) * Pete Gillen – analyst (2008–present) * Doug Gottlieb – analyst (2012–present) * Danny Granger – analyst (2017–present) * Avery Johnson – analyst (2023–present) * Steve Lappas – analyst (2008–present) * Kyle Macy – analyst (2016–present) * Donny Marshall – analyst (2020–present) * King McClure - analyst (2023-present) * Monika Moore - analyst (2023-present) * Julia Morales - analyst (2023-present) * Mike O'Donnell - analyst (2022-present) * Gary Parrish – analyst (2018–present) * Chris Piper – analyst (2015–present) * Jon Rothstein – analyst (2003–present) * Leah Secondo - analyst (2023-present) * Chris Spatola – analyst (2012–present) * Wally Szczerbiak – analyst (2003–present) * BJ Taylor - analyst (2023-present) * Tarik Turner - analyst (2023-present) * Julianne Viani-Braen – analyst (2017–present) * Chris Walker (basketball, born 1969), Chris Walker – analyst (2022–present) * Bob Wenzel – analyst (2017–present) * Steve Wolf – analyst (2018–present) * Jay Wright (basketball), Jay Wright – analyst (2022–present) * Isis Young - analyst (2023-present)

References

External links

CBSSportsNetwork.com
– CBS Sports Network official website
CBSSports.com
– CBS Sports official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Cbs Sports Network CBS Sports, Sports Network Sports television networks in the United States Basketball on television in the United States Gridiron football on television Baseball on television in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2002 English-language television stations in the United States Paramount Global subsidiaries 2002 establishments in the United States American corporate subsidiaries