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April 29 2025 CBS reaches an agreement with the Pac-12 Conference to broadcast one home game each from Oregon State and Washington State in primetime during the 2025 season, including Washington State's annual Apple Cup game.
2025 Longtime lead analyst Gary Danielson announces his plan to retire at the end of the season, with Charles Davis set to succeed him.
2024 CBS Sports began producing WNBA games in-house for CBS network broadcasts, with clean feed productions now used solely for CBS Sports Network games.
2024 Aaron Taylor became the No. 2 color analyst; Cardale Jones and Beanie Wells joined CBSSN as analysts
2024 Rich Waltz becomes #2 play-by-play announcer for Mountain West Conference, Jordan Kent starts as Lead UConn play-by-play, and Carter Blackburn becomes 2nd Navy play-by-play announcer.
2024 Luke Kuechly and Logan Ryan join CBS Sports as color analysts, with Ryan specifically designated as the Lead UConn color analyst.
2024 CBS will air the Big Ten Championship Game as part of their broadcast rights.
2024 Keiana Martin becomes the UConn No. 1 sideline reporter.
2024 CBS announces a four-year extension of their agreement with the Sun Bowl, securing broadcasting rights through the 2030 season.
July 2024 CBS network signed an agreement to carry the playoff tournament of the Arena Football League's revival.
April 2024 CBS issued a cease and desist order to all remaining affiliates, requiring them to stop using the CBS trademark by April 15
2023 CBS reached a deal to televise Big Ten football, which would replace its SEC package in the traditional 3:30 p.m. ET timeslot beginning in the 2024 season.
2023 CBS Sports Network begins airing football games from the FCS level Northeast Conference.
2023 Tiffany Blackmon, Emily Proud, and Keiana Martin join CBS Sports as sideline reporters.
2023 Multiple new color analysts join CBS Sports, including Brock Vereen, Taylor McHargue, and Adam Breneman.
August 2023 CBS Sports Network signed a new three-year deal with the Summit League, securing rights to at least six regular season men's basketball games and tournament coverage for both men's and women's tournaments.
2022 Tom McCarthy joins as play-by-play announcer and Carter Blackburn becomes fill-in play-by-play.
2022 Meghan McPeak becomes the lead UConn play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports college football.
2022 Sherree Burress concludes her Southeastern Conference sideline reporting role with CBS Sports College Football.
2022 Jenny Dell is promoted to the No. 1 sideline reporter position.
2022 Tom Herman joins as color analyst and Rick Neuheisel ends his No. 2 color analyst role
2022 Robert Turbin begins serving as a color analyst for CBS Sports.
2022 Houston Nutt concludes his role as a studio analyst for CBS Sports College Football
2022 Rocket Mortgage sponsorship of the U.S. Army Post-game Show ends.
2022 Jim Nantz announced his plan to step down after 38 years of studio and play-by-play work, with Ian Eagle set to take over as the lead basketball announcer.
November 5 2022 #1 Tennessee faces #3 Georgia in a College GameDay matchup, with Georgia winning 27-13
October 15 2022 #3 Alabama loses to #6 Tennessee 52-49 in the Third Saturday in October rivalry game
August 2022 CBS announced its intention to continue using the theme music for Big Ten games, which sparked emotional reactions from SEC fans on Twitter.
August 2022 CBS renewed its rights to the Big Ten for a seven-year deal starting in the 2023–24 season, expanding coverage to include more regular-season games and adding the Big Ten women's basketball tournament championship game.
2021 CBS Sports launches unique co-productions like NFL on Nickelodeon and NFL Slimetime, targeting younger audiences.
2021 CBS did not make a serious effort to acquire NHL broadcast rights when Comcast opted not to renew its contract.
2021 Brandon Baylor begins working as a sideline reporter.
2021 Lindsay Rhodes and Sherree Burress (for Southeastern Conference games) join the CBS Sports College Football sideline reporting team, while Jamie Erdahl concludes her role.
2021 In the Spring 2021 Patriot League football season, Holy Cross defeated Bucknell with a score of 33-10, broadcasted on CBS Sports Network.
2021 Chris Lewis starts play-by-play role.
2021 Noah Eagle becomes No. 2 play-by-play announcer, and Chick Hernandez joins the play-by-play team for CBS Sports college football.
2021 Donte Whitner starts his role as a color analyst for CBS Sports.
2021 CBS switches to using the tournament version of its theme music full-time for basketball coverage.
2021 CBS broadcast a comprehensive NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament coverage, including eight first-round games, seven second-round games, four Sweet Sixteen games, two Elite Eight games, the Final Four, and the National Championship.
November 27 2021 Auburn narrowly defeats #3 Alabama 22-24 in the Iron Bowl
June 26 2021 CBS broadcast a WNBA game between the Washington Mystics and Dallas Wings, which averaged approximately 567,000 viewers.
June 19 2021 CBS broadcast a WNBA game between the Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky, with Lisa Byington providing play-by-play and Lisa Leslie providing analysis. The game averaged approximately 427,000 viewers.
2020 CBS Sports expands into soccer broadcasting, adding NWSL, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League to its sports lineup.
2020 CBS Sports expands into new sports broadcasting, including NWSL, UEFA Champions League, and WNBA.
2020 Alex Del Barrio begins play-by-play role and Carter Blackburn shifts to fill-in play-by-play.
December 10 2020 ESPN announces acquisition of top SEC rights under a 10-year, $3 billion deal beginning in 2024, with games to air on ABC.
October 2020 CBS announced a unified branding scheme for all major divisions, including CBS Sports, featuring a design built around the CBS eye logo, new sonic branding, and TT Norms Pro corporate typeface.
October 17 2020 #2 Alabama defeats #3 Georgia 41-24 in a significant Alabama-Georgia football rivalry match
May 11 2020 CBS Sports agrees to a multi-year deal through 2023 to become the home of UConn Huskies home games, primarily airing on CBS Sports Network.
2019 Jason Knapp joins as play-by-play announcer and becomes No. 2 Mountain West Conference play-by-play announcer.

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