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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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