CBS Sports has blamed a âtechnical issueâ for scraping blogs from various SB Nation team sites and posting them in full on its website with no attribution, according to a statement from CBS Sports Digital to Deadspin.
We can only assume Jay Feely is suffering from a glitch in the Matrix:
Ethan Skolnick, a Miami-based former CBS Sports NBA reporter and radio host, was arrested Wednesday and charged with âbattery on a person 65 years of age or olderâ for allegedly beating up his father.
Now that Vin Scullyâs retired, Verne Lundquist reigns supreme as the patriarch of sports broadcasting. The CBS legend got a bit more into the game than usual, though, before todayâs broadcast of the Notre Dame-WVU game in Buffalo. Ouch!
Late Thursday afternoon, SiriusXM NFL Radio tweeted the following:
Brian Jones failed out of the NFL due to injuryâhe even filed, and lost, a lawsuit over itâbut donât tell him that the sport of football needs rules to protect playersâ long-term health. The CBS college football analyst alternately demanded players grow eyes in the back of their head or barked âKEEP YOUR HEAD ON AâŚ
Kevin Durant has agreed to return to the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to a CBS Sports report this morning that either features people broadcasting from the future or reporting a story before it actually happened.
Kevin Durant has agreed to a max deal with the Golden State Warriors, according to a CBS Sports report this morning that either features people broadcasting from the future or reporting a story before it actually happened.
Kevin Durant has agreed to a max deal with the Boston Celtics, according to a CBS Sports report this morning that either features people broadcasting from the future or reporting a story before it actually happened.
A CBS sports press release confirms whatâs been rumored for weeks: longtime ESPN announcer Brad Nessler is coming to CBS, and after the 2016 season will replace the legendary Verne Lundquist as play-by-play man on âSEC on CBSâ games.
The Raptors and their fans have played the ânobody believes in usâ card faster and harder than just about anyone, quite possibly because nobody believes in them. But things have reached a fever pitch in Wherever The Raptors Are From, thanks to the limitations of an online poll.
Former ref Mike Carey has been CBSâs in-game officiating expert for two seasons now, and itâs probably not a good sign for anyone involved that Mike Carey getting things wrong has become a running joke. But CBS thinks the internet needs to recognize that Carey gets most of his calls correct, and everyone should stopâŚ
We became familiar with Taima earlier this year when she decided to go hang out with some fans. Today the Seahawks' live bird mascot "helped" CBS Sports reporter Dana Jacobson while she delivered a four-minute live shot from CenturyLink Field. The bird very early on tried to escape, but a handler restored the hawkâŚ
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The NFL has already decided it can thrive while excluding women. Its handling of the Ray Rice mess has alienated millions of fans. Sponsors fleeing? They can be replaced. But Roger Goodell really stepped in it now: he's got Rihanna pissed off.
CBS had already made some changes for its inaugural Thursday night football broadcast in the wake of the Ray Rice mess, axing a musical "high-energy" intro featuring Rihanna and cutting a "comedic segment." SportsBusiness Daily reports that things went even further, with CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus instructingâŚ
According to a CBS press release, Tony Gonzalez will join James Brown, Bill Cowher, and Boomer Esiason on next season's pregame show. See you later, Dan Marino and Shannon Sharpe. [CBS Sports]
Two weeks ago, the co-creators of the CBS show, The Good Wife, sat on a New Yorker Festival panel called "Television and Politics." At one point, they were asked if they envied the freedom granted their cable counterparts. Michelle King, sitting next to her husband and Good Wife co-creator, Robert King, said she wasâŚ
For anyone wondering what Chad Johnson's up to now, he's on CBS Sports Network giving fantasy advice. At least Chad's capitalizing on his best asset: talking.
