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  • Chiefs Chargers Game To Be Seen By Vast Majority Of Nation (CBS Sports)

    Chiefs Chargers Game To Be Seen By Vast Majority Of Nation (CBS Sports)

    CBS Sports will air two NFL games in Sunday’s late afternoon slot: Chiefs-Chargers and Ravens-Texans. The latter is between two teams that made the playoffs a year ago. Nevertheless, CBS is sending its top crew to SoFi Stadium to call the Chiefs at Chargers game, which kicks off at 3:25 p.m. It’ll be Jim Nantz and Tony Romo in the booth with Tracy Wolfson reporting. Nearly the entire nation will see the game. The Texans-Ravens game, which will have Kevin Harlan and Trent Green in the booth with reporter Melanie Collins, will be seen primarily in Maryland and Texas, along with a smattering of other states.


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    This is the broadcast map for Chiefs at Chargers this Sunday. Courtesy of: 506Sports.com

    Here are the broadcast teams for the rest of Sunday’s games:

    Broncos at Steelers, noon on CBS: Greg Gumbel/Rich Gannon/Jay Feely

    Bills at Dolphins, noon on CBS: Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta

    Giants at Bears, noon on CBS: Ian Eagle/Charles Davis/Evan Washburn

    Vikings at Colts, noon on Fox: Tim Brando/Robert Smith/Megan Olivi

    Panthers at Buccaneers, noon on Fox: Adam Amin/Mark Schlereth/Lindsay Czarniak

    Washington at Cardinals, 3:05 p.m. on Fox: Dick Stockton/Brady Quinn/Sara Walsh

  • Dan Fouts Contract Not Renewed By CBS Sports

    Dan Fouts Contract Not Renewed By CBS Sports

    Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts, a fixture as an NFL analyst at CBS for more than decade, will not return in 2020.

    A source close to Fouts who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed a report by the New York Post that Fouts’ contract was not renewed by the network.

    CBS addressed its top NFL broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo by signing Romo to a 10-year, $180 million extension this offseason.

    The network is now addressing its No. 2 team. According to multiple reports, CBS is letting go of color commentator Dan Fouts, who has teamed with play-by-play man Ian Eagle for the last several seasons. Fouts, 69, is a pro football Hall of Famer who put together a decorated 15-year career, all with the San Diego Chargers.

    After retiring in 1987, Fouts first joined CBS as an analyst. In 2000, he joined ABC’s “Monday Night Football” booth alongside Al Michaels and Dennis Miller. He called college games with Keith Jackson for a time and returned to CBS in 2008.  Fouts, a Hall of Fame quarterback during a 15-year career with the San Diego Chargers, joined CBS for the second time in 2008. He began his broadcasting career with the network in 1988 and spent six years there before leaving to become a local sportscaster in San Francisco. Fouts, who will be 69 in June, then worked at ABC from 1997 through 2007, when his contract was not renewed. His run there included a stint on “Monday Night Football” with Al Michaels and Dennis Miller, as well as college games with Keith Jackson.

    Over the last decade, Fouts worked primarily with first Dick Enberg and later Ian Eagle. Fouts and Eagle made up the No. 2 team at CBS for the past six seasons. (The No. 1 team is Jim Nantz and Tony Romo.)