CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American
digital cable and
satellite
A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation ( GPS), broadcasting, scient ...
television network
A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or ...
owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of
Paramount Global
Paramount Global (Trade name, d/b/a Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment Conglomerate (company), conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and Headquarters, headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, ...
. 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
sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comed ...
shows from both the
CBS Sports Radio network and
Entercom's
WFAN (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,
Brian Bedol and
Stephen Greenberg—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
DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC is an American Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital Satellite television, s ...
at launch.
In 2004, CSTV bought sports
television syndication network SportsWest for a $25 million investment from former
NBA owner Dave Checketts and
George Soros.
In November 2005, College Sports Television was purchased by
Viacom for $325 million.
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation was an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing and television production. It was split from Viacom on December 31, 2005, alongside an entirely new Viacom; both ...
(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
CBS Sports, with the sports division's executive vice president and executive producer,
Tony Petitti, taking over day-to-day operational management of CSTV, which would be overseen by
CBS News and Sports president
Sean McManus. CSTV co-founder Brian Bedol would become a senior advisor to CBS Corporation president and CEO
Leslie Moonves. (Petitti has since become the
Big Ten Commissioner.)
In the fall of 2006, CSTV launched more than 100
broadband
In telecommunications, broadband or high speed is the wide-bandwidth (signal processing), bandwidth data transmission that exploits signals at a wide spread of frequencies or several different simultaneous frequencies, and is used in fast Inter ...
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,
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal reg ...
,
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
,
Ohio State and
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
.
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
CBS's coverage of the
NCAA's basketball tournament. Studio shows moved from the original Chelsea Piers headquarters to the
CBS Broadcast Center 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
1080i
In high-definition television (HDTV) and video display technology, 1080i is a video display format with 1080 lines of vertical resolution and Interlaced video, interlaced scanning method. This format was once a standard in HDTV. It was particular ...
, 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
standard-definition
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high-definition television, high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a ...
feed. CBSSN uses the
AFD #10 broadcast flag to present programming on its standard definition feed in
letterboxed widescreen
Widescreen images are displayed within a set of aspect ratio (image), aspect ratios (relationship of image width to height) used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ...
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
football,
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
,
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
,
ultimate,
hockey,
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...
,
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
,
wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...
and
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
from every major conference. The network holds multi-media and marketing rights for the
Mountain West Conference, the
Atlantic 10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located most ...
,
Conference USA, the
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference comprising primarily leading Private university, private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United ...
,
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
action sports such as
snowboarding,
wakeboarding and
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...
. More than 1,000 competitors converged on
Reno-
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—
San Diego
San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...
. The third year, 2008, brought further changes, as the winter sports events were moved to the Keystone Resort near
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the most ...
and
competitive eating
Competitive eating, or speed eating, is a sport in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although some competitions can l ...
was added.
In the fall of 2006, CSTV and
Comcast launched the
MountainWest Sports Network (colloquially known as ''The Mtn.''), a network focusing exclusively on the
Mountain West Conference. The relation with the network also gave CSTV exclusive online and broadcasting rights to
Notre Dame's game at
Air Force
An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviati ...
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
Jim Rome; Rome had recently left
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
and his previous show, ''
Jim Rome Is Burning'', 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, ''
The Jim Rome Show'', beginning January 2, 2018.
On June 7, 2012, CBSSN began to air the remaining games of the
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental league of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league comprises 32 teams, with 26 in the United States and 6 in Cana ...
's
2012 Calder Cup Final between the
Norfolk Admirals and the
Toronto Marlies, 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,"](_blank)
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
Professional Bowlers Association's
PBA Tour. 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
Adam Schein, Jonathan Jones,
Kyle Long,
Amy Trask
Amy Trask is an American sports executive, author, and lawyer from California. She is the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders. Trask has also been referred to as the "Princess of Darkness" by Raiders fans.
Education
Trask grew up in the Brentwood, ...
, and
Brock Vereen, designed to be a more "casual" and "fan-focused" counterpart to CBS's own ''
The NFL Today'' and competitors (such as ESPN's ''
Sunday NFL Countdown'').
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
Sonoma Raceway
Sonoma Raceway (originally known as Sears Point Raceway, Golden State International Raceway and Infineon Technologies, Infineon Raceway) is a road course and dragstrip located at Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains of Sonoma County, Cal ...
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
sports talk
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comed ...
radio station
WFAN 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
boxer Laila Ali, former professional basketball player
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She is formerly the head coach for Triplets (basketball), Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando ...
and
USTA President
Katrina Adams.
In August 2015, the network premiered ''Time to Schein'', a new program hosted by
Adam Schein.
left, 200px, Logo from 2016 to 2021
In July 2017, the network announced a new documentary series, ''Four Sides of the Story'', to examine notable moments in sports from four perspectives each; the series premiere focused on the Villanova Wildcats' buzzer beater at the
2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game.
CBSSN was one of three cable broadcasters of the
Alliance of American Football—a second-tier developmental football league, alongside
NFL Network and
TNT. 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
Big3 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
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
/
ABC (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 (
NBC 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
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
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
Turner Sports opted out of its remaining contract.
2020s
On January 9, 2020, the
Mountain West Conference announced that it had reached a new six-year deal with CBS and
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The name originates from Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, which in turn derives its name from Fox Fi ...
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
Olympic sports 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
World of Outlaws events from June 20 to July 4.
On September 11, 2020,
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...
announced that its events would move to CBSSN moving forward, after having previously aired on
Paramount Network, which is in the process of abandoning non-scripted development in favor of films. Bellator and Paramount Network were under
Viacom when the company merged with
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation was an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing and television production. It was split from Viacom on December 31, 2005, alongside an entirely new Viacom; both ...
to form
ViacomCBS. 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
World Series of Poker and CBS Sports announced a multi-year rights agreement with
PokerGO 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,
CBS Sports HQ 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
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division (CFL), East Division and f ...
, 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
Professional Bowlers Association (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
*
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
(2020–present)
** Group and knockout stages only
*** ''
UEFA Champions League final'' (2020)
*
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
(2020–present)
** All group and knockout stages
**
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
The Scottish Championship known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional association footb ...
**
Scottish League Cup
*
Big3 basketball (2019)
** Encore presentations (2021–present)
*
WNBA (2019–present)
*
NWSL
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...
(2020–present)
*
Professional Bull Riders (2012–2024)
** Weekly coverage
*
Major League Rugby (2018–2022)
*
PGA Tour on CBS (2012–present)
**
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](_blank)
Multichannel.com (July 23, 2012). Retrieved on August 17, 2013.
*
World's Strongest Man (2013–present)
** Full coverage of competitions, beginning in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
.
** Reruns of past World's Strongest Man competitions
*
Tennis on CBS
**
World TeamTennis (2019–2020)
**
Davis Cup (2020–present)
*
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...
(2020–2021)
*
3ICE Hockey (2022–present)
*
Athletes Unlimited Softball (2020–present)
*
World Series of Poker (2021–present)
*
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division (CFL), East Division and f ...
(via
TSN, 2023–present)
*
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 Arena Football League season, 1987 season, making it the third longest-runnin ...
(
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
–
2018,
2024 playoffs)
*
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional indoor American football league in the United States. The league comprises 14 teams, divided equally between the Eastern Conference (EC) and Western Conference ...
(
2023–2025,
championship only)
*
USL Championship (2024–present)
*
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
(2021–present)
*
English Football League (2024–present)
Motorsports
*
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (2010–2020)
*
World Racing Group (2013–present)
**
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Cars (2013–present, select races such as World Finals and Kings Royal)
**
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
Championship Off-Road, officially known as AMSOIL Championship Off-Road (as Amsoil holds the naming rights) and abbreviated to COR, is an American short course off-road racing series. Founded in 2020 and sanctioned by the International Series of ...
(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
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
,
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 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.
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
Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often initialized O.C.) is a county (United States), county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population ...
and
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
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,
DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC is an American Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital Satellite television, s ...
and
AT&T U-verse removed it from their lineup due to a carriage dispute with
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation was an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing and television production. It was split from Viacom on December 31, 2005, alongside an entirely new Viacom; both ...
. 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 – play-by-play (2006–present)
*
Jason Knapp – play-by-play (2008–present)
*
Tom McCarthy – host and play-by-play (2012–present)
*
Matt Shepard – play-by-play (2008–present)
*
Krista Blunk – reporter (2008–present)
*
Ben Holden – play-by-play (2008–2020)
*
Jim Rome – 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)
*
Adam Schein – host and play-by-play (2012–present)
*
Dave Popkin – play-by-play (2016–present)
*
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)
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Dave Neal - play-by-play (2023–present)
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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
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Corey Chavous – analyst (2012–present)
*
Randy Cross – analyst (2008–present)
*
Aaron Murray – analyst (2018–present)
*
Houston Nutt – analyst (2011–present)
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Brian Jones – analyst (2003–present)
*
Aaron Taylor – analyst (2009–present)
Basketball
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Alaa Abdelnaby – analyst (2012–present)
* Kim Adams - analyst (2022-present)
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Dan Bonner – analyst (2003–present)
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Doris Burke – analyst (2023–present)
* Tykera Carter – analyst (2023–present)
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Tim Capstraw – analyst (2023–present)
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Mo Cassara – analyst (2018–present)
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Jordan Cornette – analyst (2016–present)
*
Kelly Crull – analyst (2023–present)
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Tre Demps – analyst (2024–present)
* Joe DeSantis - analyst (2023-present)
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Seth Davis – analyst (2003–present)
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Dan Dickau – analyst (2018–present)
*
Tim Doyle – analyst (2015–present)
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Khalid El-Amin – analyst (2018–present)
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John Giannini - analyst (2022-present)
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Pete Gillen – analyst (2008–present)
*
Doug Gottlieb – analyst (2012–present)
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Danny Granger – analyst (2017–present)
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Avery Johnson – analyst (2023–present)
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Steve Lappas – analyst (2008–present)
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Kyle Macy – analyst (2016–present)
*
Donny Marshall – analyst (2020–present)
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King McClure - analyst (2023-present)
* Monika Moore - analyst (2023-present)
* Julia Morales - analyst (2023-present)
* Mike O'Donnell - analyst (2022-present)
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Gary Parrish – analyst (2018–present)
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Chris Piper – analyst (2015–present)
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Jon Rothstein – analyst (2003–present)
* Leah Secondo - analyst (2023-present)
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Chris Spatola – analyst (2012–present)
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Wally Szczerbiak – analyst (2003–present)
* BJ Taylor - analyst (2023-present)
* Tarik Turner - analyst (2023-present)
* Julianne Viani-Braen – analyst (2017–present)
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Chris Walker – analyst (2022–present)
*
Bob Wenzel – analyst (2017–present)
*
Steve Wolf – analyst (2018–present)
*
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
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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