Sports USA Media is the largest independent sports broadcasting radio network in the United States, specializing in live broadcasts of

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, specifically of the

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Division I-A The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). A ...

and

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. In 2018, more than 450 radio stations across the United States carried NFL and NCAA football games from Sports USA.

Programs

''The NFL on Sports USA''

Sports USA began broadcasting NFL games in 2002. It broadcasts two games every Sunday during the NFL regular season for a total of 34 games.

''College Football on Sports USA''

Sports USA broadcasts at least one major college football game every Saturday during the college football season. In addition, Sports USA periodically broadcasts a Thursday night match up, along with select

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''The NHL on Sports USA''

In February 2021, Sports USA reached a deal with NBC Sports, which was phasing out of both radio and hockey, to take over its rights to national radio broadcasts of the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

. That season, it aired two outdoor games, selected early round playoff games, and all games from the Stanley Cup Semifinals and Finals. Later in 2021, Sports USA renewed its rights until the 2024-25 season. Unlike other league's major championship coverage, this coverage is not exclusive and stations that are affiliated with the participating Stanley Cup Final team's radio networks will be allowed to carry and stream coverage.

Other sports

Sports USA Media also carries the

Little League World Series The Little League World Series is an annual baseball tournament for children—typically boys—aged 10 to 12 years old, held in the Eastern United States. Originally called the National Little League Tournament, it was later renamed for the Wor ...

NFL Draft The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. Each team is given a position in the drafting o ...

and horse racing from the Horse Racing Radio Network. HRRN also produces the

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( Kentucky Derby,

Preakness Stakes The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs () o ...

and Belmont Stakes); however distribution is handled by

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Announcers

Sports USA has a large list of announcers for its football coverage. Play-by play announcers include the network's founder and former

USC Trojans football The USC Trojans football program represents University of Southern California in the sport of American football. The Trojans compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Pac-12 ...

broadcaster Larry Kahn, Anaheim Ducks broadcaster

John Ahlers John Ahlers is the television play-by-play announcer for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League on Bally Sports SoCal/Bally Sports West. He has also served as an announcer for ''Poker Royale'' on the Game Show Network. A Michigan State ...

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announcer Adam Amin, former

and Los Angeles Rams head coach John Robinson, former Colorado head coach

Gary Barnett Gary Lee Barnett (born May 23, 1946) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Fort Lewis College (1982–1983), Northwestern University (1992–1998), and the University of Colorado at Boulder (1999–2005), ...

, former ABC announcer and quarterback

Dan Fouts Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10, 1951) is an American former football quarterback who played for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-season career (1973-87). After a relatively undistinguished fi ...

(Fouts also splits time with the ''

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''),

Ross Tucker Ross Finch Tucker (born March 2, 1979) is a former American football offensive lineman and current sports broadcaster. Tucker was an All-Ivy League offensive lineman at Princeton University, then played seven seasons in the National Football L ...

, Golden State Warriors announcer

Bob Fitzgerald Robert James Fitzgerald (born 1966) is an American sports broadcaster who is currently the TV play-by-play announcer for the NBA's Golden State Warriors on NBC Sports Bay Area and was a co-host of the radio talk show ''Fitz and Brooks'' on KNB ...

, former USFL defensive back Troy West, and

Eli Gold Elias Leo Gold (born December 15, 1953) is an American sportscaster. Gold is best known as the radio voice for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, along with Tom Roberts, as part of the Crimson Tide Sports Network since 1988. He was the hos ...

(voice of the

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, perhaps better known nationally for his work on

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). Analysts include former Chicago Bears safety

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, former Indianapolis Colts tight end and

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, studio and game analyst Charles Arbuckle, and Anaheim Ducks color commentator

Brian Hayward Brian George Hayward (born June 25, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who currently serves as a color analyst for Anaheim Ducks broadcasts on Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West and KDOC. Playing career Hayward played coll ...

. Veteran Los Angeles reporter and broadcaster for

KFWB KFWB (980 AM) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It airs a classic Regional Mexican music format. KFWB is owned by Lotus Communications. The station has a colorful history, being the radio voice of Warner Bros. Studios i ...

Ted Sobel Ted Sobel (born July 14, 1953) is an American sportscaster and author who is the longest current tenured Los Angeles-based radio sports reporter. He has worked mostly with CBS Radio since 1985. Sobel is the network's in-studio host and producer of ...

acts as the network's studio host and reporter.

Podcasts

Sports USA also produces a variety of sports podcasts. ''Conversations with

Joe Morgan Joe Leonard Morgan (September 19, 1943 – October 11, 2020) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Colt .45s / Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, ...

'' was a weekly podcast from the Cincinnati Reds late Hall of Famer and two-time

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Champion

. Previous guests on Morgan's program show included the late former President George H. W. Bush,

Bill Russell William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Va ...

Bob Costas Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019. He has received 28 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games from 19 ...

Charles Barkley Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on NBA on TNT, TNT. Nicknamed "Sir Charles", "Chuck", and "the Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley played 16 seasons ...

and a host of others. ''Snakes Takes with

Jake Plummer Jason Steven "Jake" Plummer (born December 19, 1974) is a former professional American football player, a quarterback for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 1997 ...

'' is a weekly

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosin ...

hosted by former Pro Bowl quarterback who played 10 seasons in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos.

is currently an NFL game analyst on Sports USA's Sunday Doubleheader package as well as a college football analyst on the Pac-12 Network. ''The

Fred Dryer John Frederick Dryer (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, radio host, screenwriter and former professional football player. He was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 years, participating in 176 games starting in ...

Show'' is a weekly podcast hosted by the former All-Pro NFL Defensive End and star of the hit television series ''Hunter'' on NBC. ''Ted Sobel's Excellent Sports Adventure'' is a weekly podcast hosted by Ted Sobel, who joined Sports USA in 2005 as a sideline reporter and studio host for NFL and college football games.

is the recipient of three Golden Mike Awards for his work as a sports reporter/anchor at

980 in Los Angeles.

References

External links

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