Dennis Dodd blasted Stanford’s Bryce Love for choosing class over media day, said it would hurt his Heisman chances
"Let's just say Stanford forfeited a bit of leverage to protest if Love doesn't win the Heisman."
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Former Georgia QB/CBS Sports analyst Aaron Murray isn’t sold on Tennessee’s Jeremy Pruitt
Murray almost overlapped with Pruitt at Georgia, and apparently wasn't thrilled with Pruitt's behavior as Georgia's DC.
It sounds like Verne Lundquist will contribute to CBS’ Masters and PGA Championship coverage for at least another year
"I love the fact that I'm still employed by CBS, and we reached a two-year deal for me to do two events a year. And I told Sean, with tongue firmly in cheek, 'I don't care what you pay me as long as it covers my minimum for my insurance.' He agreed."
The Mike Francesa timeline
For better or worse, Francesa has part of the sports media landscape dating back to the early 1980s.
CBS says fewer ad breaks in NFL games will stay for the 2018 season
No need to bring back the dreaded score-break-kickoff-break sequence.
CBS Sports and Stadium will both produce some games exclusively for Facebook as part of new Conference USA deal
In addition to games for CBSSN, CBS will produce three football games and six basketball games per year exclusively for Facebook. And Stadium will do the same for seven football games and 10 basketball games per year.
Tracy Wolfson on working another NCAA Tournament and losing Thursday Night Football
This is Wolfson’s eighth NCAA Tournament for CBS/Turner Sports.
Verne Lundquist stepping away from college basketball, won’t call NCAA Tournament
Brad Nessler and Ian Eagle will replace Uncle Verne on CBS and Turner Sports' NCAA Tournament coverage.
Tony Romo will indeed tee it up in a PGA Tour event in the Dominican Republic
The CBS Sports analyst is getting a sponsor's exemption to play in the Dominican Republic.
From zero to billions: Retracing the NFL’s Thursday Night Football money grab
The NFL went from no rights fee to networks fighting over the much-maligned TNF package.
Phil Simms seems pleased with his transition from the broadcast booth to the studio
Simms says he can see himself as a sports radio host in the future.
The year in sports media: 2017 was a big year for streaming and tech
There were a lot of streaming deals involving live sports in 2017.
Multiple SB Nation writers point out CBS Sports running their pieces without links or attribution (updated)
CBSSports.com pulled articles from multiple SB Nation sites without credit. They say this was a technical issue that has been fixed.
Despite lower ratings and polarizing issues, NFL ad revenue spending increased in October
CBS, Fox and NBC are doing well in selling NFL ads.
