Former CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus recounts getting the NFL back on CBS
"Everybody thought, 'Who is going to give up the NFL and let CBS back in?'"
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Sports media figures headline new group of Augusta National members
Former CBS Sports Chairmen Sean McManus and former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning headline the group.
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish reportedly set to step down amidst merger talks
Retiring CBS Sports chair Sean McManus talks final Masters and following father Jim McKay’s footsteps
Jim Nantz salutes Verne Lundquist ahead of Lundquist’s final Masters: ‘He’s going to be a part of Augusta forever’
NCAA Tournament ad sales strong despite last year’s ratings drop, execs talk matchups’ importance
Doug Gottlieb on credit card theft incident: ‘I don’t think it’s hurt me’
"They were thorough. Just, somehow, that one got lost."
Chris Russo spends 110 seconds blasting CBS for Taylor Swift’s 54 seconds of air time during Super Bowl
"Now you know why fans get annoyed in Buffalo and Baltimore, they think there’s a conspiracy."
Departing CBS exec Sean McManus: ‘We just need to make sure that we are wherever the viewer is’
"The largest audiences will continue to be on broadcast television in the foreseeable future."
Nate Burleson on CBS to Nickelodeon transition: ‘I have to hop in the phone booth like Superman and change my outfit.’
Sean McManus admits CBS told Tony Romo to ‘calm down a little bit’
"We sometimes say to him, ‘Hey, calm down a little bit because you do get too into the game.’ Which I think is a plus."
Nickelodeon set for unique SpongeBob Squarepants-themed Super Bowl LVIII broadcast: ‘It’s going to blow everybody away.’
Tony Romo downplays criticism: ‘There are so many people that have said they love us.’
"I think there's far more people who I see every single day who come up and love our broadcast and our team and CBS and what we do."
Sean McManus on Tony Romo: ‘I emphasized…some ways I thought he could be better’
"One of the things that makes Tony so great is that he’s a huge fan. I think the viewer at home really enjoys that."
CBS Sports chairman suggests two sitting NFL head coaches could be ‘terrific’ in broadcast booth
CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus identifies NFL head coaches Sean McVay and Mike Tomlin as possibly having a future in broadcasting.
CBS execs talk FAST strategy with ‘terrific growth engines’ Sports HQ and Golazo
Chairman Sean McManus retiring from CBS Sports in April 2024
After nearly three decades, Sean McManus is retiring from CBS Sports next spring.
CBS’ Sean McManus and VAB’s Sean Cunningham blast proposed Amazon measurement changes
"Anything that is not impartial and unbiased is unacceptable to us. I must say that we think it's extremely odd and unfortunate that different rules are suddenly applying to one platform."
CBS, ESPN say they won’t cover LIV golfers differently during The Masters
"The storylines are the storylines, and we’re there to cover those."
Jim Nantz and colleagues discuss Nantz’s last Final Four: ‘Cherish every minute.’
"Our friend, our leader, our mortar, the guy I feel kind of keeps this whole thing together and has done it so eloquently and masterfully and respectfully for so long, it's crazy. It's still surreal that it's come to an end."
CBS Sports chair Sean McManus responds to Tony Romo criticism
“An enormous amount of people have come up to me who have said to me, ‘We really like Tony Romo.’”
CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says “We plan to be involved in the business of big-time college football going forward”
"We plan to be involved in the business of college football, big-time college football, going forward, and to take advantage of that tradition we've established."
CBS says they won’t mention gambling lines and spreads during NFL game broadcasts this season
Gambling coverage is changing in many areas, but not during NFL on CBS broadcasts.
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."
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.
