Jim Nantz
FILE - Announcer Jim Nantz is seen after NFL Super Bowl 53, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 in Atlanta. Jim Nantz's familiar introduction of “Hello friends” will continue to be heard on CBS for many years to come. Nantz and CBS Sports reached agreement on a new deal Thursday, March 25, 2021. The deal was first reported by the “Sports Business Journal”(AP Photo/Gregory Payan, file)
Houston's run to Final Four special for CBS's Nantz

By Joe Reedy Apr. 01, 2021 08:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2017, file photo, Tony Romo and Jim Nantz work in the broadcast booth before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Cincinnati Bengals in Green Bay, Wis. Nantz and Romo were inseparable when CBS broadcast the Super Bowl two years ago. Next week, they won't see each other until they are in the broadcast booth a couple hours prior to kickoff. Keeping announcers separated until game day has been standard practice this season due to the Coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Super distancing: CBS keeps season protocols for big game

By Joe Reedy Jan. 30, 2021 04:13 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2017, file photo, CBS football analyst Tony Romo walks across the field during warmups before an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. Romo will not be in the broadcast booth on the final day of the NFL regular season Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, after being sidelined by due to “COVID-19 protocols,” the network said. CBS Sports posted the news with a short tweet on its “CBS Sports PR” Twitter feed on Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
Romo out of broadcast booth due to COVID-19 protocols

Jan. 02, 2021 09:43 PM EST

A Lim Kim, of South Korea, holds up the championship trophy after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Major champion Popov overlooked for exemption to LPGA finale

By Doug Ferguson Dec. 15, 2020 12:46 PM EST

Davis Love III, right, walks on the 15th fairway during practice for the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Rahm finds expectations rising with great play at young age

By Doug Ferguson Aug. 04, 2020 09:07 PM EDT

Jordan Spieth hits from the 15th fairway during practice for the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
With a swing and silence, PGA Tour gets back to business

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 11, 2020 09:34 AM EDT

Brooks Koepka hits out of the sand on the 11th hole bunker during practice for the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The Challenge is the first PGA tour event since the COVID-19 pandemic began. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP
Column: Only thing normal about golf's return is the score

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 09, 2020 05:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, while being interviewed by broadcaster Jim Nantz, left, Phil Mickelson holds up a silver dollar that belonged to his grandfather during an awards ceremony on the 18th green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, in Pebble Beach, Calif. Nantz has worked the Final Four and Masters for the last 34 years and is missing them in 2020 because of the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
CBS pushing for players to do their part to boost broadcast

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 08, 2020 05:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2020, file photo, PGA Tour Commission Jay Monahan is shown during a news conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Monahan decided against a public statement on the civil unrest sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, instead sending a letter to players. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Golf makes a conservative return with an eye on the long run

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 05, 2020 03:23 PM EDT

This image released by HBO Sports shows Bryant Gumbel hosting "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" from his makeshift studio in Florida. The series returns on April 28. (HBO Sports via AP)
Gumbel's 'Real Sports' returns to air before real sports

By David Bauder Apr. 27, 2020 05:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, April 5, 2010, file photo, CBS sportscasters Clark Kellogg, left, and Jim Nantz are seen before the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game between Butler and Duke, in Indianapolis. Nantz is home in California in the early spring of 2020 because of the new coronavirus pandemic, after spending the last 34 years at the Final Four and Masters. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Jim Nantz adjusting to not calling Final Four, Masters

By Doug Ferguson Apr. 09, 2020 02:23 AM EDT