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The Cubs have been performing well so far in the TV ratings for CSN Chicago.

Area teams posting strong local April TV ratings

May 22, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

It isn't just accountants. April also is the busiest time of year for CSN. All four of its teams are humming with meaningful games. The Blackhawks and Bulls are in...

Jordan Spieth makes birdie on the third green during the final round.

Jordan Spieth helps Masters TV ratings soar

August 19, 2019 at 8:24 a.m.

Was it the Jordan Spieth factor? An estimated 14 million viewers tuned in to CBS to watch Spieth clinch the Masters title Sunday. The 8.7 national rating was up 26...

Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz speaks during the memorial service for Rev. Theodore Hesburgh on March 4, 2015.

Lou Holtz, ESPN part ways

August 19, 2019 at 8:24 a.m.

Lou Holtz is finished with ESPN.The network posted a statement on its website saying the former Notre Dame coach won't return as a college football analyst in 2015."Lou brought a...

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen with the 2005 World Series championship trophy after a sweep of the Houston Astros. A new documentary will look back at that team.

Documentary looks back at White Sox’s 2005 World Series season

May 8, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

Producers Sarah Lauch and Ryan McGuffey had a challenge for their documentary on the 2005 White Sox. Even though 10 years have passed since a Chicago baseball team actually won...

Sox documentary highlights ‘signature moment’ of 2005 World Series squad

May 8, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

The producers, Sarah Lauch and Ryan McGuffey, had a challenge for their documentary on the 2005 White Sox. Even though 10 years have passed since a Chicago baseball team actually...

White Sox documentary producers call on celeb fan Mandy Patinkin

June 15, 2018 at 8:27 p.m.

Comcast SportsNet's new documentary, "Believe: The Story of 2005 White Sox" (Sunday, 7 p.m.), required a significant voice to be narrator for the biggest moment in franchise history. But who?...

Pay more attention to Rory McIlroy less to Tiger Woods: CBS’ Jim Nantz

August 19, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

CBS booked Jim Nantz for an hour of radio interviews the day before the opening round of the PGA Championship last August. While he expected the perfunctory Tiger Woods questions,...

Duke's Justise Winslow reacts with Grayson Allen after a play late in the second half.

NCAA title game draws most TV viewers in 18 years

May 31, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

The rating might have been higher with an undefeated Kentucky, but Duke-Wisconsin still scored a big number for CBS Monday. The game averaged 28.3 million viewers, up 33 percent from...

Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester delivers in the fifth inning.

Cubs-Cardinals opener draws big audience

August 19, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

While the Cubs and the Wrigley Field bathrooms failed to live up to expectations Sunday, the ratings did. The telecast of the opener on ESPN2 pulled a 7.87 local rating....

Billy Martin, left, seen here in 1988 with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and vice president and general manager Lou Piniella, is the subject of Bill Pennington's new biography, "Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius."

Review: ‘Billy Martin’ by Bill Pennington

May 9, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, ESPN launched "SportsCentury," a highly successful series featuring documentaries of the important sports figures of the 20th century. The biggest stars — Babe...

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