Steve Nidetz

By the time the last football had sailed through the last upright Sunday evening, even usually dour CBS News anchor Dan Rather was smiling. ''What a game,'' he said of...

Golf? Gulf? In prime time? At this time? For Turner Sports` Pat Haden, the thrill of doing his first golf tournament has been tempered by the events swirling thousands of...

The camera shot of Bears coach Mike Ditka biting his lip as another scoring attempt failed said it all. The CBS telecast of Sunday`s Bears-Giants game was as frustrating as...

Leandra Reilly`s coming home Friday. Reilly, a graduate of Austin High School and Northeastern Illinois, is one of the few, the proud, the brave-she`s a freelance play-by-play announcer. And there...

Memo to Lesley Visser: Nice lid. When the CBS Sports reporter came to Chicago last Thursday, one of the first items on her agenda was buying a hat to wear...

It`s a statistic that jumps right out at you: As many as four teams could be opening this year`s expanded National Football League playoffs without their starting quarterback. Four. That`s...

You knew it was a strange year: When Bud Light lost in the Bud Bowl-again. When Notre Dame signed an exclusive four-year contract to have NBC telecast its home football...

The recent firing of Detroit Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell (reportedly by radio station WJR and not the ballclub) brought justified outrage from many corners. Harwell has been, and always will...

Pat Riley laughs when he`s asked about his new career as an NBC Sports studio co-host. ''It`s the greatest job in the world,'' says the former Los Angeles Lakers coach....

CBS Sports will begin its second year of baseball coverage April 20 with a broadcast from the new Comiskey Park, according to the schedule released Thursday. CBS will televise the...