Rob Green: ‘I always want to bring a human element to my commentary’
CBS’s Champions League coverage has become the gold standard for the sport in the US. And the former England keeper has carved out his own lane as an insightful co-commentator
August 2024
Path clears for Paramount merger with Skydance after Bronfman drops bid
Bronfman consortium ups last-minute bid for Paramount to $6bn
Paramount Global receives $4.3bn takeover offer from Edgar Bronfman Jr
Tim Walz agrees to vice-presidential debate against JD Vance on 1 October
Paramount Global to cut 15% of its US workforce before Skydance merger
Meghan: I’m airing my struggle with suicidal thoughts to help others
July 2024
Hollywood studio Paramount agrees $28bn merger with Skydance
Paramount and Skydance squeak closer to merger deal
June 2024
Paramount tycoon Shari Redstone pulls the plug on proposed Skydance merger
Hollywood giant Paramount Global braces for new era as bidders circle
May 2024
Jamie Carragher: ‘CBS was worried whether or not the US audience would understand me’
CBS’s Uefa Champions League Today has been met with heaps of acclaim, drawing comparisons to TNT’s Inside the NBA. And Jamie Carragher has proven essential to the chemistry
April 2024
Matt Ryan to join CBS’s NFL studio show as longtime pundits Simms and Esiason depart
Matt Ryan, who retired last week after 15 NFL seasons, will join CBS Sports as a studio analyst and Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will leave after long runs
‘I’ve missed it since the day I left’: Dan Rather on life after CBS News
Legendary journalist makes remarks in advance of release of Netflix documentary about his life and work
Sportblog
CBS football show banter-chatting us all into the age of the hyper-pundit
Barney Ronay
Micah Richards laughing uproariously behind a lighted TV plinth? That’s the kind of noise football is being distilled into
February 2024
Paramount cuts 800 staff two days after Super Bowl was biggest ever TV show
Company that owns CBS, broadcaster of NFL showpiece, announces 3% reduction in global workforce
December 2023
Business of soccer
Why doesn’t US coverage of soccer include more US voices?
The best broadcast in the US features a presenter with a mid-Atlantic accent, a Frenchman, an Englishman and a citizen of the people’s republic of Liverpool
November 2023
USL to be broadcast on network TV for the first time in history
The USL and CBS have announced a four-year partnership that will matches be broadcast on linear television for the first time in league history
June 2023
JJ Watt signs multi-year contract to be NFL studio analyst for CBS Sports
JJ Watt has signed a multi-year deal with CBS Sports to serve as a studio analyst and will appear on the network’s NFL Today pre-game show
May 2023
Jeremy Strong recalls his father’s life-saving act: ‘He broke all the bones in both his legs’
David Strong jumped in front of a car barreling down a street in Boston to save his son, taking the hit himself
