CBS’ Weekend Programming

CBS Sports is pretty busy this weekend. In addition to the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championships, CBS has tennis and a college football preview.

CBS SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD
CBS SPORTS’ COLLEGE FOOTBALL CREW PREVIEWS 2010 SEASON ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
CBS Sports’ Tim Brando, Gary Danielson, Spencer Tillman and Tony Barnhart give their expert insights into what to expect during the upcoming 2010 college football season on CBS SPORTS’ COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW on Saturday, Aug. 21 (1:00-2:00 PM, ET).  CBS Sports’ college football crew discusses everything in this hour-long warm-up to the season from which teams to watch; who will hold the Heisman Trophy; how all these new coaches in new places will do; and who they see playing for the BCS Championship.  CBS Sports’ Vin DeVito produces and Jim Cornell directs.

CBS SPORTS FOCUSES ON U.S. OPEN WITH TENNIS IN CINCINNATI ON AUGUST 22
With its eye focused on the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in a couple of weeks, CBS Sports broadcasts the men’s final of the Olympus U.S. Open Series WESTERN AND SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP MASTERS on Sunday, Aug. 22 (12:00-2:00 PM, ET) live from Cincinnati, Ohio.  Featuring a 56-player draw, the men’s tournament is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event that includes all of the top players who were automatically entered.  Among the notables in the field this year are 2009 defending Masters champion Roger Federer and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, along with No. 2 Novak Djokovic, and nine of the Top 10 players in the world.  No. 9 Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, James Blake and Sam Querrey are among the Americans competing.  CBS Sports’ Ian Eagle, Mary Carillo and Mary Joe Fernandez call the action, while Bob Mansbach produces and Bob Fishman directs.      
CBS SPORTS BROADCASTS ENCORE PRESENTATION OF COLLEGE HOME RUN DERBY ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 22
Baseball’s next generation of superstars face off in the first ever COLLEGE HOME RUN DERBY on Sunday, Aug. 22 (5:00-6:00 PM, ET; original air date, 7/11/10) from Omaha’s historic Rosenblatt Stadium. The premier sluggers of college baseball compete in one of the storied ballpark’s final collegiate competitions. Eight of the best home run hitters of the 2010 NCAA baseball season compete including Louisville’s Phil Wunderlich, Virginia’s Jarrett Parker and LSU’s Blake Dean.  National Baseball Hall of Fame members Mike Schmidt and 2010 inductee Andre Dawson serve as ceremonial hitting coaches for the participants. CBS Sports’ Adam Zucker, along with 1993 and 1994 American League Most Valuable Player Frank Thomas, and Tracy Wolfson reporting, call the action for CBS Sports. CBS Sports’ Deb Boulac serves as coordinating producer.
Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

That’s going to do it.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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