Brent Musburger

Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster.

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Educated at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. Beginning in the late 1960s, he worked in television, first for local stations in Chicago and Los Angeles and then, beginning in 1975, for CBS Sports.

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At CBS, Musburger rose to prominence as the host of the network's National Football League studio show, The NFL Today. Among the other events he covered, either as studio host or play-by-play announcer, were college football and basketball, the National Basketball Association, the U.S. Open (tennis) tournament, and The Masters golf tournament. Musburger also called Major League Baseball games for CBS Radio.

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Musburger has a down-home manner of speaking, often addressing his viewers as "folks" or "partner". CNN Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel selected him as the second-best college football announcer, behind Ron Franklin. Mandel said of Musburger, "His voice will always be associated with some of the sport's most memorable modern moments."

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On April Fool's Day of 1990, Musburger was unxpectedly dismissed from CBS. Musburger was engaged in a contract dispute over money and the choice of assignments for CBS. His final assignment for CBS was doing play-by-play for the 1990 NCAA men's basketball final. Prior to that, perhaps Musburger's most infamous CBS-related moment occurred when he and then NFL Today partner, Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder got into a fistfight at a New York City nightclub over their air time and who gets to do what.

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Just prior to his dismissal, Musburger was slated to be the lead play-by-play man for CBS' newly acquired . He would soon be replaced by legendary St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck.

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Soon after leaving CBS, Musburger went to ABC Sports, where he continued to broadcast a similar slate of events. He has also called basketball and baseball games on ESPN television and radio.

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