James Brown (sportscaster)
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| Born | James Talmadge Brown February 25, 1951 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Other names | J.B. |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupations | Sportscaster, sport correspondent |
| Employer(s) | CBS, CBS Sports |
| Spouse | Dorothy |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
James Talmadge Brown (born February 25, 1951) is an American sportscaster, currently the studio host of The James Brown Show and The NFL Today on CBS Sports. He is also a special correspondent for CBS News.
Brown started his broadcasting career in 1984, rising from television broadcasts on NBA broadcasts to work for CBS Sports, where he did play-by-play for NFL and college basketball games while also reporting for the NBA All-Star Game twice, the NBA Finals four times and the 1990 National League Championship Series. He served as a reporter for the 1992 Winter Olympics and did play-by-play for Freestyle skiing of the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1994, he left CBS to serve as host of the pregame show for the new NFL coverage provided by Fox Sports with Fox NFL Sunday. He also would serve as lead studio host for the NHL on Fox, serving as host until 1998. Brown worked for Fox until 2005, returning to CBS, where he was brought in to serve as the host for The NFL Today.