| College World Series on CBS | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | CBS Sports NCAA Championships |
| Genre | College baseball game telecasts |
| Starring | Gary Apple Joe Carter Rick Cerone John Dockery Ron Fraser Steve Garvey Greg Gumbel Armen Keteyian Jerry Kindall Ray Knight Fred Lynn Sean McDonough Rick Monday Joe Morgan Brent Musburger Michele Tafoya Jeff Torborg Lesley Visser |
| Narrated by | William (Rosko) Mercer Don Robertson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes or until game ended |
| Production company | CBS Sports |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | June 11, 1988 (1988-06-11) – June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) |
| Related | |
| Major League Baseball on CBS CBS Sports Spectacular | |
From1988–2002,CBS Sports televised a portion of the annualCollege World Series.
From1988-1990,CBS only televised the championship game. From1991 until the end of their coverage in2002, CBS televised one game on the first Saturday of the World Series besides the championship game.
Prior to 1988, the College World Series was a pure double-elimination event. Beginning in 1988,[1] the tournament was divided into two four-team double-elimination brackets, with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game. The single-game championship was made for broadcast television, with the final game on CBS on Saturday afternoon.[2] CBS paid approximately$500,000 for the broadcasting rights to the championship game.[3]
In2003, the tournament was shifted entirely to cable onESPN,[4][5] which had begun covering all of the other games of the CWS since1982 (and a partial schedule since1980). The championship final became a best-of-three series between the two bracket winners, with games scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evenings.
In2015, college baseball returned to CBS Sports in the form of a multi-year agreement between theAmerican Athletic Conference andCBS Sports Network.[6] Under the terms of the package, CBS Sports Network would air threeHouston Baseball games in 2015, as well as the first two contests of the2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship.Carter Blackburn provided play-by-play for all seven games of the package, while analyst duties would be handledDarryl Hamilton andRay King along with Brandon Tierney.
| Year | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1988[7][8][9][10] | Brent Musburger | Rick Monday[11] |
| 1989 | Brent Musburger[12] | Joe Morgan[13] |
| Year | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000[30] | Greg Gumbel | Jerry Kindall |
| 2001[31][32] | Greg Gumbel | Ray Knight |
| 2002[33] | Greg Gumbel[34] | Rick Cerone |
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