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- 2005 100 Black Men of America – Director's Award for Broadcasting
- 2005 Greater Washington Urban League – Sam Lacy Award for Broadcasting
- First Annual Pat Summerall Award, February 2006 (forthcoming)
- National Marrow Donor Program's Grant Hartley Diversity Award, 2002
- National Diversity Award, 2001
- Sportscaster of the Year (Studio Host), American Sportscaster Association, 1999
- Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Host for "Fox NFL Sunday," 1999 and 1998
- Broadcasting Excellence Award, International Black Broadcasters Association, 2002
- Sportscaster of the Year (Studio Host), American Sportscaster Association, 1999
- Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Host for "Fox NFL Sunday," 1999 and 1998
- Golden Mike Award, Black Broadcasters Alliance, 1998
- Two NATAS Emmys, 1998
- Sportscaster of the Year Award, Quarterback Club of Washington, 1996
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JAMES BROWN
Host
THE NFL TODAY
James Brown returned to CBS Sports as host for the CBS Television Network's NFL pre-game show, THE NFL TODAY, and as play-by-play announcer for the Network's coverage of college basketball including the NCAA tournament in 2006. Brown will again anchor THE NFL TODAY along with analysts Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe, Boomer Esiason, Charley Casserly and Bill Cowher. He hosted the Network's Super Bowl pre-game show in 2007 for its coverage of Super Bowl XLI in Miami.
Brown served as host of "FOX NFL Sunday" for 12 years prior to returning to CBS Sports. He joined FOX Sports in June 1994 after a decade with CBS Sports. Brown hosts "Hang Time with James Brown", daily commentaries on Sporting News Radio. He is a reporter/correspondent for HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" and a boxing host for HBO pay-per-view.
Brown first joined CBS Sports in 1984 where he served as play-by-play announcer for the the network's NFL and college basketball coverage as well as reporter for the NBA Finals. He also was host of an afternoon show, the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. While at CBS he was also co-host of "CBS Sports Saturday/Sunday," a weekend anthology series.
His sportscasting career began in Washington, DC as play-by-play announcer for the NBA Washington Bullets (now known as the Wizards) for Home Team Sports. Early in his career, he hosted a mid-day program on WTEM, an all-sports radio station, co-hosted two weekly Washington-area sports programs, was sports anchor for WUSA-TV for six years, and hosted "James Brown's Pro Football Preview" for SportsFan Radio.
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