Bill Raftery

Halby’s Morsels: Calling games in empty arenas? It’s happened; In ’81, Reagan was shot day of finals

By  03/13/2020 2

Yesterday, the NCAA followed what the NBA, MLB and NHL did earlier. It cancelled both […]

CBS and Turner conclude a brilliantly produced NCAA Tournament; Nantz excelled, Hill made good points

By  04/09/2019 2

Random review and capricious notes: First, congrats to CBS and Turner. The tale is often […]

Jim Nantz, a class act and on-air minimalist, leads CBS into tonight’s telecast of the NCAA title game

By  04/08/2019 1

There’s a reason that Jim Nantz is at the very top rung of CBS Sports […]

CBS schedule set; Jim Nantz will call his 29th Final Four, joined by glib Bill Raftery and terse Grant Hill

By  04/05/2019 0

So here we go. The final weekend of college basketball. Minneapolis in April is generally […]

CBS runs both regional finals today; Jim Nantz’ A team has Michigan St.-Duke after Auburn-Kentucky

By  03/31/2019 1

A gripping night of basketball. Too bad Saturday is historically the lowest night of the […]

Sunday’s March Madness, CBS and Turner schedules; ranking of today’s play-by-play voices and analysts

By  03/24/2019 0

  Announcer rankings for today’s NCAA Tournament broadcasts (Sunday, March 24, 2019) First this from […]

CBS and Turner release their March Madness announcer assignments for the first week of games

By  03/18/2019 0

CBS and Turner announced their line-up of game announcers for the first week of the […]

Part #2: Unending hoops on TV: Reviewing the network announcers, the good, the bad and the annoying

By  02/27/2019 0

Basketball and more of it. Fans could have gorged themselves this past weekend like the […]

March Madness Announcers: Good and Not So Good; TV and Radio

By  03/27/2018 6

Brian Anderson excels, Kellogg a good fit in the studio.