Unfortunate, because he was an affable on-air guy, but with one year remaining on his contract, The Juggernaut did not pick up the former terrific AM radio jockey's contract for next year. If you caught a decent amount of college ball on the weekends last season, you saw Doug Gottlieb and Brennan deliver some good give-and-take during halftime and highlight shows. This is all part of an announcement earlier in the ... Read More

Part two of CHJ's interview with Sean McManus focuses more on the college basketball and general sports-covering realm of his job. He opens up about Billy Packer, the choice of Clark Kellogg and his worries about ESPN's ambition to perhaps steal some early-round games away from CBS. (You can read part one here.) During the tournament, are you the one who is making the decisions and saying, for instance, 'OK, let's ... Read More

Former Dookies Christian Laettner and Brian Davis got greedy and tried to profit bigtime in the business world. They now reportedly owe $6 million to "friends and associates." {Charlotte Observer} ... Read More

It's entirely possible you don't know much about Sean McManus. But the son of Jim McKay (yes, that one) was kind enough to give me an hour out of his ridiculously busy schedule.  McManus is in charge of CBS News and CBS Sports. The only other person to hold two such positions at once? Roone Arlidge. The interview was so long, I figured it would better suit the reader to ... Read More