JAMES BROWN
Host
THE NFL TODAY
James Brown serves as host for the CBS Television NetworkÕs NFL pre-game show, THE NFL TODAY. He will again anchor THE NFL TODAY along with analysts Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe, Boomer Esia son and Bill Cowher. Brown has hosted the Net workÕs Super Bowl pre-game show for its coverage of Super Bowl XLIV (2010) and Super Bowl XLI (2007) in Miami, and will do so again this year for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Earlier this year, he was named Special Correspondent for CBS News contributing to 60 MINUTES, CBS THIS MORNING and CBS EVENING NEWS.
In 2010, JB was named ÒBest Studio Host of the DecadeÓ by SportsIllustrated.com. Brown hosts INSIDE THE NFL alongside ana lysts Phil Simms and Cris Collinsworth. INSIDE THE NFL, the award-winning program debuted in 2008 on SHOWTIME. In its first year on SHOWTIME, INSIDE THE NFL won the Sports Emmy¨ Award for Outstanding Studio Show-Weekly. JB also hosted the Pacquiao/Mosley fight for SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View.
BrownÕs first book, Role of a Lifetime: Reflections on Faith, Family and Significant Living, was published in September 2009. In his memoir, Brown relayed how he found the role he was meant to play, highlighting both the good and bad decisions he made along the way, teaching readers how to discover lifeÕs purpose for themselves.
Brown served as host of FOX NFL SUNDAY for 12 years prior to returning to CBS Sports in 2006, where he served as host of THE NFL TODAY and play-by-play announcer for the NetworkÕs coverage of college basketball including the NCAA Tournament. He joined FOX Sports in June 1994 after a decade with CBS Sports. Brown hosted a two-hour radio show called ÒHang Time with James Brown,Ó and also wrote daily commentaries for Sporting News Radio. He also served as a correspondent for HBOÕs ÒReal Sports with Bryant GumbelÓ and a boxing host for HBO Pay-Per-View.
Brown first joined CBS Sports in 1984 where he was part of the networkÕs broadcast team for its NFL coverage and college basketball coverage as well as reporter for the NBA Finals. He also was host of an afternoon show for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. While at CBS, he was also co-host of ÒCBS Sports Saturday/Sunday,Ó a weekend anthology series.
His sportscasting career began in Washington, D.C. as play-by-play announcer for the NBA
Washington Bullets (now known as the Wizards) for Home Team Sports and served as an analyst for black college basketball on BET. 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 a sports anchor for WUSA-TV for six years, and hosted ÒJames BrownÕs Pro Football PreviewÓ for SportsFan Radio.
Throughout his career he has earned numerous awards, including three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Host for THE NFL TODAY (2007) and ÒFOX NFL SundayÓ (1998, 1999). JB was honored with the 2009 Dick Schaap Memorial Award for Media Excellence. He received the 2007 Maxwell Football ClubÕs Excellence in Broadcasting Award and the Dallas All Sports Association Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, and was the first recipient of the annual Pat Summerall Award in 2006, at Super Bowl XL in Detroit. In 2005, he was honored with the DirectorÕs Award for Broadcasting from the 100 Black Men of America and the Greater Washington Urban LeagueÕs Sam Lacy Award 2005. Brown was a 2010 honoree as one of the ÒFaces of Black HistoryÓ celebrating black media legends who have impacted the Black community through their achievements and positive examples, which have included Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks to present-day heroes. He was the 2002 recipient of the International Black Broadcasters AssociationÕs Broadcasting Excellence Award and was chosen in 1999 as Sportscaster of the Year (Studio Host) by the American Sportscaster Association. Brown was also awarded the Golden Mike Award (1998) by the Black Broadcasters Alliance, two NATAS Emmys (D.C. chapter) including the Glenn Brenner Award for excellence in sportscasting (1998), and the Quarterback Club of WashingtonÕs Sportscaster of the Year Award (1996). In 2010, he was named ÒBest Studio Host of the DecadeÓ by Sports Illustrated.
Brown graduated from Harvard with a degree in American Government. A standout on the basketball court, he received All-Ivy League honors in his last three seasons at Harvard University and captained the team in his senior year. He was selected as a fourth-round draft pick by the NBAÕs Atlanta Hawks and a seventh-round pick by the Denver Nuggets. In 1996, Brown was inducted into the Harvard Hall of Fame.
He is a co-founder and principal of the Brown Technology Group, a certified minority-owned and -operated information technology company, and is a founding partner of the Washington Nationals. Brown serves as AARPÕs Community Ambassador. He has partnered with the Verizon Foundation to lead a national dialogue to address their work in domestic violence prevention. Brown also is executive producer of the documentary ÒFor Aaron,Ó from JTwoFilms, which won ÒBest DocumentaryÓ at the Puerto Rico International Film Festival and the Indie Gathering Film Festival.
No stranger to charitable efforts, JB hosts the P.U.L.S.E. Awards, featuring ÒThe JB AwardsÓ where NFL players are honored for their outstanding community service. He also has worked on behalf of Darrell GreenÕs Youth Life Foundation, the Neimann Pick Disease Foundation and the Marrow Foundation, the HollyRod Foundation, Special Olympics DC, among numerous other charities and foundations.
He resides with his wife Dorothy in Maryland. JBÕs daughter Katrina and her husband John have three daughters, Kaela, Jordyn and Aniya.
