CBS Sports TV Team

This is Spero Dedes first year as play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Dedes also called regular-season basketball this season for the Network. He is currently in his fifth season as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers. In addition to his role with the Lakers, Dedes serves as the lead host of NFL Network's GameDay Morning pregame show alongside Michael Irvin, Marshall Faulk, Warren Sapp and Steve Mariucci.

He continues a long line of sports broadcasting excellence produced by Fordham University's WFUV Radio that began with the legendary voice of the Dodgers Vin Scully in the late 1940s. At the age of 30, he has already called games for three of the four major television networks, as well as the nation's premier radio network.

Prior to his move to Los Angeles to join the Lakers and NFL Network, Dedes was based in New York, working as a play-by-play announcer and host for both NBA TV and the New York Yankees-owned and operated regional sports network, YES. His extensive resume also includes play-by-play on Westwood One's coverage of NCAA football and basketball. Dedes has also called NFL action on FOX, and in August 2004 was stationed in Athens as a reporter/play-by-play announcer on NBC's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Dedes began his broadcasting career at WFAN Radio in New York where he handled "20/20" updates and served as New York Jets beat reporter.

Also in 2001, he worked as the radio voice of the Arena Football League's New Jersey Gladiators. The Paramus, New Jersey native and 2001 Fordham graduate was the inaugural recipient of the Marty Glickman Award, given to the Fordham announcer who best exemplifies the standards set by the late sports broadcasting icon. In the off-season, Dedes divides his summer between Los Angeles, New Jersey and a family home in Greece.