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BILL MACATEE
(CBS Sports broadcaster)

Bill Macatee joined CBS Sports in 1995 as studio host of the CBS Television Network's golf coverage. He now plays a major role as an announcer not only for CBS Sports' golf coverage, including the Mastersā, but also for the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, the NFL and a variety of CBS SPORTS Spectacular events, including skiing and the ATP Tennis Tour.

Macatee served as the weekend daytime co-host of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games on CBS, as well as play-by-play announcer for college basketball. He also serves as host for USA Network's golf coverage, including the Masters and the Ryder Cup. His duties for USA also include play-by-play for the U.S. Open, the French Open and selected sports specials. He calls more play-by-play of Grand Slam tennis than any other broadcaster on American television.

Before joining USA in 1990, Macatee co-anchored "USA Today on TV." He began his network sportscasting career with NBC in 1982 at the age of 26. He hosted a variety of major events, including the World Series, late-night coverage of Wimbledon, and the pregame shows for Major League Baseball's League Championship Series, Super Bowl XVII and college bowl games.

He also served as the sports correspondent for "The Today Show" and as sports anchor for "NBC News at Sunrise" and "Sunday Today."

Macatee was born Nov. 17, 1955 in Rome, N.Y., and earned a degree in speech from Lamar University in 1978. He lives in Newport Beach, Calif.