Jim Nantz is a three-time Emmy Award nominee and five-time National Sportscaster of the year. He joined the CBS Television Network in 1985. He currently serves as the primary announcer of play-by-play games for THE NFL on CBS which includes the Super Bowl and Thursday Night Football games; the lead anchor for CBS's golf coverage, including the PGA Tour, Masters and the PGA Championship; and lead announcer of college basketball's play-by-play and the NCAA Men's Final Four. In 2007, 2010 and 2013 Nantz achieved a unique broadcasting triple, becoming the first broadcaster in history to broadcast the Super Bowl, NCAA Men's Final Four and the Masters, all simultaneously in one year. He will once again repeat this trifecta in 2016.In August 2011, Nantz received the Pro Football Hall of Fame Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. This is the youngest award he has received ever. Nantz was also honored in 2002 by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the Curt Gowdy media award. Nantz is joined by Dick Enberg and Curt Gowdy as the only broadcasters to receive both Pro Football and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame distinctions.
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