List of College World Series broadcasters
Through
1988, when the tournament was divided into two four-team double-elimination brackets, with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game. The single-game championship was designed for network television, with the final game on CBS
on Saturday afternoon.
In
1980).[1]
The championship final became a best-of-three series between the two bracket winners, with games scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evenings. In the results shown here, Score indicates the score of the championship game(s) only.
The following is a list of the
television networks and announcers that have broadcast the College World Series
.
Television by decade
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1984
|
ESPN | Sam Rosen | Jim Price | |
1987
|
ESPN | Sam Rosen | Joe Morgan | |
1988
|
CBS | Brent Musburger[2] | Rick Monday | |
1989
|
CBS | Brent Musburger[3] | Joe Morgan[4] |
1990s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1990
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Jim Kaat | |
1991
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Jim Kaat | |
1992
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Jim Kaat | |
1993
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Jim Kaat | |
1994
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel[5] | Jeff Torborg | Lesley Visser and Ron Fraser |
1995
|
CBS | Sean McDonough | Jeff Torborg | Michele Tafoya |
1996
|
CBS | Sean McDonough | Steve Garvey | Michele Tafoya |
1997
|
CBS | Sean McDonough | Fred Lynn | |
1998
|
CBS | Sean McDonough | Fred Lynn | |
1999
|
CBS | Sean McDonough | Joe Carter |
2000s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2000
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Jerry Kindall | |
2001
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Ray Knight | |
2002
|
CBS | Greg Gumbel | Rick Cerone | |
2003
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Harold Reynolds | Dave Ryan |
2004
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Harold Reynolds | Kyle Peterson |
2005
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Harold Reynolds | |
2006
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Harold Reynolds | |
2007
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser | Erin Andrews |
2008
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser | Erin Andrews |
2009
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura | Erin Andrews and Kyle Peterson |
2010s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura | Erin Andrews and Kyle Peterson |
2011
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura | Jenn Brown and Jessica Mendoza |
2012
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser and Kyle Peterson | Jenn Brown and Jessica Mendoza |
2013
|
ESPN | Mike Patrick | Orel Hershiser and Kyle Peterson | Jessica Mendoza and Kaylee Hartung |
2014
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech | Kyle Peterson and Aaron Boone | Jessica Mendoza and Jaymee Sire |
2015
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech | Kyle Peterson and Aaron Boone | Jessica Mendoza and Kaylee Hartung |
2016
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech | Eduardo Pérez and Kyle Peterson | Kaylee Hartung and Alex Cora |
2017
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech | Eduardo Pérez and Kyle Peterson | Laura Rutledge |
2018
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech | Eduardo Pérez and Kyle Peterson | Laura Rutledge |
2019
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech | Eduardo Pérez and Kyle Peterson | Kris Budden |
2020s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2020
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | ESPN | Karl Ravech | Eduardo Pérez and Kyle Peterson | Kris Budden |
| 2022 | ESPN | Karl Ravech (Game 1) Mike Monaco (Game 2) |
Kyle Peterson and Chris Burke | Kris Budden |
2023
|
ESPN | Karl Ravech (Game 1 & 3) Mike Monaco (Game 2) |
Kyle Peterson and Chris Burke | Kris Budden |
Radio by decade
2000s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2003
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Joe Castellano | Kevin Kugler | |
2004
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Joe Castellano | |
2005
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Joe Castellano | |
2006
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Joe Castellano | |
2007
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Jerry Trupiano | |
2008
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Jerry Trupiano | |
2009
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Joe Castellano |
2010s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | ||
2011
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | Joe Castellano |
2012
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | |
2013
|
Dial Global/NRG Media
|
Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | Ted Emrich |
2014
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | Gary Sharp |
2015
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | Gary Sharp |
2016
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | Gary Sharp |
2017
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | John Bishop |
2018
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | John Bishop |
2019
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | John Bishop |
2020s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Field reporter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2020
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | |
| 2022 | Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | John Bishop |
2023
|
Westwood One/NRG Media | Kevin Kugler | Scott Graham | John Bishop |
Basic television broadcaster overview
- 1980[6]-1981[7] - ESPN (selected games of the CWS)
- 1982[8]-1987[9] - ESPN (entire CWS)
- 1988-1990 - CBS (championship game); ESPN[10][11][12] (remainder of CWS)
- 1991-2002 - CBS (championship game plus one game on first Saturday); ESPN (remainder of CWS)
- 2003–present - ESPN (entire CWS)
Note: ESPN aired some of these games on ESPN2[13]
References
- ^ "Decades of Success". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ "Content no longer available". nl.newsbank.com.
- ^ Jun 9, 1989 - CBS' Thursday night NBA Finals telecast had a notable absentee: host Brent Musburger. Musburger left his NBA Finals chair - Pat O'Brien filled in - to go to Omaha to prepare for Saturday's College World Series baseball final. Musburger and CBS face the problem that, as Musburger ...
- ^ Jun 12, 1989 - CBS' College World Series title game. 5. NBC SportsWorld Sports Fantasy, Pazienza-Burgese fight. Hustle award: 1. ... CBS' College World Series coverage, with Musburger and Joe Morgan as announcers coupled with informative graphics and touching shots of Wichita State players ...
- ^ Jun 14, 1994 - NBC used halftime to introduce Greg Gumbel as baseball All-Star host a day after he exited CBS via Oklahoma's College World Series triumph over Georgia Tech. Game 3 had a 15.0 overnight composite, way behind last year's 19.6 for Suns- Bulls triple overtime. NBC has Game 4 tomorrow night ...
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