August 2004

TIM BRANDO
(CBS Sports Broadcaster)

Tim Brando joined CBS Sports in 1995 as a play-by-play announcer for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and has served as host of COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, the CBS Television Network's pre-game studio show, since 1998. In addition, he calls play-by-play for THE NFL ON CBS and has hosted AT THE HALF®, CBS Sports' college basketball halftime studio show.

Brando also calls play-by-play for Jefferson Pilot's coverage of Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball broadcasts. He hosts "The Tim Brando Show" every afternoon on Sporting News radio. He has covered more than 25 different sports throughout his broadcasting career.

Brando called play-by-play for CBS Sports' regular-season college football coverage in 1997 and the 1998 Fiesta Bowl. He has called play-by-play for SEC football games and SportSouth Television's coverage of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and MLB's Atlanta Braves. He was the studio host for "SportsCenter," for ESPN's college football halftime show (1986-94) and for ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1987-90). In addition, he served as a play-by-play announcer for TNT during the 1994 NBA Playoffs. He was the sports director at WAFB-TV Baton Rouge and the voice of LSU basketball games (1981-86).

Brando was graduated from Northeast Louisiana University in 1978 with a degree in television/radio management. He was born Feb. 27, 1956, in Shreveport, La., where he lives with his wife, Terri, and their two daughters, Tiffany and Tara.

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