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Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster.
Educated at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago's American newspaper. Beginning in the late 1960s, he worked in television, first for local stations in Chicago and Los Angeles and then, beginning in 1975, for the CBS Network.
At CBS, Musburger rose to prominence as the host of the network's National Football League studio show, "The NFL Today". Among the other events he covered, either as studio host or play-by-play announcer, were college football and basketball, the National Basketball Association, the U.S. Open (tennis) tournament, and The Masters golf tournament. Musburger also called Major League Baseball games for CBS radio.
On April Fools Day of 1990, Musburger was unxpectedly dismissed from CBS. Musburger was engaged in a contract dispute over money and the choice of assignments for CBS. Brent Musburger's final assignment for CBS was doing play-by-play for the 1990 NCAA men's basketball final.
Just prior to his dismisal, Musburger was slated to be the lead play-by-play man for CBS' newly aquired Major League Baseball television package. He would soon be replaced by legendary St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck.
Soon after leaving CBS, Musburger went to the ABC Network, where he continued to broadcast a similar slate of events.
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