The channel plans to have its own team of announcers, but will also use CBS announcers on certain events, Mr. Pilson said.

The idea is to avoid plastic as much as possible, except in the hairdos of many CBS announcers.

And Magic Johnson's ability to "know where every man on the court is," as one CBS announcer said, is certainly a cognitive one.

By then, let's hope that this year's flap over CBS announcers wearing Nike swooshes on their jackets will be resolved.

Bobby Clampett, now a CBS announcer here, finished tied for 23d in 1979 at age 18.

A CBS announcer referred to him as Steve Frieder during a post-game interview Saturday.

As a result, ESPN carried the tournament games using CBS announcers.

As the Gators scored, the CBS announcer stated 'Nebraska better not get too far behind.'

Despite frequent references to drafting, the CBS announcers never explained the key racing strategy.

Just as irksome as the CBS announcers' failure to explain the explainable were factual problems.