Jim Nantz
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James William “Jim” Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who is a familiar voice to many sports fans and enthusiasts around the world. He has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men’s basketball, the NBA and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has anchored CBS’s coverage of the Masters Tournament since 1989 and been the play-by-play announcer on CBS’s top NFL game since 2004. Later in 2004, he joined as the play-by-play announcer on the top NFL game by CBS. In May 2008, he released his first book, “Always By My Side – A Father’s Grace and also “Sports Journey Unlike Any Other.” In addition to this, Nantz also introduced his own private wine label, “The Calling,” its first vintage, released in 2012.
Accomplishments
Jim Nantz received an award for Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-By-Play in 2009 and 2010. Then continued to be a nominee since then up all the way till 2021. Nantz also won an award for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming in 2012, and received Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Men’s Basketball in 2020.