“There is a flag,” CBS play-by-play standby Jim Nantz announced to the masses watching at home. Kevin Harlan, calling the game for Westwood One Radio, echoed the call. Except, no penalty had been called. The play would count. The Kansas City Chiefs were one clock-killing drive away from a third straight Super Bowl.
While the crowd at Arrowhead Stadium erupted in joy, Jim Nantz on the CBS broadcast quickly said there was a flag on the play, giving Bills fans a little bit hope during a very dark moment. But then talk of the flag quickly went away as refs apparently didn't throw one and no penalty was called.
Broadcaster Jim Nantz lucked into calling Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning and Patrick Mahomes versus Josh Allen duels.
For a few seconds Sunday night, Jim Nantz — and the CBS scorebug — gave the Bills some hope during the fourth quarter of their AFC championship clash against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Josh Allen’s final heave that went through the hands of a diving Dalton Kincaid had fallen incomplete.
Nantz is aware not only of the Chiefs’ quest to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls, but their attempt to join the New York Giants as the only teams to appear in a title game five times in a six-season span.
CBS Sports begins its 68th consecutive year broadcasting the PGA Tour this weekend with the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, which, in itself, is an “Eye”-popping figure, to borrow some network terminology. For nearly two-thirds of that run, Jim Nantz has been a mainstay in the network’s golf coverage.
After Buffalo's failed conversion on fourth and five with 2:01 to play in Sunday's AFC Championship, the thrill of victory (for Chiefs fans) and agony of defeat (for Bills fans) was temporarily suspended.
David Berson, president and CEO of CBS Sports, said it was critical to hear from a player who is a major winner and a former world No. 1.
The Buffalo Bills got screwed by the officials during Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City,
While Travis Kelce didn’t have his most explosive performance his postgame antics once again took center stage.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I’m not sure Jim Nantz, Tony Romo or Tracy Wolfson would call GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium their home away from home, but when the calendar turns to January, they often ...
Jim Nantz is prepping to do double duty this ... on Saturday and call the AFC Championship game from Arrowhead Stadium between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills on Sunday.