Jim Nantz
| Jim Nantz | |
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Jim Nantz by set of The NFL Today, 2001.
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James William Nantz, III May 17, 1959 Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Genre(s) | Play-by-play |
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NFL College basketball PGA Tour |
James William "Jim" Nantz, III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1990s. He has been the NFL announcer on CBS' top play-by-play team since 2004.
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nantz grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and Colts Neck Township, New Jersey and Marlboro Township, New Jersey, where he attended Marlboro High School. In high school, he was co-captain of the basketball team and co-captain and number one player on the golf team. He was a member of Bamm Hollow Country Club.
Nantz then went to the University of Houston in Texas, where he majored in broadcasting and played on the Houston Cougars men's golf team, rooming with future professional golfers Fred Couples and Blaine McCallister. It was during this time that Nantz got his first experience in sports broadcasting with the CBS Radio Network, transmitting taped interviews to Win Elliot for the latter's Sports Central USA weekend reports.
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