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United States Brent Musburger is a renowned American sportscaster, celebrated for his extensive career as a lead broadcaster and managing editor at Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN).
Brent Musburger co-founded VSiN, a multichannel network dedicated to sports gambling information, serving as its lead broadcaster and managing editor. VSiN was initially sold to DraftKings in 2021 and was reacquired by Musburger Media in 2024.
DraftKings purchased VSiN, the gambling media company co-founded by Brent Musburger, in 2021. The sale was for a reported $70 million. Musburger remained an executive and on-air personality with the network. VSiN was later sold back to Musburger Media in 2024.
Skyview Networks partnered with the Musburger family's VSiN to handle ad sales, affiliate relations, and distribution for the sports gambling media company.
Brent Musburger's new adventure in sports gambling involved collaboration with industry figures like Vinny Magliulo, sports book director for Gaughan Gaming, hinting at partnerships in the burgeoning sports betting landscape in Las Vegas.
Brent Musburger planned to host a sports gambling show on Sirius XM Radio following his retirement from play-by-play broadcasting, indicating a media partnership.
Brent Woody Musburger was born on May 26, 1939, in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Billings, Montana. His early life included developing a passion for sports, playing Little League Baseball, and working as a minor league baseball umpire in the Class-D Midwest League in 1959. He pursued higher education at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, beginning his professional journey as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. In 1968, Musburger commenced a 22-year tenure with CBS, initially as a sports anchor for WBBM radio and later for WBBM-TV in Chicago. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, anchoring news and sports for KNXT (now KCBS-TV) from 1978 to 1980 before transitioning to CBS Sports full-time. In October 2023, he rejoined CBS to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “The NFL Today.”
Musburger rose to national prominence as the original host of CBS’s “The NFL Today” from 1975 to 1990. During this period, he covered a wide array of significant sporting events, including college football and basketball, the National Basketball Association, horse racing, the U.S. Open tennis tournament, and The Masters golf tournament. He is widely recognized for coining the phrase “March Madness” to describe the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. His distinctive catchphrase, “You are looking live at…” became a signature element of his broadcasts. Following his departure from CBS in 1990, Musburger joined ABC Sports and ESPN, continuing to cover major events such as the NBA Finals, Monday Night Football, Saturday Night Football, the SEC Network, the Indianapolis 500, U.S. Open and British Open golf, the FIFA World Cup, and various college football championships.
In January 2017, after 27 years with ESPN and ABC, Musburger announced his retirement from live play-by-play broadcasting. He then embarked on a new venture, co-founding the Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN), a multichannel network dedicated to sports gambling information, where he serves as lead broadcaster and managing editor. VSiN was initially sold to DraftKings in 2021 but was reacquired by the Musburger family in 2024. From 2018 to 2022, Musburger also served as the radio play-by-play voice for the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders, marking a return to the broadcast booth. He is an inductee into the Montana Broadcaster’s Association Hall of Fame and is set to receive the 2025 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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