Why did james brown leave foxs NFL sunday and move over to NFL today?
James Brown will succeed Greg Gumbel as host of The NFL Today and handle play-by-play on college basketball, beginning next season. Brown’s contract with Fox was expiring, and he said the network aggressively tried to re-sign him. But Brown, a former basketball standout at Harvard, said the chance to cover college basketball again at CBS sealed the deal. Sean McManus, the president of CBS’ news and sports divisions, declined to disclose the specifics of Brown’s contract with CBS except to say it is long term.