Tim Brando

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

March 4, 1998 / 12:15 PM EST / CBS

(CBS Sports Broadcaster)

Tim Brando joined CBS Sports in 1995 as a play-by-play announcer for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and currently serves as host of College Football Today.

Brando called play-by-play for CBS Sports' regular-season college football coverage in 1997 and the 1998 Fiesta Bowl. He has called play-by-play for SEC football and basketball games and SportSouth Television's coverage of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He was the studio host for "SportsCenter," ESPN's college football halftime show (1986-94) and ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1987-90). While at ESPN, he covered 25 different sports. In addition, he served as a play-by-play announcer for TNT during the 1994 NBA Playoffs. He was the sports director at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge and the voice of LSU basketball games (1981-86).

Brando was graduated from Northeast Louisiana University in 1978 with a degree in radio/television management. He was born Feb. 27, 1956 in Shreveport, La., where he continues to live with his wife, Terri, and their two daughters, Tiffany and Tara.

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