James Brown returned to CBS Sports as host for the CBS Television Network’s NFL pre-game show, THE NFL TODAY, and as play-by-play announcer for the Network’s coverage of college basketball including the NCAA tournament in 2006. Brown will again anchor THE NFL TODAY along with analysts Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe, Boomer Esiason, Charley Casserly and Bill Cowher. He hosted the Network’s Super Bowl pre-game show in 2007 for its coverage of Super Bowl XLI in Miami.

Brown served as host of “FOX NFL Sunday” for 12 years prior to returning to CBS Sports. He joined FOX Sports in June 1994 after a decade with CBS Sports. Brown hosts “Hang Time with James Brown”, daily commentaries on Sporting News Radio. He is a reporter/correspondent for HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” and a boxing host for HBO pay-per-view.

Brown first joined CBS Sports in 1984 where he served as play-by-play announcer for the the network’s NFL and college basketball coverage as well as reporter for the NBA Finals. He also was host of an afternoon show, the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. While at CBS he was also co-host of “CBS Sports Saturday/Sunday,” a weekend anthology series.

His sportscasting career began in Washington, DC as play-by-play announcer for the NBA Washington Bullets (now known as the Wizards) for Home Team Sports. Early in his career, he hosted a mid-day program on WTEM, an all-sports radio station, co-hosted two weekly Washington-area sports programs, was sports anchor for WUSA-TV for six years, and hosted “James Brown’s Pro Football Preview” for SportsFan Radio.

Throughout his career he has earned numerous awards, including the 1998 and 1999 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Host for “FOX NFL Sunday.” He was the 2002 recipient of the International Black Broadcasters Association’s Broadcasting Excellence Award and was chosen as 1999 Sportscaster of the Year (Studio Host) by the American Sportscaster Association. Brown was also awarded the Golden Mike Award (1998) by the Black Broadcasters Alliance, two NATAS Emmys (DC chapter) including the Glenn Brenner Award for excellence in sportscasting (1998), and the Quarterback Club of Washington’s Sportscaster of the Year Award (1996). In 2005, he was honored with the Director’s Award for Broadcasting from The 100 Black Men of America and the Greater Washington Urban League’s Sam Lacy Award 2005. Brown received the first annual Pat Summerall Award in 2006, at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and in 2007 Maxwell Football Club’s Excellence in Broadcasting Award and the Dallas All Sports Association Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism.

Brown graduated form Harvard with a degree in American Government. A standout on the basketball court, he received All-Ivy League honors in his last three seasons at Harvard University and captained the team in his senior year. He was selected as a fourth-round draft pick by the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and a seventh-round pick by the Denver Nuggets. In 1996, Brown was inducted into the Harvard Hall of Fame.

Brown participates in numerous charitable organizations including The Marrow Foundation, Darrell Green’s Youth Life Foundation, Ronnie Lott’s All Stars Helping Kids, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Neimann Pick Disease Foundation and HollyRod Foundation. He is also a National Celebrity Volunteer for the March of Dimes. He is also part-owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team and co-founder of Brown Technology Group. Through his JB Awards, in partnership with NFL Players, he annually raises in excess of one million dollars for Special Olympics DC.

He resides with his wife Dorothy in Maryland. He has one daughter, Katrina.

Brown has over thirty years of management experience in sales and marketing in the federal, state and local government and private sector markets. Prior to his current position, he served as Vice President of U.S. Solution Sales for Oracle Corporation. He was responsible for developing, managing, and communicating solutions strategies, identifying key partners’ solutions and supporting major sales opportunities within Oracle’s vertical marketplace. Brown led an organization whose mission was, “to extend the sales reach and accelerate the sales cycle to achieve significant revenue growth for Oracle.” Brown managed the following verticals worldwide: Transportation, K-12 Education, Justice & Public Safety, Finance & Administration, Fleet & Facilities, Social Services, Logistics, E-Business, and I-Procurement Business.

Prior to Oracle, Brown was employed by the Xerox Corporation for twenty-two years, with 20 years in managerial positions. During his tenure as Manager of Government Affairs at Xerox, Brown was selected by the American Center for International Leadership to serve as a U. S. Delegate in the Soviet Union. During this four-week visit, Brown served as a member of the Commission on International Business and Trade discussing business issues, which affected trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. Prior to his retirement from Xerox, Brown was appointed Manager of Federal National Operations and Government Affairs. In this capacity, Brown was responsible for revenues in excess of $400M and marketing to the Federal Government - domestic and international. In September 1988, Brown was appointed to the White House and served on the President’s Commission on Executive Exchange. The Commission selects executives from the private sector who have achieved senior level management positions and who have displayed extremely high potential for policy-making positions. During his one-year tenure, he reported to the Secretary of Defense. His primary responsibility was implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM). Brown joined Oracle Corporation in May 1994.

In his position as President, Brown will lead the development and implementation of corporate strategy to expand Brown Technology Group’s roles and capabilities as a premier minority owned technology company.

Brown, who has over 25 years of technology experience, began his career with Xerox Corporation 1979. Since working for Xerox Corporation, Brown has held a variety of successful leadership and management positions with large organizations such as Eastman Kodak Company, Unisys Corporation, and Oracle Corporation.

Brown is using his more than 25 years of providing technology solutions to develop a dynamic mix of talent and experience to serve the needs of customers and partners. He serves the markets that he has spent his career focusing on including federal, state & local government, health and commercial organizations.

Brown is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science. As an active member in the community, Brown serves on numerous boards and committees, and was most recently elected the Vice President and President elect for the Montgomery County, MD chapter of the Greater Washington Boys and Girls Clubs.