CBS pairs duo with Kansas City connections for another season of NFL broadcasts

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Football fans in Kansas City will hear a pair of locals again this season during NFL games on CBS.

University of Kansas alum Kevin Harlan and former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green are broadcast partners for another season, CBS Sports unveiled Wednesday in a preseason press release.

Harlan and Green will be paired with Melanie Collins, who will provide sideline reports during the broadcasts.

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The Kansas City pairing is unofficially CBS’s third team, behind the trio of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson, and trio of Ian Eagle, Charles Davis and Evan Washburn.

During his career, Harlan spent time broadcasting games for the Kansas City Chiefs radio network as well as the University of Kansas and University of Missouri. Along with his NFL broadcasts, Harlan calls basketball games in the NBA and NCAA for Turner Sports.

CBS also announced broadcast assignments for the first three weeks of the 2024 NFL season.

The Nantz, Romo and Wolfson crew will be in Kansas City in Week 2 when CBS broadcasts the Chiefs matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Harlan and Green will broadcast the Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins’ Week 1 game, the San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings’ Week 2 matchup, and the Dolphins trip to Seattle to play the Seahawks in Week 3.

For more on CBS’s broadcast plans in 2024, click here.

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