Adam Zucker

Adam M. Zucker (born October 27, 1976)[1] is a sportscaster who works for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network.[2] He has been with CBS Sports Network since 2003 as the College Sports Television anchor.[3]

Adam Zucker in 2013

Sportscasting biography

Zucker is a studio host for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network, hosting College Football Today, Inside College Football, Inside College Basketball and providing in-studio updates during the NCAA Tournament, among other things.[4]

He has also called CBS Sports Spectacular's coverage of the College Home Run Derby. He also hosts Inside College Football and Inside College Basketball for the CBS Sports Network.

Beginning in 2011, he filled in for Tim Brando in the CBS studios while Brando is in the on site game booth with Steve Beuerlein. Zucker does CBS studio hosting for the College World Series, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, Men's and Women's lacrosse championship, and narrates many of the network's other original programs and documents.[5]

Beginning in 2014, he was named studio host for the SEC on CBS, replacing longtime anchor Tim Brando who left for Fox Sports/Fox Sports 1. Beginning in 2015, he is named the fill-in studio host of College Basketball on CBS, when fellow CBS colleague Greg Gumbel, is on assignment.

Before CBS Sports

Before Zucker was hired by the College Sports Television, he served as a sideline reporter and as an on-site host for football games for the Syracuse Radio Network. He also worked as a sports reporter and sports anchor for local television stations: WBRE-TV and was a sports reporter at WTVH-TV.

Personal life

Zucker is a graduate from Syracuse University. He graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse of Public Communications in 1998 with a degree in broadcast journalism. He is a native of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and a 1994 graduate of Mountain Lakes High School, which inducted him into its hall of fame in 2016.[6] He still lives in New Jersey today with his wife and their two children.[7]

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References
  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJCD-3HYF
  2. , ozy.com; accessed September 5, 2018.
  3. Profile, cbspressexpress.com; accessed November 8, 2014.
  4. , TimesUnion.com; accessed September 5, 2018.
  5. Profile Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, cbssportsnetwork.com; accessed November 8, 2014.
  6. https://hs.mlschools.org/our_school/alumni_hall_of_fame/2016_inductees/adam_zucker Alumni Hall of Fame: Adam Zucker Class of 1994], Mountain Lakes High School. Accessed September 8, 2019.
  7. Profile, linkedin.com; accessed November 8, 2014.
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