CBS hitting stride on soccer coverage with Champion’s League
Pete Radovich has directed some of CBS Sports’ most memorable openings featuring Jay-Z, John Malkovich and Patrick Stewart. But the most rewarding assignment of Radovich’s nearly 20 years at the network comes Saturday when the UEFA Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City airs on CBS. “It’s a little bit like someone saying to you, ‘You’ve never done a Super Bowl before, but in a month we’re starting the NFL playoffs, and you better have talent, production, technical, operations, communications and marketing.’” Radovich, who has done everything from Super Bowls to the Olympics, has relished doing his favorite sport, which he played in high school and college. The original plan was for the production to originate from CBS’ New York headquarters but the short turnaround time and the coronavirus lockdown mandates led to the network renting studio space in England. “If you had asked me a year ago whether CBS Sports was going to be a major force in the world of international soccer, I probably would have said, ‘I’m not sure.’ It’s been a really, really satisfying journey for us so far,” McManus said.
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