'NFL Today's James Brown to Be Special Correspondent for CBS News

Will contribute original reported pieces and appear on various CBS News broadcasts

By Tim Baysinger -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/1/2012 10:38:37 AM

CBS News announced Thursday that NFL Today and Inside the NFL host James Brown will join the network's news division as a special correspondent.

Brown – who is best known for hosting CBS' Sunday morning NFL pre-game show, The NFL Today, as well as Showtime's Inside the NFL – will contribute original reported pieces and appear on various CBS News broadcasts. He begins Saturday.

"Audiences know [Brown] as the face of The NFL Today and other sports broadcasts – what they may not know is his curiosity about the news," said CBS News president David Rhodes. "His wide-ranging interests from sports to faith to community service will be great assets to CBS News and to our viewers."

"James Brown is among the very best in our business," said Jeff Fager, CBS News chairman and executive producer of 60 Minutes. "He is a fixture at CBS Sports and will be a great addition to CBS News because of his abilities, and because he also happens to be a great human being."