CBSSports.com


CBSSports.com is an American sports news website operated by the CBS Interactive division of CBS Entertainment Group, itself a division of ViacomCBS. It is the website for CBS's CBS Sports division, featuring news, video, and fantasy sports games.

History

SportsLine

In 1997, the service entered into a content-sharing partnership with Viacom. SportsLine also entered into agreements to operate official websites for the NCAA, NFL, and PGA Tour. The company later launched a co-branded website for CBS Sports, CBSSportsLine

CBS purchase

In August 2004, already holding a 38% stake in the company, Viacom announced that it would acquire the remainder of SportsLine in a deal valued at $46 million, and re-align it with the CBS Sports division. The company originally operated as a division of CBS Sports, reporting to its president Sean McManus.

Fantasy Sports

CBSSports.com got into the fantasy sports business early on, producing games in 1997. In 1998, CBSSports.com partnered with Daedalus World Wide Corporation, a producer of online fantasy sports products. CBSSports.com would acquire Daedalus World Wide Corporation in 1999, using their products as the basis of its fantasy sports business going forward. Initially, CBSSports.com charged a subscription fee to play its fantasy games. However, in July 2000 the company decided to drop all fees associated with its fantasy sports games and starting offering the products free of charge. The switch caused a massive amount of sign-ups for its fantasy sports games. However, the move to free fantasy sports products did not last long as just two years later CBSSports.com switched back to a subscription-based model to run their fantasy sports business. Behind the popularity of the CBSSports.com Commissioner product, which has been voted the best fantasy sports league manager service by the FSTA in eight of the last nine years, fantasy sports are a significant portion of CBSSports.com's business.
In August 2015, the SportsLine brand was revived for a new subscription-based site featuring advanced statistics, sports betting and handicapping content. CBS continues to own the site.

Notable Accomplishments

Columnists

This news feature is updated in real time on cbssports.com consisting of 32 correspondents in each NFL city to report the news as it happens.

Awards

Freshman of the Year

Since 2006, the CBSSports.com Freshman of the Year award is given yearly to the top college football newcomer.
Previous Winners

Traditional Games