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For years, he was the voice of the NFL on CBS and then Fox. Pat Summerall died today at the age of 82. Summerall passed away at a Dallas hospital of an apparent cardiac arrest. He was recovering from a hip surgery.

CBS' Greg Gumbel had an unfortunate slip of the tongue on the first big day of the NCAA Tournament, saying St. Louis beat "New Mexican State". At least he wasn't calling them "New Mexico" like analyst Dan Bonner kept doing during the game.

Sunday’s showdown between Xavier and Dayton might have been a buzzer-beater but the talk of the game was CBS Sports reporter James Bates’ loose stool. No, this won’t jeopardize CBS’ sponsorship deal with the Depends people.

Last year and the year before, it was great to be able to turn on your computer and stream any NCAA Tournament game you wanted to see. Not any more. The powers that be at TURNER Sports and CBS have decided to charge $3.99 for the privilege of seeing the game you want this year...

Now that the 2011 NCAA Tournament is in the books, here's the highlight video CBS ran at the end of their telecast.

Englishman Ian Darke's "Go-Go, USA!" goal call of Landon Donovan's stoppage time winner that lifted the US over Algeria in World Cup 2010 will live forever as one of the classic calls in American sports. But if US Soccer ever starts looking for some American excitement, look no further than Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery. Two words..."Major onions!"

Every Monday, I'll have a new feature blog on 600 ESPN El Paso called "Things I Learned". They are nothing more than random observations and I hope you enjoy it!

One day after bogus reports of Michael Jordan watching his son Marcus play at the Don Haskins Center, one NBA All Star has surfaced at Media Row.