New York Post

Gannon a goner at CBS

- By ANDREW MARCHAND amarchand@nypost.com

Rich Gannon is out at CBS after 16 seasons as an NFL TV game analyst, The Post has learned.

Gannon, the former MVP quarterbac­k, will not have his contract renewed in the first move of NFL TV free agency. When contacted by The Post, a CBS spokeswoma­n confirmed the news.

CBS has not set Gannon’s replacemen­t just yet. The two internal candidates figure to be Adam Archuleta and James Lofton.

Before last season, CBS started to tip its hand on the 55-year-old Gannon when it split him from his longtime partner, Kevin Harlan. While CBS doesn’t officially designate its depth chart, Harlan and Trent Green did the thirdbest game most weeks, while Greg Gumbel and Gannon received the fourth most-watched matchup.

This NFL TV hot stove may not be as flashy compared to last season when CBS locked up Tony Romo in a 10-year, $180 million contract. NBC signed Drew Brees for after he retires as a studio and — potentiall­y a “Sunday Night Football” — game analyst. CBS recruited Charles Davis from Fox to replace Dan Fouts on its second team. Fox anointed Greg Olsen its No. 2 game analyst with Kevin Burkhardt. Burkhardt and CBS’ Ian Eagle were kept off the market with new deals, which will likely result in less movement.

At the moment, ESPN is sticking with its “Monday Night Football” crew of Steve Levy, Louis Riddick and Brian Griese, while the biggest fish potentiall­y on the market is Jim Nantz. CBS is working toward re-signing Nantz, who has been looking for a deal similar to Romo’s.

➤ Sid Rosenberg is bringing back his sports radio show on Sundays from noon-2 p.m. on WABC. Rosenberg, 54, hosts his morning show every day with Bernard McGuirk. On Sundays, he will push into WFAN and ESPN New York’s lane.

“There’s no one on Sundays as good as me at either station,” Rosenberg said.

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