{"id":808302,"date":"2026-08-09T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:34:13","slug":"cbs-sports-adds-lindsay-czarniak-as-cbs-sports-hq-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808302\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Sports adds Lindsay Czarniak as CBS Sports HQ host"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS Sports announced Sunday<\/a> that Lindsay Czarniak is joining CBS Sports HQ as a host, with her debut set for tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. She\u2019d already done some work for the network before, contributing to CBS\u2019s Pittsburgh Riverhounds-Louisville City FC USL Championship broadcast on July 18.<\/p>\n

Lindsay Czarniak had to educate @MikeWattsOnAir<\/a> and @DevonKerr9<\/a> on Picklesburgh \ud83d\ude02#USLonCBS<\/a> | @bestwestern<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eLvOqOyQk1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 USL Championship (@USLChampionship) July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Czarniak spent six years at ESPN, debuting on SportsCenter in August 2011 and later taking over as co-host of the network\u2019s 6 p.m. edition in December 2012, stepping into the chair Jay Harris<\/a> vacated when he moved to the 11 p.m. show. Her time there also included a milestone moment in 2013, when ESPN and ABC tapped her to replace Brent Musburger<\/a> as host of the Indianapolis 500 broadcast, making her the first woman to host the telecast. Her ESPN contract quietly expired<\/a> in August 2017, and the two sides moved on without much fanfare. She resurfaced the following spring on a short-term deal contributing sports insight to CNN\u2019s New Day<\/a> alongside Chris Cuomo, then moved to Fox in 2019, where she split weekend hosting duties on NASCAR Race Hub<\/a> with Sara Walsh<\/a>, in addition to working NFL sidelines.<\/p>\n

Since then, she\u2019s hosted Superstar Racing Experience broadcasts<\/a>, co-hosted NBC\u2019s On Her Turf<\/a> alongside MJ Acosta-Ruiz<\/a>, and hosted USA Network\u2019s coverage of this past winter\u2019s Milan-Cortina Olympics<\/a>, which she called the most emotionally resonant Games<\/a> of her career. She also hosts the interview podcast Things no one tells you and fronts the Investigation Discovery true-crime series Game Day Murders, a Shaquille O\u2019Neal-produced show examining crimes with sports ties<\/a>, including the murders of Sean Taylor and Lorenzen Wright, that premiered in late July.<\/p>\n

Her debut on CBS Sports HQ airs tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

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