Jim Nantz
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Jim Nantz is a prominent American sportscaster best known for his long-running play-by-play coverage of major events such as the NFL, NCAA basketball, and The Masters on CBS.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Nantz canonical | 34 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T423233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Nantz Context triple: [Super Bowl LIII, playByPlayAnnouncer, Jim Nantz]
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A.
Greg Gumbel
Greg Gumbel is an American sportscaster best known for his long tenure with CBS Sports, where he has called NFL, NCAA basketball, and other major sporting events.
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B.
Al Michaels
Al Michaels is a renowned American sportscaster best known for his decades of play-by-play commentary on NFL games and other major sporting events.
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C.
Lorne David Michaels
Lorne David Michaels is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known as the creator and longtime executive producer of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
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D.
Joe Buck
Joe Buck is an American sportscaster best known for his long tenure as a lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball and NFL broadcasts on national television.
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E.
Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg was a renowned American sportscaster celebrated for his versatile play-by-play work across major sports on network television for several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Nantz Target entity description: Jim Nantz is a prominent American sportscaster best known for his long-running play-by-play coverage of major events such as the NFL, NCAA basketball, and The Masters on CBS.
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A.
Greg Gumbel
Greg Gumbel is an American sportscaster best known for his long tenure with CBS Sports, where he has called NFL, NCAA basketball, and other major sporting events.
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B.
Al Michaels
Al Michaels is a renowned American sportscaster best known for his decades of play-by-play commentary on NFL games and other major sporting events.
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C.
Lorne David Michaels
Lorne David Michaels is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known as the creator and longtime executive producer of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
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D.
Joe Buck
Joe Buck is an American sportscaster best known for his long tenure as a lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball and NFL broadcasts on national television.
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E.
Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg was a renowned American sportscaster celebrated for his versatile play-by-play work across major sports on network television for several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Houston ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Curt Gowdy Media Award
Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award ⓘ Sports Emmy Award ⓘ
linked to:
Sports Emmy Awards
|
| coAuthor | Eli Spielman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-05-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Houston ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS Sports
ⓘ
KHOU-TV (early career) ⓘ
linked to:
KTRK-TV
KSL-TV (early career) ⓘ |
| familyName | Nantz ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Lorrie Nantz ⓘ |
| fullName | James William Nantz III ⓘ |
| genre |
American football commentary
ⓘ
basketball commentary ⓘ golf commentary ⓘ sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Caroline Nantz
ⓘ
Finley Nantz ⓘ Jameson Nantz ⓘ |
| hasWrittenWork | Always By My Side: A Father’s Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other ⓘ |
| knownFor |
NFL broadcasting
ⓘ
college basketball broadcasting ⓘ golf broadcasting ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
University of Houston golf team
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Houston Cougars
|
| notableAchievement |
served as CBS’s lead NFL play-by-play announcer for decades
ⓘ
served as primary voice of the NCAA men’s Final Four on CBS for many years ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
called multiple NCAA men’s basketball championship games
ⓘ
called multiple Super Bowls for CBS ⓘ called numerous Masters final rounds ⓘ |
| notableQuote | A tradition unlike any other ⓘ |
| notableRole |
lead host and announcer for CBS coverage of The Masters
ⓘ
lead play-by-play announcer for NCAA men’s basketball tournament on CBS ⓘ lead play-by-play announcer for NFL on CBS ⓘ |
| notableWork |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament coverage on CBS
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Tournament Selection Show
NFL on CBS ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Sports
The Masters Tournament coverage on CBS ⓘ |
| occupation |
play-by-play announcer
ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Charlotte, North Carolina
|
| residence |
Pebble Beach, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pebble Beach
|
| spouse | Courtney Richards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jim Nantz Description of subject: Jim Nantz is a prominent American sportscaster best known for his long-running play-by-play coverage of major events such as the NFL, NCAA basketball, and The Masters on CBS.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
KSL-TV (early career)
subject linked to:
KSL-TV (early career)
subject linked to:
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