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    Phil Rosenthal: Brent Musburger calls CBS Sports boss' line against Super Bowl gambling talk 'ridiculous' and 'stupid'

    by Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune Jan 24, 2019 3 minutes

    The Patriots are 2 1/2-point favorites against the Rams in Super Bowl LIII.

    See? That wasn't very hard, was it?

    Yet you apparently won't hear about that from Jim Nantz, Tony Romo or anyone else on CBS' broadcast of the game.

    "Our policy has been ... we don't discuss gambling information," CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said Wednesday. "We just, we don't do that."

    Addressed or not during the telecast, betting always has been part of what fuels the historically high TV ratings for the Super Bowl, which drive the

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