Sean McManus was the president of CBS News from 2005-2011 and is the current president of CBS Sports.

McManus comes from a family with a history in TV sports: His father was Jim McKay, the host of ABC's Wide World of Sports. The younger McManus started in television as an associate producer at ABC in 1977, then moved to NBC and worked his way up to become a vice president within five years. In 1987, McManus went to work for the television arm of sports marketing giant IMG. He returned to network television in 1996 when he was named president of CBS Sports, and was given the added responsibility of overseeing the news division in 2005. McManus didn't arrive at a particularly auspicious time: He took over the news unit in the wake of the reporting scandal over George W. Bush's National Guard service, a saga that cost former CBS News chief Andrew Heyward his job and ultimately led to the ouster of Dan Rather, too. The selection of McManus was a controversial one. Many veteran journalists viewed the decision to hand over the unit to McManus—who had no newsroom experience—poor judgment on CBS's part. In 2011 he left the post but stuck with the sports division, a position where he's clearly more comfortable. McManus has helped turn CBS into a sports powerhouse, landing the rights to NFL games and negotiating deals with the NCAA, the PGA Tour, the U.S. Tennis Association, the Big Ten, and the SEC. [Image via Getty]