Enlarge By John Atashian, ESPN Colin Cowherd will be the basis for a sitcom CBS is developing. relationships." While CBS is developing a sitcom based on ESPN 's Colin Cowherd , he says it "won't be autobiographical. It's not about my life, which isn't that interesting. It's about." Cowherd, who hosts an ESPN Radio show and co-hosts ESPN2's weekday SportsNation, says the main character might not even be a sports guy: "He'll probably be just a talk show host. Like Frasier, with his dad, brother, the dog. My relationships are with females." In an as-yet unnamed show he hopes will launch this spring, those relationships will be based on his wife, ex-wife and SportsNation co-host Michelle Beadle — "three smart independent women." He'll be a producer, but has "no interest" in appearing in it. He's worked with Eric Tannenbaum, executive producer of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Menwho also has that title on Cowherd's show, and now sends in "show ideas on a weekly basis." What he offers: "I want stories on relationships that are authentic. I give them real situations I live through." But why would mass audiences care about the relationships of a caustic, even annoying, sports talker? Cowherd was talking to a script writer about the online criticism he gets — SI.com says Cowherd was "reckless and unfair" in a recent rant in which he called NBA star rookie John Wall "an idiot" — when the writer cleared things: "He said, 'That's why we (got) a show.' " Meaning, Cowherd gets noticed. At ESPN, "my job is to have opinions, fast and furious." But not about life-or-death yak: "People think I'm trying to be controversial. … But I don't think I'm controversial. Howard Stern talks about body parts. Rush Limbaugh talks about Obama. I'm just talking about sports." Cowherd, who says he's also almost done with a book of "little vignettes" he compiled only while flying — "every time I get on a plane, I write" — that will give him another spinoff. And knows such opportunities don't come from being universally admired: "I'm not delusional. I know I'm not loved everywhere." Spice rack: CBS and Turner Sports, jointly covering the NCAA men's basketball tournament, said Tuesday that the March 15 opener will be on Turner's TruTV channel — with Jim Nantz announcing. … ESPN's College GameDay will be on hand for Saturday's Northwestern-Illinois game at Chicago's Wrigley Field — but will set up in a nearby McDonalds parking lot. …Tiger Woods, via phone at 7:30 a.m. ET Thursday, will be on ESPN2's Mike & Mike in the Morning Thursday. Obvious question: What's he doing for fun these days? Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more