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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-191 2/3/05
65 FORMER & CURRENT NFL
PLAYERS
REPORT ON SUPER BOWL XXXIX IN JACKSONVILLE
--
Former sports reporter ANDY REID a key figure in the game --
All of them have played the game. Many
have played in the game –
Super Bowl. And they are in
Jacksonville, Florida this week to impart
their insiders' knowledge and analysis of Super Bowl XXXIX between the New
England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday.
Sixty-five former and current NFL players –
44 of whom have played in Super Bowls – are previewing the game for domestic
and international viewers. Eight active players –
MORTEN ANDERSEN,
KYLE BRADY,
JOHN LYNCH,
TOM NÜTTEN,
JESSE PALMER,
SIMEON RICE,
EPHRAIM SALAAM and
MICHAEL STRAHAN – and one former
NFL head coach – JIM MORA, SR.
-- are reporting on the game.
One of the central figures in the game –
Eagles head coach ANDY REID –
duplicated the role of the 64 players years ago as a college undergraduate.
As a player at BYU, Reid also was a
columnist for the Provo Daily Herald.
“I had my own little column,” says Reid,
who wanted to be a writer for Sports
Illustrated. “I loved JIM
MURRAY (the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of the
Los Angeles Times). I wrote one
of these cutesy deals, trying to write like Jim. The editors took it easy
on me.
“I enjoyed writing. I still do. I keep a
journal to this day. It’s a great release.”
A list of former and active NFL players who
are in
Jacksonville to cover Super Bowl XXXIX (* Played in Super Bowl; ** Active
NFL player):
FORMER/ACTIVE NFL
PLAYERS COVERING SUPER BOWL XXXIX
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Player |
Media Affiliation |
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Troy Aikman * |
FOX-TV |
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Raul Allegre * |
ESPN International |
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Marcus Allen * |
Televisa |
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Morten Andersen * ** |
TV2/Denmark |
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Brian Baldinger |
British Sky Broadcasting Sky Sports;
Sporting News Radio |
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Bill Bergey |
WYSP |
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Terry Bradshaw * |
FOX-TV |
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Kyle Brady ** |
WHTM-TV |
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Cris Carter |
HBO |
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Gary Cobb |
KYW |
|
Cris Collinsworth * |
FOX-TV |
|
Bryan Cox * |
Fox Sports-Net
Detroit |
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Howard Cross * |
ESPN |
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Terrell Davis * |
NFL Network |
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Steve DeOssie * |
CBS 4-Boston; WEEI |
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Mike Ditka * |
ESPN |
|
John Dockery * |
CBS Radio Sports/Westwood One |
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Anthony Dorsett * |
Black Entertainment Television Sports |
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Boomer Esiason * |
CBS Radio Sports/Westwood One |
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Irving Fryar * |
WPVI-TV |
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Mike Golic |
ESPN Radio Network |
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Tim Grunfield |
KCSP |
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Vaughn Hebron * |
Comcast Sports Net |
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Efren Herrera * |
Univision/Telefutura Sports |
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Merril Hoge |
ESPN |
|
Desmond Howard * |
ESPN |
|
Michael Irvin * |
ESPN |
|
Keith Jackson * |
ESPN |
|
Tom Jackson * |
ESPN |
|
Ron Jaworski * |
ESPN |
|
Sonny Jurgensen |
George Michael Sports Machine |
|
Lincoln
Kennedy * |
NFL Network |
|
Dave Lapham * |
700 WLW |
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Babe Laufenberg * |
KTVT CBS 11 |
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Howie Long * |
FOX-TV |
|
Ray Lucas * |
ESPN |
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John Lynch * ** |
NFL Network |
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Bill Maas |
KCSP |
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Dan Marino * |
HBO |
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Warren Moon |
Fox Sports-Net News |
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Jim Mora, Sr. |
Fox Sports Radio |
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Tom Nütten * ** |
Premiere Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG |
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Jesse Palmer ** |
Rogers
Sportsnet |
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Glenn Parker * |
NFL Network |
|
Bubba Parris |
ESPN |
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William “Refrigerator” Perry * |
Jimmy Kimmel Show |
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Mike Quick |
WYSP |
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Beasley Reece |
KYW |
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Benny Ricardo |
Westwood One Spanish Radio |
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Simeon Rice * ** |
NFL Network |
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John Riggins * |
Sirius Satellite Radio |
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Ephraim Salaam * ** |
WJXT |
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Sean Salisbury |
ESPN |
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Mark Schlereth * |
ESPN |
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Shannon Sharpe * |
Sirius Satellite Radio |
|
Sterling
Sharpe |
NFL Network |
|
Vai Sikahema |
WCAU-TV |
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Tony Siragusa * |
FOX-TV |
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Fred Smerlas |
WEEI |
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Michael Strahan * ** |
Best Damn Sports Show Period |
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Joe Theismann * |
ESPN |
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Solomon Wilcots * |
NFL Network |
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Darren Woodson * |
NFL Network |
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Rod Woodson * |
NFL Network |
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Steve Young * |
ESPN |
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Scott Zolak |
CBS 4-Boston |
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