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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAKE DELHOMME,
MATT HASSELBECK & BEN ROETHLISBERGER AMONG NFL STARS PARTICIPATING IN John Elway and Dan Marino Among NFL QB Greats Participating in Separate Competition Some of the NFL’s top quarterbacks, including JAKE DELHOMME (Carolina Panthers), MATT HASSELBECK (Seattle Seahawks) and BEN ROETHLISBERGER (Pittsburgh Steelers), will participate in a series of events that put their football skills to the test when they appear in the EA SPORTS® NFL Quarterback Challenge. RICH EISEN of NFL Network teams with CBS Sports’ BOOMER ESIASON and BONNIE BERNSTEIN as broadcasters of the event which is set to air nationally as two, one-hour specials on Saturday, July 16, from 5-6 p.m. ET/2-3 p.m. PT and Sunday, July 17, from 2-3 p.m. ET/11-12 p.m. PT, on CBS Sports. n its 16th consecutive year, the competition tests the NFL’s premier quarterbacks in four different skills competitions, including accuracy, speed and mobility, distance, and “No Huddle.” Other current quarterbacks featured in the taped event, which took place at the Bahia Mar Beach Resort & Yachting Center in Greater Fort Lauderdale earlier this year, include DREW BREES (San Diego Chargers), JOEY HARRINGTON (Detroit Lions), BYRON LEFTWICH (Jacksonville Jaguars) and CARSON PALMER (Cincinnati Bengals). Participating in the “No Huddle” timed event in which the quarterback must complete passes to receivers are TORRY HOLT (St. Louis Rams), JOE HORN (New Orleans Saints), CHAD JOHNSON (Cincinnati Bengals), and KEENAN McCARDELL (San Diego Chargers). Some of the NFL’s quarterback greats, including JOHN ELWAY, BOOMER ESIASON, BERNIE KOSAR and DAN MARINO, will compete in a separate competition during the event. In addition to event title sponsor EA SPORTS, other sponsors include: Foot Locker/Champs Sports, Pepsi, Prilosec OTC, TGI Friday’s, Upper Deck, Visa and X-Box. The event is produced by the NFL, PLAYERS INC and NFL QB Greats. For more information on Greater Fort Lauderdale, contact the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, 100 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; call 800-22-SUNNY (U.S. and Canada) or log onto www.sunny.orgABOUT PLAYERS INC Formed in 1994, PLAYERS INC is the for-profit licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). Representing more than 1,800 active and 3,000 retired NFL players, PLAYERS INC "takes the helmets off" the players and markets them as personalities as well as professional athletes. PLAYERS INC activities include retail licensing, corporate sponsorships, special events, radio and television projects, publishing and other promotional programs. PLAYERS INC schedules more than 3,500 NFL player appearances each year. For more information, please visit www.nflplayers.com.ABOUT NFL QB GREATS Launched in 2003, NFL QB Greats (QBG) is a retired athlete organization, officially licensed by the National Football League, which assigns rights when its members are used in groups of three (3) or more. QBG’s membership includes some of the top signal callers from the past 20 years; Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, Steve Young, Boomer Esiason, Randall Cunningham, Phil Simms and Bernie Kosar are all shareholders in the organization. QBG is the successor company to the original NFL Quarterback Club, formed in 1991. |