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NFL Today Chris Henry Feature on CBSSports.com

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NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE,

BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 12 ON THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 25

THE NFL TODAY featured a very special Thanksgiving Day story on the late-Cincinnati Bengals wide receive Chris Henry narrated by his mother Carolyn Henry Glaspy.

To see this very special feature, log on to www.CBSSports.com and the link:

http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/nfl/CdypPOxkRyMWxJjEkoxYqBr_XWjB6WQe

On December 16, 2009 Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry fell from a moving vehicle in Charlotte, N.C. and died a day later as a result of the injuries he suffered during the accident.  In the wake of the tragedy, Henry’s mother, Carolyn Glaspy, made the decision to donate his organs.  Among the recipients were Donna Arnold, James Benton, Thomas Elliott and Brian Polk.  The four, along with their immediate families, share their struggles and jubilation over the last year while waiting for donor organs and then receiving the news.  Through the assistance of LifeShare of the Carolinas and the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, the four individuals that received Henry’s organs met for the first time on November 5, 2010.  A day later, for the first time, the recipients all met Mrs. Glaspy for an emotional meeting a year in the making.  Charlie Bloom is the producer.

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ESPNU to Feature Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week

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ESPNU to Feature Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week

ESPNU’s inaugural Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week will begin Thursday, Apr. 7, at 7:30 p.m. and will run seven-straight weeks through May 19. A Thursday night national game of the week is a first for the college sport, and features all eight conference teams that earned NCAA postseason bids in 2010.

“ESPNU is thrilled to feature a seven-week SEC Thursday night baseball series,” said Rosalyn Durant, Vice President, ESPNU. “Showcasing the vast talent of SEC baseball is great for the sport, fans, league and ESPNU. We appreciate the partnership with the SEC in creating this consistent Thursday night national package.”

SEC baseball is coming off a successful season that saw South Carolina win the 2010 National Championship Series, Florida advanced to the College World Series and eight SEC teams overall earned a NCAA postseason bid. It marked the sixth time since 2000 and the third straight year an SEC team played for the national title.

ESPNU Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week schedule highlights include:

  • 2010 national champion South Carolina, SEC Tournament champion LSU and SEC regular-season champion Florida
  • Top 25 teams that advanced to the 2010 NCAA Championship – Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt

“The Thursday night package of SEC games on ESPNU is a great opportunity for us to showcase the outstanding baseball that is played in our conference,” said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. “The ESPNU package will be able to draw attention to the outstanding game-day atmosphere we have at our baseball stadiums as well as the rich tradition and history of SEC baseball.”

ESPNU SEC Thursday Night Baseball Schedule (Schedule subject to change)

Date Time Game
Apr 7 7:30 p.m. South Carolina at Tennessee
Apr 14 7:30 p.m. Tennessee at Alabama
Apr 21 7:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Auburn
Apr 28 7:30 p.m. Kentucky at LSU
May 5 7:30 p.m. Florida at Arkansas
May 12 7:30 p.m. Mississippi State at Ole Miss
May 19 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at Georgia


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Tony Stewart To Present 4th Annual ‘Stewie Awards’ Live on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio Dec. 2 from Vegas Hard Rock

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TONY STEWART TO PRESENT FOURTH ANNUAL ‘STEWIE AWARDS’ LIVE ON SIRIUS NASCAR RADIO DEC. 2

Stewart and co-host Matt Yocum take the show to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas

Annual highlight of NASCAR Champions Week honors the best, boldest and funniest moments from the NASCAR season

Special guests will include five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson

NEW YORK – November 24, 2010 – SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart will host the fourth annual ‘Stewie Awards’ on Thursday, December 2, live from Las Vegas on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

The ‘Stewies,’ the acclaimed awards show that features Stewart’s entertaining and irreverent take on the best, boldest and funniest moments from the 2010 NASCAR season, will be awarded during a live broadcast hosted by Stewart and Matt Yocum from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, December 2 (9:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm PT).  The live broadcast will air nationwide on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, channel 128 for SIRIUS subscribers and XM subscribers with the “Best of SIRIUS.”  The broadcast will be open to the public for fans in attendance in Las Vegas.

The two-hour event will feature live interviews with five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson and other drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in Las Vegas, plus other special guests.

Fans can determine the ‘Stewie Award’ winners by casting their votes online at www.sirius.com/stewieawards.

The 2010 ‘Stewies’ nominees are:

Best Original Drama – Honoring the year’s most dramatic moment or sequence.

  • Jeff Gordon vs. Jimmie Johnson: Gordon expresses post-race frustrations about Johnson to the media at Talladega.
  • Clint Bowyer wins the Sylvania 300 at Loudon on Sep. 19 but later loses win after failing an inspection for being 1/16th of an inch too high on left rear.  The loss costs the #33 team a shot at the NASCAR Sprint Cup title.
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives a throwback #3 Wrangler Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona – the same track where his iconic father lost his life.
  • Jeff Gordon vs. Jeff Burton: After Burton collects Gordon during a caution at Texas, both drivers exit their cars and Gordon shoves Burton.  Burton later apologizes.  Gordon says he has lost respect for Burton.
  • Denny Hamlin goes from first to ninth to first in the final 15 laps of a wild overtime finish at Martinsville on Mar. 29.  Off a late pit stop, the Virginia native bullies his was to his first win of the season.

Hal Needham Award (Best Stunt Sequence) – For the year’s most spectacular crash

  • In overtime of Kobalt Tools 500 in Atlanta, Jamie McMurray causes a wreck that takes out much of the field including Mark Martin.  Asked if he likes the new “green/white/checker” rule post-race, Martin quips, “It’s good for the fans.”
  • At Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas, Jeff Gordon taps Tony Stewart, who gets bumped by Carl Edwards.  Stewart turns into Gordon and the ensuing wreck claims nearly 10 cars.
  • During Sonoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono, Elliott Sadler plows head first into SAFER barrier wall in one of the hardest impacts ever recorded by NASCAR.  As a result of numerous safety improvements made in the sport, Sadler was not injured.
  • At Talladega on October 30, Ron Hornaday’s truck ends up on its roof after flipping four times.  Hornaday crawls out of the truck on his own, grabs hat and steering wheel and laughs as crowd cheers him on.

Best Original Comedy – Honoring the year’s most entertaining “incident.”

  • After missing his pit box at Darlington on May 8, Tony Stewart suggests his crew get a bigger pit sign.
  • At Atlanta race, Stewart’s father, Nelson, shows some creativity by suggesting a new method to signal his son into the pits.  Smoke’s dad’s idea: Shine a flashlight for Tony to see!
  • Joey Logano rips Kevin Harvick to reporters at Pocono saying, “His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do.”
  • After the Michigan race on Aug. 15, Joey Logano confronts Ryan Newman and pokes him in the stomach.  Newman appears ready to fight, but Logano tells reporters later he only asked Newman why he races him so hard.

Bonehead Move of the Year Award

  • Clint Bowyer pulls away from his pit with the jack still under the car at Dover on May 16.
  • Denny Hamlin puts a proven, three-win car into the wall during his victory burnout at Pocono on Jun. 6.
  • At Sonoma on Jun. 20 Marcos Ambrose, while leading the race, shuts off his engine to coast downhill then can’t re-fire it.  NASCAR penalizes him for being “off the pace” and he ends up finishing sixth.
  • Kasey Kahne pulls out of his pit at Phoenix with gas can still attached on Nov. 14.

“Feels Like The First Time” Award – For the most notable “first” of the NASCAR season.

  • NASCAR Hall of Fame opens and inaugural class is enshrined – Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr., Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Junior Johnson.
  • Chip Ganassi becomes the first owner to win the “Trifecta” – Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 – in the same year.
  • At Bristol, Kyle Busch becomes the first driver in history to win all three of NASCAR’s top racing series events (NSCS, NNS, NCTS) in the same weekend.
  • Open wheel star Danica Patrick makes her much-anticipated NASCAR debut.
  • Brad Keselowski gives Roger Penske his first NASCAR Championship by winning NASCAR Nationwide Series title.

‘Boys, Have At It” Award

  • At Atlanta on March 3, Carl Edwards “pays back” Brad Keselowski and ends up flipping Keselowski’s car onto its roof.  Edwards, though unapologetic, says he didn’t mean to flip Keselowski.  Keselowski calls for a response from NASCAR.
  • After being bumped by Kyle Busch at Bristol on Aug. 20, Brad Keselowski says he is “gonna go to work on beating [Busch’s] ass.”
  • After contact by Jeff Gordon at Martinsville on Oct. 24, Kyle Busch retaliates by putting Gordon into the wall and ending his day.
  • After several poor performances, Chad Knaus replaces Jimmie Johnson’s #48 team pit crew with the #24 crew in mid-race at Phoenix.  Change remains in place for remainder of the season and Johnson ends up winning his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.

Best Driver2Crew Chatter Exchange – Acknowledging the year’s most memorable driver-to-pit crew communication (Visit www.sirius.com/stewieawards to hear audio of nominees)

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. and crew chief Lance McGrew exchange colorful words about “laying down” at Bristol on Mar. 21.
  • After a series of incidents, David Reutimann’s crew chief, Rodney Childers, suggests a way to end the scuffling between his driver and Kyle Busch at Kansas on Oct. 3.
  • “The Best of” Kevin Harvick and the #29 team (montage)
  • Kyle Busch expresses his displeasure at Jimmie Johnson not letting him pass at Martinsville on Oct. 24.

Best Vocal Performance – Honoring the year’s most memorable quote (Visit www.sirius.com/stewieawards to hear audio of nominees)

  • Kevin Harvick shares his post-race thoughts on the #48 team’s luck at Fontana on Feb. 21.
  • Juan Pablo Montoya vents about teammate Jamie McMurray at Las Vegas on Feb. 28.
  • Kurt Busch comments on losing to Jimmie Johnson at Bristol on Mar. 21.
  • Actors/Comedians Adam Sandler and Kevin James deliver a memorable “Start Your Engines” command at Michigan on June 13.
  • Greg Biffle jokes with media about what it takes to win at NASCAR’s highest level at Bristol on Sep. 24.

Golden Stewie Award – Chosen by Stewart and Yocum and honoring a legendary figure from the Golden Era of racing, the winner of this award will be revealed the night of the event

“Stewie” Lifetime Achievement Award – Chosen by Stewart and Yocum, the winner of this award will be revealed the night of the event

Stewart, a two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion (2002, 2005) and one of only 14 drivers in the history of NASCAR to win multiple Cup Series titles, has 39 Sprint Cup wins, 12 poles, 153 top-fives and 247 top-10s in 428 career starts.  Since 2009, Stewart has been an owner and driver at Stewart-Haas Racing and has qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup in both of his seasons with the team.

SIRIUS XM is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR, broadcasting every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race live on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, channel 128, the only radio channel dedicated to NASCAR 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

For more info please visit www.sirius.com.

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Cincinnati Bengals Face New York Jets on Thanksgiving Edition of ‘Thursday Night Football’ at 8:00 PM ET — NFL Network & NFL.com Programming Notes (11/24-11/30)

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NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (11/24-11/30)

CINCINNATI BENGALS FACE NEW YORK JETS ON THANKSGIVING EDITION OF THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AT 8:00 PM ET

Thursday Night Kickoff Presented By Sears at 7:00 PM ET Features Deion Sanders Interview with Rex Ryan

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Profile on Bengals coach Mike Zimmer

Tom Landry: The NFL’s Man in the Hat NFL Network Premiere on Friday, Nov. 26 at 8:00 PM ET

Special Edition Sound FX: Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 8:30 PM ET

THURSDAY NIGHT KICKOFF PRESENTED BY SEARS – THURSDAY 7:00-8:00 PM ET

Thursday Night Football coverage begins at 7:00 PM ET with Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears. Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders and Kara Henderson are live on the scene at New Meadowlands Stadium, while Fran Charles, Kurt Warner and Sterling Sharpe are live from Los Angeles. Jason La Canfora provides NFL news reports. The special Thanksgiving pregame show features:

  • Deion Sanders’ sit down interview with New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan
  • NFL Films-produced profile on Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, who’s wife passed away last year
  • Feature on NFL Network’s “Keep Gym in School” program
  • Highlights of Patriots-Lions and Saints-Cowboys Thanksgiving matchups

Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets at 8:00 PM ET:

  • Bob Papa (PxP), Matt Millen and Joe Theismann (analysts) with Alex Flanagan (sideline reporter)

The Sprint Halftime Show will air live from New Meadowlands Stadium. Eisen, Faulk, Mariucci and Sanders will discuss and analyze the first half of Bengals-Jets, while Henderson and Flanagan provide halftime reports.

THIS WEEK ON NFL GAMEDAY MORNING: Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers face off for NFC Supremacy while 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot is Unveiled

Sunday is NFL GameDay on NFL Network, starting at 9:00 AM ET with NFL GameDay Morning. Host Rich Eisen joins Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin and Warren Sapp for the first and most comprehensive pregame show every Sunday. The analysts will discuss the following topics:

  • The showdown between young quarterbacks Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers for supremacy in the NFC
  • Michael Vick traveling to Chicago to face the vaunted Bears’ defense
  • The fallout from the dismissal of Brad Childress in Minnesota and Vince Young’s troubles in Tennessee
  • Preview of key matchups, including Buccaneers-Ravens and Jaguars-Giants

Additionally, the names of the 25 semifinalists for the 2011 Hall of Fame class will be unveiled during the show.

  • Kara Henderson reports from Atlanta for Packers-Falcons
  • Albert Breer reports from Orchard Park for Steelers-Bills
  • Michael Lombardi reports from New Meadowlands Stadium for Jaguars-Giants
  • Jason La Canfora reports from Landover for Vikings-Redskins
  • Brian Baldinger reports from Chicago for Eagles-Bears

THIS WEEK ON AROUND THE LEAGUE and NFL TOTAL ACCESS

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Wednesday, November 24

Around the League:

  • NFL Insider with Michael Lombardi at NFL Films
  • Albert Breer reports from Minnesota

NFL Total Access:

  • NFL Insider with Jason La Canfora
  • Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson interview via Team Cam

Thursday, November 25

Around the League: Thursday Night Football preview

  • Thursday Night Football game analysts Joe Theismann and Matt Millen preview Bengals-Jets from New Meadowlands Stadium
  • Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci and Deion Sanders preview Bengals-Jets from New Meadowlands Stadium
  • Kara Henderson reports from New Meadowlands Stadium

Friday, November 26

Around the League:

  • NFL Insider with Michael Lombardi at NFL Films

NFL Total Access:

  • Packers WR Greg Jennings interview via Team Cam

THIS WEEK ON PLAYBOOK

Wednesday 6:00 PM ET – Playbook with Sterling Sharpe, Mike Mayock and Brian Baldinger:

  • How the rejuvenated Cowboys will try to take down the Saints
  • Why the Jets are ready for takeoff against the Bengals

Friday 6:00 PM ET – NFC Playbook with Mike Mayock, Michael Lombardi and Brian Baldinger:

  • How the Falcons can beat the Packers and prove they are the best team in the NFC
  • Why the Eagles defense can dominate the Bears on the way to a fourth straight win
  • How Donovan McNabb can take advantage of the Vikings defense
  • Why the Giants offense can overwhelm the Jaguars

Saturday at 6:00 PM ET – AFC Playbook with Mike Mayock, Michael Lombardi and Brian Baldinger:

  • Why Josh Freeman will struggle against the Ravens defense
  • How Ben Roethlisberger can bulldoze the Bills defense
  • How the Texans can snap their four-game losing streak and make things more interesting in the AFC South
  • How the Colts can get back on track against the Chargers

Tom Landry: The NFL’s Man in the Hat NFL Network Premiere on Friday, November 26 at 8:00 PM ET

Tom Landry: The NFL’s Man in the Hat, an NFL Films-produced documentary, looks into the life of one of the NFL’s most successful coaches in history and the powerful impact he had on his players, the city of Dallas and the league as a whole. The following is a partial list of people who were interviewed for the special documentary which premieres on Friday, November 26 at 8:00 PM ET:

  • Mike Ditka – former Dallas Cowboys tight end
  • Drew Pearson – former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver
  • Thomas Henderson – former Dallas Cowboys linebacker
  • Alicia Landry – Landry’s wife
  • Frank Gifford – teammate of Landry’s with the New York Giants

Below are a few select quotes from the documentary:

– “Throughout history, they can write anything they ever want to write about the Dallas Cowboys, but it begins and ends with one name: Tom Landry.” – Mike Ditka

– “Tom Landry? He made football.” – Sam Huff

– “He was like a math teacher. He had calculated this down to the lowest possible percentage of failing.” – Frank Gifford

– “The greatest thing that competitive athletics does is it teaches how to meet defeat, not how to meet victory. Because I think only through defeat is character built.” – Tom Landry

Special Thanksgiving Edition Sound FX: Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets – Saturday, November 27 at 8:30 PM ET

On Saturday, November 27 at 8:30 PM ET on NFL Network, an exclusive one-hour “all-sound” cut down version of the Thanksgiving Thursday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets will be shown.

“We are planning to have 15 players and coaches miked during the game, including both coaches and the coordinators. We’ll have 60 people at the game, which is more than we use for a Super Bowl, and then we’ll turn it around in 48 hours and show it to you through the eyes of the players. It’s something you won’t see anywhere else.” – Steve Sabol, NFL Films

Episode #11 of ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast’ Features Interviews with Peter King of NBC and SI.com and Joe Buck of FOX Sports

NFL Network host Rich Eisen is live from League headquarters in New York for this week’s episode of ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast’ in anticipation of Cincinnati Bengals-New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium on a Thanksgiving edition of Thursday Night Football. Eisen is joined by Peter King of NBC and SI.com to discuss the dismissal of Brad Childress as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings and the promotion of Leslie Frazier as interim head coach, the ongoing situation between Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and quarterback Vince Young, playoff predictions, and much more. NFL on FOX play-by-play announcer Joe Buck also joins Eisen on the show to preview the Saints-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving, the relationship between Childress and Brett Favre, and calling the World Series.

For more information on ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast,’ please visit http://richeisen.nfl.com/ or go to iTunes to download the latest episode.

Episode Eight of ‘The Season’ on NFL.com Profiles the Relationship Between Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Ray Lewis and his Son

The eighth episode of ‘The Season’ is now available on NFL.com. This week takes a look at the relationship between Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and his son Ray Lewis III. As a sophomore at Lake Mary Prep in Lake Mary, Florida, Lewis III is a talented football player who excels at the positions of running back, linebacker and free safety. Standing on the sidelines encouraging and cheering for him is his biggest fan: his father. As the son of a future Hall-of-Famer, Lewis III has a tremendous amount of expectations heaped upon his shoulders to follow in his father’s footsteps. Yet all Lewis wants his son to do is to be his own person. Coming from a childhood in which his father abandoned his family when he was just six years old and leaving his mother to care for six children, Lewis vows to not make the same mistakes that his own father made. They say the greatest gift a father can give his son is to believe in him, and it’s a gift Lewis continually gives to his child.

Episode eight can be found at http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-the-season/09000d5d81c5b606/The-NFL-Season-A-father-and-his-son?module=HP_video

Every week on NFL.com, a new webisode of ‘The Season’ will premiere, opening a new window into professional football to which fans and observers are usually not privy. The characters that will emerge over the next 12 weeks will spread across a broad spectrum – from quarterbacks to coaches, general managers to scouts, beer vendors to executives. ‘The Season’ is a project that’s not so much the story of the 2010 NFL season, but the tale of an NFL season – an important distinction. While who wins and who loses, who starts and who fumbles are all part of the story, they’re more incidental to the greater purpose of the piece – to provide a single, all-encompassing biography of a season.

THIS WEEK ON NFL.COM: NFL.com/LIVE: Thursday Night Football Presented by Applebee’s

Thursday, November 25

  • 8:00 PM ET – NFL.com/LIVE: Thursday Night Football Presented by Applebee’s:

A live show throughout Bengals vs. Jets with “live look-ins” of the action, reports from Kara Henderson and Steve Wyche on the field covering both teams, in-game highlights and analysis from Paul Burmeister, Jamie Dukes and Bucky Brooks in Los Angeles, plus ‘Instant Playbook’ from NFL Network’s Mike Mayock at NFL Films.

Friday, November 26

  • CHAT: Fantasy Focus (12 NOON ET)
  • CHAT: Vic Carucci (2:00 PM ET)

Sunday, November 28

  • CHAT: Fantasy Live (10 AM ET)
  • 11:30 AM ET – NFL Fantasy LIVE with Michelle Beisner, Michael Fabiano and Dave Dameshek delivers the most up to date information for your fantasy team to have a record-setting day

DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE (all times listed are ET)

Wednesday, November 24

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

8:00 PM – NFL Replay: Washington Redskins vs. Tennessee Titans (HD)

9:15 PM – NFL Replay: Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots (HD)

10:30 PM – Sound FX: 2010, Week 11 (HD)

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

12 MIDNIGHT – Playbook (HD)

Thursday, November 25

12 NOON – Playbook (HD)

1:00 PM – NFL Replay: Washington Redskins vs. Tennessee Titans (HD)

2:15 PM – NFL Replay: Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots (HD)

3:30 PM – Sound FX: 2010, Week 11 (HD)

4:00 PM – NFL GameDay Scorboard (HD)

7:00 PM – Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears (HD) – LIVE

8:00 PM – Thursday Night Football: Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets (HD) – LIVE

11:30 PM – Kay Jewelers Postgame Show (HD) – LIVE

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL Total Access: Postgame recap of Bengals vs. Jets (HD)

Friday, November 26

1:00 PM – Best of Sound FX: Mike Singletary (HD)

1:30 PM – Sound FX: 2010, Week 11 (HD)

2:00 PM – America’s Game: 1970 Baltimore Colts (HD)

3:00 PM – America’s Game: Missing Rings: 1981 San Diego Chargers (HD)

4:00 PM – Around the League (HD) – LIVE

6:00 PM – Playbook: NFC (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

***8:00 PM – NFL Network Debut: Tom Landry: The NFL’s Man in the Hat (HD)***

9:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Gutsiest Calls (HD)

10:00 PM – Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players: #90-81 (HD)

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

Saturday, November 27

9:00 AM – Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players: #90-81 (HD)

10:00 AM – Playbook: NFC (HD)

11:00 AM – Playbook: AFC (HD)

12 NOON – NFL Films Presents: Picture Perfect (HD)

12:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Gutsiest Calls (HD)

1:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Records That Won’t Be Broken

2:30 PM – Sound FX: 2010, Week 11 (HD)

3:00 PM – Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players: #100-91 (HD)

4:00 PM – Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players: #90-81 (HD)

5:00 PM – Playbook: NFC (HD)

6:00 PM – Playbook: AFC (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

***8:30 PM – Special Edition Sound FX: Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets from Thanksgiving (HD)***

9:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Most Versatile (HD)

10:30 PM – Keith Urban: Halftime in Real Time

11:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

12 MIDNIGHT – Special Edition Sound FX: Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets from Thanksgiving (HD)

Sunday, November 28

‘NFL GameDay’

9:00 AM – NFL GameDay Morning (HD)

1:00 PM – NFL GameDay StatZone (HD)

4:00 PM – NFL GameDay Scoreboard (HD)

7:30 PM – NFL GameDay Highlights (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL GameDay Overtime (HD)

12 MIDNIGHT – NFL GameDay Final (HD)

Monday, November 29

3:00 PM – NFL Replay Real-Time: 2010, Week 12 (HD)

4:00 PM – Around the League (HD) – LIVE

6:00 PM – Up to the Minute (HD)

6:30 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

8:30 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

9:00 PM – America’s Game: 1977 Dallas Cowboys (HD)

10:00 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

10:30 PM – America’s Game: 1995 Dallas Cowboys (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access: Monday Night Football Pressers (HD)

Tuesday, November 30

12 NOON – NFL Replay Real-Time: 2010, Week 12 (HD)

1:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Gutsiest Calls (HD)

2:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Records That Won’t Be Broken

3:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Most Versatile

4:00 PM – Around the League (HD) – LIVE

6:00 PM – Playbook (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access (HD)

Field Pass Block (8:00-11:00 PM ET)

8:00 PM – NFL Replay (HD)

9:15 PM – NFL Replay (HD)

10:30 PM – Best of Sound FX: Terrell Owens (HD)

Grambling Meets Southern As NBC Sports Presents The Bayou Classic This Saturday

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Former NFL Players Aaron Taylor and Shaun King Call Game With NBC Sports’ Tom Hammond

NEW YORK – November 24, 2010 – A Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues as NBC Sports, for the 20th consecutive year, broadcasts the State Farm Bayou Classic between Southern University and Grambling State, Saturday, 2 p.m. ET from the Louisiana Superdome.

Aaron Taylor, who played tackle at Notre Dame and then in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers and former Tulane and Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Shaun King each make their NBC Sports debut as analysts for the Bayou Classic.  They join Tom Hammond, NBC Sports voice of Notre Dame football, who will call the game.  Lewis Johnson will host the broadcast and provide interviews.

The first ever Bayou Classic, won 21-0 by Grambling, was played in New Orleans’ Tulane Stadium in 1974. This is the 37th time they have met and each school has won 18 games, but Grambling has won four of the last six, including last year’s Classic, 31-13.

One of the highlights of NBC’s broadcast is the renowned halftime show, during which the marching bands of both Southern University and Grambling State University put on an exciting display of talent. Weaved throughout the broadcast will be interviews with the head coaches and drum line battles between the bands.

The Bayou Classic on NBC Sports is produced by Rob Hyland and directed by Jeff Simon.

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Peyton Manning & Phillip Rivers To Air It Out When Colts Host Chargers On “Sunday Night Football”

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COVERAGE BEGINS WITH “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” AT 7 PM ET

“Neither one of these teams can really afford to let one slip.” – SNF’s Cris Collinsworth

“As we get closer to the end, they all sort of become little, mini playoff games.” – Collinsworth

NEW YORK – November 24, 2010 – Peyton Manning and Phillip Rivers, the league’s top two leaders in passing yards, meet on “Sunday Night Football” when the Indianapolis Colts (6-4) host the San Diego Chargers (5-5) in a game neither team can afford to let slip, according to SNF analyst Cris Collinsworth. Through 10 games, Rivers has passed for 3,177 yards and is on pace for 5,083, which would leave him a yard short of Dan Marino’s NFL single-season record of 5,084 set in 1984. Manning is second in the league with 3,059 yards and is on pace for 4,894, which would rank third all time.

Calling Chargers-Colts will be six-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), who is in his 25th season as the voice of the NFL’s premier primetime package; 11-time Emmy Award-winner Collinsworth, who last year, his first in the SNF booth, won the Emmy for outstanding event analyst; and sideline reporter Andrea Kremer about whom TV Guide said is “one of TV’s best sports correspondents.”

Coverage begins with “Football Night in America” at 7 p.m. ET Sunday with Bob Costas, who won the outstanding studio host Emmy last year, hosting live from inside the stadium. Dan Patrick will co-host “Football Night” from NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach and Emmy-nominated Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, and Sports Illustrated’s Peter King. Alex Flanagan will report from Soldier Field in Chicago on the Eagles-Bears game.

“Football Night” (7:30-8:15 pm) is averaging 8.3 million viewers through its first 11 weeks, its most ever for that time frame and up 11 percent vs. 2009’s 7.5 million viewers.

COLLINSWORTH: “It becomes a really big game because the Colts are now, sort of, on the brink of the playoffs. The Chargers are trying to fight their way back in a division that most people still feel like they have the most talent in. But neither one of these teams can really afford to let one slip at this point. As we get closer to the end, they all sort of become little, mini playoff games.”

DUNGY ON THE CHARGERS: “San Diego has had two things going for them in the past against the Colts. The first is a great pass rush from their outside linebacker. They put a lot of pressure on Peyton without having to send extra guys. The second thing is they always presented tough matchups with their big receivers against the smaller Colts defensive backs. Rivers has had two big days in the playoffs (against the Colts).”

HARRISON ON THE COLTS: “They have guys who are really fast on turf and who play with a tremendous amount of confidence. The most important thing is after that loss to New England, the Colts are coming back home and will be playing with a sense of urgency knowing that they have to win this game against a San Diego team that is, quite frankly, not intimidated by the Colts. But the Colts play different at home.”

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EMBED NBC SPORTS VIDEO: Video from NBC Sports’ NFL coverage, including select clips from “Sunday Night Football” and “Football Night in America,” is available to be embedded on media websites at NBCSports.com.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/21428022#40235927

Current clips include:

  • Tony & Rodney previewing Chargers-Colts
  • NFL coaches press conferences
  • Mike Florio’s PFTV
  • Rotoworld’s Fantasy Fix

SNF EXTRA: For the third straight season, the entire Sunday Night Football schedule is streamed live on NBCSports.com. The live coverage on NBCSports.com comes from NBC Sports’ broadcast of Sunday Night Football plus four additional camera angles and several new interactive features.

Sunday Night Football Extra employs a full HD-quality player using Microsoft Silverlight and Smooth Streaming that sets new benchmarks for live streaming video cross-platform. The video player includes full DVR and functionality allowing the user to pause and scroll back-and-forth – even review plays in “slo-mo” — all while watching live video.

New for the 2010 season, Sunday Night Football Extra has a draggable picture-in-picture feature for any of the online-only cameras, and greatly enhanced social functionality including a Twitter Tug of War between fans of the two teams and the ability for users to share direct links to any play in the game via Twitter and Facebook.

Sunday Night Football Extra includes expert analysis, including fantasy tips from Rotoworld fantasy experts as well as in-game chats and analysis from ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio. Additionally Sunday Night Football Extra employs online-only in-game analysis from the NBC Sunday Night Football and Football Night in America teams.

Sunday Night Football Extra features the broadcast from NBC’s Sunday Night Football team: Michaels, Collinsworth and Kremer.

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SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL VIEWERSHIP NOTES

SNF IS 11 FOR 11: With 23.2 million viewers, “Sunday Night Football” featuring the Eagles win over the Giants this past Sunday was the most-watched primetime show on Sunday night for the 11th straight week this season (100 percent). Last season, SNF was the most-watched Sunday night primetime broadcast in a record 15 of 16 (94 percent) weeks. In 2008, SNF won 13 of 16 (81 percent) Sunday nights after winning 11 of 16 in 2007 (69 percent) and nine of 16 in 2006 (56 percent).

  • The 23.2 million is nearly six million more and 34 percent higher than the Eagles-Bears Week 11 game last season (17.3 million). Sunday night’s household rating of 13.9/22 is more than three rating points and 31 percent higher than last year’s Eagles-Bears game.
    • Sunday’s game was the seventh game this season to earn a 12.5 household rating or better, the most through 11 weeks in NBC’s five-year “Sunday Night Football” history.

NBC PRIMETIME GAMES WITH 20 MILLION OR MORE VIEWERS

(Through 11 weeks)

2010 – 7

2009 – 5

2008 – 1

2007 – 0

2006 – 2

NO. 1 SHOW OF THE WEEK: Sunday’s game was the most-watched and highest-rated primetime program of the week and, for the 11th straight week, “Sunday Night Football” was the No. 1 regularly-scheduled primetime broadcast of the week by a wide margin among Adults 18-49, the coveted advertiser demographic. SNF was also the No. 1 show this week among Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54, Men 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54.

  • For the week, “Sunday Night Football” had a 76-percent margin of victory over the No. 2 show in Adults 18-49 (8.8 for SNF vs. 5.0 for Glee on Fox).
  • “Sunday Night Football” stands as the most-watched primetime show on television (based on Nielsen live + same day data), and the No. 1 regularly scheduled primetime show in all key adult and male demos.
  • SNF is also the No. 3 show since the beginning of the football season among Women 18-34 and 18-49.

THROUGH 11 WEEKS, SNF BEST IN 14 YEARS: Through the first 11 weeks of the NFL season, “Sunday Night Football” is averaging 21.5 million viewers, the most through this point in the season for a primetime NFL package in 14 years (23.0 million in 1996 on ABC).

SNF AVERAGE VIEWERSHIP THROUGH 11 WEEKS:

1. 2010, 21.5 million

2. 2009, 19.6 million

3. 2006, 17.7 million

4. 2008, 16.4 million

5. 2007, 16.1 million

The 11-week average household rating of 12.9/21 is nine-percent higher than last year’s 11.8/19 and 28 percent ahead of 2008 (10.1/16) through the same point in the season.

REMAINING 2010 “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” SCHEDULE

Regular Season – “Football Night in America” begins every Sunday at 7 p.m. ET

Sun. Nov. 28                *Week 12            Chargers at Colts (no change)

Sun. Dec. 5                  *Week 13        Steelers at Ravens (no change)

Sun. Dec. 12                *Week 14        Eagles at Cowboys

Sun. Dec. 19                *Week 15            Packers at Patriots

Sun. Dec. 26                *Week 16            Chargers at Bengals

Sun. Jan. 2                   *Week 17        TBA

*Flex Week

ABOUT FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING: The NFL will utilize “flexible scheduling” on Sundays in Weeks 11-17.  Flexible scheduling will ensure quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and give teams a chance to play their way onto primetime and into the late-afternoon 4:15 PM ET time slot on CBS and FOX.

For each of the flexible scheduling weeks with the exception of Week 17, the NFL will announce the start times of games on Sundays no later than 12 days prior to that weekend.  To ensure a Sunday night game and doubleheader games with playoff implications in Week 17, the flexible scheduling decision for that Sunday may be made on six days notice.

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NFL Games Rank 1-2 in Viewers for Week; NFL Games Top Local Ratings Record 88 Percent of Time

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NFL Games Rank 1-2 in Viewers for Week

NFL Games Top Local Ratings Record 88 Percent of Time

NFL game telecasts were the two most-watched programs on television last week (Nov. 15-21), according to The Nielsen Company.

The CBS national telecast (mostly Colts-Patriots) was last week’s most-watched show among all programs on television with 23.6 million viewers — the 11th time in 11 weeks that an NFL game telecast has been television’s most-watched program.

Giants-Eagles on NBC Sunday night ranked second and was the week’s most-watched primetime program with 23.2 million viewers.

NFL games topped the ratings in 29 of 30 NFL markets last week.  For the season, NFL games rank as the week’s highest-rated program in local NFL markets 88 percent of the time – the highest rate ever through 11 weeks.

Following is the list of 29 NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Nov. 15-21:

Week of 11/15–21 HH HH RTG
Market Game Date RTG SHR Rank
New Orleans Seahawks at Saints 11/21/10 50.3 68 1
Pittsburgh Raiders at Steelers 11/21/10 44.4 72 1
Boston Colts at Patriots 11/21/10 42.0 67 1
Minneapolis Packers at Vikings 11/21/10 40.3 69 1
Milwaukee Packers at Vikings 11/21/10 40.3 70 1
Philadelphia Giants at Eagles 11/21/10 38.1 52 1
Indianapolis Colts at Patriots 11/21/10 37.8 58 1
Baltimore Ravens at Panthers 11/21/10 33.5 58 1
Chicago Bears at Dolphins 11/18/10 32.9 48 1
Kansas City Cardinals at Chiefs 11/21/10 32.1 60 1
Dallas Lions at Cowboys 11/21/10 30.4 61 1
Nashville Redskins at Titans 11/21/10 29.7 52 1
Cleveland Browns at Jaguars 11/21/10 29.1 56 1
Buffalo Bills at Bengals 11/21/10 29.1 51 1
Washington, DC Eagles at Redskins 11/15/10 26.1 42 1
St. Louis Falcons at Rams 11/21/10 25.5 44 1
Jacksonville Browns at Jaguars 11/21/10 23.8 43 1
Seattle Seahawks at Saints 11/21/10 23.8 48 1
Detroit Lions at Cowboys 11/21/10 23.8 45 1
San Diego Texans at Jets 11/21/10 23.5 43 1
Atlanta Falcons at Rams 11/21/10 21.3 36 1
New York Giants at Eagles 11/21/10 20.0 30 1
Denver Colts at Patriots 11/21/10 17.9 35 1
Charlotte Giants at Eagles 11/21/10 17.8 28 1
Phoenix Cardinals at Chiefs 11/21/10 17.0 34 1
Tampa Buccaneers at 49ers 11/21/10 16.9 32 1
Miami Bears at Dolphins 11/18/10 16.8 25 1
San Fran-Oakland Buccaneers at 49ers 11/21/10 16.4 40 1
Houston Texans at Jets 11/21/10 15.9 35 1

Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company

Holiday Moments On Ice This Sunday On NBC

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Olympic Gold Medalist Brian Boitano Performs with the Legendary Mannheim Steamroller

NEW YORK – November 24, 2010 – Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano headlines the “Pandora Unforgettable Holiday Moments on Ice” this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET from the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D. The show is a part of the Pandora NBC Skating Series, produced by Disson Skating in conjunction with NBC. Not only is Boitano skating in the event, but also hosting alongside Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller.

Joining Boitano on the ice are two-time U.S. Champion and Olympic Team member Jeremy Abbott, who will be skating on the ice at Rockefeller Center for Sunday’s Weekend Today Show, 1988 & 1994 Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva, 1988 Olympic gold medalist and 1995 European champion Ilia Kulik, and two-time European Champion and 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist Jozef Sabovcik

The show features music by Mannheim Steamroller one of the top 50 biggest selling musical artists of all time, and the biggest selling Christmas music artists. Celebrating their 26th anniversary, the group will continue to do what they do best, entertaining thousands of fans as they perform their renowned Christmas arrangements including pieces from their Grammy Award nominated album entitled “Mannheim Steamroller Christmas,” which has sold over six million copies. The band’s founder and co-host of “Pandora Unforgettable Holiday Moments on Ice” Chip Davis, was the Country Music Writer of the Year in 1976 for the song entitled “Convoy” performed by C.W. McCall.

LINDSAY VONN SKIS AT THE ASPEN WINTERNATIONAL, SUNDAY, 1 PM

NBC Sports presents coverage of the Aspen Winternational this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET from Aspen, Colo.

Olympic gold medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, Calif.) and World Cup leader, Maria Riesch of Germany, take center stage Thanksgiving weekend when the Visa Aspen Winternational kicks off the classic North American swing of the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup.

Heavy early season snowfall has blanketed the Colorado Rockies providing a picture perfect landscape in the ski town of Aspen for  giant slalom and slalom competition.

Commentators for the event include Tim Ryan, Todd Brooker, Christin Cooper and Steve Porino.

Notes from NBA TV’s Fan Night: Chicago Bulls @ Los Angeles Lakers – Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Notes from NBA TVs Fan Night presented by 2K Sports’ NBA 2K11

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Chicago Bulls (91) @ Los Angeles Lakers (98)

Voting is open on NBA.com for next week’s Fan Night match-up that will air on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Fans can select between the following games:

Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons @ Orlando Magic

Portland Trail Blazers @ Philadelphia 76ers

New Jersey Nets @ New York Knicks

San Antonio Spurs @ Golden State Warriors

CLIP OF THE NIGHT

NBA TV’s Chris Webber on LeBron James’ comments that the Heat aren’t having fun

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AutoTrader.com Pre-Game Show

Ernie Johnson, Kevin McHale and Chris Webber

McHale on Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose: “He has the ball in his hands quite a bit; he’s their best player; he’s so dynamic, he finishes, attacks, his jump shot has improved. What they are trying to do is give him a lot of space by putting the ball in his hands and letting him make a lot of decisions.”

Webber on what he likes most about Derrick Rose: “I love the way Derrick Rose finishes. I think people take that for granted. All our guards in the league are great and can finish but Derrick Rose not only finishes emphatically over you but he has that great two-step hop which lets him make contact and lets him finish.  I like that because he gets to the hole so great and when he takes that spot he can actually jump in the air (which you are actually taught not to do) and try to finish and also look out to pass. So I love his ball control.”

McHale on LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin’s dunk over Knicks guard Timofey Mozgov: “You very seldom see a guy dunk a ball and see his hand get a foot above the rim. He just threw it in. He’s such a dynamic player. I love him, he rebounds and he plays hard. Right now he’s going to have to fight through a tough year with the Clippers to get better.”

NBA TV’s Chris Webber on LeBron James’ comments that the Heat aren’t having fun: “He’s being a robot. He’s not having fun, he’s not energetic. He’s not dunking on people and being exciting. The team has a commercial begging fans to come watch three of best players in the NBA play. Miami Fans, you stink. I hate saying that but you do.  I just think these guys really need to have fun. Something needs to be infused into this team; something new, something energetic, something positive.”

McHale on what the Miami Heat need to do to improve: “From a basketball standpoint, there is too much standing around. People aren’t working for each other. We have often talked about guys running; you have to run for your teammates. There is no one getting out in front of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade collapsing the defense, giving them lanes, giving them opportunities. There is not enough ball movement or body movement. They are technically doing some things that are making it really hard for them to win games in the NBA. They have got to get that fixed. Their spacing is bad, their ball movement is bad. They have to get better on the offensive end. It sounds ridiculous to say you have three of the best players in the league (and you’re) bad offensively, but they are.”

Webber on Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra:  “I think the one thing that is getting lost in this whole thing is that you want a boss that has been there and done it and can make you better. At the end of the day, we are going to say it is LeBron’s fault and Dwyane Wade’s fault (that the Heat are losing) we are not going to say it is Spoelstra’s fault. I don’t know if they really need him (Pat Riley) to come in, but as players you need somebody to respect.  You need something to respect the guy. I don’t see that on the floor. I don’t see anyone playing for each other,just as individuals.”

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T-Mobile Halftime Report

Johnson, McHale and Webber

Webber on Bulls guard Derrick Rose getting 16 points, 7 assists in the first half: “He is the real deal. How does this guy score? He comes off the pick and roll; he dribbles so well, he can get guys involved.”

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NBA GameTime presented by Hyundai

Johnson, McHale and Webber

Webber on how everyone on the Los Angeles Lakers bench knows what their role is: “Matt Barnes is a defender. He knows that he is the replacement for (Ron) Artest. He knows his job is to come and give the energy that Artest does. If you look at (Steve) Blake, he knows he is supposed to lead. Shannon Brown knows that he is supposed to attack the rim. I really like how these guys are playing together. It seems like they are all on the same page.”

Lakers reserve guard Shannon Brown joins NBA GameTime via Arena Link following the game

Brown on taking pride in coming off the Lakers’ bench: “Last year we got a lot of grief about our bench and how we weren’t holding the starters down. This year the guys came in and we just clicked right away. We go out there and take pride in it every night and play our hearts out.”

Brown on the steps he took to prepare for this level in his basketball career: “I wasn’t being myself. I was listening to everybody and trying to take their advice. I was trying to do things to please others instead of doing what I did to get better from each level of basketball, from grammar school to this level of basketball. I sat back and evaluated myself, my game, and the years that I have been in the league and decided to let everything go and just go out there and be who I am, just be Shannon Brown and go out there and play basketball.”

Brown on playing against Bulls’ point guard Derrick Rose: “(Rose is) so quick. One time he came with an in and out, left. We tried to push him down. He went in and out, left. He showed the ball and took it away. He doubled pumped and reversed it on the other end. Wow. We were thinking we need to send him somewhere else so we can make a play. He’s a great player. I’ve been a fan of his since he was in Simeon (high school in Chicago). He’s just an awesome player. He is so humble.”

Brown on Lakers’ theme for this season: “We focus on defense and getting better every day. The new guys that came in, the chemistry and camaraderie has been amazing. We know there are going to be ups and downs. We have to continue to stay together, at every practice get better and at every game get better.”

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Inside the NFL on SHO Thanksgiving Edition with Kris Jenkins

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NEW YORK JETS NOSE TACKLE  KRIS JENKINS  JOINS “INSIDE THE NFL” FOR THANKSGIVING SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24

Plus the Story of Valley Christian High School Football Player

Drew Swank and His Living Legacy

NEW YORK (Nov. 23, 2010)–-New York Jets Nose Tackle Kris Jenkins joins INSIDE THE NFL on SHOWTIME as guest analyst on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT . Plus the story of Valley Christian High School Football Player Drew Swank and his living legacy. Swank passed away a year ago, after receiving a hit to the head, shortly after recovering from a concussion. His family made the tough decision to donate his organs. Sixteen-year old Austin Fletcher was the recipient of this liver. Forever bonded, the two families meet in a very emotional reunion.

Host James Brown anchors INSIDE THE NFL on SHOWTIME with All-Pro NFL greats Cris Collinsworth, Phil Simms and Warren Sapp serving as expert analysts.

INSIDE THE NFL is produced by CBS Sports and NFL Films with new episodes airing on SHOWTIME every Wednesday during the NFL season through February 9, 2011.  Pete Radovich serves as coordinating producer. The executive producers are Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports, and NFL Films President Steve Sabol.

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