FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES
FOX Sports Keeps NASCAR Action Rolling Sunday at 1:00 PM ET
THE DAYTONA 500: THE AMERICAN DREAM
THE 10: NASCAR’s CLOSEST CALLS – THE 10: NASCAR’s GREATEST FINISHES
FOXSports.com Adds BARFLY & Whitlock Podcasts to Lineup
FOX SPORTS CONTINUES NASCAR SEASON IN OFF-WEEK – While our nation’s stock car heroes take a week off to tweak their engines and rework their 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup strategy, FOX Sports takes a look back at this season’s unpredictable Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne with an hour long special titled: THE DAYTONA 500: THE AMERICAN DREAM. Produced by NASCAR Media group and FOX Sports, the program airs Sunday, March 13 (1:00 PM ET) and provides an inside look at what life has been like for the 20 year-old since his stunning victory. In addition, the special covers storylines about the return of the Wood Brothers and NASCAR’s famed No. 21 car. Immediately following, FOX Sports airs back-to-back 30 minute editions of SPEED’s THE 10, a motor sports countdown show. THE 10: NASCAR’s CLOSEST CALLS (2:00 PM ET) and THE 10: NASCAR’s GREATEST FINISHES (2:30 PM ET) airs for the first time on network television.
FOXSPORTS.COM’s LUNCH WITH BENEFITS DEBUTS BARFLY – FOXSports.com national columnist Mark Kriegel is not afraid to share his opinions in this brand new edition to the site’s “Lunch With Benefits” lineup. Airing every Monday at 1:00 PM ET on FOXSports.com, BARFLY allows viewers to eavesdrop on Kriegel and special guest celebrities, athletes and analysts as they kick back and share drinks and conversation about the hottest current topics in sports. In this week’s episode, Kriegal sat down for dinner with FOX NFL SUNDAY analyst Michael Strahan and actor Ed O’Neill: http://msn.foxsports.com/video/shows/barfly.
Next week’s edition of BARFLY features one of college basketball’s winningest head coaches, Jerry “Tark the Shark” Tarkanian.
WHITLOCK’S WEEKLY PODCAST: A CHAT WITH “KID” – In a two-part podcast, FOXSports.com national columnist Jason Whitlock sits down with rapper/comedian/actor Christopher “Kid” Reid about hip-hop culture’s relationship with sports culture. “Kid” was famous in the 1990s with the rap group Kid-N-Play and co-starred in the popular “House Party” movies. Part one of the podcast is available on FOXSports.com, with part two available tomorrow at 12:00 PM ET.
WORLD’S BEST SURFERS BATTLE MOST DANGEROUS WAVE ON FUEL TV SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 12 – FUEL TV premieres the “Billabong Pipeline Masters 2010” Saturday, March 12, at 9:00PM ET/PT. The final stop of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour, the Billabong Pipeline Masters is held at the Banzai Pipeline on Oahu’s North Shore and is one of the most dangerous waves on the planet. Watch the best surfers in the world including 10-time World Champion Kelly Slater, two-time World Champ Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson, Taj Burrow battle for the most prestigious crown in surfing.
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