Joey Galloway will be in studio for AFL on NBC
March 11, 2004 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK â Mar. 11, 2004 â NBC Sports' regional coverage of the Arena Football League continues on Sunday, Mar. 14, at noon ET/9a.m. PT with the lead match-up of New York at Tampa Bay. Tom Hammond (play-by-play), Pat Haden (analyst) and Lewis Johnson (reporter) will broadcast the game. During NBC's coverage of the PGA Tour's "Southern Swing," which continues this Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET with the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., the AFL on NBC moves to noon ET each Sunday.
This week, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and part-owner of the AFL Columbus franchise Joey Galloway will join AFL on NBC studio host Al Trautwig and analyst Glenn Parker for a preview of Sunday's match-ups, halftime game updates and postgame wrap-up interviews.
Additionally, during the game Atlantic recording artist Twista, whose single "Slow Jamz," and current album "KAMIKAZE" both hit No. 1 on the Hip/Hop Chart and Billboard 200, respectively, will debut a 30-second song he wrote exclusively for the AFL on NBC. The song's lyrics are set to the instrumental from his upcoming release of "Higher," which also features Ludacris. And during halftime, NBC will feature a taped piece in which Twista comments on the best AFL plays from the 2004 season.
NBC's other AFL regional game is Los Angeles at Grand Rapids, Bob Papa (play-by-play), Ray Bentley (analyst) and reporter Jack Doles from WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids have the call.
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