FLW Radio features NBA radio personality, NFL veterans

'FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart' on Fox Sports Radio 1190 AM and FLWOutdoors.com

October 10, 2002 • MLF • Archives

DALLAS – This week “FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart” on Fox Sports Radio 1190 AM will discuss the Dallas Mavericks’ upcoming season, the NFL then and now, and the Dallas Cowboys’ Sunday matchup.

Mike Fisher, one of FOX Sports Radio 1190’s own personalities, will chat about the Mavericks and the NBA; Tony Bennett, eight-year NFL veteran, will reminisce about his football history as well as talk about his nephew Michael Bennett’s current position as a Minnesota Vikings running back; former Oklahoma Sooner star running back and NFL standout Spencer Tillman will discuss the “Red River Shootout” game between Texas and Oklahoma; and Cowboys.com writer Nick Eatman will be back with his breakdown for Sunday’s game.

Beginning Sunday at 10 a.m. CST, hosts Keith Lebowitz and Travis Smith will discuss the 2002 NFC East season as well as a variety of sports- and outdoor-related issues with their noted guests.

Fisher, an NBA expert and commentator for the Dallas Mavericks, will talk through the upcoming NBA season and preseason, which begins for the Mavericks Oct. 30 when they face the Memphis Grizzlies. Bennett, a former defensive end and linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts, is now an avid angler; he will talk about fishing as well as football. Tillman, currently the lead studio analyst and a reporter for CBS Sports in its college football coverage, will discuss Saturday’s matchup between Texas and Oklahoma. Eatman, a regular guest of “FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart,” will be back on the air to give his breakdown of Dallas’ Sunday home game against the Carolina Panthers.

“FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart” is broadcast on Fox Sports 1190 AM throughout Texas and parts of Oklahoma from KTRA in Dallas. Those outside the broadcast area can listen via an Internet link provided by FLW Outdoors on its Web site in the right-hand navigation bar. Listeners who would like to ask a question of any of these guests can e-mail the question to [email protected].

Lebowitz and Smith assemble an exciting group of distinguished guests – including entertainers as well as sports-industry figures – to create a quality radio show every Sunday from 10 a.m. until noon CST. “FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart” brings listeners inside information on what’s new in the world of sports as well as what these celebrities do for fun when they’re off the stage or field and in the outdoors.

FLW Outdoors is the industry’s premier provider of sport-fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, the world’s most lucrative bass-fishing circuit; the EverStart Series, known as the gateway to the FLW Tour; the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League for weekend anglers; the Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail; the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit; and the Ranger M1, with one of the largest cash purses in all of professional fishing.