Texas sports teams to be featured on FLW Radio
Live update of TTT Championship to be given
DALLAS – On Sunday’s edition of “FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart,” Fox Sports Radio hosts Keith Lebowitz and Travis Smith will talk about Texas fishing, basketball, hockey and football. Guests will include the voice of FLW Outdoors, Dallas Mavericks stars from the past and present, an entertaining Texas sportscaster and the show’s regular football commentator.
Beginning Sunday at 10 a.m. CST, Lebowitz and Smith will discuss the 2002 NFC East season as well as a variety of sports- and outdoor-related issues with their noted guests.
Charlie Evans, executive vice president of FLW Outdoors, will call in with an update from the Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trial Championship that is taking place in Killeen, Texas, during the weekend. The champion will have an opportunity to take home $70,000. Rolando Blackman, a retired Dallas Maverick, will share memories of his NBA experiences, and Evan Eschmeyer, the Mavericks’ 6-foot-11-inch center, will talk about his team’s current season. Ric Renner, sportscaster for Southwest Sport Report on Fox Sports Net, will give updates about the Dallas Stars and other Texas teams. Cowboys.com writer Nick Eatman will detail the outlook for Sunday’s game.
Blackman, one of only two players to have his jersey retired and hanging in the American Airlines Center, will reminisce about his tenure as a Marverick during basketball’s glory days in the `80s. Eschmeyer, who made his rookie debut in 2000, will talk about his team and his passion for fishing. Renner, an entertaining sports reporter on an award-winning sportscast, will touch on a variety of local Texas teams, including the Dallas Stars and the Houston Rockets. Eatman, a regular guest of “FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart,” will call in from Phoenix, where the Dallas Cowboys are scheduled to challenge the Arizona Cardinals at 3:15 p.m. CST.
“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.