Fox Sports NFL pregame show to originate from the US Air Force Academy on Sunday
In this image provided by FOX Sports, from left Curt Menefee, Rob Gronkowski, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Strahan and Jay Glazer of “Fox NFL Sunday” pose for a group photo at Fox Sports Studios in Los Angeles, on Sept. 10, 2023. The Fox pregame show will air its annual Veterans Day show from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo, on Nov. 12, 2023. (Lily Ro/FOX Sports via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week’s “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame show will originate from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, continuing the network’s tradition of going to military installations in honor of Veterans Day.
The two-hour pregame show begins Sunday at 11 p.m. EST. It will feature San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich discussing his love for the academy and his time spent there, Rob Gronkowski parachuting out of a UV-18B Twin Otter aircraft at 11,000 feet live (weather permitting) and a feature by Tom Rinaldi on football player Hunter Brown, who passed away earlier this year.
The show also includes pilot and Air Force Academy graduate Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who famously landed U.S. Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in 2009 with 155 people on board, delivering a voice over.
In this handout photo from the U.S. Air Force, American service members participate in a live broadcast with the hosts of Fox NFL Sunday during their Salute to Veterans broadcast, Nov. 13, 2022 at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. As over a million World Cup fans fill stadiums with cheers and carry heady optimism through the streets of Doha, some 8,000 American troops are running air wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other hotspots in the Middle East mere miles away. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten, via AP)
In this handout photo from the U.S. Air Force, American service members participate in a live broadcast with the hosts of Fox NFL Sunday during their Salute to Veterans broadcast, Nov. 13, 2022 at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. As over a million World Cup fans fill stadiums with cheers and carry heady optimism through the streets of Doha, some 8,000 American troops are running air wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other hotspots in the Middle East mere miles away. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten, via AP)
Fox Sports did a show from the Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 2019, and the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2021. It has also originated from military bases around the world, including Afghanistan.
FILE - A goal posts is wrapped with the NFL logo in honor of Veterans Day during an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins in Tampa, Fla., on Nov. 11, 2013. Fox’s NFL pregame show is going international for the first time in 13 years for their annual Veterans Day show. This week’s “Fox NFL Sunday” will originate from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
FILE - A goal posts is wrapped with the NFL logo in honor of Veterans Day during an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins in Tampa, Fla., on Nov. 11, 2013. Fox’s NFL pregame show is going international for the first time in 13 years for their annual Veterans Day show. This week’s “Fox NFL Sunday” will originate from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
The entire pregame crew of Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, Jay Glazer and Gronkowski will appear along with 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets.
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