[1] Court TV Signs Former NFL Stars Lynn Swann and Tim Green to Provide Analysis of the Ray Lewis Trial.Sports & Television Editors/Football Writers NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--May 18, 2000 Court TV announced today that former Pittsburgh Steeler and current ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Sports commentator Lynn Swann Lynn Curtis Swann (b. March 7, 1952, Alcoa, Tennessee) is a former professional football player, sports broadcaster and a Republican politician. As a youth, Swann went to Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, later attended the University of Southern will join the crime and justice network as a special guest commentator during its comprehensive coverage of the murder trial of Baltimore Ravens Beginning May 25, Swann will join Court TV anchor Rikki Klieman on a regular basis during daytime coverage of the trial to offer expert commentary and discussion about the case that illustrates some of the complex issues raised by professional athletes involved in legal battles. In addition, lawyer, author, Rhodes Scholar, sports commentator and former All-Pro Tim Green will appear on Court TV's weeknightly news magazine Pros & Cons airing at 6:00pm beginning May 22 for the duration of the Ray Lewis murder trial. Green will contribute his experience in professional sports as both a player and an analyst to a nightly special edition of Pros & Cons which will examine the day's testimony in the Lewis trial. Lynn Swann is a veteran sports commentator that joined ABC Sports in 1976. He provided commentary for "Monday Night Football “MNF” redirects here. For other uses, see MNF (disambiguation). Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ," the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, the 1984 Los Angeles summer Olympics, the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Pro Bowl, the USFL USFL United States Football League USFL United States Futsal Federation , and numerous other events. He currently serves as a sideline reporter on ABC's college football coverage. Swann was one of the great wide receivers of his time. In his nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team won a legendary four Super Bowls with Swann being named MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. in Super Bowl X. Tim Green played eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and has written several books, including "The Dark Side of the Game: My Life in the NFL." Green currently serves as a commentator for Fox Sports and is a practicing lawyer with the firm Hiscock and Barclay in Syracuse, NY. Pros & Cons, hosted by Court TV Anchor Nancy Grace, looks at the day's breaking legal news with guest appearances by national experts and personalities. Grace is a former special prosecutor special prosecutor: see independent counsel. with the Fulton County District Attorney's office in Atlanta, the same office that is prosecuting Lewis. During the Lewis trial, Pros & Cons will be repeated at 11:00 p.m./ET the same night, Monday through Thursday. Court TV (http://www.courttv.com), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming, which both informs and entertains. As the first and only cable network dedicated to crime and justice, Court TV broadcasts live trials by day and crime stories in the evening. A service of Time Warner Entertainment and Liberty Media Corp., Court TV has commitments to reach 45 million subs by 3rd quarter and is expected to grow by year-end to 50 million. |
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