FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                        RELEASE NO. 89-09

SPORTSCENTER TO BROADCAST FROM WEST POINT – Nov. 9, 2009

WEST POINT, N.Y. –– ESPN is honoring veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with a week of programming -- America’s Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans -- culminating in special SportsCenter editions live from West Point on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.  Daytime SportsCenter co-hosts Hannah Storm and Josh Elliott will report from the U.S. Military Academy that day, hourly, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and from 6 to 7 p.m.

“The opportunity to visit West Point on such an important day is a career highlight,” Elliott said.  “The men and women we hope to meet are cut from a very special cloth, willing to offer their lives for ours, and our freedom.  In the sports world, we borrow the word ‘hero’ and so often lessen its meaning.  Time to bring it back to where it belongs.”

In addition to Veterans Day festivities, segments on former Army head basketball coaches Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski, a West Point graduate who played point guard for Knight; and Bill Parcells, who once served as an assistant football coach at West Point are expected to be highlighted.

West Point activities planned as part of the broadcast include performances by the Cadet Drill team, sport parachute team, men’s and women’s rugby teams and a variety of cadet spirit groups.

A cadet choir will open the 9 a.m. SportsCenter by singing the National Anthem.

About West Point
Ranked the “Top College in the Country” by Forbes and “Top Public Liberal Arts College” by
US News & World Report, the U.S. Military Academy is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City.  The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering.  Its mission remains constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.  For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.