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MOJO HD AND USA TODAY PRESENT A SHOT AT GLORY, A SUMMER SERIES PROFILING ELEVEN OF AMERICA’S TOP ATHLETES WITH DREAMS OF COMPETING IN BEIJING
Ten-Part Series to Premiere Monday, July 28 and Run Each Consecutive Weeknight for Two Weeks
July 7, 2008, New York - What does it take to train all your young life and succeed at the highest levels in athletics? MOJO HD and USA TODAY Live partner to present A Shot at Glory, introducing eleven of the United States’ most promising athletes with hopes to excel this summer in Beijing. The ten-part, all high-definition series delves into the mindset and motivation of the competitors as they discuss their intense training schedules and nutrition programs, their mentors and role models, their career-making competitions and the personal stories behind each hard-fought climb to the upper echelons of sport. A Shot at Glory premieres nationally on MOJO HD starting Monday, July 28 at 9:00pm, ET/PT and airs every weekday evening through Friday, August 8 at 9:00pm, ET/PT.
New Scheduling Information: MOJO HD will present a marathon of all five of the previous week’s five episodes as follows: Saturday, Aug. 2, starting 5:00pm, ET/2:00pm, PT and Saturday Aug. 9, starting 5:00pm, ET/2:00pm, PT. Each episode runs one-half hour. Then, starting Sunday Aug 3 at 9:00pm, one episode will be replayed weekly.
Those profiled include wrestling’s Daniel Cormier, BMX biker Donny Robinson, track and field’s Tyson Gay and Wallace Spearmon Jr., boxing’s Gary Russell, Jr., swimming’s Kate Ziegler, triathlon’s Laura Bennett, canoe/kayak’s Brett Heyl, gymnastics’ Samantha Peszek and beach volleyball’s Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs (one episode). (See biographies of featured athletes below.)
A Shot at Glory also features candid interviews with high-profile medal winners about their life experiences and what it truly requires to be the best in their discipline, including boxing’s Sugar Ray Leonard; track’s Jackie Joyner-Kersee; gymnastics’ Mary Lou Retton; beach volleyball’s Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor; BMX’s Mike King; kayaking’s Scott Schipley; swimming’s Amy Van Dyken; triathlon’s Susan Williams and wrestling’s John Smith. Additionally, experts in each sport will be featured, detailing the psychological and body strength needed to compete; how to overcome injuries and setbacks and how these new competitors compare with previous champions.
A Shot at Glory is produced by USA TODAY Live, the television production arm of USA TODAY, in association with Orange Lion Productions. From USA TODAY Live, Lauren Ashburn is executive producer with Ginger Hudson as senior producer. From Orange Lion, Scott Henry is series producer. For MOJO HD, Executive Producer is Emilio Nunez with Siobhan Graham as supervising producer.
About USA TODAY:
USA TODAY is the nation’s top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide. USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY brand also includes: USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information on a variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.
About MOJO HD (www.mojohd.com) MOJO HD was created exclusively for the discerning upscale male, with attitude, wit and style, and is among the most widely distributed HD networks on cable. The company has been a pioneer in hi-def television since 2003. Original shows are about wide-ranging men’s interests including high tech, finance, comedy-reality, adventurous travel, music, cuisine and spirits. Other programming includes sports and movies and MOJO is the exclusive HD cable home of “Heroes.” The network is 100% high definition, all shown in pristine 1080i picture and 5.1 sound and is available as part of the HD offerings from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Cablevision, Charter Communications Inc., Bright House Networks, Mediacom and others. MOJO HD is owned by iN DEMAND Networks, whose members are Comcast iN DEMAND Holdings, Inc., Cox Communications Holdings, Inc., and Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership.
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