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"WHO MADE YOU? AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO FATHERS, PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE" TO AIR ON CBS SPORTS ON FATHER'S DAY

Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal and Others 

To Join Host Dick Enberg In Saluting Their Fathers

 

CBS Sports broadcasts "Who Made You? An All-Star Tribute To Fathers, presented by T-Mobile," on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15 (5:00-6:00 PM, ET). Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and other all-stars stars join CBS Sports' Dick Enberg to share warm, touching, and often humorous tributes to their fathers.

 

      In this uplifting and inspiring show, some of the world's most famous athletes, along with their parents, siblings, friends, coaches, and others who are close to them tell moving stories about how the relationships between those athletes and their fathers helped make them the person that they are today.  The show also goes back to their hometowns and shows where they were brought up. "Who Made You? An All-Star Tribute To Fathers" presents these familiar celebrities in an entirely new light.

 

      Sports icons such as Hall of Famers Cal Ripken, Jr, Tony Gwynn, Kellen Winslow, and Don Hasselbeck talk about how their fame is attributable to lessons learned from their fathers and how they have tried to pass those lessons on to their children, including Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Tony Gwynn, Jr., Cleveland Browns receiver Kellen Winslow, Jr., and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. Some of those lessons have been passed from more than one generation, as told by the three generations of the Indy racing Andretti family, Mario, Michael, and Marco.

 

      Some of the nation's best known established and up-and-coming athletes tell stories about how their fathers molded them into the champions that they are today, including Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Indy race car driver Danica Patrick, Ken Griffey, Jr., baseball icon and All-Star of the Cincinnati Reds, Amare Stoudemire, star forward of the Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, and tennis star James Blake.  Figure skater Michelle Kwan shares how her father's commitment to her future almost led the family to financial disaster.

 

      Renowned sports broadcaster Dick Enberg, the show's host, remarks "Just as it is for the greatest athletes, so has it been for me.  I have spent my entire life striving to succeed, always with the thought of wanting to make my Father proud.  We are nurtured, coached, inspired, driven, and loved by our Dads.  And this program, respectfully, says thank you in turn to those who made us."

      "Although we have seen their performances on athletic fields and in arenas this show presents these athletes in an entirely different light- as people who achieved their level of greatness and stardom with the direction, guidance, and love provided by their fathers", says Executive Producer Gary Ravet. "Not only is this a line-up of athletes like nobody has ever seen on one show but these athletes and their families share stores that have never been heard before."

 

      Promark Productions produced a Mother's Day edition of "Who Made You?" which aired on CBS on May 11, 2008 and produces an on-going "Who Made You?" series on CBSSports.com involving NBA players and on TNT's "Overtime" on NBA.com involving NBA players

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