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*** THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL*** KICKOFF CALL

MONDAY, SEPT. 8 (2:00 PM, ET/11:00 AM, PT)

DIAL: (719) 457-2664

        CBS Sports and NFL Network will host a THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL conference call on Monday, Sept. 8 (2:00 PM, ET/11:00 AM, PT) featuring Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, and Executive Producer of THE NFL ON CBS, Brian Rolapp, EVP of Media, NFL,  the Thursday Night Football announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, and studio analysts Deion Sanders and Bill Cowher.

        The Thursday Night Football schedule kicks off on Sept. 11 with Pittsburgh at Baltimore. Nantz and Simms call the action along with sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson

        Every Thursday at 6:00 PM, ET on NFL Network, Rich Eisen kicks off the NFL week with Michael Irvin, Marshall Faulk and Steve Mariucci live from outside each stadium with NFL Total Access Kickoff.

         At 7:30 PM, ET, James Brown, Sanders and Cowher anchor NFL Thursday Night Kickoff from inside each stadium.

 

(Playbacks can be heard by dialing:  (719) 457-0820; passcode: 8856859)

 

CBS Sports Contacts:                       Jen Sabatelle              212/975-4120             jsabatelle@cbs.com

@CBSSportsGang                             Jerry Caraccioli           212/975-7466             gwcaraccioli@cbs.com

                                                        Dan Sabreen               212/975-5936             dsabreen@cbs.com

 

NFL Network Contacts:                    Alex Riethmiller          310/840-4681              alex.riethmiller@nfl.com

@InsideNFLMedia                             Andrew Howard          310/845-4579              andrew.howard@nfl.com

 

 

Follow CBS Sports and NFL Network on Twitter: @NFLonCBS and @NFLNetwork.

 

Robin Brendle

Executive Director, CBS Sports Communications

(212) 975-1533

rlbrendle@cbs.com

 

Follow us on Twitter:  @CBSSportsGang