- John Saunders: Will co-anchor the Sunday evening SportsCenter with Chris Berman starting next Sunday. Saunders, who previously worked with Berman in the 1980s, will add SportsCenter duties to his hosting job on ABC’s College Football Countdown. (Awful Announcing)
- Oprah Winfrey: Will have “approximately 150” U.S. Olympic team members on the season premiere of her talk show September 8th. Some of the guests include Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, Lisa Leslie and Nastia Liukin. The show is intended to be both a “‘welcome home celebration’ and a chance to showcase Chicago as the city bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics.” (Yahoo Ball Don’t Lie)
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