By Demian Russian
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will host the second annual SiriusXM Celebrity Fantasy Football Draft, a showcase event featuring a series of special broadcasts from a wide variety of Sirius XM Radio hosts at the Hard Rock Café in New York City’s Times Square tomorrow, Thursday, July 28th.
The event will mark the one year anniversary of the launch of SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, the exclusive 24/7 fantasy sports channel airing on channel 87 on XM and channel 210 on Sirius Premier. Sirius XM subscribers are invited to attend this special event or tune in live from around the country.
The event will kick off at 8:00 am ET with a live broadcast of the popular Opie & Anthony Show - hosted by Gregg “Opie” Hughes and Anthony Cumia along with comedian Jim Norton – live from the Hard Rock Café on The Virus, channel 105 on XM and channel 206 on Sirius Premier.
A variety of SiriusXM personalities and celebrities will be in attendance to participate in the event including NY Giants offensive lineman David Diehl, Alice In Chains guitarist and co-vocalist Jerry Cantrell, WWE star Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, Playboy Playmate and Playboy Radio host Pilar Lastra, Howard Stern Show executive producer Gary Dell’Abate, Mad Dog Radio’s Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo and Steve Phillips, SiriusXM NFL Radio’s Rich Gannon and Adam Schein, Emmy Award-winning actor and SiriusXM host Jay Thomas, The Scott Ferrall Show’s Scott Ferrall, The Covino & Rich Show’s Steve Covino and Rich Davis, and SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio host John Hansen, who won last year’s SiriusXM Celebrity Fantasy Football League.
The celebrity fantasy football draft will kickoff off at 11:00 am ET. This year’s draft will feature 12 teams which will be managed by celebrities and personalities from across the SiriusXM programming spectrum. SiriusXM NFL Radio’s Adam Schein and Rich Gannon, a 17-year NFL quarterback and the 2002 NFL MVP, will emcee the event, which will be conducted live on the Hard Rock stage and will air nationwide on both SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (channel 87 on XM and channel 210 on Sirius Premier) and SiriusXM NFL Radio (channel 88 on Sirius and XM Premier. Fantasy sports fans around the country can tune to hear celebrity team managers select their rosters and verbally joust with their competitors.
The 2011 SiriusXM Fantasy Football Celebrity League will include the following team managers:
David Diehl
NY Giants offensive lineman
Jerry Cantrell
Alice In Chains guitarist & co-vocalist
Mike “The Miz” Mizanin
WWE Superstar
Pilar Lastra
Playboy Playmate of the Month – August, 2004
Host, Playboy Radio on SiriusXM/Playboy Fantasy Football on SiriusXM
Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo
Host, SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Radio channel
Steve Phillips
Former Major League Baseball GM
Host, Mad Dog Radio/SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio
Gary Dell’Abate
Executive Producer of the The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM
Jay Thomas
Emmy Award-winning actor
Host of SiriusXM’s The Jay Thomas Show
Scott Ferrall
Host, The Scott Ferrall Show on Howard 101 on SiriusXM
Steve Covino & Rich Davis
Hosts, The Covino & Rich Show on SiriusXM
John Hansen
Host, SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio
Defending SiriusXM Celebrity Fantasy Football League Champion
Fans can follow the SiriusXM Celebrity Fantasy Football League competition through the 2011 season at www.siriusxm.com/fantasysportsradio.
Disclosure: Long SIRI
Contact the author: DemianRussian@SatelliteRadioPlayground.com
