Thanksgiving Day to Feature Another Helping of Football and Fogerty

Thanksgiving Day to Feature Another Helping of Football and Fogerty

JOHN FOGERTY to Make Sports and Entertainment History November 23 With Same-Day Halftime Performances at Two NFL Games

National Anthems Include TAYLOR SWIFT in Detroit on CBS and JESSICA HARP in Kansas City on NFL Network

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- While most Americans will settle in at home for a day of family, food and football on Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer JOHN FOGERTY will be flying around the country to make history by performing live during the halftimes of two NFL games.

The unprecedented same-day feat is part of the NFL's first Thanksgiving tripleheader which includes the traditional afternoon games in Detroit and Dallas and the addition of a new primetime game on NFL Network from Kansas City.

Fogerty will perform at Ford Field in Detroit during the United Way-themed halftime show of the Miami Dolphins-Lions game on CBS (12:30 p.m. ET) and then fly to Kansas City to perform during halftime of the Denver Broncos-Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium on NFL Network (8:00 p.m. ET). The game marks the first live regular season game on NFL Network.

The day also features special national anthem performances. In Detroit, 16-year-old country music sensation TAYLOR SWIFT will sing the national anthem while JESSICA HARP, a member of the hit country duo "The Wreckers" and a Kansas City native, will perform prior to the Broncos-Chiefs game.

The late afternoon game in Dallas between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cowboys on FOX (4:15 p.m. ET) will also feature special national anthem and halftime show performances by national artists who will be announced shortly.

Last year's Broncos-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game was the most-watched regular season game of 2005 with 26.4 million viewers. This season's Thanksgiving Day games will be heard on the Westwood One Radio Network by nearly 15 million fans on more than 450 affiliates and Sirius Satellite Radio.

Fogerty's remarkable career spans decades as one of America's most treasured musical icons. His new record is the recently released "The Long Road Home - In Concert," a blistering 26-song live set of his greatest hits, songs that have defined generations.

Now in its 33rd year, the partnership between the NFL and United Way is the longest running charitable collaboration of its kind. The PSA series, broadcast each week of the season to more than 120 million viewers has kept United Way in the forefront of people's minds for three decades. No other vehicle has been more effective in providing visibility for United Way. Since the NFL and United Way combined forces, resources to United Way have grown from $800 million annually to nearly $4 billion to strengthen local communities across America.

Source: NFL

CONTACT: Brian McCarthy of NFL, +1-212-450-2069, mccarthyb@nfl.com

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