BET's New Sports Talk Show Ballers Highlights From Dallas Cowboys Julius Jones and Akin Ayodele

BET's New Sports Talk Show Ballers Highlights From Dallas Cowboys Julius Jones and Akin Ayodele

John Salley, Hugh Douglas and Guy Torry Grill Their Guests for Great Sports

Talk on May 4th at 10:00 PM ET/PT

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DATE: Thursday, May 3, 2007
TIME: 2:00-2:15 PM EST/11:00-11:15 AM PST
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NEWS: ADVANCE COVERAGE OPPORTUNITY FOR BET's BALLERS THIRD EPISODE ON
FRIDAY, MAY 4 @ 10:00-11:00 P.M. ET/PT

FORMAT: News package with show highlights and guests.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDES:
Hosts John Salley, Hugh Douglas and Guy Torry interview guests Julius
Jones and Akin Ayodele from the Dallas Cowboys, former NFL All-Pro Ray
Buchanan, former boxing world champion Sugar Shane Mosley and Seattle
Post-Intelligencer reporter Gary Washburn. Jones and Ayodele had much to
say about the Cowboys and their former coach.

Jones on his relationship with former coach Bill Parcells:

" ... Coach Parcells my first year, he (Parcells) kind of let me do what I wanted to do, second year and last year he kind of coached me too much, ... . You know, you can't really mess with a running back out there. You can tell them where to go and where the hole is gonna be ... ... He had me running like a robot. No disrespect to coach Parcells but, you can't really tell a running back where to run or he's gonna be out there looking like a robot. That's what I was doing last year."

Ayodele on if teammate Terrell Owens had a part in former coach Bill Parcells leaving the Dallas Cowboys:

"It had nothing to do with T.O. I think for coach Parcells it was his time. He felt like he had a window, you know four or five years and we didn't win it. We came up short ... "

SHOW SUMMARY:

Airing on Friday, May 4th at 10 p.m. ET/PT, BALLERS will hit the sports topics making the news each week with fresh perspectives and plenty of trash talking from the hosts and guest athletes. From the comedic outbursts of Torry, to the insider's look that Salley and Douglas will provide, the talk will be loud, insightful and filled with commentary unlike that on any other sports show. With special features like "the dumb play of the week," the bullsh*t flag and gossip in the girls' booth, BALLERS kicks it up a notch while other sports shows are toning it down. The show hosts will be joined by co-host Claudia Jordan (Deal or No Deal) to provide the audience with a sexy vibe in a nightclub setting. From the NBA to the NFL to the black rodeo, BALLERS will be there for the serious issues, outrageous plays and everything in between.

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PRNewswire -- May 2

Source: BET Networks

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