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Tom Brady
Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady makes his debut on Sept. 8, 2024, in the Dallas Cowboys/Cleveland Browns game, as the lead analyst for FOX’s NFL coverage alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and veteran reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi. The team calls the top FOX NFL game each week, in addition to Super Bowl LIX from New Orleans. FOX Corporation Executive Chair & CEO Lachlan Murdoch first announced Brady’s broadcast role during a May 2022 company earnings call in which he revealed Brady would join the FOX NFL booth upon his retirement from the NFL.
Brady was drafted by the New England Patriots in the sixth round (199th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft. He led the Patriots to six Super Bowl championships (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII) in his 20 seasons there (2000-2019) before signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March 2020 as an unrestricted free agent. In his first season with the Buccaneers, Brady led the team to its second-ever NFC Championship and its second Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl LV.
In addition to his record seven Super Bowl championships, Brady is a five-time Super Bowl MVP (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI, LV), three-time Associated Press Most Valuable Player (2007, 2010, 2017), 15-time Pro Bowler (2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009-2018, 2021), two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2007, 2010), Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year (2009), three-time Associated Press First-Team All-Pro Selection (2007, 2010, 2017), three-time Second-Team All-Pro (2005, 2016, 2021) and Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (2007).
He was named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team and the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. Brady was a two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2005, 2021) and winner of the Bert Bell Award (2007), presented by the Maxwell Football Club to the player of the year in the NFL. He was named to the New England Patriots All-2000s Team, its All-2010s Team, its 50th Anniversary Team and All-Dynasty Team.
In June 2024, Brady was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame, at which time his No. 12 jersey was retired. During the ceremony, Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced the team would dedicate a 12-foot statue honoring Brady in the plaza outside the Patriots Pro Shop – the first statue honoring a Patriots player.
Brady’s 286 combined regular season and playoff wins are the most all-time by an NFL player, and he surpassed Peyton Manning (200) in 2016 to become the NFL’s all-time winningest quarterback. Brady’s 251 regular-season wins are also most in NFL history. In the final game of the 2020 season, he surpassed Brett Favre (298) for the most starts by any player in NFL history, and in October 2021, he threw for 269 yards against the Patriots to surpass Drew Brees for the most regular season passing yards in NFL history.
Brady holds multiple additional records, including career passing completions (7,753); career passing attempts (12,050); career passing touchdowns (649); career passing yards (89,214); passing completions in a season (490 in 2022); career playoff quarterback wins (35); career playoff passing yards (13,400); and career playoff passing touchdowns (88), among others.
With his 10 Super Bowl appearances, Brady is the only quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to seven Super Bowl championships. After guiding Tampa Bay to Super Bowl LV, he joined Peyton Manning, Craig Morton and Kurt Warner as the only starting quarterbacks in NFL history to lead two separate franchises to the championship game. With his Super Bowl LV win with the Buccaneers, Brady joined Manning as the only starting quarterbacks in history to win a Super Bowl with multiple teams. In addition to a record five Pete Rozelle Awards as Super Bowl MVP, Brady is the all-time leader in Super Bowl passing yards (3,039), completions (277), touchdown passes (21) and starts (10) by a quarterback. In Super Bowl LV, he became the oldest player to appear in a Super Bowl (43 years, 168 days old) and was named the game’s MVP.
Brady played college football for the University of Michigan, recording a 20-5 record as a two-year starter, including wins in the 1999 Citrus Bowl and 2000 Orange Bowl, leading the Wolverines to 15 wins in 16 games from 1998-1999. Brady was named an All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection and team MVP as a senior in 1999. In 1998, he led the team to the Big Ten title as a junior after serving as Brian Griese’s backup quarterback during the Wolverines’ 1997 national championship season.
Born in San Mateo, Calif., Brady, a two-sport standout in high school, was drafted by the Montreal Expos as a catcher in the 18th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft.
In 2015, Brady founded the TB12 Foundation, whose mission is “to empower athletes everywhere to do what he’s done in his own storied career – keep going despite the odds.”
Megan Olivi
Megan Olivi serves as a FOX NFL sideline reporter, joining seasoned play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert, and former NFL vet Jonathan Vilma to cover some of the NFL’s top matchups.
Olivi has also worked as an integral piece covering the UFC, during the fight broadcasts, Olivi can be seen live reporting through the night, conducting interviews, and hosting from the desk.
Olivi has covered countless fight cards and games as well as special events including Mayweather vs McGregor, UFC World Press Tours, Saturday Night Live and Dancing with the Stars.
Olivi first started working in the FOX family of networks as an intern at Fox News, where she became involved in on-air segments and digital reporting, including an upstart MMA program.
Throughout the years Olivi worked in a variety of FOX Sports programs, including contributing to FOX Sports’ MMA coverage, and working in a sideline reporter role for the NFL on FOX since 2018, with 2024 being her first full season with the NFL on FOX.
Olivi earned her bachelor’s from Seton Hall University and her master’s from Fordham University. Raised on the east coast she now calls Las Vegas home with her husband Joseph and their dog, Benny.
mgk Featured as Special Musical Guest on FOX’s BIG NOON KICKOFF
Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Performs New Song “Lonely Road” – Inspired by John Denver’s Iconic “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
Los Angeles – FOX Sports’ BIG NOON KICKOFF starts Week 1 with a bang, featuring GRAMMY-nominated musical guest mgk, live from Morgantown and the campus of West Virginia University on Saturday, August 31 at 10:00 AM ET.
The multi-faceted musician will perform his new song “Lonely Road,” originally recorded with Jelly Roll and inspired by John Denver’s iconic “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” on BIG NOON KICKOFF in front of a live crowd of Mountaineer faithful.
Denver’s original song is one of the official state anthems of West Virginia and has been performed at home football games and university functions at West Virginia University since the 1970s.
Fans in attendance can catch an additional performance before the show begins at the aptly named “Almost Heaven Village” on West Virginia University’s campus starting at 9:00 AM ET.
BIG NOON KICKOFF provides a preview of the day’s top college football games live from the most exciting campuses in the sport, starting Saturdays at 10:00 AM ET on FOX – featuring the star-studded desk of Rob Stone, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart and Urban Meyer, plus insight and interviews from Chris “The Bear” Fallica, Bruce Feldman and Tom Rinaldi.
BIG NOON SATURDAY game of the week highlighting No. 8 Penn State taking on West Virginia at 12:00 PM ET on FOX, with Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft on the call.
FOX Sports Assembles Star-Studded Broadcast Team for 2024 College Football Coverage
College Football Legends Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart, Urban Meyer, Brady Quinn & Host Rob Stone Return for BIG NOON KICKOFF
Joel Klatt, Gus Johnson & Jenny Taft Anchor BIG NOON SATURDAY, Slate of Veteran Announcers & Analysts Round Out FOX Sports’ Elite Game Coverage
LOS ANGELES – Today, FOX Sports unveils its all-star college football on-air lineup, featuring some of the most prominent voices in the sport for both studio and game coverage. Each Saturday, FOX Sports kicks off the action live from campuses nationwide with BIG NOON KICKOFF at 10:00 AM ET on FOX, followed by BIG NOON SATURDAY at 12:00 PM ET on FOX – college football’s most-watched window on any network for three consecutive seasons.
New this year is FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY, which will feature highly anticipated matchups across the Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West conferences. Full FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY schedule can be viewed here.
BIG NOON KICKOFF
This season, BIG NOON KICKOFF returns with a powerhouse lineup featuring college football legends Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart, Urban Meyer, and Brady Quinn, alongside host Rob Stone. The show will hit the road every Saturday, beginning Saturday, Aug 31 with BIG NOON KICKOFF’s first ever trip to Morgantown, WV, at 10:00 AM ET on FOX.
Sports wagering expert Chris “The Bear” Fallica continues to bring his extensive experience to the show. Reporter Tom Rinaldi provides in-depth interviews and special features, while insider Bruce Feldman reports on the latest news in college football.
2024 GAME DAY VOICES
Game action kicks off each Saturday at 12:00 PM ET with the BIG NOON SATURDAY game of the week. Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft reunite for their eighth consecutive season, opening with the year’s first BIG NOON SATURDAY matchup featuring Penn State at West Virginia at 12:00 PM ET on Saturday, Aug 31 on FOX.
Play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti, former NFL quarterback and analyst Brock Huard, and sideline reporter Allison Williams reunite for their third season together, starting Thursday, Aug 29 in Minneapolis with North Carolina taking on Minnesota in Week 1. Their coverage continues with a showdown between UTEP and Nebraska in Lincoln, NE, on Saturday, Aug 31 at 3:30 PM ET on FOX.
Veteran play-by-play announcer Tim Brando and former Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner are joined by reporter Josh Sims, kicking off Week 0 with Montana State at New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, at 4:00 PM ET on Saturday, Aug. 24 on FS1. The trio then heads to Madison, WI, for Western Michigan at Wisconsin, Friday, Aug. 30, at 9:00 PM ET on FS1.
Continuing Week 1, former Oregon head coach and Pac-12 champion Mark Helfrich and play-by-play announcer Connor Onion are on the call for UConn at Maryland on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 12:00 PM ET on FS1.
Play-by-play announcer Eric Collins and former Oklahoma standout Spencer Tillmanpair for North Dakota at Iowa State on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 3:30 PM ET on FS1.
Former Ohio State star Robert Smith and play-by-play announcer Alex Faust open the season with UNLV and Houston on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 7:00 PM ET on FS1.
Rounding out FOX Sports’ Week 1 coverage, play-by-play broadcaster Chris Myers and former USC football captain Petros Papadakis are on the call when Wyoming takes on Arizona State on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 PM ET on FS1. Dan Hellie will also provide play-by-play announcing for select games throughout the season.
FS1 studio analyst Emmanuel Acho, former University of Washington head coach Chris Petersen and host Mike Hill achor FOX Sports’ college football studio coverage from Los Angeles. OutKick’s Clay Travis makes special appearances on BIG NOON KICKOFF from some of the biggest games in the south.
FOX Sports’ confirmed 2024 fall college football schedule is available here. The remainder of the schedule will be announced as the season progresses.
The Facility
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Breakfast Ball
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