Rulon Gardner One2One special to premier on CSTV on Sunday, February 27
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Network Conducts Revealing One-on-One Interviews with 2000 Olympic Wrestling Gold Medalist and Tennessee’s Hall of Fame Basketball Coach
NEW YORK, February 22, 2005 – CSTV: College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), will shine a spotlight on two of sports’ greatest icons on Sunday, February 27, when it premieres two new episodes of its innovative One2One interview series, featuring Tennessee’s Hall of Fame basketball coach Pat Summitt and 2000 Olympic wrestling gold medalist Rulon Gardner.
The Rulon Gardner One2One special, premiering Sunday at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT, is a special presentation of CSTV’s U.S. Olympic Pursuit original series, the first regularly scheduled, year-round television programming dedicated to showcasing America’s future Olympic champions and amateur athletes. The Pat Summit One2One special premieres Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Gardner shocked the world at the 2000 Sydney Olympics by upsetting heavily favored and previously unbeaten Aleksandr Karelin of Russia to capture the gold medal in the Greco-Roman super heavyweight division.
During Sunday’s One2One interview with CSTV’s Greg Amsinger, Gardner recalls the difficulties he experienced growing up due to his size and his learning disability, as well as the challenge of pursuing his education while training for the Olympics. He also vividly recounts the harrowing, near-death experience in 2002 when he became lost while snowmobiling and eventually lost a toe to frostbite.
Summitt is the Hall of Fame coach who has guided the Tennessee Volunteers to a record six NCAA National Championships and has been named NCAA Coach of the Year seven times. During her One2One interview with CSTV college basketball analyst Debbie Antonelli, discusses her relationships with archrival Geno Auriemma of Connecticut, Jody Conradt of Texas and other coaches, and her humble start in coaching when she made $250 a year. Summitt also tells Antonelli why one of her former players says that “The monster comes out of her in March. “
CSTV’s innovative One2One original series features intimate sit-down interviews with the biggest names in college sports. One2One has already sat down with legendary coaches Joe Paterno, Jim Calhoun and Mike Krzyzewski, former UConn basketball star Diana Taurasi and NCAA President Myles Brand. NBA Commissioner David Stern will be featured on the March 6 One2One.
One2One: Rulon Gardner (Sunday, February 27, 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)
Shocked the world by upsetting highly favored and previously unbeaten Aleksandr Karelin of Russia to capture the gold medal in the Greco-Roman super heavyweight division at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
Won James E. Sullivan Award in 2001 as the Amateur Athlete of the Year
In 2001, became only the second wrestler to be named USOC Sportsman of the Year. World champion in 1996 and 2001, and national champion in 1995, 1997 and 2001. Wrestled at Nebraska, finishing fourth in the 1993 NCAA Championships
One2One: Pat Summitt (Sunday, February 27, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
The nation’s winningest collegiate women’s basketball coach, with a 873-171 record as of February 22. Guided Tennessee to six NCAA championships and 23 Southeastern Conference tournament and regular season titles, and has coached 12 Olympians and 61 All-SEC performers
Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. Named the Naismith Coach of the Century in 2000, and has been named NCAA Coach of the Year seven times
CSTV is a multi-media company that consists of the first-ever 24-hour college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college sports online network, CSTV.com; and the first ever 24-hour college sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio. Through its numerous platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news, information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports fans, than any other company.
College Sports TV, voted the No. 1 emerging cable network in a recent Beta research study, televises regular season and championship event coverage from over 35 men’s and women’s sports across every major collegiate athletic conference, as well as many NCAA and NAIA Championships.
CSTV.com, the most-trafficked college sports Web site, and its network of more than 170 official athletic sites are the No. 1 online source for college sports broadband content, news, information, scores and analysis. SIRIUS College Sports Radio broadcasts a comprehensive package of college football and basketball games from teams representing 16 conferences, including the Big Ten, Big 12, BIG EAST, Pac-10 and SEC, in addition to Notre Dame.
CSTV was co-founded by President and CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Steve Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN. It is now ESPN Classic. Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company’s successful foray into the college market.
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