UFL Announces Versus Broadcast Team; Reporters Get More Access

UFL's Broadcast Team Consists Of (l to r) Sims, Marks, Stewart And Flutie

The United Football League yesterday announced the broadcast team for coverage of UFL games on Versus. Dave Sims will serve as play-by-play announcer, with Doug Flutie as color analyst. ESPN analyst Kordell Stewart and WJZ-FM host Anita Marks will be the sideline and features reporters (UFL). UFL COO Frank Vuono said that the league was "looking for a female reporter to pair up with Stewart, but at the same time wanted one with credibility." In Orlando, Chris Hays notes Vuono called CBS' Lesley Visser, who recommended Marks. Stewart and Marks will be "providing more than the usual sideline fodder, with more access to the player areas and even access to the locker rooms for a four-minute period at the beginning of halftime" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 9/23). Vuono: "When you tune in, it will be just like tuning into a high-level NFL national game on CBS or Fox on Sunday afternoons." USA TODAY's Michael Hiestand writes, "Except players and coaches can be interviewed during games, viewers can eavesdrop on sideline coaches talking to assistants in overhead boxes and cameras can go into locker rooms" (USA TODAY, 9/23).