While WHIO-TV Sports Director Mike Hartsock and weekend sportsanchor Mario Barson are in Tempe, Ariz., reporting from the FiestaBowl, Newscenter 7 has local celebrities anchoring the 11 p.m. sportsreport.
Upcoming celebrity sports anchors are:
* Wednesday: Jim Place, coach of the state champion Chaminade-Julienne High School football team.
* Thursday: Bucky Albers, Dayton Daily News sports writer.
* Friday: Tamika Williams, former C-J basketball star and WNBAplayer.
* Saturday: Mike Vanderwoode, voice of the Dayton Dragons forWHIO-AM (1290).
Newscenter 7 sports will produce a live one-hour Fiesta BowlPreview at 7 p.m. Thursday from Arizona. Hartsock and Barson willlook at Friday night's national football championship game betweenOSU and Miami. They'll have interviews with coach Jim Tressel, two-time Heisman winner Archie Griffin, fans and local OSU players.
In addition, Jamie Simpson, Newscenter 7's chief meteorologist,will show some of the entries in the Dayton Daily News' `Draw Brutusthe Mascot'contest during the 5 and 5:30 p.m. news from Wednesdaythrough Friday.
