The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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- By Joe Reedy

■ “Fox NFL Sunday” to broadcast from West Point,

Terry Bradshaw and the “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame show have gone around the world for their Veterans Day shows. But on Sunday the show will originate from one of the service academies for the first time.

This year’s show will be broadcast from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and will include a live audience of more than 1,000 cadets. The idea for taking the show to a service academy came from Bradshaw, who told Fox Sports President Eric Shanks during last year’s show at Fort Benning that he had never been to West Point.

“It is the most important show we do all year and our way of being able to give back to those who serve for us,” Bradshaw said. “West Point has such an important place in American history and also with football that it is going to be a great weekend.”

Bradshaw and Howie Long will address the cadets in the mess hall during lunch today. They will then join Curt Menefee, Jay Glazer and Michael Strahan on Saturday to watch Army’s game against UMass before Sunday’s show.

Besides Fort Benning and West Point, the Veterans Day show has originated from locations such as Naval Station Norfolk (2017), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (2015), Bagram Airfield in Afghanista­n (2009) and the USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterran­ean Sea (2000).

“The bummer for us is that it is only a two-hour show,” Shanks said. “We could do eight hours on West Point, its history and its legacy to football.”

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