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JUPITER, Fla. -- among the 96 participants in the two-day
Franklin Templeton Shootout Pro-am is a Hall of Fame quarterback and a Hall
of Fame anchor.
Terry Bradshaw, who led the Pittsburgh Steelers to four
Super Bowl titles, and Aaron Brown, host of NewsNight With Aaron Brown,
CNN's flagship evening newscast, committed to the Pro-am field.
"I am very excited that Terry will be joining us this
year," said Greg Norman. "I've been a Steelers fan for quite some time and
I have long admired Terry's talent, work ethic and the success he has
achieved on the field and in front of the camera.
"Aaron was a tremendous addition to the Shootout last
year, and we are thrilled that he has agreed to join us again. Aaron has a
unique gift and his professionalism and passion resonates with viewers. I
make a point of turning on NewsNight as often as I can."
Generally acknowledged as one of the best on tour, the
Franklin Templeton Shootout Pro-am is unique because it takes place over
two days, allowing amateurs to play with two different top PGA Tour
professionals.
There is a practice round Tuesday, a Pairings Party
Tuesday evening and an Awards Dinner Thursday night. At the Awards Dinner,
each amateur sits with that day's professional, and each day the
professionals and amateurs eat lunch together.
The first round of the Pro-am is Wednesday, Nov. 12.
About Terry Bradshaw
 | | Terry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls with the Steelers before earning a Sports Emmy for his work on FOX NFL
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Bradshaw was born in Shreveport, La., played at Louisiana
Tech and was the first player chosen in the 1970 NFL draft. He played his
entire career with the Steelers (1970-1983).
He became one of the most prolific quarterbacks in
history, leading the Steelers to four Super Bowl championships, six AFC
championship games and eight straight playoff appearances.
Under his direction, Pittsburgh enjoyed Super Bowl
championships in 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980, making him a perfect 4-0 in
Super Bowl play. In those four performances, he completed 49 of 84 passes
(nine for touchdowns) for 932 yards (second all-time).
Bradshaw, a two-time Super Bowl MVP, was a four-time
All-Pro. He retired prior to the 1984 season because of an injured tendon
in his right elbow. He was elected to the Football Hall Of Fame in 1989.
He is the Steelers all-time leader in passing yards
(27,989) and passing touchdowns (212), the all-time leader for passing
yards in a season (3,724 in 1979) and passing touchdowns in a season (28 in
1978) and shares the Steelers record for most passing touchdowns in single
game (5).
Today, Bradshaw serves as co-host and analyst on FOX NFL
Sunday. Bradshaw's work earned him Sports Emmy Awards in the Outstanding
Sports Personality/Analyst category in 1999 and 2001.
He joined CBS Sports as an NFL game analyst in 1984 and then became a
studio analyst
on The NFL Today for four seasons beginning in 1990.
About Aaron Brown
With more than 25 years of journalism experience, Brown
is CNN's lead anchor during breaking news and special events. He is also
co-anchor during the network's election coverage.
 | | In a distinguished broadcasting career, Aaron Brown has garnered three
Emmy awards and a duPont-Columbia Award amongst numerous accoloades. |
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Less than an hour after the first terrorist attack on the
World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, Brown began reporting
from a rooftop in New York City. He has covered numerous news events for
CNN, including the war on terrorism, Election 2002, the D.C.-area sniper
and the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
During 2003's Operation Iraqi Freedom, Brown anchored
from the network's headquarters in Atlanta, providing viewers with the
latest information from frontline reports as well as from Central Command
in Doha, Qatar, and Washington, D.C.
Previously, Brown was the anchor of ABC's World News
Tonight Saturday and reported for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,
Nightline and other ABC news broadcasts. He was the founding anchor of
ABC's World News Now.
Brown played a lead role in covering many news stories,
including the British return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government, the
Columbine High School shootings, the trial of O.J. Simpson and Nelson
Mandela's historic election as president of South Africa.
Before joining ABC News, Brown anchored the evening
newscast for KIRO-TV in Seattle. Before that, he spent 10 years at
Seattle's KING-TV as a reporter and anchor.
Brown has garnered a number of accolades, including three
Emmy awards, a duPont-Columbia Award, a New York Film Festival World Medal
and several Sigma Delta Chi awards for political, general and sports news
reporting as well as in the category of Outstanding Documentary.
Brown is a native of Hopkins, Minn., and began his
broadcasting career as a radio talk show host in Minneapolis and later in
Los Angeles.
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