Sports Media Report
The 2021 SiriusXM NFL Radio Training Camp Tour begins today, July 28, and will give listeners around the country an unparalleled and in-depth look at their favorite teams and players as they prepare for the coming season. SiriusXM’s Training Camp Tour coincides with the NFL’s Training Camp: Back Together initiative celebrating the return of fans to the game this season.
SiriusXM NFL Radio’s annual tour will again consist of 32 shows, each two hours in length and focused entirely on one of the NFL’s 32 franchises. SiriusXM’s hosts will broadcast live on location from training camp sites where they will interview players, coaches and franchise executives, and deliver expert breakdowns of every roster and reports on rookies and veterans.
The tour kicks off today with a visit to New York Jets training camp as hosts Jim Miller and Pat Kirwan broadcast live from Florham Park, New Jersey from 4:00 – 6:00 pm ET. Tomorrow, Miller and Kirwan will host live from Atlanta Falcons training camp in Flowery Branch, Georgia from 4:00 – 6:00 pm ET. As part of the NFL’s first ever Training Camp: Back Together Saturday on July 31, SiriusXM will air a special edition of Training Camp Today: Back Together Saturday at 1:00 pm ET, hosted by Bill Lekas and featuring appearances by NFL Network talent and guests from team camps across the country. The show will lead into James Lofton and Alex Marvez broadcasting live from Chargers camp in Costa Mesa, California from 4:00 – 6:00 pm ET.
A schedule detailing future show dates, hosts and locations is available on the SiriusXM blog here: siriusxm.us/NFLTCT-2021. These team shows will re-air multiple times after their debut broadcast, and can be accessed anytime on the SXM App.
SiriusXM NFL Radio is available to subscribers nationwide in their car (SiriusXM channel 88), and on their phone and connected devices at home with the SXM App.
Listeners will get exclusive insights from a team of SiriusXM NFL Radio hosts on the tour that features former NFL team executives, coaches and players including Hall of Fame members Gil Brandt, James Lofton and Bill Polian, as well as Charles Davis, David Diehl, Mark Dominik, Pat Kirwan, Jim Miller, Kirk Morrison, Torrey Smith, Max Starks, Shane Vereen, Charlie Weis and Solomon Wilcots, plus Mike Keith, Alex Marvez, Bruce Murray and Bob Papa.
SiriusXM NFL Radio will also broadcast the induction ceremonies of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Classes of 2020 and 2021 in Canton, Ohio. On Saturday, August 7, listeners will hear coverage of the Centennial Class of 2020 Enshrinement, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a historic class of twenty are enshrined including Steve Atwater, Isaac Bruce, Harold Carmichael, Jimbo Covert, Bill Cowher, Bobby Dillon, Cliff Harris, Winston Hill, Steve Hutchinson, Edgerrin James, Jimmy Johnson, Alex Karras, Troy Polamalu, Steve Sabol, Donnie Shell, Duke Slater, Mac Speedie, Ed Sprinkle, Paul Tagliabue and George Young. On Sunday, August 8, listeners will hear coverage of the Class of 2021 ceremony as eight more of football’s finest are enshrined, including Alan Faneca, Tom Flores, Calvin Johnson, John Lynch, Peyton Manning, Bill Nunn, Drew Pearson and Charles Woodson.
