Tuesday, September 23, 2008

News & Notes, Volume 8, Number 57

Former Team USA stars appear on reality TV shows

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Olympic gold medalists Maurice Greene and Crystal Cox will be competing on two of network television's most popular reality shows this fall.

2000 Olympic Games 100m and 4x100m gold medalist and three-time World 100m champion Maurice Greene made his debut appearance Monday night on the hit ABC series "Dancing With the Stars." Greene is paired with professional dancer Cheryl Burke, who is the first two-time winner on the show, winning in Season 2 with singer Drew Lachey and in Season 3 with all-time NFL great Emmitt Smith.

The tandem of Greene and Burke are competing against 12 other couples on the show.

Phone lines, text votes (AT&T customers only) and online polls will open at the top of each performance show so that viewers can vote for their favorites. Phone and text lines will remain open until noon (Eastern Time) on the day of the results show.

To vote for Maurice Greene, dial 800-868-3404. The text-in code is 3404.

"Dancing With the Stars" airs tonight and Wednesday night at 9 p.m. Eastern on ABC.

While Greene has traded in his spikes for dancing shoes, 2004 Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist and 2004 USA Indoor 200m champion Crystal Cox will appear on the CBS hit reality series "Survivor."

The seventeenth season of "Survivor" premieres Thursday, September 25 at 8 p.m., Eastern Time with a special two hour episode. Cox and 17 other castaways will be dropped off in Gabon, a West African nation near the Republic of Congo, where they spend 39 days fighting for $1 million.

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