Think NFL Network has the earliest pregame show on TV? Come Sunday morning, NFLN goes "First on the Field" with a brand, spanking new show that kicks off even earlier than Rich Eisen and the guys on "NFL GameDay Morning" do at 8A starting this Sunday morning.
"First on the Field" gives NFL fans everywhere their first look at all the news from around the league on the morning of NFL action, live from the NFL Films Studios in Mt. Laurel, NJ as well as stadium sites starting at 6A. The new show is hosted by Melissa Stark, who was sideline reporter for 3 seasons when ABC Sports had "Monday Night Football" between 2000-2003. Stark also served as a correspondent & contributor on ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" as well as "Monday Night Countdown" before leaving for NBC News & Sports in 2003 as a contributor on "Today" & as a hard news anchor on MSNBC's daytime news programming. Melissa was one of the hosts for MSNBC's coverage of the Beijing Summer Olympic games in 2008 before joining NFLN last season. "First on the Field" marks Melissa's first regular broadcasting position since serving as one of MSNBC's Summer Olympic hosts 4 years ago.
Stark will be joined by NFLN's Sterling Sharpe, one of the hosts of "Playbook" during the week, former NFL front office executive & current NFLN insider Michael Lombardi & the recently retired LaDainian Tomlinson on the new NFLN show that'll also feature the "GameDay Morning" crew of Marshall Faulk, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin & Kurt Warner from the network's Los Angeles studios in the final 30 minutes of the brand new show that'll take viewers to Soldier Field, Baltimore, New Orleans & other game sites on its first broadcast.
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