DRIVEN: Dr. James Andrews, Sports Surgeon coming to FOX Sports South
ATLANTA -- FOX Sports South will debut DRIVEN: Dr. James Andrews, Sports Surgeon, this Saturday, November 23 at 7 p.m. ET, following the ACC college football game between Boston College and Maryland.
From the state-of-the-art Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Florida, and Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, to the sidelines of the University of Alabama and Auburn University football games, DRIVEN takes viewers into the world of this legendary physician.
The preeminent name in the field of sports medicine, Dr. Andrews is credited with saving and extending the careers of innumerable athletes. FOX Sports South sits down with some of Dr. Andrews’ most famous patients, including Jack Nicklaus, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens, David Wells, Adrian Peterson and John Smoltz to talk about the “career saver’s” impact on their lives.
Excerpts from DRIVEN: Dr. James Andrews, Sports Surgeon
Jack Nicklaus: “When you’re going about what you do, you don’t think about injury. But if I have injury, my mind immediately goes to, ‘Where’s Jim [Dr. Andrews]? What do you think Jim would say? What do you think Jim will do? I need to call him.”
Tom Glavine: “Is there really something about Dr. Andrews that makes him better than everybody else? The answer is yes, there is.”
John Smoltz: “When I hear Dr. Andrews’ name, there is a smile that runs across my face, because I know how much I was able to pitch after my surgeries.”
David Wells: “I had one of the greatest sports surgeons in sports history, if not the greatest, and then threw a perfect game and he [Dr. Andrews] was right there with me.”
Ronnie Brown: “When I tore my ACL in 2007, it was a no brainer where I was going. And ever since then he [Dr. Andrews] has kept in contact with me. He just does that.”
Dr. James Andrews: “I never understood 100 percent where I am or how I got here. I was fortunate early on in my career to have signature athletes to help jump start my career.”
DRIVEN: Dr. James Andrews, Sports Surgeon – Air Dates
Debut: FSSO 11/23 @ 7:00 p.m. ET (after ACC football game)
Re-air: FSSO 11/25 @ 9:00 p.m. ET
FSSO 11/27 @ 6:30 p.m. ET
FSSO 11/30 @ 3:00 p.m. ET
FSSO 12/7 @ 6:00 p.m. ET
DRIVEN, a FOX Sports South EMMY Award-winning original programming series presented by Cadillac, provides viewers with inspiring stories of dedication, accomplishments and success in sports by taking a deeper look at those individuals and organizations with the innate drive to rise up and set unprecedented paths.
The FOX Sports regional networks serving the Southeast – FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Tennessee, FOX Sports Carolinas and SportSouth – collectively reach more 13 million cable and satellite households in seven states across the Southeast. They are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Dream, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies, Nashville Predators, Cincinnati Reds, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans, and St. Louis Cardinals, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Conference USA, Southeastern Conference, and Big 12 Conference, and offer expanded coverage of the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events and televise more than 1400 live local events each year. For more information, please visit FOXSportsSouth.com, FOXSportsTennessee.com, and FOXSportsCarolinas.com.
