FOX Sports Arizona girls join NFL on FOX for Thanksgiving tribute to troops
By Josh Nacion
This Thanksgiving, the FOX Sports Arizona Girls will be showing their thanks to the military by honoring troops with the NFL on FOX.
FOX Sports Arizona Girls Danielle, Mallory and Sarah will head to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California for the NFL on FOX pregame show that will air live from the base on Thursday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Mountain time. They will join NFL Insider Jay Glazer, analyst Eddie George and FOX Sports robot Cleatus, as well as FOX Sports West Girls and FOX Sports San Diego Girls.
“These events are just so special for us,” Danielle said. “We feel really lucky to be working with FOX Sports Arizona and FOX Sports because they allow us these opportunities to get to say hi to the soldiers and tell them how grateful we are and how thankful we are. What better way to do that than on Thanksgiving?”
The FOX Sports Arizona Girls will also be participating in a variety of activities on the base, including the 11th ACR Spouses Spur Ride with the military’s spouses.
“It allows the spouses to see what the soldiers do day in and day out,” Mallory said.
Danielle, Mallory and Sarah will be taking part in physical training, tech games and other simulations as well. Highlights of their trip will also air on FOX Sports Arizona this weekend during the network’s Suns and Coyotes pre-game shows.
Fans can follow their trip on social media via Twitter (@FSArizonaGirls), Facebook (facebook.com/foxsportsarizonagirls) and on Instagram (FSArizona_Girls) – and the FOX Sports Girls national Twitter account as well (@FOXSportsGirls)
Sarah, who became the newest FOX Sports Arizona Girl in September, will be making her first trip with Mallory and Danielle.
“I'm ecstatic for my first big trip,” Sarah said. “Not only do I feel blessed to have this opportunity, but I also feel very privileged to spend Thanksgiving with the brave men and women who proudly serve the United States of America.
It’s a special trip for her personally, as well.
“It means a lot to me to be supporting the military with FOX Sports,” Sarah said. “As a new member of FOX Sports Arizona, this is EXACTLY the type of event I was hoping to one day be a part of. I am blessed to be a part of the FOX Sports family, and I am a HUGE supporter of our troops because I have many friends and family who have served.”
The National Training Center at Fort Irwin has trained approximately 50,000 service members from all branches of the military each year for the past decade. The base became the Army's National Training Center in 1979 and since 1981 has operated under the U.S. Army Forces Command. Today it is the nation's premier military training center.
The NFL on FOX has celebrated our nation's military on Thanksgiving Day for several years, from inviting service members into the Los Angeles studio to traveling to bases across the globe, including this year's stop in the middle of the Mojave Desert. In recent years, Glazer has visited bases in Afghanistan and South Korea for the program.
FOX Sports' Thanksgiving Day NFL coverage begins with the pregame show at 9:30 a.m. Mountain time, followed by the Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions at 10:30.
