ESPNU Salutes Veterans Day with Special Graphics - Videos
As part of ESPN's companywide celebration of Veterans Day, ESPNU is saluting student-athletes who have served in the military. Through Wednesday, ESPNU will air an animated montage of the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as Veterans Day interstitials showcasing testimonials of student-athletes who have served in the military. The yearbook-style illustrations include photos and stories about how life in the service has prepared them for college, life and the future. Matt Grooms (Marines, University of South Carolina), Bryan Logsdon (West Virginia University, Navy/National Guard) and Abe Trindle (Purdue University, Navy S.E.A.L.) are the featured student-athletes/veterans. To view the Veterans Day graphics, please click on the image below.
Also, on Veterans Day, Wed., Nov. 11, ESPNU will air:
- The West Point Boxing Brigade Open Tournament from 2007 (midnight – Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 9 p.m. PT), 2008 (2 a.m.) and 2009 (4 a.m.), and at 2 p.m.
- A special edition of TMI, showcasing the 1992 Army vs. Navy football game, which Army won 25-24. TMI telecasts display graphics with unique factoids related to the two teams featured.
SportsCenter Live From West Point on Veterans Day
ESPN is honoring veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with a week of programming – America’s Heroes: A Salute to Our Veterans – culminating in segments of SportsCenter live from West Point on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11. Daytime SportsCenter co-hosts Hannah Storm and Josh Elliott will report from the United States 
Military Academy for morning, afternoon and evening editions.
“The opportunity to visit West Point on such an important day is a career highlight,” Elliott said. “The men and women we hope to meet are cut from a very special cloth, willing to offer their lives for ours, and our freedom. In the sports world, we borrow the word ‘hero‘ and so often lessen its meaning. Time to bring it back to where it belongs.”
In addition to covering Veterans Day activities, Storm and Elliott are expected to interview former Army head basketball coaches Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski (also an Army point guard), and Bill Parcells, who once served as assistant football coach at West Point.