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Watch Spartan Sports Zone on FSN Detroit Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
 
Watch Spartan Sports Zone on FSN Detroit Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
 
 

Oct. 24, 2007

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Spartan Sports Zone Outtakes From Mackinac Bridge

Spartan Sports Zone, the 30-minute television show devoted to Michigan State athletics, will originate from the top of the south tower of the Mackinac Bridge this weekend as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the opening of traffic on the bridge and the 100th football meeting between Michigan State and Michigan. Host Dave Ellis and videographer Jacob Huber were escorted to the bridge tower by Mackinac Bridge Authority employees to shoot the show segments in late September.

"We tried to come up with a unique way of promoting the football game and this was a natural in many ways," explained Ellis. "The Mackinac Bridge is one of the great symbols of the state of Michigan and brings our two peninsulas together, while the Michigan State-Michigan football game is one of the highlights of the sporting year and divides us in two across the state. We want to thank everyone with the Mackinac Bridge Authority, especially MSU grad Bob Sweeney, for a singular experience that we won't soon forget."

The show will air five times in the week leading up to the football game at Spartan Stadium against the Wolverines with the debut showing at 9:30 a.m. Sunday (Oct. 28) on FSN Detroit. The show will air encores on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday Nov. 1 at noon and 7:30 p.m., and Friday Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. The shows on Thursday will air 50 years to the day after the opening to traffic on the bridge, which took place on Nov. 1, 1957.