ESPN To Profile Ferguson H.S. Football Team

By R. Thomas Umstead
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ESPN’s E:60 news magazine series will profile the Ferguson, Mo. High School football team one month after the shooting death of Michael Brown.

The episode, which will air Sept. 9, will focus on the efforts of the McCluer South-Berkeley Bulldogs football team  to focus on the upcoming season amid the recent events in the city surrounding Aug. 9 shooting of the18-year-old Brown.

The show will focus on how the team has endured despite living in a community engulfed by racial tensions, protests and looting over the past month.   

E:60 reporter Jeffri Chadiha reports on the journey of the Bulldogs as they return to Ferguson to play their first home game of the season, said network executives.  

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.