E:60 fall season kicks off Tuesday: Opening show features Calvin Johnson, Penn State recruit

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ESPN’s award-winning news magazine, E:60, makes its Fall 2012 season premiere Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. ET with an episode that showcases features on “Megatron” (Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson); Rutgers’ Jamil Pollard, the first recruit to commit to Penn State in the wake of the Sandusky scandal; and U.S. Women’s soccer goalkeeper and two-time Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo.

 

Embarking on its sixth season, E:60 continues to innovate long-form storytelling, enterprise reporting and production technique.

For its fall line-up, E:60 features superstar athlete profiles including Calvin Johnson, Justin Verlander, Hope Solo, Rob Gronkowski, Matt Kemp, Ray Lewis, Victor Cruz, Darrelle Revis, Chris Bosh, Justin Tuck, Matthew Stafford, LeSean McCoy, and Georges St. Pierre. In its investigative mode, E:60 looks into concussions and catastrophic injury insurance at the high school level. At the intersection of sports and medicine are stories about a kidney transplant, Huntington’s Disease, Down Syndrome and liver cancer.

 

Fall Highlights of E:60

Date (7 p.m. ET) Scheduled stories include*
Tue. Aug. 28 Calvin Johnson, Hope Solo
Wed. Sept. 5 # Eli Manning
Tue. Sept. 11 Ray Lewis, Matt Kemp
Tue, Sept. 18 Victor Cruz, Justin Verlander
Tue. Sept. 25 Rob Gronkowski
Tue, Oct. 2 Brandon Marshall, Justin Tuck
Tue, Oct. 9 Darrelle Revis
Tue, Oct.16 Steve Smith, Chris Bosh
Tue. Oct. 23 Matthew Stafford
Tue. Oct. 30 Vernon Davis, Georges St. Pierre
Tue. Nov. 6 LeSean McCoy