BALTIMORE, MD – Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, today announced a new two-part documentary, “Set Apart,” which will debut this Friday, December 2 and again Friday, December 9 on the networks. regional Bally Sports. The Bally Sports Arizona debut will be on Friday, Dec. 2 after the Phoenix Suns postgame show.
The hour-long programs will feature former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl champion Trent Dilfer transforming a broken high school football team into a championship-caliber team. Inspired by his own challenges, heartaches and triumphs, Trent’s motivational style of coaching and leadership aims to influence young men to be ‘set apart’ both on and off the pitch.
“As a hugely successful person, Trent Dilfer also went through tough times that fueled his unique ability to shape the lives of young people,” said Steve Rosenberg, President of Bally Sports. “Trent is teaching these student-athletes how to truly stand out from the crowd, pushing them beyond their own comfort level to reach new potentials, and we are thrilled to highlight the impact he has had on the program. Lipscomb Academy football club.”
“A masked human development program as a football team with the main motto ‘Be apart’ was the mission in January 2019 when I accepted the position of head coach at Lipscomb Academy,” added Trent Dilfer. “The Vision used football as a vehicle for an elite coaching staff to relentlessly inject knowledge and wisdom into student athletes so that one day they would become great husbands, fathers and leaders to humanity. our amazing players, their loved ones, our coaching staff and our Lipscomb community, we have been able to make a positive impact on and off the pitch in a short time. Serve, Grow, Throw. We have served, we have witnessed “transformational growth and ultimately our Mustangs were ready to embark on the next season of their young lives. I’m thrilled that the Bally Sports audience got a glimpse of the early years of the program’s build.”
Programs will air on all 19 RSNs owned and operated by Bally Sports including Bally Sports Arizona, Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Great Lakes, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports New Orleans , Bally Sports North, Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports San Diego, Bally Sports SoCal, Bally Sports South, Bally Sports Southeast, Bally Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Sun, Bally Sports West and Bally Sports Wisconsin.
About Diamond Sports Group
Diamond Sports Group LLC, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., owns the Regional Sports Networks (RSN) of Bally Sports, the leading national provider of local sports. Its 19 owned and operated RSNs include Bally Sports Arizona, Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Great Lakes, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, Bally Sports North, Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports San Diego, Bally Sports SoCal, Bally Sports South, Bally Sports Southeast, Bally Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Sun, Bally Sports West and Bally Sports Wisconsin. Bally Sports RSN serves as the TV home to more than half of all US-based MLB, NHL and NBA teams. Diamond Sports Group also has a joint venture in Marquee, home of the Chicago Cubs, and a minority stake in YES Network, the home destination of the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets. The Diamond RSNs produce approximately 5,000 live local professional television shows each year, in addition to a wide variety of locally produced sporting events and programming each year.