NEW YORK—Former WFUV-FM (90.7) sportscasters Spero Dedes (FCRH ’01) and Tony Reali (FCRH ’00) will host WFUV’s pregame show for the Rams vs. Charlotte men’s basketball game from the lobby of the McGinley Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m.
Reali is the host of ESPN’s Around the Horn and Dedes is the play-by-play radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers. The Atlantic 10 conference match-up, which pits the second place Charlotte 49ers (8-3, 15-9) against the fourth place Rams (7-4, 12-12), is being televised on ESPN at 2 p.m.
The Fordham University Athletics Department is sponsoring a Canned Food Drive during the game. Everyone attending the game is asked to bring non-perishable canned food items for donation, as part of the Atlantic-10 Conference Food Drive. The athletics department will donate all the cans collected to the Part Of The Solution’s (POTS) Food Pantry.
Saturday’s game will also be Former Players Day at Rose Hill as all former men’s basketball players have been invited back to campus and will be recognized in a ceremony at halftime.