Viewers around north and central Louisiana should be able to watch their local NBC stations (KTAL in Shreveport, KALB in Alexandria) sportscasts this weekend for a feature story done by Buffalo's WGRZ-TV on Demetrius Bell.
The story will focus on Bell's amazing transition from a basketball player to an NFL Draft pick in two years. WGRZ reporter Matt Pearl requested a set of action photos of Bell on the basketball court.
Also provided were shots of Bell, then a redshirt, at the Demon basketball team's NCAA Tournament win over Iowa. Due to NCAA rules, there wasn't enough room behind the NSU bench to allow the redshirted players (Bell, Michael McConathy, Keithan Hancock) to be on the court, so they were given tickets to sit in the Demon fan section across the court from the bench.
If you look at the shots above, you can see an early indication of the agility that has the Bills excited.
Bell is in a black warmup, with a red shirt and a credential hanging from his neck, in the classic Doug Daniels photo of Jermaine Wallace's game-winning shot.
In the dogpile photo, that's Bell, in the black warmup, on top of Wallace a few seconds later at midcourt. To get there, D-Bell had to evade security (maybe they saw his pass, which allowed him access; retired NFL lineman and Demon great Marcus Spears didn't have a credential but none of the security had the guts to stop him from taking the court!) and slice through the photographers on the baseline to get out to midcourt.
In the final celebration photo, that's Bell hugging Wallace and laughing.
Pearl also asked for phone numbers for Demon football coach Scott Stoker and basketball coach Mike McConathy.
So the WGRZ package should be interesting. Pearl interviewed Bell after his first NFL workout Friday morning at rookie mini-camp and was very impressed with our hero. Bell is among 28 rookies, including 17 free agents (three offensive linemen) in camp this weekend.
NFL rules which prohibit TV stations from posting video shot at NFL training sites on their websites will prohibit the package from being available on the WGRZ website. Pearl said he is anchoring the weekend sportscasts and will contact our local NBC stations and ship them the story.
We also had a call from an ESPN reporter who wants to profile Bell. No word on how quickly this will air or what the story angle will be.
Doug Ireland, SID
The story will focus on Bell's amazing transition from a basketball player to an NFL Draft pick in two years. WGRZ reporter Matt Pearl requested a set of action photos of Bell on the basketball court.
Also provided were shots of Bell, then a redshirt, at the Demon basketball team's NCAA Tournament win over Iowa. Due to NCAA rules, there wasn't enough room behind the NSU bench to allow the redshirted players (Bell, Michael McConathy, Keithan Hancock) to be on the court, so they were given tickets to sit in the Demon fan section across the court from the bench.
If you look at the shots above, you can see an early indication of the agility that has the Bills excited.
Bell is in a black warmup, with a red shirt and a credential hanging from his neck, in the classic Doug Daniels photo of Jermaine Wallace's game-winning shot.
In the dogpile photo, that's Bell, in the black warmup, on top of Wallace a few seconds later at midcourt. To get there, D-Bell had to evade security (maybe they saw his pass, which allowed him access; retired NFL lineman and Demon great Marcus Spears didn't have a credential but none of the security had the guts to stop him from taking the court!) and slice through the photographers on the baseline to get out to midcourt.
In the final celebration photo, that's Bell hugging Wallace and laughing.
Pearl also asked for phone numbers for Demon football coach Scott Stoker and basketball coach Mike McConathy.
So the WGRZ package should be interesting. Pearl interviewed Bell after his first NFL workout Friday morning at rookie mini-camp and was very impressed with our hero. Bell is among 28 rookies, including 17 free agents (three offensive linemen) in camp this weekend.
NFL rules which prohibit TV stations from posting video shot at NFL training sites on their websites will prohibit the package from being available on the WGRZ website. Pearl said he is anchoring the weekend sportscasts and will contact our local NBC stations and ship them the story.
We also had a call from an ESPN reporter who wants to profile Bell. No word on how quickly this will air or what the story angle will be.
Doug Ireland, SID
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