Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Tony Romo & Aaron Rodgers Headline NBC Sports' Coverage Of American Century Championship
Dan Hicks, Roger Maltbie, Gary Koch, Mark Rolfing, Dottie Pepper, and Jimmy Roberts anchor NBC Sports' coverage.
First-time celebrities making the trip to Lake Tahoe include former MLB pitchers Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, Team USA Olympic ice hockey captain and New Jersey Devils star Jamie Langenbrunner, and Football Night in America analyst and two-time Super Bowl champion Rodney Harrison.
Eight-time champion and former MLB pitcher Rick Rhoden returns to defend his title. Past champions in the field include: former NFL quarterback Chris Chandler, former NHL star Dan Quinn, former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien, former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver, and actor Jack Wagner.
ESPN The Magazine on the American Century Championship's star power: "Sure, you could attend a Hall of Fame induction ceremony and see plenty of legends, but they'd all be from the same sport. You could sneak into the ESPYs and find all manner of jocks, but aside from the ceremony itself and maybe a pre- or postparty, that's it. They're in, they're out. People swear by the NBA All-Star weekend and Super Bowl week, but the host towns are so big and the party schedule so jam-packed that you never come close to getting all the big dogs in the same place at the same time. In Tahoe, you do. For five days straight."
For the fifth year in a row, the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) is the official charity of the American Century Championship. The tournament will help build awareness of the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign, while raising funds for the LAF's cancer survivorship initiatives.

