Future Phenoms is a nationally-syndicated sports television show about high school athletics. The show, which is hosted by legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall

Pat Summerall

George Allen "Pat" Summerall is a former American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, Fox, and ESPN.Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox.-High school:...

, takes its viewers across the country in search of the brightest young stars in sports. Future Phenoms is the cable counterpart of the broadcast program Sports Stars of Tomorrow

Sports Stars of Tomorrow

Sports Stars of Tomorrow is a United States nationally-syndicated sports television show about high school and college athletics. The show, which is hosted by legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall, takes its viewers across the country in search of the brightest young stars in sports...

, the only high school sports program in national syndication.

The show began in 2005 and provides in-depth feature stories about the top prep athletes in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Future Phenom’s goal is to get an “off the field” look at the athletes, so they are frequently shown doing things like playing golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, strumming guitars, and studying. It is produced by GameDay Productions, a private television production company based in Fort Worth, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. It can be seen in more than 90 percent of the country, including markets like New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, and Dallas-Fort Worth.

Future Phenoms partners with the website Prep Ticket

Prep Ticket

Prep Ticket is a website that offers professionally produced video, photos, and news of high school and college athletics from across the United States. Prep Ticket is also a video and photo sharing website where users can upload, view and share content...

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In 2008, former Oklahoma City

Oklahoma city

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 sports news anchor Mike Rigg was brought on the show as a national correspondent.

Prominent athletes that have been featured on the show are: Greg Oden

Greg Oden

Gregory Wayne Oden, Jr. is an American basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA....

, Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow

Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...

, Chris Wells

Chris Wells (American football)

Chris "Beanie" Michael Wells is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League...

, Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant

Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association . A 6'9" small forward/shooting guard who is also capable of playing power forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the...

, Terrelle Pryor

Terrelle Pryor

Terrelle Pryor is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was the starting quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2008−2010...

, Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose

Derrick Martell Rose is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ....

, Michael Beasley

Michael Beasley

Michael Paul Beasley, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . He plays both forward positions, and shoots his jump shot left-handed, though he is also ambidextrous...

, and Matt Barkley

Matt Barkley

Matt Barkley is an American football quarterback and student athlete at the University of Southern California, playing for the Trojans football team. As a high school player, Barkley was named 2007 football Gatorade National Player of the Year, and then the 2007 Gatorade national male athlete of...

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