Tyson, Horse Cloning & Olympic Grief on E:60 Tuesday, April 29

On Tuesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. ET, ESPN’s primetime newsmagazine E:60 will feature:

• A profile of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, now living under court-mandated sobriety with monthly drug and alcohol testing;
• The story of Ryan Shay and his widow, Alicia, as she trains for the Olympics following her husband's sudden death last year during his training for the Olympic marathon.
• In-depth look at the process and controversy of cloning horses; and
• ESPN The Magazine’s Bill “The Sports Guy” Simmons explains betting in Las Vegas.

Mike Tyson

Inside the boxing ring, Mike Tyson has fought one highly publicized battle after another.  He has served time in prison, battled addictions, made and lost millions of dollars and, ultimately, watched his career as the world’s greatest heavyweight boxer disintegrate into a sideshow.  

Now at 41, Tyson, one of the world’s most recognized athletes, is entering a new phase of his life.  He is living under court-mandated sobriety with monthly drug and alcohol testing after spending much of last year in rehabilitation.  Tyson talks to E:60 correspondent Jeremy Schaap about this latest dramatic turning point, including his decision to appear in a documentary about himself.

Ryan and Alicia Shay

Ryan Shay was a young man on a mission.  An elite marathoner who had won nine national titles at Notre Dame in distance running before switching to the marathon, Shay was training to make the U.S. men’s Olympic team.  But on November 3, 2007, during the men’s marathon trials in New York, Shay fell to the pavement and died of a heart ailment.  He was 28 years old.

E:60 correspondent Lisa Salters sits down with Ryan’s widow, Alicia, to explore Shay’s promising running career and sudden death.  Alicia, who is also training for the U.S. women’s Olympic trials in the 10,000 meters, recounts her struggle to move forward without her husband and best friend.

“I just think about him all the time.  I’d like to say that I feel his presence with me all the time, but in all honesty there is a huge void of his presence.” – Alicia Shay

To view the Ryan and Alicia story, click: http://espnmediazone.com/press_kits/E60/videohub.html

Horse Cloning

What if Secretariat could be resurrected?  What if Barbaro could be brought back?  On the eve of the Kentucky Derby, E:60 correspondent Tom Farrey delves into the world of animal cloning – specifically horses.  Farrey visits Texas where an Austin-based company is in fact cloning horses, including Scamper, perhaps the greatest barrel racing horse ever.  Farrey walks viewers through the process and examines what it may mean for thoroughbred racing.

“We have a few hundred horses’ genes banked, and yes, there are some thoroughbreds in our gene bank.  We have a number of horses that would be well known in public in our gene banks.” – Blake Russell, a top executive at ViaGen

Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons, ESPN.com’s “The Sports Guy,” goes to Las Vegas to explore the world of sports betting and odds making.  At the Caesar’s Palace Sports Book, Simmons interviews those involved in the process and then creates his own actual prop bet – will LeBron James get a triple double in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Click http://espnmediazone.com/press_kits/E60 for releases, correspondents and executive production team bios and video clips.  For complete E:60 features and expanded versions of the reporter-producer meetings, click http://www.e60.com

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