Posted by | Ray Cornelius
Congrats to Dhani Jones! He has been named one of the new hosts for NBC’s new competition series “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge,” along with Kyle Martino.
According to the show’s press release, “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge” raises the bar on team competitions. Groups of friends, families, co-workers and more must work together as they race across specially designed Spartan courses engineered to test their determination, endurance and will. Thirty-six teams will compete on the most demanding Spartan course ever devised and will have to push through the pain to win $250,000.
In each episode, six teams of five players will compete in an intense physical challenge through massive obstacles. Each team will include one Spartan elite, along with two men and two women who, together, will attempt to complete rigorous obstacle courses that test their agility and stamina. The winning team from each episode moves on to face the biggest and most demanding course ever built at the National Finals, where one team will emerge victorious and claim the first ever Spartan championship.
Joining Dhani and Kyle as course reporters are Evan Dollard and MJ Acosta.
Dhani Jones is an author, writing his travelogue/memoir, “The Sportsman: Unexpected Lessons From an Around the World Sports Odyssey,” in 2011. The book recaps his rise to NFL fame, as well as his time as a host of Travel Channel’s original series “Dhani Tackles the Globe.” He is currently the host of “Playbook 360” on Spike and “Be a Champion” on CNN.com.
Stay tuned…