Las Vegas Weekly

June 12, 2009 · 12:47 PM

Warren Moon’s Sports Dream Bowl is at Palazzo’s Sportsbook today

By Robin Leach

The legendary QB-receiver tandem of Warren Moon, left, and Jerry Rice.

Photo: Steve Spatafore

NFL Hall of Fame star Warren Moon will be at the Sportsbook Bar and Grill in the Palazzo from noon onward today with more than 30 other celebrity athletes and friends for his 9th Annual Sports Dream Bowl. The sports stars will do a meet and greet until 3 p.m. and sign autographs and pose for photos with fans. It’s all to benefit the Urban Youth Scholarship Fund.

Simultaneously, ESPN Radio will broadcast The Cofield & Cokin Show live from the Palazzo featuring interviews with the athletes. Afterward, they’ll move on to the Strike Zone bowling center at the Sunset Station for another fundraising event.

Here’s the list of athletes and celebrities scheduled to join Warren:

Actor Jake Busey, Matt Cassel of the Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Conley Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies, Olympic gold and silver medal track star and NBA agent Mike Conley Sr., Daequan Cook of the Miami Heat, actor Roger Cross, Warrick Dunn of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Donnie Edwards of the Kansas City Chiefs, Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, La’Roi Glover of the St. Louis Rams, NFL Network and ESPN NFL analyst Robert Griffith, Ken Hamlin of the Dallas Cowboys, Rodney Harrison of the New England Patriots, Robert Horry of the San Antonio Spurs, Byron Leftwich of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, Darren McFadden of the Oakland Raiders, Willie McGinest formerly of the Cleveland Browns, Kirk Morrison of the Oakland Raiders, welterweight boxing champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Greg Oden of the Portland Trailblazers, Shaun Phillips of the San Diego Chargers, Chester Pitts of the Houston Texans, CBS Radio and OpenSports.com NFL analyst Sean Salisbury, former USC quarterback and New York Jets draft pick Mark Sanchez, Fox Sports NFL analyst and NFL legend Michael Strahan, Junior Seau of the New England Patriots, Reggie Wayne of the Indianapolis Colts and Renaldo Wynn of the Washington Redskins.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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