Hall of Famer John Riggins Kicks-Off his New Venture with Sportsman Channel at Hunt.Fish.Feed.Event in Boston
OutdoorHub 05.16.12
Sportsman Channel, the leader in outdoor TV for the American sportsman, announced today that new show host John Riggins will kick-off his new venture with Sportsman Channel this Sunday as he helps host the network’s unique Hunt.Fish.Feed. event in Boston for The Cable Show 2012. Sportsman announced earlier this week that Riggins, an NFL Hall of Famer and former New York Jets and Washington Redskins running back, had agreed to host a new celebrity-loaded series — “Riggo on the Range” — scheduled to begin airing January 2013 on Sportsman Channel.
Riggins will join numerous volunteers, including local elected officials, to help feed local residents in need at the Pine Street Inn shelter in Boston’s South End on Sunday, May 20, starting at 2:30 pm ET. Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed. is a unique outreach program that taps an underutilized food source—game meat and fish donated by sportsmen—to feed those struggling with hunger across America. Sportsman is partnering locally with The Cable Show 2012 to help organize, staff and transport volunteers. Hunt.Fish.Feed. has served more than 13,000 meals since its start.
“As an avid sportsman and chef, I’ve always placed a high priority on harvesting game,” said Riggins. “Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed. is an extraordinary program that helps deliver nutritious and hearty meals to thousands at a time when food and money donations are down at shelters and facilities all across this nation. I’m proud to be part of this network and its unique program, and I look forward to helping serve those in need this Sunday in Boston.”
In his new show, “Riggo on the Range,” Riggins will treat viewers to a culinary twist on hunting, featuring guest celebrities from food, entertainment, music and sports worlds. Each segment will follow Riggins around the world in pursuit of extraordinary hunting, outdoor and cooking adventures.
“Riggo on the Range” will be a unique show in the outdoor television category. It marries the “larger than life” persona of Riggins with his love of hunting, the outdoors and culinary arts to create a series that has never been done before. In an added twist to the show, Riggins will take his prizes from the field into the kitchen to show viewers how to create a round-table feast using the assortment of in-season game and fowl he and his guests will hunt. In the first segments, Riggins and his guests will be traveling to Kansas and New Mexico as well as locations in Canada.
Riggins’ film crew is led by Curtis Fleming, award-winning host and executive producer of “Fly Rod Chronicles.” The series is produced by Fly Fishing Explorations Inc., based in Winchester, Va.
