Sunshine will have extensive coverage of Saturday's big game between Florida and Florida State, starting at 9:30 a.m. with Tailgate Saturday .
The preview show will include a feature on FSU punter Chris Hall , who has diabetes, and a look at the rivalry between Gator running back Ciatrick Fason and FSU running back Leon Washington , former high school rivals.
Immediately following the game, Sunshine will have reports from both locker rooms. Sunshine won't air the game live, but it does produce its own telecast and combines the announcers from both its Florida and Florida State broadcast teams. Paul Kennedy does play-by-play and will be joined in the booth by Florida analyst Nat Moore and FSU analyst Keith Jones . Sunshine's production will air Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Monday at 12:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 10:30 p.m.
Rodman soap opera
Dennis Rodman is the subject of the latest installment of FSN's critically-acclaimed Beyond The Glory documentary series, airing at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The NBA rebounding machine turned career party boy is perfect material. There's sex, violence, beautiful starlets, near suicides and, of course, a lot of Rodman's flamboyance, some of it delusional.
At one point, Rodman says "I was bigger than the game. I was actually more famous than the game."
His comeback in the ABA couldn't be better timed for FSN. As Beyond The Glory shows, a semi-intervention by friends may have persuaded the hard-drinking Rodman to clean up and give basketball another shot.
Friend Wendell Williams says about those around Rodman: "They're not laughing with you anymore. They're laughing at you."
Around the dial
Sunshine will debut the newest installment of Inside the Lightning Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. The subject is defenseman Cory Sarich . ... Sunshine will broadcast Florida's season-opening basketball game against Jacksonville at 8 tonight, the first of 13 Gator games to air on Sunshine this season. ... CBS Sports' Jim Nantz was honored as Man of the Year at the New York Athletic Club's 2004 All-Sports Olympic dinner Thursday.
