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NEW YORK -- Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport -- pigeon racing.
The network this week announced a new reality show that will pit Tyson, a novice pigeon racer, against serious competitors.
The show is currently titled "Taking on Tyson" and promises to bring audiences inside this "intensely competitive and bizarrely fascinating world."
Tyson has raised pigeons all his life but will take to the rooftops as a racing rookie. The network says he'll be assisted by a colorful team of pigeon experts as he rears, trains and races them.
The show is scheduled to be taped this spring in New York City and air early next year.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
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1 comment:
Are you serious!? Mike Tyson in a pigeon race. Yes, it's true, the race will be featured on the Animal Planet. He says, that these trained pigeon races will bring a large televison audience. Sorry, I have to dissagree with that. I just might put down my remote if I notice it while channel surfing, but I won't be looking for it. He would bring an audience if it was a pigeon fight though. He doesn't need anymore jailtime though.
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