The Thanksgiving weekend was on the calendar of sports fans almost everywhere as the Earth Cup coincided with NFL action and the rivalry recreation between Michigan and Ohio Point out. Hundreds of thousands viewed it, but Fox Sports reporter Tom Rinaldi lived it.
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Rinaldi experienced an unfathomable extend of do the job around the past 10 times of November, which include two different excursions to Doha to deal with the Globe Cup. Amongst his reporting in Doha, Rinaldi served as a sideline reporter for two NFL online games and Michigan vs. Ohio Condition.
Tom Rinaldi going from Dallas to Qatar in much less than 24 several hours is definitely insane. pic.twitter.com/becwaErGjU
— Cal Friedman (@friedman_cal) November 25, 2022
“It’s been an amazing stretch in every way,” Rinaldi informed The Athletic about his globetrotting assignments for Fox Sporting activities. “I was in Doha for the 1st 7 days of the Entire world Cup, which was amazing. I was at the United states-Wales match. The subsequent early morning (Nov. 22), I flew from Doha to New Jersey. I was house for about 18 hours or so, which was fantastic. I was in a position to see our son back from higher education for Thanksgiving and our daughter and my spouse. On Wednesday (Nov. 23), I flew to Dallas and was on the Giants sideline for the Thanksgiving video game in Dallas.”
He failed to end there.
“Then I flew into Columbus on Friday for The Activity, where I was thrilled to have the chance to phase in for Jenny Taft due to the fact Jenny is the sideline reporter for the U.S. men’s nationwide group in the Planet Cup. So I did Ohio Condition and Michigan and then flew Saturday night following that sport to Kansas Metropolis by means of Detroit to do Rams and Chiefs on Sunday. Then on Monday, I flew from Kansas Town to Dallas and then from Dallas direct to Doha. I landed, got to the hotel in Doha, obtained cleaned up, and then coordinated with my producers, like Joel Santos, who I co-directed the John Madden documentary with, and is heading up the generation in this article. I bought to the venue (Al Thumama Stadium) for the United states-Iran video game to do a wrap-all around pregame piece we experienced on Tyler Adams.”
The journey is much more exceptional than the timetable alone. Rinaldi really virtually traveled across the entire world and back again to make this achievable, taking 9 flights like connections.
Fox was capable to pry Rinaldi absent from ESPN in 2020 and clearly is just not throwing away the award-successful reporter’s abilities in the course of 1 of the most grueling stretches of the sports calendar.
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Tom Rinaldi’s reporting program
- Monday, Nov. 21: Planet Cup aspect reporter in Doha
- Thursday, Nov. 24: Giants vs. Cowboys sideline reporter
- Saturday, Nov. 26: Michigan vs. Ohio State sideline reporter
- Sunday, Nov. 27: Rams vs. Chiefs sideline reporter
- Monday, Nov. 28: Entire world Cup element reporter in Doha
- Tuesday, Nov. 29: Reside Globe Cup reporter in Doha
Fans may don’t forget Joe Buck had a remarkable extend of his personal in 2020, when he identified as 4 NFL game titles and six Entire world Sequence in a span of 12 times.
What separates Rinaldi’s stretch, nevertheless, is the preposterous volume of traveling he had to endure. When Buck traveled from metropolis-to-town to phone NFL video games in 2020, the Earth Series was in just one location because of to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rinaldi’s flights to and from Doha ended up in between 12 and 14 several hours.
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Tom Rinaldi’s flight schedule
- U.S. to Doha, Qatar
- Doha to New Jersey
- New Jersey to Dallas
- Dallas to Columbus
- Columbus to Kansas City (by Detroit)
- Kansas Town to Doha, Qatar (by way of Dallas)
- Doha, Qatar to U.S.
Rinaldi is just not getting a crack just nevertheless. He’ll be on the sideline reporting from Titans vs. Eagles in Philadelphia on Sunday.
Thankfully, Rinaldi life in New Jersey and will not need to have to bounce on nevertheless yet another flight to join the Fox group at Lincoln Economical Industry.
