‘NFL GameDay Morning’ Super Bowl LVI Open ‘This is LA’ Features Los Angeles Icons

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Features Prominent Los Angeles Icons Such as Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Drew Barrymore, Shaquille O’Neal, Tyra Banks & More

Includes Rendition of “California Love” by a 1500 Sound Academy Student in Collaboration with 1500 Or Nothin’

Special 8.5-Hour Edition of ‘NFL GameDay Morning’ Airs Sunday, February 13 at 9:00 AM ET on NFL Network

The open to the Super Bowl LVI edition of NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning titled “This is LA” pays tribute to the host city and features several prominent icons from across the sports and entertainment landscape.

For the open, a 1500 Sound Academy student – in collaboration with 1500 Or Nothin’ – composed a rendition of “California Love.” 1500 Or Nothin’ consists of Grammy Award winders James Fauntleroy and Larrance Dopson, who founded the 1500 Sound Academy​ music school in Inglewood, CA – site of Super Bowl LVI and home to NFL Los Angeles.

Provided below is a full list of those featured:

  • Snoop Dogg
  • Ice Cube
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Clayton Kershaw
  • Shaquille O’Neal
  • Tyra Banks
  • Jay Leno
  • Black Eyed Peas
  • Danny Trejo
  • Vanessa Bryant
  • George Lopez
  • King Bach
  • Big Boy
  • Xzibit
  • Warren G
  • Jhene Aiko
  • Lauren London
  • Montell Jordan
  • Ken Jeong
     

The 8.5-hour Super Bowl edition of NFL GameDay Morning airs Sunday, February 13 at 9:00 AM ET on NFL Network. 

NFL GameDay Morning – 9:00 AM ET

  • Rich EisenKurt WarnerMichael IrvinSteve MariucciCynthia FrelundNate BurlesonMelissa Stark Andrea Kremer – NFL Network Studio & Champions Field
  • Maurice Jones-Drew & Daniel Jeremiah – SoFi Stadium
  • Ian RapoportMike Garafolo Tom Pelissero – SoFi Stadium Field
  • James Palmer – Cincinnati Bengals Hotel
  • Stacey Dales – Los Angeles Rams Hotel
  • Rachel BonnettaKyle BrandtDeAngelo Hall & Peter Schrager – Lake
  • Aditi Kinkhabwala – SoFi Stadium (Cincinnati Bengals)
  • Steve Wyche – SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles Rams)
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