High riser: Stephen Bardo

"I give him a ton of credit," said Swanson, now the president of Fox Television Station Operations. "Do you know how many of these players when they're done want to be analysts? All of them. Stephen had that mental toughness. He had that discipline. It's one thing to be tall, athletic, handsome and with a good voice. But it's another thing to do the homework, to do the studying, to do all that goes into it. Everything was there, he just needed to nurture it and grow it, which he's done. The result is that he's very successful as an on-air talent."

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