Toronto Mayor and avid football fan Rob Ford will appear on a Washington, D.C. sports-talk radio program Thursday morning to offer his picks of this week鈥檚 NFL games.
Ford will appear on 106.7 The Fan鈥檚 morning show, called 鈥淭he Sports Junkies.鈥� In an email to CTVNews.ca, Ford鈥檚 Chief of Staff, Dan Jacobs, confirmed the mayor鈥檚 planned appearance.
Eric Bickel, the show鈥檚 co-host, tweeted Wednesday morning that he hopes Ford will appear weekly to offer his NFL picks. But Jacobs said Ford has yet to decide if that will be the case.
鈥淥f course, it will also depend on his schedule, as City business comes first,鈥� Jacobs said.
Washington鈥檚 CBS affiliate reported that Ford鈥檚 segment will begin at 8:40 a.m. EST.
Ford is a long-time football fan who for years served as coach of the team at a high school near his suburban Toronto home, Don Bosco Catholic Secondary. Ford was relieved of his coaching duties last May, not long after media first reported on a video in which the mayor is purportedly seen smoking crack cocaine. The school said it wanted to 鈥減ursue a different direction鈥� with a new coach.
Ford鈥檚 love of football has also been frequently evident in his sartorial choices, with football themed attire sometimes attracting as much scrutiny as the words that have come out of his mouth. Pundits noted Ford鈥檚 nearly 20-year-old NFL tie he wore the day he admitted to smoking crack cocaine, as well as a tie covered in footballs that he wore at a recent city council meeting.
Ford was also besieged by fans at two recent football games in the city: an Argonauts semi-final playoff game and last Sunday鈥檚 NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons.
