To view a clip of At Home with Marvin Williams, please click on the link below: http://www.foxsportssouth.com/pages/video/?PID=xsOFsOa6wn8k5lqObxXKDL48gTGiiTId FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : February 3, 2010 SPORTSOUTH ORIGINAL PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS ATLANTA HAWKS’ MARVIN WILLIAMS At Home with Marvin Williams Debuts Tuesday, February 9 at 11 p.m. ET following Hawks vs. Grizzlies at 8 p.m. ET on SportSouth SportSouth today announced the debut of At Home with Marvin Williams , the next in its series of SportSouth Originals . In this 30-minute special, the Atlanta Hawks’ star forward takes viewers through his journey to the NBA from the comfort of his own home in Atlanta. Hosted by Hawks’ sideline reporter James Verrett, At Home with Marvin Williams debuts on Tuesday, February 9 at 11 p.m. ET on SportSouth following the Hawks’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies at 8 p.m. ET and Hawks LIVE postgame coverage. Joined by his father Marvin Williams, Sr., Williams discusses his childhood in Bremerton, Washington, playing hoops with older kids in the neighborhood park and taking a one-hour ferry ride to Seattle four days a week to play AAU basketball. Williams recounts the boxes of recruiting letters that filled his bedroom as a high school student, meeting then-Kansas University Head Basketball Coach Roy Williams at a Jayhawk basketball camp when he was 14 and ultimately committing to play college hoops for Williams at the University of North Carolina. In At Home with Marvin Williams , Williams also talks about winning a national championship with the Tar Heels and the lasting friendships he formed with college teammates Sean May, Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants. Finally, Williams discusses the emotion of the 2005 NBA Draft, where he was the second overall pick, his early years in Atlanta and his hopes for the future, including winning an NBA title with the Hawks. At Home with Marvin Williams has additional airings on SportSouth on February 17 at 10 p.m. ET, February 24 at 6:30 p.m. ET and February 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET. On choosing to attend the University of North Carolina and play basketball for Roy Williams • “At the end of the day, Coach Williams really made me feel like he wanted me to play for him. Anytime he could be out [in Seattle], he was out there or anytime he could call, he would call. Anything he was able to do to let me know that he wanted me to play for his program, he did. And that meant a lot from a guy on the other side of the United States.” On being selected as the second pick in the 2005 NBA Draft • “Probably the best moment of my life, I think, because as a kid I always dreamed of being in the NBA, and I think that draft night was the night it was really a reality for me. I was really going to have a chance to live out my dream.” On his time playing for the Atlanta Hawks • “When I first got here, our team was struggling a little bit. It was tough. It was definitely a learning experience for us all, but for me personally, to see where we are right now and to look back at where we came from, it’s a really satisfying feeling.” The regional sports networks serving the Southeast – FOX Sports South , FOX Sports Carolinas and FOX Sports Tennessee – collectively reach more than 12.6 million cable and satellite television households in seven states in the Southeast and are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies and the Nashville Predators, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference. SportSouth reaches more than 9.4 million homes in six Southeastern states and is the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Thrashers and Southern Conference. SportSouth also offers expanded coverage of the University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events each year. For more information, please visit www.foxsportssouth.com , www.foxsportscarolinas.com and www.foxsportstennessee.com . ### Kate Hart I Media Relations Manager 1175 Peachtree St. NE, 100 Colony Square, Suite 200 ▪ Atlanta, GA 30361 OFFICE (404)230-7318 I FAX (404)230-7399 I [email protected] .