MEDIA ALERT – August 20, 2010

Contact:  Julia Shell at juliashell@juliashellpr.com or 312-203-3130

TWO UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN BADGER KICK-OFF EVENTS

FEATURING RON DAYNE AND CECIL MARTIN

AT MAHONEY’S PUB & GRILLE

Autographs from Former University of Wisconsin Players Ron Dayne and Cecil Martin to Celebrate Mahoney’s Becoming an Official Wisconsin Badger Bar

WHO & WHAT:      

Ron Dayne, 1999 Heisman Trophy winner and former University of Wisconsin running back will be signing copies of his recently released book, The Dayne Game: Ron Dayne and the Greatest Day in Wisconsin Football History, and other memorabilia.  He and other Badger football player alumni* will be at Mahoney’s Pub & Grille to celebrate the start of the University of Wisconsin Badger football season and Mahoney’s Pub & Grille becoming an Official Wisconsin Badgers Bar, the future home of many Mendota Gridiron Club Events, the booster club for the University of Wisconsin Football Team.  

Cecil Martin, a former University of Wisconsin fullback, former Philadelphia Eagle and the Tampa Bay Buccaneer as well as a Chicago native, will host Mahoney’s Pub & Grille’s first Wisconsin Badgers’ game of the season as the University of Wisconsin takes on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).  Martin will autograph memorabilia, meet with fans and cheer on his alma mater.

WHEN:         

Ron Dayne

*Additional Badger football player alumni scheduled to attend include:

Bill Marek, Matt Unertl, Chris McIntosh and Paul Standring

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

6pm to 8pm

Cecil Martin

Saturday, September 4, 2010

8pm to 10pm (Wisconsin v UNLV game kicks-off at 10pm)

Both events are open to the public and neither will charge cover.

WHERE:      

Mahoney’s Pub & Grille

551 North Ogden Avenue

Chicago, IL 60642

312-733-2121

www.mahoneyspubchicago.com

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