Summerhill wants to broadcast a few NFL games

Pat Summerall says he's regaining his strength after a liver transplant and may be in the broadcast booth for at least a few games this NFL season.Summerall, a former Arkansas kicker, was in Little Rock on Monday for the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Pat Summerall Classic. He had a liver transplant April 10.The broadcaster, who has worked 16 Super Bowls in a 40-plus year career, said he wants to return to the Fox booth, if he is healthy enough."If I'm healthy enough, yes, I'll do some games," Summerall said. "If I'm not, it's kind of tough for people to make plans with the network if they don't know what my availability is going to be."Summerall attended a Dallas Cowboys minicamp in early June. NFL training camps open this week."I'm feeling better every day. I'm feeling stronger every day. As far as I can tell, the operation was a 100 percent success. I still get tired, but I'm feeling better and stronger every day," he said. "I'm going to the Mayo Clinic in two weeks for an evaluation, and at that time I'll be able to better answer how things are going. But they seem to be going fine."Summerall qualified for a transplant through blood tests that rank potential recipients anonymously.

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