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Announcers face a tough task getting ready for XFL

BattleHawks quarterback Jordan Ta'amu hands off to running back Matt Jones in a recent practice. (St. Louis BattleHawks photo)

Tom Hart has called a lot of sporting events in his career. But the broadcaster from Columbia, Mo., faces a big new challenge Sunday afternoon.

He’ll be doing the play-by-play of the BattleHawks-Dallas XFL game on ESPN, at 4 p.m., broadcasting a contest in which most of the participants are relatively unknown, never have played for the team they are with, and are in a league that hadn’t had a game in 19 years — until returning Saturday.