HOLLYWOOD - Former Los Angeles Lakers star Rick Fox has been added to the cast of Courteney Cox's new TV series Dirt, and he'll play a basketball player.
The retired sporting great, who was recently divorced from actress/singer Vanessa Williams, has signed a multi-episode deal to appear in the upcoming drama, in which the former Friends star will play a tough tabloid editor.
His character is described in trade paper Hollywood Reporter as a high-profile basketball player who has marital problems.
The new show is set to air early in 2007.
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