Driver ready for "Dancing with the Stars"

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“Dancing With the Stars” always gets high ratings. And Packer fans could give the show even higher ratings beginning tonight.

That’s because Donald Driver – Green Bay’s all-time leading receiver – is among the contestants. The four-time Pro Bowler and is part of a celebrity cast that includes Melissa Gilbert, actor Jack Wagner, singing great Gladys Knight, and tennis legend Martina Navratilova. Driver’s partner is Peta Murgatroyd. She says Driver’s years of stutter-stepping on the football field will help him in the ballroom. Driver figures that he spends five hours a day in dancing – plus a football workout. He said he talked with Packers’ coach Mike McCarthy before agreeing to do the show – and McCarthy said Driver should quote, “try to win the whole thing.” He promised his teammates he would not be eliminated in the first round. That’s what happened a year ago to Lakers’ basketball player Metta World Peace, the former Ron Artest. N-F-L stars Hines Ward and Emmitt Smith have won the Dancing With the Stars trophy in the past. The two-hour live season premiere begins at seven tonight on A-B-C.

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