FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 31st, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH MAY 31, 2013
(All Times ET)
The “Press Pass” on the NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview with upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team. “The Pass” provides upcoming listings, and “The ‘Lights” details the programs.
NBC Sports Live Extra and Golf Channel Live Extra, the NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for digital, mobile and tablets, will live stream NBC Sports Network and Golf Channel live-event content, respectively, to Cablevision, Comcast Xfinity TV, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS customers via TV Everywhere.
THE PASS
Friday, May 31
5:00 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Pro Football Talk
6:00 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – The Crossover
Saturday, June 1
Noon on NBC – French Open
1 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – AMA Motocross
3 p.m. on NBC – Collegiate Rugby Championships
3:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Prefontaine Classic
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Prefontaine Classic
4:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL Live
5:00 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL Playoffs: Los Angeles at Chicago
8:00 p.m. on NBC – NHL Playoffs: Boston at Pittsburgh
8:00 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Collegiate Rugby Championships
Sunday, June 2
1 p.m. on NBC – French Open
1 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – USA Pro Cycling Championships
2 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Collegiate Rugby Championships
4 p.m. on NBC – Collegiate Rugby Championships
4 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – MLS 36: Omar Gonzalez
4:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – MLS: Los Angeles at New England
7 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL Live
8 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL Playoffs: Los Angeles at Chicago
10:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL Live
11 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Criterium Dauphine
THE ‘LIGHTS
NBC’s coverage continues this Saturday at Noon ET, with live coverage of the third round of the tournament, and this Sunday at 1 p.m. with live coverage of the fourth round. In all, NBC will broadcast 27 hours from Roland Garros, culminating with the Women’s Final on June 8 and the Men’s Final on June 9.
Host Ted Robinson anchors NBC’s coverage and will be joined by analysts John McEnroe and Mary Carillo. McEnroe and Carillo teamed to win the mixed doubles title at the 1977 French Open.
COLLEGIATE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Coverage begins on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC, with live Quarterfinal matches. Collegiate Rugby Championship action will continue on NBC Sports Network at 8 p.m. ET, following the conclusion of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Western Conference Final.
On Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network will resume live coverage and telecast the Bronze Medal Challenger Final, followed by the Championship Final live on NBC.
Veteran announcer Todd Harris will serve as the play-by-play commentator for all telecasts. Harris will be joined in the booth by former USA Sevens captain and USA Rugby World Cup participant Brian Hightower. Marty Snider will report all the action from the sidelines.
NBC Sports Group presents expanded live coverage of the 39th Prefontaine Classic this Saturday, June 1, beginning on NBC Sports Network at 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET, and continuing on NBC from 4:30-6 p.m. ET.
NBC’s Olympic track and field broadcast team of Tom Hammond, Ato Boldon, Lewis Johnson, Dwight Stones and Craig Masback will call all the action from Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
On Saturday night at 5 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, the Chicago Blackhawks host the Los Angeles Kings. Dave Strader will manage play-by-play and with analyst Brian Engblom and ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Darren Pang at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
NBC presents coverage of the Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the Boston Bruins in primetime at 8 p.m. ET. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will handle play-by-play, and will be joined by analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire from Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Conference Finals coverage begins on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with NHL Live hosted by Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury and Keith Jones from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.
Sunday’s coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live followed by Game 2 of Los Angeles vs. Chicago.
NBC Sports Network will air 11 hours of elite cycling coverage, including the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships, and Critérium du Dauphiné. Coverage begins this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and continues throughout the week.
Craig Hummer, Robbie Ventura, and Kristin Armstrong will report from Chattannooga, Tenn. for the USA Pro Cycling Championships, where the nation’s best men and women professional cyclists in both road race and time trial compete to the finish.
Steve Schlanger and Bob Roll will report from Dauphiné, France for the Critérium du Dauphiné.
MLS 36 & LOS ANGELES AT NEW ENGLAND
NBC Sports Network’s Major League Soccer coverage this weekend features the New England Revolution (4-4-4, 16 pts.) hosting the Los Angeles Galaxy (6-4-2, 20 pts.) and the return of MLS 36. Coverage begins at 4 p.m. ET this Sunday, June 2, with a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Galaxy and U.S. National Team defender Omar Gonzalez, and continues at 4:30 p.m. ET with live coverage of the match.
NBC Sports Group’s MLS announce team of Arlo White (play-by-play), Kyle Martino (‘Between-the-Benches’) and Russ Thaler (analyst) will host coverage from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
MLS 36: 2012 MLS Cup MVP Omar Gonzalez, a star defender for the Los Angeles Galaxy, will be featured in the latest episode of MLS 36, airing Sunday, June 2, at 4 p.m. ET. The all-access 36 series, which is produced by IMS Productions, also includes NHL 36, Fight Night 36, F1 36, and IndyCar 36. Future MLS 36 episodes will feature Sporting Kansas City’s defensive duo of Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin, Houston Dynamo marksman Brad Davis and other MLS stars to be named later.
