FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 8th, 2013

**ADVISORY: TIM HOWARD CONFERENCE CALL CHANGED TO NOON ET; DIAL 719-325-2484 TO PARTICIPATE**

NBC SPORTS GROUP PREMIER LEAGUE CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT NOON ET WITH EVERTON AND USMNT GOALIE TIM HOWARD

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 8, 2013 – NBC Sports Group prepares for its extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League with a conference call with Everton and U.S. Men’s National Team goalie Tim Howard today, Aug. 8, at noon ET.  Media interested in participating should dial 719-325-2484; passcode 3155353.

Nine days from today – on Saturday, August 17 – NBC Sports Group kicks off the most ambitious, extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League available anywhere in the world. Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with the Liverpool-Stoke City match and continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra.

WHAT: NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage conference call

WHO: Tim Howard, goalkeeper for Everton and the U.S. Men’s National Team

WHEN: Today, Aug. 8 at NOON p.m. ET

DIAL-IN NUMBER: 719-325-2484

PASSCODE: 3155353

NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage begins with the Liverpool vs. Stoke City match on Saturday, August 17, at 7 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and NBC Sports Live Extra. NBC Sports Group will make available in the United States all 380 games from the Premier League. That’s more than anywhere else on the globe (including the U.K.).  All games will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.

To “Keep Calm and Pick A Side” on the Premier League team picker, click here.

For more information on NBC Sports Group’s Premier League television schedule, click here.

For more NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage facts and numbers, click here.

For NBC Sports Group’s programming plans, click here.

For information about NBC Sports Group’s Premier League announcers, click here.

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