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Friday, October 18th, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH OCTOBER 18, 2013
(All times ET)
The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team. “The Pass” provides upcoming listings and programming details. For live streaming information on NBC Sports Live Extra and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here for NBC and NBCSN and here for Golf Channel.
THE PASS
Friday, October 18
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS Insider
7 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar World Championships – Qualifying
8 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS: Sporting Kansas City v. D.C. United
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League Preview
Saturday, October 19
Midnight on NBCSN – CFL: Calgary at Edmonton
12:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – ISPS Handa Perth International
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Newcastle United v. Liverpool
9:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Manchester United v. Southampton
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Arsenal v. Norwich City
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Chelsea v. Cardiff City
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Everton v. Hull City
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Swansea City v. Sunderland
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Stoke City v. West Bromwich Albion
Noon on NBCSN – Premier League Live
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League: West Ham United v. Manchester City
11 a.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship
2 p.m. on Golf Channel – Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn
2:30 p.m. on NBC – MLS: FC Dallas v. Seattle Sounders FC
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Stadium Super Trucks
5 p.m. on NBC – Onward Notre Dame
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Countdown to Kickoff
7 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Lights – Lefty’s Kids Club 100
7:30 p.m. on NBC – Notre Dame Football: USC at Norte Dame
Sunday, October 20
Midnight on NBCSN – NBCSN’s Match of the Day
Midnight on Golf Channel – ISPS Handa Perth International
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
11 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Aston Villa v. Tottenham Hotspur
11 a.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship
1 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Goal Zone
1:30 p.m. on NBC – U.S. Soccer: U.S. Women’s National Team v. Australia
2 p.m. on Golf Channel – Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn
4 p.m. on NBC – 2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
7 p.m. on NBC – Football Night in America
8 p.m. on NBC – Sunday Night Football: Denver at Indianapolis
8 p.m. on NBCSN – MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NBCSN’s Match of the Day II
Golf Channel’s weekend coverage includes the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open this evening, Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. ET, the Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. ET, and the ISPS Handa Perth International Saturday at 12:30 a.m. ET and Sunday at midnight ET.
Golf Channel’s team of Rich Lerner (Play by Play), Gary Koch (Analyst), Peter Oosterhuis (Tower), Matt Gogel (Tower), Phil Parkin (On Course), Scott McCarron (On Course), Roger Maltbie (On Course) and Ryan Burr (Interviews) will call the action for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nev.
Brian Hammons (Play by Play), Lanny Wadkins (Analyst), John Mahaffey (Tower), Dave Marr (On Course), and Billy Ray Brown (On Course) will handle coverage of the Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn from Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, N.C.
For the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship, Golf Channels team of Phil Lynch (Play by Play), Sandra Mackenzie (Analyst), and Karen Stupples (Analyst / Interviews) will host coverage from Ocean Course at Sky 72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea.
At the ISPS Handa Perth International, Steve Burkowski (Studio Host), Warren Humphreys (Play by Play), Sandy Roberts (Analyst), Peter Donegan (Analyst), Ossie Moore (On Course), and Lyndsay Steven (On Course) will call the action from Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth Western, Australia.
NBC Sports Group’s weekend MLS coverage kicks off tonight with a new episode of MLS Insider at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by Sporting Kansas City hosting D.C. United at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Saturday’s MLS match features the Seattle Sounders FC facing FC Dallas at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
On Sunday, the U.S. Women’s National Team will face Australia on NBC at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Announcer Steve Cangialosi will handle play-by-play for tonight’s Sporting Kansas City-D.C. United game alongside analyst Brian Dunseth and host Sebastian Salazar from Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan.
NBC Sports Group’s lead MLS play-by-play announcer John Strong will call Saturday’s FC Dallas-Seattle Sounders FC match on NBC and will be joined by analyst and former Jamaican national footballer Robbie Earle and host Russ Thaler at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Strong, analyst Kate Markgraf and Thaler will host coverage of the U.S. Women’s National Team v. Australia on NBC from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday.
NBC Sports Group’s weekend Premier League coverage begins tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live immediately followed by Newcastle United v. Liverpool. Coverage continues at 10 a.m. ET with Manchester United v. Southampton on NBCSN, and the Arsenal v. Norwich City; Chelsea v. Cardiff City; Everton v. Hull City; Swansea City v. Sunderland and Stoke City v. West Bromwich Albion matches on Premier League Extra Time. Tomorrow’s live coverage concludes with West Ham United v. Manchester City at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Sunday’s coverage features Premier League Live at 10:30 a.m. ET followed by Aston Villa v. Tottenham Hotspur at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins Lee Dixon to call West Ham United v. Manchester City on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. White and Graeme Le Saux will call Aston Villa v. Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
The following games will be broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:
Saturday, October 19
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Newcastle v. Liverpool: commentated by Steve Banyard and Chris Waddle
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Manchester United v. Southampton: commentated by Daniel Mann and Davie Provan
10 a.m. on Extra Time – Arsenal v. Norwich City: commented by Gary Weaver and Trevor Francis
10 a.m. on Extra Time – Chelsea v. Cardiff City: commentated by Ian Crocker and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on Extra Time – Everton v. Hull City: commentated by Tony Jones and Dean Sturridge
10 a.m. on Extra Time – Stoke City v. West Bromwich Albion: commentated by Joe Speight and Barry Horne
10 a.m. on Extra Time – Swansea City v. Sunderland: commentated by Gary Taphouse and Garry Birtles
All matches 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. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Kyle Martino and former English footballer Robbie Mustoe.
Viewers can find Premier League Games on TV by using the Premier League Game Finder here.
NBCSN’s coverage of the MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships begins tonight with qualifying at 7 p.m. ET. Live race coverage of the MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships begins on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage of the Lefty’s Kids Club 100, part of IndyCar’s Indy Lights developmental series, will precede the IndyCar World Championships on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Group’s IndyCar and Formula One play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey will call the IndyCar World Championships at Fontana. Diffey will be joined in the booth this week by former drivers Townsend Bell and Wally Dallenbach. Reporters Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee, Marty Snider and Robin Miller will manage the pits. Mike King, Davey Hamilton and Jake Query will have the call of the Indy Lights Fontana race.
College football’s greatest intersectional rivalry renews Saturday, evening at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC from Notre Dame Stadium where the Fighting Irish host the USC Trojans in primetime for only the second time. Coverage begins with Countdown to Kickoff on NBCSN at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Dan Hicks, NBC Sports Group’s longtime and critically-acclaimed golf and Olympic commentator, leads NBC Sports’ Notre Dame Football coverage this season as its play-by-play voice. He is joined by analyst Mike Mayock and sideline reporter Alex Flanagan for NBC’s 23rd season broadcasting Notre Dame Football home games.
Liam McHugh hosts Countdown To Kickoff on the field at Notre Dame Stadium. He is joined on-site by 1984 Heisman Trophy Winner Doug Flutie and two-time Super Bowl champion Hines Ward. McHugh, Flutie and Ward will also manage halftime coverage for the telecast.
2013 HILTON HHONORS SKATE AMERICA
NBC presents 2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET featuring live performances from the ladies’ free skate and coverage of the men’s free skate. In addition, the telecast will include the performance of 2010 Vancouver Olympic silver medalists and two-time world ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
Tom Hammond will call the action alongside Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic, Tracy Wilson and Andrea Joyce from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich.
Sunday Night Football kicks off on Sunday, when the Denver Broncos travel to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., to take on the Indianapolis Colts. Coverage begins with Football Night In America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s famed Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday night. Patrick will be joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on NBCSN and NBCSports.com, and longtime NFL front office veteran and former NFL Executive of the Year Scott Pioli. Carolyn Manno will report from Arrow Head Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on the Texans-Chiefs game.
Football Night in America is hosted by 24-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Costas will be joined on site by Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and two-time Super Bowl winner Hines Ward.
Michaels (play-by-play), Collinsworth, and Michele Tafoya (analyst) will call Sunday’s match up from Indianapolis, Ind.
