FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 13th, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH DECEMBER 13, 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, December 13
5 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
7 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Hockey: Colorado College at Wisconsin
10 p.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League Preview
11:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Thailand Golf Championship
Saturday, December 14
5 a.m. on Golf Channel – The Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Manchester City v. Arsenal
9:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Chelsea v. Crystal Palace
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Everton v. Fulham
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Newcastle v. Southampton
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Cardiff City v. West Bromwich Albion
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: West Ham United v. Sunderland
Noon on NBC – Dew Tour: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final
Noon on NBCSN – Premier League Live
Noon on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Hull City v. Stoke City
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Franklin Templeton Shootout
2 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Franklin Templeton Shootout
2 p.m. on Golf Channel – PNC Father/Son Challenge
2:15 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final
3 p.m. on NBCSN – PNC Father/Son Challenge
4 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Hilton Hhonors: Women’s Volleyball
7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final
8 p.m. on NBCSN – Fight Night
10 p.m. on NBCSN – The Good Son: The Ray Mancini Story
11:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Thailand Golf Championship
Sunday, December 15
12 a.m. on NBCSN – NBCSN’s Match of the Day
1 a.m. on NBCSN – Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final (taped)
8 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
8:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Aston Villa v. Manchester United
8:30 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Norwich City v. Swansea City
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
11:00 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur v. Liverpool
Noon on NBC – Dew Tour: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
Noon on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Franklin Templeton Shootout
2 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Franklin Templeton Shootout
2 p.m. on Golf Channel – PNC Father/Son Challenge
3 p.m. on NBCSN – Dew Tour: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
3 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
4 p.m. on NBC – PNC Father/Son Challenge
7 p.m. on NBC – Football Night in America
8 p.m. on NBC – Sunday Night Football: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NBCSN’s Match of the Day II
11 p.m. on NBC Sports Live Extra – Dew Tour: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final (taped)
11:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Thailand Golf Championship
NBC Sports Group’s Coverage of the Dew Tour Ion Mountain Championships continues this evening with the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final at 5 p.m. ET and the Men’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final at 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Live Extra. Television coverage begins Saturday at Noon ET on NBC with the Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final, and continues at Noon ET on Sunday with Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final on NBC and the Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final at 3 p.m. on NBCSN.
Veteran play-by-play announcer Todd Harris will lead NBC and NBCSN’s coverage of the Dew Tour. Harris will be joined by Carolyn Manno (host), Todd Richards (analyst), Luke Van Valin (analyst) and Tina Dixon (reporter).
Saturday’s coverage on NBC Sports Live Extra includes the Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final at Noon ET; Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final at 2:15 p.m. ET; Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final at 4p.m. ET; and the Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final at 7:30 p.m. ET. On Sunday, NBC Sports Live Extra will stream the Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final at Noon ET; Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final at 3p.m. ET and Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final (taped) at 11 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s weekend Premier League coverage begins tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live immediately followed by Manchester City v. Arsenal at 7:45 a.m. ET and continues with Premier League Live at 9:45 a.m. followed by Chelsea v. Crystal Palace City at 10 a.m. ET. Premier League Extra Time will air Everton v. Fulham; Newcastle v. Southampton; Cardiff City v. West Bromwich Albion; and West Ham United v. Sunderland at 10 a.m. ET. Saturday’s live coverage concludes with Premier League Live at noon ET followed by Hull City v. Stoke City at 12:30 ET on NBCSN.
NBCSN’s coverage on Sunday features Premier League Live at 8 a.m. ET followed by Aston Villa v. Manchester United at 8:30 a.m. ET. Coverage continues with Premier League Live at 10:30 a.m. followed by Tottenham Hotspur v. Liverpool at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins former Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux to call Manchester City v. Arsenal on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN. White and Le Saux will also call Tottenham Hotspur v. Liverpool on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
The following games will be broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:
Saturday December 14th
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN: Manchester City v. Arsenal – commentated by Jon Champion and Jim Beglin
10 a.m. on NBCSN: Chelsea v. Crystal Palace – commentated by Daniel Mann and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Cardiff v. West Bromwich Albion – commentated by Gary Taphouse and Dean Sturridge
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Everton v. Fulham – commentated by Joe Speight and Barry Horne
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Newcastle v. Southampton – commentated by Gary Weaver and Davie Provan
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: West Ham v. Sunderland – commentated by Ian Crocker and Ray Houghton
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN: Hull City v. Stoke City – commentated by Tony Jones and Efan Ekoku
Sunday December 15th
8:30 a.m. on NBCSN: Aston Villa v. Manchester United – commentated by Steve Banyard and Iain Dowie
8:30 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Norwich City v. Swansea City – commentated by Tony Jones 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 Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle and former U.S. Men’s National midfielder Kyle Martino.
Viewers can find Premier League Games on TV by using the Premier League Game Finder here.
NBC’s weekend Golf coverage includes the PNC Father/Son Challenge at 4 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday, and the Franklin Templeton Shootout Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel’s weekend coverage includes the PNC Father/Son Challenge Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, the Franklin Templeton Shootout Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, the Thailand Golf Championship Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 p.m. ET, and the The Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa Saturday at 5 a.m. ET.
Golf Channel and NBC’s team of Dan Hicks (play-by-play), Gary Koch (analyst), Steve Sands (tower), Notah Begay (on course), Roger Maltbie (on course), and Jimmy Roberts (essays / interviews) will call the action for the PNC Father/Son Challenge at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Fla.
Rich Lerner (play-by-play), Frank Nobilo (analyst), Peter Jacobsen (tower), Jerry Foltz (on course), Scott McCarron (on course), and Tom Abbott (interviews) will handle coverage of the Franklin Templeton Shootout from Tiburon GC in Naples, Fla.
For the Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa, Golf Channel’s team of
Dougie Donnelly (play-by-play), Denis Hutchinson (analyst), Julian Tutt (analyst), and Jay Townsend (on course) will host coverage from Mount Edgecombe CC in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Durban, South Africa.
NBCSN will televise four hours of top-level boxing coverage Saturday beginning at 8 p.m. ET with Fight Night live on NBCSN. Following live boxing, NBCSN presents the television debut of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning documentary The Good Son: The Ray Mancini Story at 10 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s Fight Night broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Kenny Rice, analyst B.J. Flores and reporter Chris Mannix will call the action from Superstar Theatre at Resorts International Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Mancini will join the booth as a special guest.
The Cincinnati Bengals (9-4) travel to Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa., to take on the Steelers (5-8) on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Coverage begins with Football Night In America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
Calling Bengals-Steelers is seven-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play); 14-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth; and Emmy Award-winning sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.
Football Night In America is hosted by 25-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh Pa. Costas will be joined on-site by Michaels, Collinsworth, and two-time Super Bowl winner and Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward.
Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s famed Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Patrick will be joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, 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. Alex Flanagan will report from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on the Packers-Cowboys game.
