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Friday, August 22nd, 2014

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH AUGUST 22 – AUGUST 24, 2014

(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.

For live streaming information on NBC Sports Live Extra, and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.

THE PASS

Friday, August 22

6 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk

6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Motorsports Extra (Encore)

6:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: WinCo Foods Portland Open

7 p.m. on NBCSN – P & G Gymnastics Championship: Women’s All-Around

8:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: Boeing Classic

9 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS: Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas

11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – P & G Gymnastics Championship: Men’s All Around

 

Saturday, August 23

7 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: D + D Real Czech Masters

7 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live

7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Aston Villa vs. Newcastle

8 a.m. on CNBC – F1 Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying

12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore)

10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Chelsea vs. Leicester City

12 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live

12:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League: Everton vs. Arsenal

1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: The Barclays

2 p.m. on NBCSN – GP2 Belgium

2:30 p.m. on NBC – Red Bull Global RallyCross – Daytona

3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: Canadian Pacific Women’s Open

3:30 p.m. on NBC – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Cycling Pro Challenge: Stage 6

4:30 p.m. on NBC – Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Travers Stakes

5 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: Boeing Classic

6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Utah

7 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: WinCo Foods Portland Open

8 p.m. on NBCSN –IndyCar GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma – Qualifying

9 p.m. on NBCSN – Youth Olympic Games: Track & Field, Gymnastics, Tennis and Diving

11p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day

 

Sunday, August 24

6:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: D + D Real Czech Masters

7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Belgian Grand Prix

7:30 a.m. on CNBC – Premier League Live

8:30 a.m. on CNBC – Premier League: Tottenham vs. Queens Park Rangers

10 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Extra

11 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Sunderland vs. Manchester United

12 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: The Barclays

1 p.m. on NBC – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

1 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Goal Zone

2 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: Canadian Pacific Women’s Open

2 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Cycling Pro Challenge: Stage 7

4 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

4 p.m. on NBC – USA Cycling Pro Challenge: Stage 7

5 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: Boeing Classic

7 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Lights Sonoma

7 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: WinCo Foods Portland Open

8 p.m. on NBCSN – TVG Pacific Classic

8 p.m. on NBC – Sunday Night Football: Cincinnati Bengals at Arizona Cardinals Preseason

9 p.m. on NBCSN – Youth Olympic Games: Track & Field, Gymnastics, Tennis and Diving

10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day

11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Sunday Sports Report

 

SUNDAY FIGHT FOOTBALL

The Arizona Cardinals host the Cincinnati Bengals for an NFL preseason game Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

NBC’s Sunday Night Football broadcast team of Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will call the game from the University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLIX.

 

PREMIER LEAGUE

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2014-15 Premier League season continues this Saturday beginning at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live, followed by Aston Villa vs. Newcastle at 7:45 a.m. ET. The action continues throughout the day with Chelsea vs. Leicester City on NBCSN at 10 a.m. ET, and Everton vs. Arsenal at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Saturday’s Match of the Day will be presented on NBCSN at 11 p.m. ET.

Sunday’s Premier League action begins at 7:30 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on CNBC followed by Tottenham vs. Queens Park Rangers at 8:30 a.m. ET. Premier League continues on NBCSN at 11 a.m. ET with Sunderland vs. Manchester United, followed by Premier League Goal Zone at 1 p.m. ET.

Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live and Premier League Goal Zone alongside former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle and former Premier League footballer Robbie Mustoe.

NBC’s lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White hosts Saturday’s Everton vs. Arsenal game alongside Lee Dixon.

The following games will be broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:

Saturday, August 23

7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Aston Villa vs. Newcastle, commentated by Jim Proudfoot and Chris Waddle

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Aston Villa v. Southampton, commentated by Joe Speight and Barry Horne

10 a.m. on NBCSN – Chelsea vs. Leicester City, commentated by Daniel Mann and Tony Gale

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Crystal Palace vs. West Ham, commentated by Tony Jones and Alan Curbishley

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Swansea City vs. Burnley, commentated by Gary Weaver and Andy Hinchcliffe

10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Southampton vs. West Bromwich, commentated by Joe Speight and Barry Horne

Sunday, August 24

8:30 a.m. on CNBC – Queens Park Rangers, commentated by Ian Darke and Clive Allen

8:30 a.m. on Extra Time – Hull City vs. Stoke City, commentated by Jim Proudfoot and David Pleat

11:00 a.m. on NBCSN – Sunderland vs. Manchester United, commentated by Jon Champion and Danny Mills

 

GOLF

Golf Channel’s coverage of the PGA Tour’s The Barclays continues Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, and culminates with the final round Sunday at 12 p.m. ET.

Terry Gannon (play-by-play) leads Golf Channel’s team from Ridgewood Country Club.  Joining Gannon will be Nick Faldo (analyst), Peter Oosterhuis (tower), Curt Byrum (tower), Scott McCarron (on course), Tripp Isenhour (on course), and Steve Burkowski (interviews).

The LPGA Tour’s Canadian Pacific Women’s Open continues Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.  Sunday’s final round coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Golf Channel’s team of Rod Black (play-by-play), Judy Rankin (analyst), Jerry Foltz (on course), Gail Graham (on course), Bob Weeks (on course) and Cory Woron (interviews) call the action from Monroe Golf Club.

The Champions Tour Boeing Classic begins tonight on Golf Channel at 8:30 p.m. ET, and continues Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.

Golf Channel’s Brian Hammons calls the action from TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.  Joining Hammons will be Lanny Wadkins (analyst), Dave Marr (tower), John Mahaffey  (tower) and Billy Ray Brown (on course).

Golf Channel’s weekend coverage of the European Tour’s D + D Real Czech Masters begins Saturday at 7 a.m. ET, and culminates with the final round Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET.

Tom Abbott will host from the studio in Orlando.  Joining Abbott will be Dougie Donnelly (play-by-play), Warren Humphreys (analyst) and Jay Townsend (on course).

 

MOTORSPORTS

NBC Sports Group presents more than 30 hours of motorsports this weekend, beginning tonight at 5:30 p.m. ET with Motorsports Extra.

NBC Sports Group’s presentation of the FI Belgian Grand Prix continues Saturday with coverage of the qualifying races at 8 a.m. ET on CNBC. NBCSN will air an encore presentation of qualifying at 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, followed by the GP2 race from Belgium at 2 p.m. ET.

NBCSN’s live presentation of the F1 Belgian Grand Prix begins Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. ET, followed by F1 Extra at 10 a.m. ET.

Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call the Belgian Grand Prix.  Joining Diffey will be analysts David Hobbs (analyst) and Steve Matchett (analyst). F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on site reporter from Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, and will call the GP2 race.

NBCSN’s presentation of the IndyCar GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma begins Saturday evening with live qualifying at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by live race coverage Sunday at 4 p.m. ET.

Veteran motorsports announcer Brian Till will call the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma alongside analysts Paul Tracy and Sam Hornish Jr.. Reporters Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast, Kevin Lee, and Robin Miller will report from the pits. Lee will be joined by Anders Krohn and Jake Query to call the Indy Lights Sonoma race at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday.

NBC Sports Group presents six hours of the Lucas Oil Pro Utah National across NBCSN and NBC Live Extra this weekend. On-air coverage begins Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Calling the action from Tooele Utah will be Jason Weigandt (play-by-play), Grant Langston (analyst) and Georgia Lindsay (pit reporter).

NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Red Bull Global RallyCross continues Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET from Daytona International Speedway.

Toby Moody leads the team calling the action from Daytona Beach, Fla. Joining Moody will be Tommy Kendall and Kristen Kenney.

 

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

NBCSN’s coverage of Major League Soccer continues tonight at 9 p.m. ET when FC Dallas host Real Salt Lake at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Lead MLS play-by-play announcer John Strong calls FC Dallas vs Real Salt Lake, and will be joined by joined by Stuart Holden and host Russ Thaler.

 

GYMNASTICS

NBC Sports Group presents more than seven hours of the 2014 P&G Gymnastics Championships this weekend. Coverage of the Women’s All-Around begins tonight at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and concludes Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage of the Men’s All-Around begins tonight at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and concludes Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

NBC Sports Group’s gymnastics team of Al Trautwig, Tim Daggett, Nastia Liukin and Andrea Joyce cover the action from CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

CYCLING

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the USA Pro Challenge continues this weekend on NBCSN and NBC. Saturday’s live coverage of Stage 6: Vail Individual Time Trial begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Sunday’s final stage, Boulder to Denver, will be presented on NBCSN at 2 p.m. ET, and concludes with live coverage on NBC at 4 p.m. ET.

Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, the voices of cycling, call the race action on site in Colorado. Liggett and Sherwen are joined by analyst Christian Vande Velde, reporter Steve Schlanger and ‘Inside the Race’ correspondent Steve Porino.

 

YOUTH OLYMPICS GAMES

Coverage of the Youth Olympic Games from Nanjing, China continues this weekend on NBCSN and NBC. NBCSN’s primetime coverage begins at 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and features highlights from Track & Field, Gymnastics, Tennis and Diving.

Josh Elliott hosts NBC’s coverage of the Youth Olympic Games Sunday at 12 p.m. ET. The one hour special will feature highlights of action from week one in Nanjing. Joining Elliott will be Jim Watson, Jason Knapp, Alicia Quinn, and Nick Symmonds.

Knapp and Watson continue to provide play-by-play coverage of the events throughout the Games, and are joined by Quinn, Symmonds and Laura Wilkinson for NBCSN’s primetime presentations this weekend.

 

HORSERACING

NBC Sports Group presents two Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series programs this weekend. Saturday’s coverage of the Travers Stakes begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC, and the TVG Pacific Classic airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Tom Hammonds hosts Saturday’s Travers Stakes. Joining Hammonds will be analysts Randy Moss, Jerry Bailey and Bob Neumeier, as well as reporters Donna Brothers and Eddie Olycyzk.

Following the Travers Stakes, Moss and Bailey will go coast-to-coast, traveling to San Diego to call the TVG Pacific Classic, and will be joined by host Laffit Pincay III, and reporters Jay Privman and Kenny Rice.

 

SWIMMING

NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships begins Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET, and continues Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Rowdy Gaines, Todd Harris, and Alex Flanagan call the action from Gold Coast, Austrailia.