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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH MAY 22, 2015 – MAY 25, 2015
(All times ET)
The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the NBC Sports Group Communications team.
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Friday, May 22
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Game 4 – N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay
Midnight on NBCSN – Premier League Championship Sunday Preview
Saturday, May 23
1 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Goals of the Season
7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: BMW PGA Championship
8 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
1:30 p.m. on NBC – Senior PGA Championship
4 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Chronicles
4:30 p.m. on NBC – PBC on NBC: Andre Dirrell vs. James DeGale
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy 500 Festival Parade
6 p.m. on NBCSN – PBC on NBC: Edwin Rodriguez vs. Craig Baker
7 p.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Pro Motocross – Glen Helen Moto 2s
8 p.m. on NBC – NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Game 4 – Anaheim Ducks at Chicago Blackhawks
9 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 Documentary – “1”
11:30 p.m. – /DRIVE on NBC Sports: Monaco (Encore)
Midnight on NBCSN – F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore)
Sunday, May 24
1:30 a.m. on NBCSN – GP2 Racing
7 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Countdown
7:30 a.m. on NBC – F1 Monaco Grand Prix
7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: BMW PGA Championship
9 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
10 a.m. on NBC – Premier League: Hull City v. Manchester United
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Chelsea v. Sunderland
10 a.m. on USA – Premier League: Newcastle v. West Ham United
10 a.m. on SyFy – Premier League: Stoke City v. Liverpool
10 a.m. on CNBC – Premier League: Everton v. Tottenham
10 a.m. on MSNBC – Premier League: Manchester City v. Southampton
10 a.m. on Bravo – Premier League: Arsenal v. West Brom
10 a.m. on E! – Premier League: Crystal Palace v. Swansea City
10 a.m. on Esquire – Premier League – Aston Villa v. Burnley
10 a.m. on Oxygen – Premier League: Leicester City v. Queens Park Rangers
Noon on NBC – Goal Zone Championship Sunday
Noon on NBCSN – Goal Zone Championship Sunday
1 p.m. on NBC – French Open: First Round
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
2 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live: The Champions
2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore)
2:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Senior PGA Championship
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Senior PGA Championship
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – GP2 Monaco
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – /DRIVE on NBC Sports – Monaco (Encore)
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Game 5 – Tampa Bay Lightning at N.Y. Rangers
Monday, May 25
Noon on NBC – French Open: First Round
5 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
6 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk Live
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
9 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Game 5 – Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks
NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final between the N.Y. Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning, with Tampa Bay leading the series 2-1. Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Joe Micheletti (analyst) and Brian Engblom (Inside-the-Glass) will call the game from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.
Coverage continues Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with Game 4 of the Western Conference Final between the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (analyst) and Pierre McGuire (Inside-the-Glass) will call the game from the United Center in Chicago, Ill. Anaheim leads the series 2-1.
Sunday’s coverage of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final between Tampa Bay and N.Y. begins at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire will call the game from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Game 5 of the Western Conference Final between Chicago and Anaheim begins Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Albert, Micheletti and Engblom will call the game from the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Kathryn Tappen hosts Friday and Saturday’s editions of NHL Live, and intermission coverage, alongside Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Liam McHugh will join Milbury and Jones for Sunday and Monday’s coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
NBC Sports Group’s extensive motorsports coverage this weekend includes Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR, and the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, culminating with NBC’s live coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET, kicking off the “Biggest Day in Motorsports”with one of world’s most iconic racing events.
Live coverage of the F1 Monaco Grand Prix begins Saturday on NBCSN with qualifying race coverage at 8 a.m. ET, and continues on NBCSN Sunday at 7 a.m. ET with F1 Countdown before switching to NBC for the Monaco Grand Prix.
NBC Sports Group’s F1 team of play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey, analysts David Hobbs and Steve Matchett, and F1 insider and pit reporter Will Buxton will call the action on-site in Monte Carlo.
NBCSN’s weekend motorsports coverage begins today at 3:30 p.m. ET with a special two-hour NASCAR America Motorsports Special hosted by Mike Massaro and Kyle Petty. NBCSN’s NASCAR America Motorsports Special will break down this year’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600, and feature interviews with analysts and drivers previewing the “Biggest Day in Motorsports.”
Motorsports coverage continues Saturday at 4 p.m. ET with IndyCar Chronicles, followed by the Indy 500 Festival parade at 4:30 p.m. ET, which will wrap up six hours of IndyCar coverage on NBCSN this weekend.
In addition to F1 and IndyCar, NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the 2015 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship season with this week’s event at Glen Helen Raceway on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Jason Weigandt will handle play-by-play duties, alongside two-time AMA Pro Motocross Champion Grant Langston and reporter Georgia Lindsay.
NBC kicks off coverage of the 2015 French Open this Sunday at Noon ET, with live opening-round coverage, and continuing Monday at Noon in all time zones (live ET).
Host Ted Robinson anchors NBC’s coverage, joined by analysts John McEnroe and Mary Carillo.
This Sunday NBCUniversal presents a blockbuster “Championship Sunday,” with all 10 Premier League matches presented live simultaneously on 10 different NBCUniversal television networks this Sunday beginning at 10 a.m. ET. Highlighting the matches is NBC’s coverage of Hull City v. Manchester United, and the 2014-15 Champions Chelsea v. Sunderland on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Group’s lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White calls Hull City v. Manchester United, joined by analysts Lee Dixon and Graeme Le Saux at KC Stadium – the first time the three commentators work together in the booth.
Sunday’s live coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN featuring Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Earle, Kyle Martino, and Robbie Mustoe.
Following Sunday’s live match Lowe, Earle, Martino, and Mustoe will return for a special Goal Zone season wrap-up post-game show on NBC at Noon ET, which will include the emotional scenes from around the grounds, Chelsea’s trophy ceremony from Stamford Bridge, and all of the key highlights and interviews from the final day of the season. NBCSN will simulcast Goal Zone for the first hour, with coverage moving to NBCSN from 1-2 p.m. ET. At 2 p.m. ET, NBCSN wraps up the day’s coverage with a special Premier League Live: The Champions, which will take a look at Chelsea’s path to the Premier League title.
The weekend-long coverage of “Championship Sunday” kicks off tonight at midnight with Premier League Championship Sunday Preview on NBCSN, immediately followed by Premier League Goals of the Season at 1 a.m. ET.
Below is a full broadcast and announcer schedule for “Championship Sunday” matches across NBCUniversal:
| Match | Network | Announce Team |
| Hull City v. Manchester United | NBC | Arlo White, Lee Dixon, Graeme Le Saux |
| Chelsea v. Sunderland | NBCSN | Peter Drury, Jim Beglin |
| Newcastle v. West Ham United | USA | Jim Proudfoot, Danny Mills |
| Stoke City v. Liverpool | Syfy | Gary Taphouse, Garry Birtles |
| Everton v. Tottenham | CNBC | Gary Weaver, Barry Horne |
| Manchester City v. Southampton | MSNBC | Joe Speight, Terry Gibson |
| Arsenal v. West Bromwich Albion | Bravo | Tony Jones, Tony Gale |
| Crystal Palace v. Swansea City | E! | Phil Blacker, Ray Houghton |
| Aston Villa v. Burnley | Esquire | John Driscoll, Trevor Francis |
| Leicester City v. Queens Park Rangers | Oxygen | Jonathan Beck, Dean Sturridge |
| Hull City v. Manchester United | TELEMUNDO* | Andrés Cantor, Carlos Hermosillo |
| Chelsea v. Sunderland | NBC UNIVERSO* | Sammy Sadovnik, Manuel Sol |
Highlighting Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage this weekend is the PGA of America’s Senior PGA Championship, the second major for the Champions Tour of 2015. In addition to the Senior PGA Championship, Golf Channel also presents coverage of the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship, PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational, and NCAA Women’s Golf Championships.
NBC Sports Group’s weekend coverage of the Senior PGA Championship presented by Kitchenaid begins Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage of Sunday’s final round begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and continues on NBC at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Dan Hicks (play-by-play) leads Golf Channel on NBC’s team, while Dave Marr (play-by-play) will lead Sunday’s final round coverage on Golf Channel. Joining Hicks and Marr from French Lick Resort in Indiana are Gary Koch (analyst), Mark Rolfing (tower), Roger Maltbie and Billy Kratzert (on-course), and Steve Sands (interviews).
Coverage of the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship begins at 7:30 a.m. ET on Golf Channel, and continues Sunday with coverage of the final round at 7:30 a.m. ET.
Mike Ritz hosts coverage of the European Tour’s Flagship event from Golf Channel’s studio in Orlando, Fla., joined by Terry Gannon (play-by-play), Frank Nobilo (analyst), Tom Abbott and Warren Humphreys (towers), and Craig Perks and Jay Townsend from Wentworth Club in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Golf Channel’s weekend coverage of the PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial begins Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
Brian Hammons (play-by-play) and Lanny Wadkins (analyst) host coverage from Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Joining Hammons and Wadkins are Matt Gogel and David Feherty (tower), Phil Parkin (on-course), and George Savaricas (interviews).
Coverage of the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships begins Monday at 4 p.m. ET, and will feature the final round of the individual stroke play to crown the individual national champion.
Bob Papa (play-by-play) hosts coverage from Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. Joining Papa will be Kay Cockerill (analyst), Curt Byrum (tower), Notah Begay, Billy Ray Brown and Karen Stupples (on-course), and Steve Burkowski (interviews).
Golf Central’s team of Lisa Cornwell, Paige Mackenzie, Angela Hamann, and Burkowski, will feature nearly 25 hours of combined pre-and post-event news coverage produced on location from Concession Golf Club throughout the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Championships.
Live PBC on NBC coverage returns this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET with 2004 U.S. bronze medalist Andre Dirrell (24-1, 16 KOs) vs. 2008 gold medalist James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs) of Great Britain in a super middleweight bout. Immediately following Dirrell-DeGale is Edwin Rodriguez (26-1, 17 KOs) vs. Craig Baker (16-0, 12 KOs) in a light heavyweight bout. Following the NBC show, live boxing continues at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Liam McHugh hosts Saturday’s coverage from the Agganis Arena in Boston, Mass, joined by Kenny Rice (blow-by-blow), “Sugar” Ray Leonard (analyst), BJ Flores (analyst), and Paul Burmeister (reporter).
