FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 29th, 2015
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH MAY 29, 2015 – MAY 31, 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.
For live streaming information on NBC Sports Live Extra, and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.
Friday, May 29
4 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: AT&T Byron Nelson
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Final Game 7 – Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers
Saturday, May 30
8:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation
12 p.m. on NBC – French Open Third Round
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: AT&T Byron Nelson
3 p.m. on NBC – Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA Classic
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Track and Field: Prefontaine Classic
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Track and Field: Prefontaine Classic
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
8 p.m. on NBC – NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final Game 7 – Chicago at Anaheim
8 p.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Motocross Thunder Valley
Sunday, May 31
8 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation
12 p.m. on NBC – French Open Fourth Round
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: AT&T Byron Nelson
2 p.m. on NBCSN – Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship
3 p.m. on NBC – Global Rallycross
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA Classic
4 p.m. on NBC – Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship
4 p.m. on NBCSN – 2015 U.S. Open Polo Championship
7 p.m. on NBCSN – World League Volleyball: USA vs. Iran
9 p.m. on NBCSN – World League Volleyball: USA vs. Iran
NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs continues this weekend with two decisive Game 7 NHL Conference Final Matchups. Coverage begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN when Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers host Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final.
NBC presents live coverage of Game 7 of the Western Conference Final on Saturday night in primetime at 8 p.m. ET, when Ryan Getzlaf and the Anaheim Ducks host Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick (play-by-play) Eddie Olczyk (analyst), and Pierre McGuire (Inside-the-Glass analyst) will travel coast-to-coast to call back-to-back Game 7 matchups.
Pre-game coverage of both Game 7 matchups begins at 7 p.m. ET tonight and Saturday night with NHL Live, featuring host Liam McHugh alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Brian Boucher.
NBC Sports Group presents live coverage of the 2015 Prefontaine Classic Saturday from Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and continuing at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Tom Hammond hosts coverage, joined by Ato Boldon, Lewis Johnson, Craig Masback, Dan O’Brien and Todd Harris.
NBC’s coverage of the 2015 French Open continues this weekend with the Third and Fourth Rounds live on NBC beginning at Noon ET Saturday and Sunday.
Host Ted Robinson anchors NBC’s coverage, joined by analysts John McEnroe and Mary Carillo.
Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage this weekend features the European Tour’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation, PGA Tour’s AT&T Byron Nelson and LPGA Tour’s ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Coverage of the AT&T Byron Nelson begins today at 4 p.m. ET, and continues Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
Brian Hammons (play-by-play) and Frank Nobilo (analyst) host coverage from TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. Joining Hammons and Nobilo are Matt Gogel and John Mahaffey (tower), and Craig Perks (on course).
Coverage of the European Tour’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation begins Saturday at 8:30 a.m. ET on Golf Channel, and continues Sunday with coverage of the final round at 8 a.m. ET.
Calling the action from Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, Northern Ireland are Dougie Donnelly (play-by-play), Ken Brown and Jay Townsend (analysts) and Gary Murphy (on course).
Weekend Coverage of the LPGA Tour’s ShopRite LPGA Classic begins Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Whit Watson (play-by-play) hosts coverage from Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club in Galloway, N.J. Joining Watson will be Judy Rankin (analyst), Tom Abbott (tower) and Karen Stupples and Jim Gallagher Jr. (on course).
NBC Sports Group presents coverage of the 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championships this weekend with a combined 11 hours of coverage across NBC, NBCSN and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. Coverage begins Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC with live preliminary-round matches, followed by live coverage on NBCSN at 4:30 p.m. ET, and an encore presentation at midnight ET on NBCSN. Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship coverage continues Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and shifts to NBC at 4 p.m. ET with coverage of the Championship Final.
Mike Corey will serve as the play-by-play commentator for all telecasts. Corey will be joined in the booth by former USA Sevens captain and USA Rugby World Cup participant Brian Hightower. Tracy Wilson will report all the action from the sidelines.
NBCSN presents coverage of the 2015 US Open Polo Championship final from the International Polo Club in Palm Beach, Fla., this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. The match between Valiente and Orchard Hill features 10-goal players Adolfo Cambiaso, Facundo Pieres and Polito Pieres.
Play-by-play announcer Kenny Rice calls the action, joined by polo hall of famer Adam Snow.
MOTORSPORTS
NBC Sports Group’s motorsports coverage this weekend features the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship’s Thunder Valley National, and the opening event of the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross season from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Coverage of the Thunder Valley National begins Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Sunday’s Red Bull Global Rallycross coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
Jason Weigandt, Grant Langston and Georgia Lindsay host coverage of the Thunder Valley National from Lakewood, Colo., and Toby Moody, Anders Krohn and Kristen Kenney host Global Rallycross coverage from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
