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Friday, January 29th, 2016

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JANUARY 29-31, 2016

 

(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, January 29
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Farmers Insurance Open
6 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Top 10 “3-on-3”
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music City
10 p.m. on NBCSN – Curling Night in America
11 p.m. on Golf Channel – SMBC Singapore Open

Saturday, January 30
4 a.m. on Golf Channel – Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
5:30 a.m. on NBCSN – FIS Skiing – Men’s Downhill
7 a.m. on NBCSN – FIS Skiing – Women’s Giant Slalom
12 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: Fordham @ UMass
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – Farmers Insurance Open
1:30 p.m. on NBC – Red Bull Series – Frozen Rush
2 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: LaSalle @ Dayton
3 p.m. on NBC – US Freestyle Skiing Grand Prix
3 p.m. on Universal HD – UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic
4 p.m. on NBC – Smucker’s Skating Spectacular
6 p.m. on Universal HD – European Figure Skating Championships
7 p.m. on Universal HD – European Figure Skating Championships
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Skills Competition
9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Overtime
11 p.m. on Golf Channel – SMBC Singapore Open

Sunday, January 31
6 a.m. on NBCSN – FIS Skiing – Women’s Slalom
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – FIS Skiing – Men’s Slalom
12 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: George Washington @ George Mason
1 p.m. on NBC – Cris Collinsworth’s Sunday Night Football Special
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – Farmers Insurance Open
2 p.m. on NBC – Mecum Main Attractions – Best of Kissimmee
3 p.m. on NBC – International Auto Show – Detroit
3 p.m. on Universal HD – UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic
4 p.m. on NBC – European Figure Skating Championships
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
5 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL All Star Game
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Overtime

NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND
NBC Sports Group presents comprehensive 2016 Honda NHL All-Star coverage this weekend from Nashville, Tenn., culminating with the 3-on-3 NHL All-Star Game on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

NBCSN’s NHL All-Star coverage begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET with a special NHL Top 10 – 3-on-3 edition, as host Liam McHugh and analysts Mike Milbury and Keith Jones count down the best 3-on-3 moments of the 2015-16 NHL regular season. Tonight’s coverage moves to Nashville at 8 p.m. ET with NHL All-Star Friday Night: Live in Music City, which is hosted by NBCSN’s Kathryn Tappen and Kimberly Perry, lead singer of Grammy Award and CMA Award-winning group The Band Perry.

Coverage continues on Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET with the NHL Skills Competition. Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire and Jeremy Roenick will call the NHL Skills Competition.

Sunday’s coverage begins with NHL Live at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, hosted by Liam McHugh, alongside analysts Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick, immediately followed by the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Olczyk, McGuire, and Roenick call the back-and-forth action from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

CRIS COLLINSWORTH’S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SPECIAL
16-time Emmy Award-winner and Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collinsworth will review the 2015 NFL season and look ahead to the big game on Cris Collinsworth’s Sunday Night Football Special, airing Sunday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC. The one-hour special will take a look back at some of the best moments of the 2015 season on Sunday Night Football, and will include a behind-the-scenes tour of the Arizona Cardinals’ practice complex, filmed prior to their Divisional matchup with Green Bay.

Collinsworth will also be joined by Pro Football Focus analyst Steve Palazzolo to examine the matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. Collinsworth uses PFF’s data as part of his weekly SNF game preparation. Nearly half of NFL clubs work directly with Pro Football Focus to use its play-by-play and player-grading analytics.

FIGURE SKATING
NBC Sports Group presents coverage of the 2016 ISU European Figure Skating Championships this week, beginning tomorrow, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m. ET on Universal HD. Coverage culminates this Sunday, Jan. 31, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC with the men’s and ladies’ free skates. Universal HD presents coverage of the men’s and ladies’ short programs, pairs’ free skate and the free dance program.

Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski, and Tanith White will host coverage on NBC. Bill Seward will handle coverage on Universal HD joined by analyst Ryan Bradley for the ladies’, men’s and pairs’ competitions, and analyst Ben Agosto for the free dance competition.

FIS WORLD CUP
NBC Sports Group’s live men’s and women’s FIS World Cup skiing coverage on NBCSN continues this weekend in Maribor, Slovenia.

NBCSN’s women’s alpine skiing coverage airs this weekend with the giant slalom on Saturday at 7 a.m. ET, followed by Sunday’s coverage at 6 a.m. ET. Men’s alpine skiing coverage on NBCSN begins Saturday morning at 6 a.m. ET with the men’s downhill, followed by Sunday’s coverage of Men’s Slalom at 7:30 a.m. ET.

Steve Porino will handle the play-by-play of the men’s and women’s alpine skiing action. Bode Miller will provide analysis of the men’s events, and Kaylin Richardson serves as an analyst for the women’s events.

U.S. FREESKIING
NBC Sports continues its’ coverage of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association this weekend from Mammoth Mountain this Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.

Todd Harris (play-by-play), Todd Richards (analyst), Luke Van Valin (analyst) and Tina Dixon (reporter) provide commentary from Mammoth, Calif.

CURLING NIGHT IN AMERICA
NBCSN continues its Curling Night In America series with the third of eight episodes tonight at 10 p.m. ET, as Team USA squares off against China in women’s curling.

Jason Knapp (play-by-play) and Pete Fenson (analyst) will provide commentary, while Tanith White (reporter) offers reports from Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minn.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the Atlantic 10 Conference on NBCSN this weekend with a men’s doubleheader on Saturday, followed up with a matchup between George Washington at George Mason on Sunday.

Saturday’s doubleheader action tips off with Fordham at UMass at 12 p.m. ET, immediately followed by LaSalle at Dayton at 2 p.m. ET. Sunday’s coverage of George Washington at George Mason begins at 12 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Rich Lerner and Dalen Cuff call Fordham-UMass from William D. Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass. Steve Schlanger and David Kaplan call LaSalle-Dayton from University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio.

Mike Corey and Blaine Taylor call George Washington-George Mason from Patriot Center, Fairfax, Va.

GOLF
NBC Sports Group presents coverage the Asian Tour’s SMBC Singapore Open, the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, the PGA TOUR’s Farmers Insurance Open, and the European Tour’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Live weekend coverage of the SMBC Singapore Open begins tonight at 11 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and concludes Saturday at 11 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Live coverage of the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic continues tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and concludes Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

Whit Watson (play-by-play) hosts coverage from Paradise Island, Bahamas. Watson is joined by analyst Judy Rankin, Tom Abbott (tower), with Jerry Foltz and Kay Cockerill from the course.

Live weekend coverage of the Farmers Insurance Open begins today at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. Coverage continues on Golf Channel Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, and concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Terry Gannon (play-by-play) hosts coverage from La Jolla, Calif. Gannon is joined by analyst Nick Faldo, Phil Blackmar (tower), with Billy Ray Brown and Peter Kostis from the course. Todd Lewis will contribute with interviews.

Live coverage of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters concludes tomorrow at 4 a.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Calling the action from Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatarare are Dougie Donnelly (play-by-play), Tony Johnstone and Ken Brown (analyst), and Jay Townsend (on course).