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Friday, February 12th, 2016

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – FEBRUARY 12-14, 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, February 12
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA TOUR AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
6 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Hockey: Maine @ Notre Dame
6:30 p.m. on Universal HD – ISU World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
9 p.m. on NBCSN – USSA Big Air At Fenway
10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Curling Night in America

Saturday, February 13
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Winter Youth Olympic Games
5:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour Tshwane Open
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League Preview
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League – Sunderland v. Manchester United
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League – Everton v. West Brom
10 a.m. on USA Network – Premier League – Nowrich City v. West Ham
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League – Chelsea v. Newcastle
1 p.m. on NBC – U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA TOUR AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
1 p.m. on Universal HD – FIS World Cup Men’s Giant Slalom – Yuzawa Naeba
2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Goal Zone
2:30 p.m. on Universal HD – FIS World Cup Women’s Downhill – Crans Montana
3 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: James Madison @ UNC – Wilmington
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour Champions Chubb Classic
4 p.m. on NBC – USSA Freeskiing – Park City
5 p.m. on NBC – USSA Big Air At Fenway
5 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: Hofstra @ Delaware
5 p.m. on Universal HD – ISU World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
7 p.m. on NBCSN – College Hockey: Maine @ Notre Dame
9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – CONCACAF Women’s Soccer – USA vs. Mexico
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Winter Youth Olympic Games
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day

Sunday, February 14
5 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour Tshwane Open
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League – Arsenal v. Leicester City
9 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League – Aston Villa v. Liverpool
11:15 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League – Manchester City v. Tottenham
12 p.m. on Universal HD – FIS World Cup Men’s Slalom – Yuzawa Naeba
12:30 p.m. on NBC – More Than Gold: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA TOUR AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
1:15 p.m. on NBCSN – Goal Zone
1:30 p.m. on NBC – USSA Snowboarding – Park City
1:30 p.m. on Universal HD – FIS World Cup Women’s Combined – Crans Montana
2:30 p.m. on NBC – USSA VISA Freestyle International – Dual Moguls
3:30 p.m. on NBC – NHL: Boston Bruins @ Detroit Red Wings
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour Champions Chubb Classic
3 p.m. on Universal HD – IBSF World Championships – Two-Man Bobsled
4 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Track & Field New Balance Indoor Games
4 p.m. on Universal HD – ISU World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL: Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers
10:15 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Overtime
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Sunday Shootout: This Week in Review
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Winter Youth Olympic Games
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day II
1:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Week

PREMIER LEAGUE
NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage this weekend features a Super Sunday of action, highlighted by matches between the league’s top clubs on NBCSN.

Live Premier League coverage begins at tomorrow 7 a.m. ET, with Premier League Live on NBCSN. Coverage at 10 a.m. ET, NBCSN presents coverage of Everton v. West Bromwich Albion, and USA Network presents coverage of Norwich City v. West Ham United. Chelsea hosts Newcastle Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Arlo White calls Chelsea-Newcastle joined by analyst Lee Dixon.

U.S. Men’s National Team and Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard joins Arlo White at the Etihad Stadium to call Manchester City v. Tottenham just one day after Everton’s match against West Bromwich Albion (Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN).

Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live joined by Kyle Martino, and Robbie Mustoe.

Saturday, February 13
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Sunderland v. Manchester United, commentated by Jim Proudfoot and Chris Waddle
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Everton v. West Brom, commentated by Gary Weaver and Neil McCann
10 a.m. on USA Network – Premier League: Norwich City v. West Ham, commentated by Tony Jones and Andy Walker
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Crystal Palace v. Watford, commentated by Gary Taphouse and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Bournemouth v. Stoke City, commentated by Joe Speight and Garry Birtles
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Swansea City v. Southampton, commentated by Ian Crocker and David Prutton
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League: Chelsea v. Newcastle, commentated by Arlo White and Lee Dixon

Sunday, February 14
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Arsenal v. Leicester City, commentated by Peter Drury and Andy Townsend
9:05 a.m. on NBCSN – Aston Villa v. Liverpool, commentated by Jim Proudfoot and Kevin Kilbane
11:15 a.m. on NBCSN – Manchester City v. Tottenham, commentated by Arlo White and Tim Howard

CONCACAF
NBC Sports Group presents coverage of the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship soccer tournament coverage this month, with select matches available on NBCSN and all 15 tournament matches available on NBC Sports Live Extra. The tournament will be held from Feb. 10-21 in Houston and Frisco, Texas.

This weekend’s coverage on NBCSN of begins Saturday, Feb. 13, at 9:30 p.m. ET with Mexico vs. United States.

Match coverage is hosted by a combination of Philadelphia Union’s lead play-by-play announcer JP Dellacamera, CSN Mid Atlantic’s Sebastian Salazar, and analysts Kate Markgraf and Danielle Slaton.

NHL GAME OF THE WEEK
NBC Sports’ NHL coverage this week features an Original Six Game of the Week showdown, when Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings host Brad March and the Boston Bruins this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage shifts to NBCSN for a Sunday Night Hockey matchup at 7:30 p.m. ET, when Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers host Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers.

Play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk, and ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will call NBC’s Bruins-Red Wings NHL Game of the Week matchup from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. Gord Miller (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (‘Inside-the-Glass’) will call Flyers-Rangers from Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.

Liam McHugh will anchor this week’s studio coverage, alongside analysts Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick.

COLLEGE HOCKEY
NBCSN continues its 2015-16 college hockey coverage with a pair of college hockey matchups the No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the University of Maine tonight and Saturday.

Steve Schlanger will handle play-by-play duties for this weekend’s Maine-Notre Dame college hockey matchups. Schlanger will be joined by Pierre McGuire tonight and Anson Carter on Saturday, from the Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind.

U.S. OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS
NBC Sports presents the first-ever live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials this Saturday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. ET on NBC from Los Angeles, Calif., featuring simultaneous coverage of the men’s and women’s races (which start 16 minutes apart on the same course).

Tom Hammond hosts coverage, joined by Craig Masback, Tim Hutchings, Lewis Johnson and Carrie Tollefson.

MORE THAN GOLD: JESSE OWENS AND THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS
Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman narrates NBC Sports Films’ latest project, More Than Gold: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, a one-hour documentary which chronicles Jesse Owens’ historic performance at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Debuting Sunday, February 14, at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC, More Than Gold follows Owens’ journey during the Berlin Games, and explores the context and historical impact of the 1936 Olympics.

USSA BIG AIR AT FENWAY
NBC Sports Group presents the U.S. Ski and Snowboard “Big Air At Fenway” event this weekend with coverage on NBC and NBCSN.

Coverage from Fenway Park continues tonight at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBC will present coverage from Boston on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET.

In addition, NBC will also present freeskiing coverage from Park City, Utah, this Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, and snowboarding halfpipe from Park City on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET, followed by dual moguls action from the VISA Freestyle International at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Todd Harris (play-by-play), Todd Richards (analyst), Luke Van Valin (analyst), Jonny Moseley (analyst) and Tina Dixon (reporter) will have the call of this weekend’s ski and snowboard coverage on NBC and NBCSN.

CURLING NIGHT IN AMERICA
NBCSN continues its Curling Night In America series with the fourth of eight episodes tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, as Team USA squares off against Japan 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.

YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
NBCSN will present daily highlight coverage of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, beginning this Saturday, Feb. 13, at 12:30 a.m. ET/Friday, Feb. 12 at 9:30 p.m. PT, with a presentation of the Opening Ceremony.

NBCSN will provide 10 consecutive days of coverage with hour-long programs that feature the best highlights of each day’s events in Lillehammer. NBC Sports Group commentators Carolyn Manno, Jimmy Roberts, Liam McHugh, and Dave Briggs will combine to host NBCSN’s coverage of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

USA TRACK & FIELD NEW BALANCE INDOOR GAMES
NBCSN presents two hours of live coverage of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix this Sunday, Feb. 14, at 4 p.m. ET from the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass. The New Balance Grand Prix is the second competition in the 2016 USATF Indoor Championship Series and the IAAF World Indoor Tour.

Coverage of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix includes the following events: men’s and women’s 60m, women’s 60m hurdles, men’s and women’s 300m, men’s 600m, men’s 1000m, women’s 1500m, men’s and women’s 3000m, men’s and women’s pole vault, the men’s mile, and women’s long jump.

Kenny Albert hosts the telecast, joined by Tim Hutchings, Ato Boldon, Todd Harris and Adam Nelson from the Reggie Lewis Center on the campus of Roxbury Community College in Boston, Mass.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the Colonial Athletic Association on NBCSN this weekend with a men’s doubleheader on Saturday.

Saturday’s doubleheader action tips off with James Madison at UNC-Wilmington at 3 p.m. ET, immediately followed by Hofstra at Delaware at 5 p.m. ET.

Ryan Burr and Dalen Cuff call James Madison-UNC-Wilmington from Trask Coliseum in Wilmington, NC. Mike Corey and Ron Thompson call Hofstra-Delaware from the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, DE.

GOLF
NBC Sports Group presents coverage the PGA TOUR’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, PGA Tour Champions’ Chubb Classic, and the European Tour’s Tshwane Open.

Live coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am continues today at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. Saturday’s coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and coverage concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Rich Lerner (play-by-play) hosts Golf Channel’s coverage from Pebble Beach, Calif. Lerner is joined by Nick Faldo (analyst), Matt Gogel and Craig Perks (tower), and Arron Oberholser from the course. Steve Burkowski will contribute with interviews.

Live coverage of the Chubb Classic begins today at Noon ET on Golf Channel. Coverage continues Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Bob Papa (play-by-play) hosts coverage from the Chubb Classic in Naples, Fla.. Papa is joined by analyst Lanny Wadkins, John Mahaffey (tower), with Billy Ray Brown and Dave Marr from the course.

This weekend’s coverage of the Tshwane Open on Golf Channel begins tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. ET, and wraps Sunday 5 a.m. ET.

Scott Walker hosts coverage of the European Tour from Golf Channel’s studio in Orlando, Fla. Calling the action from Pretoria Country Club in South Africa are Dougie Donnelly (play-by-play), analysts Warren Humphreys and Denis Hutchinson, and Julian Tutt (on-course).