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Friday, June 10th, 2016
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JUNE 10 – 12, 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, June 10
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Off The Grid – Shanghai
3:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA TOUR: FedEx St. Jude Classic
4 p.m. on NBCSN – Belmont Stakes Access
6 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Firestone 600 – Qualifying
7 p.m. on Golf Channel – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Saturday, June 11
2 a.m. on NBCSN – Criterium du Dauphine: Stage 5
6 a.m. on Golf Channel – Lyoness Open
11 a.m. on NBCSN – Off The Grid – Melbourne
1 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA TOUR: FedEx St. Jude Classic
2 p.m. on NBC – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
3 p.m. on NBCSN – Belmont Stakes Prep
3 p.m. on Universal HD– Tour de Suisse Prologue: Baar
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship
5 p.m. on NBC – Belmont Stakes
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
7 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: Rust-Oleum Championship
8 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Countdown
8:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Firestone 600
Sunday, June 12
2 a.m. on NBCSN – Criterium du Dauphine: Stage 6
5:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – Lyoness Open
1 p.m. on NBC – F1 Countdown
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA TOUR: FedEx St. Jude Classic
2 p.m. on NBC – F1 Canadian Grand Prix
3 p.m. on NBCSN – 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup
3 p.m. on Universal HD – Tour de Suisse Stage 1: Circuit in Baar
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship
4:30 p.m. on NBC – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN– Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series
6 p.m. on NBC – NHL Live
6 p.m. on Golf Channel – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
8 p.m. on NBC – Stanley Cup Final: Pittsburgh Penguins @ San Jose Sharks, Game 6
9:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: Rust-Oleum Championship
11 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Overtime
12 a.m. on NBCSN – Team USA’s Wrestling Medal-Round Match
NHL
The San Jose Sharks will try to fight off elimination yet again as they host the Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, in Game 6 of the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.
Four-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will call Sunday’s Game 6 from SAP Center in San Jose. This marks the 10th consecutive year that Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire have combined to call the Stanley Cup Final for NBC Sports.
Sunday night’s pre-game coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NHL Live, hosted by Kathryn Tappen and Dave Briggs alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Anson Carter and Brian Boucher on-set outside of the arena. Coverage shifts inside the arena with host Liam McHugh, who will anchor pre-game and intermission coverage alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones.
HORSE RACING
Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator headlines the field for the 148th Belmont Stakes this Saturday, June 11, at 5 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage from Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., begins Friday, June 10, at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN. In addition, NBCSN will present a pre-race show Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Belmont Stakes features hosts Bob Costas, a 27-time Emmy Award-winner, and Tom Hammond; analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Belmont Stakes winner; analysts/handicappers Bob Neumeier and Eddie Olczyk; NBCSN host/NBC reporter Laffit Pincay, III; reporters Kenny Rice, Donna Brothers, and Carolyn Manno; and race caller Larry Collmus.
CYCLING
NBC Sports Group presents daily coverage of the Tour de Suisse on Universal HD, beginning with the Prologue in Baar, this Saturday, June 11, at 3 p.m. ET and Stage 1: Circuit in Baar on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Veteran NBC Sports Group cycling announcer Paul Sherwen will call the Tour de Suisse. He will be joined by analyst and former professional cyclist Bob Roll.
In addition, NBC Sports Group continues its robust coverage of the 2016 cycling season with daily coverage of the Criterium du Dauphine, continuing this Saturday at 2 a.m. ET and Sunday at 2 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
Steve Schlanger handles play-by-play for the Criterium du Dauphine, alongside analyst Christain Vande Velde.
AMERICA’S CUP
NBC Sports Group’s continuing coverage of the America’s Cup continues this weekend with the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series from Chicago, Ill. NBC Sports Group’s four hours of coverage begins Saturday, June 11, at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage continues Sunday, June 12, at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. On Sunday, June 19, at 1:30 p.m. ET, NBC will broadcast a one-hour highlight show featuring racing from the entire weekend of events in Chicago.
Todd Harris will handle play-by-play for all America’s Cup World Series coverage from Chicago, and will be joined by analyst and former America’s Cup sailor Ken Read.
INDYCAR
NBC Sports Group will present more than 30 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend, highlighted by live coverage of the IndyCar Firestone 600 on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series resumes on NBCSN this weekend for the final eight races of the 2016 season, leading into the season finale at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 18.
Coverage of the Firestone 600 from Texas Motor Speedway begins on Friday at 6 p.m. ET with qualifying, followed by pre-race coverage on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET, and live race coverage at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Brian Till (play-by-play) will call the action alongside former drivers Paul Tracy and Townsend Bell. Reporters Marty Snider, Katie Hargitt, Robin Miller and Kevin Lee will report from the pits.
FORMULA ONE
In addition to this weekend’s IndyCar coverage on NBCSN, NBC Sports Group continues its 2016 Formula One coverage this Sunday with the Canadian Grand Prix at 2 p.m. ET on NBC.
NBCSN will air live coverage of qualifying at 1 p.m. ET. NBC will present pre-race coverage on F1 Countdown on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, leading into the Canadian Grand Prix at 2 p.m. ET on NBC.
NBC Sports Group’s lead F1 broadcast team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett, and F1 insider Will Buxton will call the action on-site from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
WRESTLING
NBCSN presents Team USA’s final qualifying-round and medal-round matches in the 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup this Sunday from The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. NBCSN will showcase live coverage of Team USA against Iran, the 2015 Men’s Freestyle World Cup Champions, at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, followed by a presentation of Team USA’s medal-round match Sunday at midnight ET.
Jason Knapp will call the action this weekend from The Forum, alongside analyst John Smith, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion.
GOLF
NBC Sports Group’s tournament coverage resumes this weekend with the LPGA’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the PGA Tour Champions’ Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, the PGA TOUR’s FedEx St. Jude Classic, and the Web.com Tour’s Rust-Oleum Championship.
Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship begins tonight at 7 p.m. ET. Saturday’s coverage begins on NBC at 2 p.m. ET before shifting back to the Golf Channel at 5 p.m. ET. Sunday’s coverage tees off on NBC at 4:30 p.m. ET and wraps up at 6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.
Cara Robinson (play-by-play) hosts Golf Channel’s coverage of tournament from Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. Robinson will be joined by Brandel Chamblee (analyst), Paige Mackenzie (analyst) and: Lisa Cornwell (reporter)
Dan Hicks (play-by-play) hosts NBC’s weekend coverage of tournament, joined by Curt Byrum (analyst), Annika Sorenstam (analyst), Tom Abbott (tower), Kay Cockerill (on-course), Mark Rolfing (on-course) and Steve Sands (interviews)
Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage of the Constellation Senior Players Championship continues Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel’s coverage of the tournament will be hosted by Bob Papa (play-by-play) from Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course), Flourtown, Pa. Papa is joined by Lanny Wadkins (analyst), John Mahaffey (tower), Dave Marr (tower), Billy Ray Brown (on-course) and Tim Rosaforte (interviews).
This weekend’s live tournament coverage of the FedEx St. Jude Classic begins today at 3:30 p.m., continuing on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.
Whit Watson (play-by-play) hosts Golf Channel’s coverage from TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn. Watson is joined by Jim Gallagher Jr. (analyst), Frank Nobilo (tower), Matt Gogel (tower), Phil Blackmar (on-course), Damon Hack (on-course) and Rex Hoggard (interviews).
Live weekend coverage of the Rust-Oleum Championship continues on Golf Channel on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel’s coverage of the tournament will be hosted by Grant Boone (play-by-play) from Ivanhoe Club, Ivanhoe, Ill. Boone is joined by Craig Perks (analyst), Steve Burkowski (tower), Tripp Isenhour (on-course), Gary Christian (on-course).
Like weekend coverage of the Lyoness Open continues Saturday at 6 a.m. and Sunday at 5:30 a.m. on Golf Channel from Diamond Country Club (Diamond Course), Atzenbrugg, Austria.
Mike Ritz (studio host) will host the open coverage, joined by Dominik Holyer (play-by-play), Tony Johnstone (analyst) and Julian Tutt (on-course).
