FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 30th, 2017
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JUNE 30 – July 2, 2017
(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 NBCSports.com, and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.
Friday June 30th
2:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Qualifying – Daytona
4:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – Daytona
6:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
6:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
7:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Racing – Daytona
7:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
10:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Post-Race Show
10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Professional Fighters League – Daytona
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Scan All Special Talladega – Kansas – Charlotte
2:00 a.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR The Decades 1970s
Saturday July 1st
6:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Preview Show
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre Race Show
7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – HNA Open de France
9:00 a.m. on NBCSN – Stage 1: Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf (LIVE)
12:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
1:00 p.m. on NBC – Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships
2:00 p.m. on NBCSN – IAAF Diamond League
2:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
3:00 p.m. on NBC – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
3:00 p.m. on Golf Channel – HNA Open de France
4:00 p.m. on NBCSN – Off The Script: Kyle Petty
5:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
6:00 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
7:00 p.m. on Golf Channel – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
7:00 p.m. on NBC – NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green
7:30 p.m. on NBC – NASCAR Cup Series Racing – Daytona
8:00 p.m. on NBCSN – Stage 1: Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf
11:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show
12:00 a.m. on NBCSN – Stage 1: Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf
Sunday July 2nd
5:55 a.m. on NBCSN – Stage 2: Düsseldorf – Liège (LIVE)
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre-Race Show
7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – HNA Open de France
8:00 a.m. on NBCSN – Stage 2: Düsseldorf – Liège (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. on NBCSN – Red Bull Air Race Hungary – Race
12:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
1:00 p.m. on NBC – Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships
2:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
3:00 p.m. on NBC – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
3:00 p.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Tennessee National
3:00 p.m. on Golf Channel – HNA Open de France
6:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central
7:00 p.m. on Golf Channel – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
8:00 p.m. on NBCSN – Stage 2: Düsseldorf – Liège
NBC Sports Group will present a record 280 hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 104th Tour de France, across NBC, NBCSN, and the NBC Sports Gold app. Daily live coverage of the Tour de France, including all 21 stages, begins Saturday, July 1, at 7:30 a.m. ET with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show, followed by Stage 1 at 9 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage continues each week night with the Tour Primetime show featuring a look at the day’s most compelling action with new analysis, interviews, and updates. Coverage culminates with the final stage on Sunday, July 23, at 10:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
In addition to live TV coverage of the Tour de France, NBC Sports Group will once again provide extensive digital coverage of all 21 stages of the race. NBC Sports Gold will present expanded coverage of the 2017 Tour de France with its 2017-18 “Cycling Pass,” offering every stage from start to finish, including more than 30 hours of exclusive HD bonus coverage, live and commercial-free, as well as the ability to pause the video.
Phil Liggett (play-by-play) and Paul Sherwen (analyst), the voices of cycling, will call the race action for NBC Sports Group’s coverage.
NBC Sports Group continues coverage of the IAAF Diamond League this Saturday, July 1, from Paris, France, live at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN and streamed live with NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass.”
The show will feature live reports from Erin Hills with Rick Allen, Ato Boldon, Sanya Richards-Ross, Craig Masback, Lewis Johnson, and Paul Swangard.
NBC Sports Group presents the inaugural Professional Fighters League event this Friday, June 30, live at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN from Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla.
Play-by-play announcer Todd Harris calls the action alongside two-time Olympic judo gold medalist and analyst Kayla Harrison, and mixed martial artists and analysts Bas Rutten and Randy Couture.
NBCSN’s NASCAR Cup Series coverage from Daytona continues on Friday, June 30 with NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Group’s coverage on Saturday begins at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NASCAR America, live from the superspeedway’s pit road. Coverage shifts over to NBC at 7 p.m. ET with Countdown to Green, followed by live race coverage beginning at 7:45 p.m. ET. After the checkered flag falls on NBC’s first race of the 2017 season, trackside coverage continues on NBCSN with a full hour post-race show at 11 p.m. ET.
Saturday’s pre-race coverage will include a special essay on Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his final race at Daytona, voiced by legendary broadcaster and member of 2018 NASCAR Hall of Fame class Ken Squier. In addition, Ato Boldon (@atoboldon) gets his first taste of the racing circuit as he find himself embedded with NASCAR fans in Daytona International Speedway’s infield, and Martin Truex Jr. will take the wheel of the NBC Sports Toyota Camry on-track car for a special pre-race preview of Daytona International Speedway. Features reporter Rutledge Wood (@rutledgewood) brings viewers to Universal Studios’ new Volcano Bay for his recurring “That One Place” segment.
NBC Sports’ lead race announcer Rick Allen (@Rickallenracing) calls the action alongside Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte (@steveletarte), and 21-time Cup winner Jeff Burton (@Jeffburton).
Pre-race host Krista Voda (@Kristavoda), auto racing icon Kyle Petty (@KylePetty), and three-time Daytona 500 Champion Dale Jarrett (@DaleJarrett) host NASCAR America from the “The Sunshine State” along with all pre- and post-race coverage. Marty Snider (@heymartysnider), Kelli Stavast (@kellistavast), Dave Burns (@tvdaveburns) and Parker Kligerman (@pkligerman) report from pit road and the garages.
NBCSN’s XFINITY series coverage from Florida kicks off Friday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN, followed by Countdown to Green at 7 p.m. ET. NBCSN’s first XFINITY race of 2017 begins at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by the post-race show at 10 p.m. ET.
NASCAR on NBC’s Kyle Petty joins Krista Voda in NBCSN’s special Off Script with Kyle Petty with an encore presentation of Off Script on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Group will continue with coverage of the Red Bull Air Race in Hungary on Sunday, July 2 at 12 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
NBC presents coverage of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Olympia Fields Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. The tournament will air on the Golf Channel on Friday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET and Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
Calling the action from Olympia Fields are Dan Hicks (play-by-play), analysts Karen Stupples and Gary Koch, Tom Abbott (tower), and Jerry Foltz, kay Cockerill, and Mark Rolfing on the course with Steve Sands conducting interviews.
Golf Central will be hosted by Ryan Burr with analysts Amanda Blumenherst and Arron Oberholser, and reporter Lisa Cornwell.
Golf Channel will provide 25 hours of live tournament coverage for the HNA Open de France this week with live coverage airing Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET.
Calling the action are Mike Ritz (host), Dougie Donnelly and Julian Tutt (play-by-play), analysts Denis Hutchinson and Warren Humphreys, and Jay Townsend on the course.
NBC Sports Group presents coverage of the Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships this Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.
Ted Robinson calls the action, joined by analyst Rowdy Gaines and reporter Trenni Kusnierek in Indianapolis, Ind.
