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Friday, July 14th, 2017

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – JULY 14 – 16, 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 July 14th

4 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America

4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – New Hampshire

6 p.m. on NBCSN – American Century Championship

8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France – Stage 13: Saint Girons – Foix

 

Saturday July 15th

7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre-Race Show

8 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France – Stage 14: Blagnac – Rodez

8 a.m. on CNBC – F1 British Grand Prix – Qualifying

8:30 a.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA World Synchronized Swimming Championships: Solo Technical

10 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

10 a.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA World Diving Championships: Women’s 1M Springboard Final

11 a.m. on CNBC – NASCAR XFINITY Series Qualifying – New Hampshire

12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Final Practice – New Hampshire

12:30 p.m. on NBC – European Tour: Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: John Deere Classic

1:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Scan All

2 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 British Grand Prix – Qualifying

2 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FIVB World Grand Prix: Women’s – USA vs. Italy

3 p.m. on NBC – American Century Championship

3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour Champions: Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship

3:30 p.m. on NBC – NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green

4 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR XFINITY Series Racing – New Hampshire

4 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – ITU World Triathlon Series

6 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: Utah Championship Presented by Zions Bank

6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Honda Indy Toronto – Qualifying

8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France – Stage 14: Blagnac – Rodez

11 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – World Para Track & Field Championships: Day 2

 

Sunday July 16th

4 a.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA World Swimming Championships: Open water – Women’s 10KM Final

7 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France Pre-Race Show

7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France – Stage 15: Laissac-Sévérac l’Église – Le Puy-en-Velay

7:30 a.m. on CNBC – F1 British Grand Prix

8 a.m. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA World Synchronized Swimming Championships: Duet Technical

9:30 a.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA World Diving Championships: Men’s 1M Springboard Final

10 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Extra

10 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

12 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FIVB World Grand Prix: Women’s – USA vs. China

12:30 p.m. on NBC – European Tour: Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Final Practice – New Hampshire (Encore)

1:30 p.m. on NCBSN – NASCAR America 1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: John Deere Classic

2 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – IAAF Diamond League Track & Field: Rabat

2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green 3 p.m. on NBC – American Century Championship

3 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Racing – New Hampshire

3 p.m. on CNBC – IndyCar Honda Indy Toronto

3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour Champions: Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship

4 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA Water Polo Championships: Women’s Preliminaries – Italy vs. Canada

5 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA Water Polo Championships: Women’s Preliminaries – South Africa vs. USA

6 p.m. on Golf Channel – Web.com Tour: Utah Championship Presented by Zions Bank

6 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – ITU World Triathlon Series

6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show

7:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FINA World Diving Championships: Women’s Synchro Platform Final

9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IAAF Diamond League Track & Field: Rabat

11 p.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – World Para Track & Field Championships: Day 3

11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France – Stage 15: Laissac-Sévérac l’Église – Le Puy-en-Velay

2 a.m. on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA – FIVB World Grand Prix: Women’s – Russia vs. Netherlands

 

NASCAR NBC Sports Group gears up for its third week of live 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and XFINITY Series racing, with more than 17 hours of trackside coverage from New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. NBCSN’s race coverage from “The Magic Mile” begins Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, with XFINITY Series racing, and culminates Sunday at 3 p.m. ET, with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing.

 

NBC Sports Group continues its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series coverage from New Hampshire today at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a special 30-minute edition of NASCAR America, followed by NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at 4:30 p.m. ET.

 

Saturday’s coverage begins with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series second practice at 10 a.m. ET on NBCsports.com and the NBC Sports app. NASCAR Cup Series coverage wraps up with final practice at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

 

Race day coverage from New Hampshire Motor Speedway begins Sunday, with NASCAR America at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBC Sports Group’s pre-race show, Countdown to Green, kicks off at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN and includes a live on-set interview with Joey Logano. The driver of Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford joins NASCAR on NBC’s pre-race show to discuss his philanthropic efforts and a recent surprise visit to a fan’s home.

 

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing begins at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBCSN wraps up coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET, with a live on-site NASCAR Cup Series post-race show.

 

NBC Sports Group’s lead race announcer Rick Allen will call this weekend’s Monster Energy and XFINITY Series action, alongside Steve Letarte and Jeff Burton. Pre- and post-race coverage will be handled by host Krista Voda, Kyle Petty, and Dale Jarrett. Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast and Dave Burns will report from pit road. In addition, features reporter Rutledge Wood will bring viewers closer to the fans on-site at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

 

NBC Sports Group’s XFINITY Series weekend coverage from New Hampshire Motor Speedway begins this Saturday with XFINITY Series qualifying at 11 a.m. ET on CNBC. Pre-race Countdown to Green coverage starts at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Race coverage begins at 4 p.m. ET.

 

NASCAR on NBC’s Parker Kligerman joins Snider and Stavast as a pit-reporter for Saturday afternoon’s race. Wood will also contribute coverage from “The Magic Mile.”

 

INDYCAR NBC Sports Group continues its 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series coverage this weekend, highlighted by the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on CNBC.

 

NBCSN will televise qualifying on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage of the Honda Indy Toronto will air on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on CNBC. NBCSN will air an encore presentation of the race on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.

 

Kevin Lee (play-by-play) will call the action alongside Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy. Reporters Jon Beekhuis, Katie Hargitt, Robin Miller and Anders Krohn will report from the pits.

 

FORMULA ONE NBC Sports Group continues its 2017 Formula One coverage this weekend, highlighted by the Formula One British Grand Prix on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC.

 

Weekend coverage begins Saturday with CNBC’s live coverage of qualifying at 8 a.m. ET, which will air on NBCSN at 2 p.m. ET. Live race coverage from Silverstone begins Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC.

 

NBC Sports Group’s lead F1 broadcast team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst David Hobbs, and analyst Steve Matchett will call the action. F1 insider Will Buxton will report on-site from Silverstone.

 

TRACK & FIELD NBC Sports Group continues coverage of the IAAF Diamond League this Sunday, July 16, from Rabat, Morocco, across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, OlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and NBC Sports Gold.

 

Live coverage begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, with additional coverage on NBCSN Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET. Coverage will be live streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com, OlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and with a subscription to NBC Sports Gold’s “Track and Field Pass.” As part of its coverage, NBC Sports Gold will present exclusive bonus coverage of field events, highlights, replays, and an exclusive 30-minute preview of the event.

 

Paul Swangard handles the call for the event, joined by analysts Ato Boldon and Josh Cox.

 

CYCLING NBC Sports Group’s more than 280 hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 104th Tour de France continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET with Tour Primetime on NBCSN. Tour Primetime airs each weeknight during the Tour de France and features a look at the day’s most compelling action with new analysis, interviews, and updates.

 

Tonight’s Tour Primetime will feature coverage of Stage 13 from Saint Girons to Foix, and interviews with Team Sky General Manager Dave Brailsford, Chris Froome, who currently sits second in the overall standings, six seconds behind leader Fabio Aru, and Dan Martin who is sixth place in the overall standings.

 

Weekend coverage of the Tour de France continues tomorrow, Saturday, July 15, at 7:30 a.m. ET with Stage 14 from Blagnac to Rodez. Live streaming coverage of Stage 14 will begin tomorrow at 6:55 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold. Coverage of Stage 15 from Laissac-Sévérac l’Église to Le Puy-en-Velay on Sunday, July 16, begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN and 6:55 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold.

 

Phil Liggett (play-by-play) and Paul Sherwen (analyst), the voices of cycling, call the race action for NBC Sports Group’s coverage. Liggett and Sherwen will be joined in France by analyst Jens Voigt. Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race and primetime studio coverage, along with analysts Christian Vande Velde and Bob Roll. Steve Schlanger and Steve Porino (‘Inside-the-Race’) will serve as reporters.

 

Date Time Stage Network
Fri., July 14 8 p.m. Stage 13: Saint Girons – Foix NBCSN
Fri., July 14 Midnight Stage 13: Saint Girons – Foix NBCSN
Sat., July 15 6:55 a.m. Stage 14: Blagnac – Rodez (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sat., July 15 7:30 a.m. Tour de France Pre-Race Show NBCSN
Sat., July 15 8 a.m. Stage 14: Blagnac – Rodez (LIVE) NBCSN
Sat., July 15 8 p.m. Stage 14: Blagnac – Rodez NBCSN
Sat., July 15 Midnight Stage 14: Blagnac – Rodez NBCSN
Sun., July 16 6:55 a.m. Stage 15: Laissac-Sévérac l’Église – Le Puy-en-Velay (LIVE) NBC Sports Gold
Sun., July 16 7 a.m. Tour de France Pre-Race Show NBCSN
Sun., July 16 7:30 a.m. Stage 15: Laissac-Sévérac l’Église – Le Puy-en-Velay (LIVE) NBCSN
Sun., July 16 11:30 p.m. Stage 15: Laissac-Sévérac l’Église – Le Puy-en-Velay NBCSN

 

OLYMPIC CHANNEL lympic Channel: Home of Team USA — a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal — launches this weekend, highlighted by live diving coverage from the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships from Budapest, Hungary; live IAAF Diamond League track and field coverage from Rabat, Morocco; FIVB World Grand Prix women’s volleyball matches from Macau, China; and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Special, which will guide viewers through what they can expect to see on the new TV network.

 

This weekend’s coverage on the TV network Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will also include water polo and synchronized swimming from the FINA World Championships; ITU World Triathlon Series action from Hamburg, Germany; the World Paralympic Track and Field Championships from London, England; and original programming produced by the global Olympic Channel.

 

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will be live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights will be available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.

 

This weekend’s presentation of the FINA World Aquatics Championships on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA begins Saturday at 7 a.m. ET with live diving coverage of the mixed synchronized platform final. Saturday’s live diving coverage continues at 10 a.m. ET with the women’s 1m springboard final, followed by the men’s synchronized springboard final at 12:30 p.m. ET, which will feature Rio silver medalists Sam Dorman and Michael Hixon. Sunday’s live diving coverage will be headlined by Hixon and Olympic silver medalist Steele Johnson in the men’s 1-meter springboard final at 9:30 a.m. ET.

 

Additional coverage from the FINA World Championships includes the women’s open water 10km final at 4 a.m. ET; synchronized swimming on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. ET and Sunday at 8 a.m. ET; and women’s water polo action on Sunday beginning at 4 p.m. ET, which includes a matchup between Team USA and South Africa at 5 p.m. ET.

 

Bill Doleman (play-by-play) and Cynthia Potter (analyst) will provide commentary for this weekend’s diving coverage; Mike McMann (play-by-play) and Andrea Holland (analyst) will call synchronized swimming coverage; Nick Gismondi (play-by-play) and Julie Swail (analyst) will handle this weekend’s water polo action; and Gary Bloom (play-by-play) will call the women’s open water 10km event.

 

Looking to win its second major title in three years, Team USA opens play in the FIVB World Grand Prix in China this weekend, led by Rio bronze medalists Carli Lloyd and Kelly Murphy. Team USA takes on Italy on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, followed by its match against China on Sunday at noon ET.

 

Paul Sunderland (play-by-play) and Kevin Barnett (analyst) will provide commentary of this weekend’s FIVB coverage.

 

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Special, a 30-minute program hosted by NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico, will include a Team USA athlete roundtable with Olympic medalists Shaun White, Kelly Clark and Gus Kenworthy, moderated by Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski; and preview the FINA World Aquatics Championships and IAAF World Track & Field Championships, which will supply significant programming during the network’s first few weeks. Click here for more details on the special.

 

GOLF The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open on Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. ET and at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Calling the action from

Scotland is Terry Gannon (play-by-play), analyst David Feherty, Curt Byrum and Tom Abbott (tower), Phil Blackmar and Warren Humphreys on the course.

 

The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Maryland is Bob Papa (play-by-play), analyst Lanny Wadkins, John Mahaffey and Dave Marr (tower) with Billy Ray Brown and John Cook on the course.

 

NBC presents live coverage of the American Century Championship on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Lake Tahoe is Steve Sands (play-by-play), analyst Peter Jackson, Jimmy Roberts (tower), Notah Begay and Charlie Rymer on the course with Michele Tafoya conducting interviews.

 

The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the John Deere Classic on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Illinois is Whit Watson (play-by-play), analyst Jim Gallagher Jr., Matt Gogel (tower), Jerry Foltz on the course and Chantel McCabe conducting interviews.

 

The Golf Channel presents live coverage of the Utah Championship Presented by Zions Bank on Friday, July 14 at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. Calling the action from Utah is Grant Boone (play-by-play), analyst Craig Perks, Tripp Isenhour (tower), with Kay Cockerill and Gary Christian on the course.