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Friday, April 6th, 2018
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – APRIL 6TH – APRIL 8TH, 2018
(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 April 6th
6 p.m. on NBCSN – Premiership Rugby: Sale vs Wasps
7:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central Live From the Masters
8 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Series – Qualifying
9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
9:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel – World’s Men’s Curling Championships – Switzerland vs USA
10 p.m. on NBCSN – Dallas at Anaheim
12:30 a.m. on NBCSN – NHL Overtime
Saturday April 7th
6:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7 a.m. on Golf Channel – Morning Drive
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Everton vs Liverpool
9 a.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central Live From the Masters
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Brighton vs Huddersfield
10 a.m. on CNBC – Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
11 a.m. on Olympic Channel – UWW Wrestling – USA vs India
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Mecum Auto Auctions
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Manchester City vs Manchester United
2:30 p.m. on NBC – Goal Zone
3 p.m. on NBC – New York Rangers at Philadelphia
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – UWW Wrestling – USA vs Japan
4:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel – World Men’s Curling Championships – Semifinal 1
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Wood Memorial/Bluegrass Stakes Triplecast
7 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central Live From the Masters
9 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Series – Pre Race
9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Series – Race
9:30 p.m. on Olympic Channel – World Men’s Curling Championships – Semifinal 2
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – IndyCar Series – Post Race
2 a.m. on Olympic Channel – Paris Marathon
Sunday April 8th
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Match of the Day
7 a.m. on Golf Channel – Morning Drive
8 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
9 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Arsenal vs Southampton
9 a.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central Live From the Masters
11 a.m. on Olympic Channel – UWW Wrestling – USA vs Georgia
11:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Chelsea vs West Ham
1 p.m. on NBC – Beverly Hills Dog Show
1:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Goal Zone
3 p.m. on NBC – World Figure Skating Championships
3 p.m. on Olympic Channel – World Men’s Curling Championships – Bronze Medal Game
5 p.m. on NBCSN – UWW Wrestling – Gold Medal Match
7 p.m. on Golf Channel – Golf Central Live From the Masters
8 p.m. on NBCSN – World Men’s Curling Championships – Gold Medal Match
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Mecum Auto Auctions
PREMIER LEAGUE
Saturday April 7th
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Everton vs Liverpool, commentated by Arlo White and Lee Dixon
10 a.m. on CNBC – AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace, commentated by Gary Taphouse and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on NBCSN — Premier League on NBCSN: Brighton vs Huddersfield, commentated by Phil Blacker and Garry Birtles
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Leicester City vs Newcastle United, commentated by David Stowell and Don Goodman
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur, commentated by Jim Proudfoot and Matt Holland
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – Watford vs Burnley, commentated by Tony Jones and Andy Walker
10 a.m. on NBC Sports Gold – West Bromwich Albion vs Swansea City, commentated by Jonathan Beck and Keith Andrews
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Manchester City vs Manchester United, commentated by Arlo White and Lee Dixon
Sunday April 8th
9 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Arsenal vs Southampton, commentated by Peter Drury and Andy Townsend
11:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League on NBCSN: Chelsea vs West Ham United, commentated by Jon Champion and Jim Beglin
INDYCAR SERIES
NBC Sports Group kicks off its coverage of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series this weekend from ISM Raceway outside of Phoenix, Ariz., with live coverage of the Phoenix Grand Prix on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Pre-race coverage begins with IndyCar Live presented by Verizon at 9 p.m. ET.
Lead IndyCar play-by-play commentator Leigh Diffey returns for his sixth consecutive season. Paul Tracy, who won 31 career open-wheel races spanning INDYCAR, Champ Car, and CART, and was the 2003 CART Champion, returns for his fifth season as race analyst, and Townsend Bell, who has raced nine times at the Indianapolis 500 and was a member of the winning team at the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona, is back for his sixth season in the booth.
For the first time, this season’s pre-race coverage on IndyCar Live presented by Verizon will take place from the grid in the lead up to the command, bringing viewers even closer to the action prior to the race.
NBCSN’s team of IndyCar pit reporters will include Marty Snider, Robin Miller, Kevin Lee, Anders Krohn, Katie Hargitt, and Jon Beekhuis, who all return following the 2017 season.
NHL
NBC Sports heads into the final week of the 2017-18 NHL regular season with five games featuring playoff implications, including the NHL Game of the Week on the penultimate day of the regular season, as Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers host Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
Five-time Emmy Award-winner Mike “Doc” Emrick (play-by-play), former NHL player, coach and general manager Mike Milbury (analyst), and Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will call Rangers-Flyers from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Alex Faust (play-by-play) and Brian Hayward (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will call Stars-Ducks from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
PARIS MARATHON
NBC Sports Group presents “Marathon Month” in April with live coverage of the 2018 Paris, Boston and London marathons. Coverage begins this Sunday, April 8, at 2 a.m. ET with live coverage of the Paris Marathon on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
Nearly 145 nationalities and 57,000 runners are expected to participate in Sunday’s race across Paris, with the course beginning at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, running towards the PLace de la Concorde to the Rue de Rivoli, the Place de la Bastille, the Bois de Vincennes, and finally Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower.
Coverage on NBCSN will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA coverage will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com, OlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and the Olympic Channel app.
WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
NBC Sports Group will continue their coverage of the 2018 World Men’s Curling Championships this weekend on NBCSN & Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
The U.S. men’s team will be led by skip Greg Persinger along with Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, and Phil Tilker, after winning the 2018 USA Curling National Championships earlier this month. John Shuster’s rink, which finished fourth last year, did not compete at the National Championships following their historic Olympic gold medal victory in PyeongChang in February.
Jason Knapp (play-by-play), 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Pete Fenson (analyst), and 2010 Olympic gold medalist Kevin Martin (analyst) will combine to provide commentary throughout the 2018 World Curling Championships.
WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
NBC Sports Group will conclude their coverage of the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships on Sunday, April 8, on NBC with a three-hour recap show of the event at 3 p.m. ET.
Tanith White will call the recap show on NBC, joined by 1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski, and three-time U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir.
UWW WRESTLING
NBC Sports Group will showcase the UWW Men’s Freestyle World Cup this weekend with coverage of 16 duals and 160 matches, beginning with live streaming coverage of Session 1 on Saturday, April 7, at 11 a.m. ET, and culminating with live gold medal match coverage Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
All sessions of the World Cup will be live streamed via Trackwrestling.com. All coverage airing on NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
The Men’s Freestyle World Cup will feature eight of the top teams in the world – Azerbaijan, Cuba, Georgia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the United States – grouped into two pools.
The United States heads into the World Cup with a deep and experienced roster in search oof its first title since 2003. Team USA fell to Iran in the gold medal match at the 2017 Men’s Freestyle World Cup in Kermanshah, Iran.
The U.S. roster is headlined by 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion Jordan Burroughs (74 kg), 2016 Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion Kyle Snyder (97 kg), and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’Den Cox (92 kg). In total, the U.S. World Cup team accounts for three Olympic medals and 30 NCAA Division 1 national titles.
Jason Knapp (play-by-play), two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion John Smith (analyst), and Tanith White (reporter) will call the action this weekend across NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. This marks the first time the Men’s Freestyle World Cup will be held in Iowa City, Iowa.
GOLF
Anchoring Golf Central Live From the Masters coverage from Augusta National will be Rich Lerner in primetime, along with Steve Sands and Mike Tirico during the day, while Cara Banks and Ryan Burr will host from Golf Channel’s World Headquarters in Orlando. Analysts on-site for the network in primetime include Brandel Chamblee, David Duval and Frank Nobilo, in addition to Notah Begay, Justin Leonard and Mark Rolfing during the day. Todd Lewis and Whit Watson will serve as reporters from the golf course. Golf Channel Insiders Jaime Diaz, Rex Hoggard and Tim Rosaforte will join to discuss emerging storylines as the tournament unfolds, while Ken Schofield and Geoff Shackelford will act as contributing guests over the course of the week.
