FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 19th, 2018
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 150+ HOURS OF 2018-19 FIS ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP SEASON
Olympic Gold Medalists Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Ted Ligety joined by Steven Nyman, Travis Ganong, Ryan Cochran-Siegle & Tommy Ford to Headline U.S. Ski Team in 2018-19
Vonn in Her Final Season is Five Wins Away From Breaking Ingemar Stenmark’s All-Time World Cup Victory Record
Highlights Include Events from Killington, Beaver Creek, Lake Louise, St. Moritz, Wengen & World Championships in Åre, Sweden
NBC Presents Live Coverage from Killington on Nov. 24-25 and Beaver Creek on Dec. 1-2
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA to Televise Nearly 90 Hours of Coverage
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 19, 2018 – NBC Sports will showcase 150-plus hours of 2018-19 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup programming, including nearly 90 hours of coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, and more than 70 hours spanning NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
Additional FIS Alpine Skiing coverage will also be available on NBC Sports Gold – NBC Sports’ direct-to-consumer live streaming product powered by Playmaker Media – and the Olympic Channel digital platforms. Among the events exclusive to NBC Sports Gold are the season-opening races in Soelden, Austria, on October 27-28. Further details will be announced Monday, Oct. 22.
U.S. Olympic gold medalists Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety, as well as Olympians Steven Nyman, Travis Ganong, Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Tommy Ford headline the U.S. Ski Team in 2018-19. Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist, is four wins away from tying Ingemar Stenmark’s World Cup record of 86 victories, which has stood for nearly three decades. The 34-year-old recently announced that she plans to retire following the season, whether she breaks Stenmark’s record or not. Shiffrin, who won gold in giant slalom at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and has three Olympic medals to her name, is the two-time defending overall World Cup champion.
NBC Sports’ 2018-19 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup schedule also includes events in Lake Louise, Alberta (Nov. 24 – 25, Nov. 30 – Dec. 2); Killington, Vt. (Nov. 24 – 25); Beaver Creek, Colo. (Nov. 30 – Dec. 2); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Dec. 8 – 9); Wengen, Switzerland (Jan. 18 – 20); and the FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships in Åre, Sweden (Feb. 5 – 17).
The season culminates with more than 15 hours of coverage of the 2018-19 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra, beginning March 13.
STREAMING COVERAGE OF FIS ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming platforms for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide streaming coverage of the 2018-19 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup events airing on NBC, NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.
All linear coverage on NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All linear coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
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Following is NBC Sports’ remaining telecast schedule for the upcoming 2018-19 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season:
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network# |
10/27/2018 | 4 a.m. | Soelden, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
10/28/2018 | 4 a.m. | Soelden, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
11/17/2018 | 7 a.m. | Levi, Finland – Women’s Slalom | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
11/18/2018 | 7 a.m. | Levi, Finland – Men’s Slalom | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12 p.m. | Levi, Finland – Men’s & Women’s Slalom* | NBCSN | |
11/24/2018 | 1 p.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Xfinity Killington Cup | NBCSN |
11/24/2018 | 3 p.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Xfinity Killington Cup* | NBC |
11/24/2018 | 4 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Alberta | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
11/25/2018 | 1 p.m. | Women’s Slalom – Xfinity Killington Cup | NBC |
11/25/2018 | 4 p.m. | Men’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Alberta | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
11/30/2018 | 12:30 p.m. | Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBCSN |
11/30/2018 | 2 p.m. | Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Alberta | NBCSN |
12/1/2018 | 1 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBCSN |
12/1/2018 | 2 p.m. | Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Alberta | NBCSN |
12/1/2018 | 5 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBC |
12/2/2018 | 1 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Alberta | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/2/2018 | 2:30 p.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBCSN |
12/2/2018 | 5 p.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBC |
12/2/2018 | 5:30 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Alberta* | NBCSN |
12/8/2018 | 5 a.m. | Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/8/2018 | 7 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Val d’Isere, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/8/2018 | 10:30 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | NBCSN |
12/9/2018 | 6:30 a.m. | Men’s Slalom – Val d’Isere, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/9/2018 | 7:30 a.m. | Women’s Parallel Slalom – St. Moritz, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/9/2018 | 5 p.m. | Women’s Parallel Slalom – St. Moritz, Switzerland | NBCSN |
12/14/2018 | 6 a.m. | Men’s Super-G – Val Gardena, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/14/2018 | 8 a.m. | Women’s Combined – Val d’Isere, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/15/2018 | 4:30 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/15/2018 | 6 a.m. | Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/15/2018 | 7 p.m. | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France* | NBCSN |
12/15/2018 | 8 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy* | NBCSN |
12/16/2018 | 5 a.m. | Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/16/2018 | 7 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/16/2018 | 6 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France* | NBCSN |
12/17/2018 | 12 p.m. | Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/21/2018 | 7:30 a.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/21/2018 | 12 p.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France* | NBCSN |
12/22/2018 | 7:30 a.m. | Women’s Slalom – Courchevel, France | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/22/2018 | 11 a.m. | Men’s Slalom – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/22/2018 | 2:30 p.m. | Women’s Slalom – Courchevel, France* | NBCSN |
12/23/2018 | 3 p.m. | Women’s Slalom & Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France* | NBC |
12/28/2018 | 4:30 a.m. | Semmering, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
12/28/2018 | 5:30 a.m. | Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/28/2018 | 12 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy* | NBCSN |
12/29/2018 | 4:30 a.m. | Semmering, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
12/29/2018 | 5:30 a.m. | Men’s Super-G – Bormio, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
12/29/2018 | 2:30 p.m. | Men’s Super-G – Bormio, Italy* | NBCSN |
1/1/2019 | 10:30 a.m. | City Event – Oslo, Norway | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/5/2019 | 10 a.m. | Women’s Slalom – Zagreb, Croatia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/6/2019 | 9:30 a.m. | Men’s Slalom – Zagreb, Croatia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/8/2018 | 12 p.m. | Flachau, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/12/2018 | 5:45 a.m. | St. Anton, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/13/18 | 5:30 a.m. | St. Anton, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/12/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/13/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Men’s Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/15/2019 | 7 a.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Kronplatz, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/15/2019 | 11:30 p.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Kronplatz, Italy* | NBCSN |
1/18/2019 | 8 a.m. | Men’s Combined – Wengen, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/18/2019 | 6 p.m. | Men’s Combined – Wengen, Switzerland* | NBCSN |
1/19/2019 | 4:30 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/19/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/20/2019 | 5 a.m. | Women’s Super-G – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/20/2019 | 7 a.m. | Men’s Slalom – Wengen, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/20/2019 | 8 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy* | NBCSN |
1/20/2019 | 9 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland* | NBCSN |
1/25/2019 | 5:30 a.m. | Kitzbuehel, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/26/2019 | 5:30 a.m. | Kitzbuehel, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/26/2019 | 4 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/26/2019 | 10 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany* | NBCSN |
1/27/2019 | 4:30 a.m. | Kitzbuehel, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/27/2019 | 5:30 a.m. | Women’s Super-G – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
1/27/2019 | 9 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany* | NBCSN |
1/28/2019 | 4 p.m. | Men’s Downhill – Kitzbuehel* | NBCSN |
1/29/2019 | 11:45 a.m. | Schladming, Austria | NBC Sports Gold** |
1/29/2019 | 11 p.m. | Men’s Super Slalom – Kitzbuehel* | NBCSN |
2/1/2019 | 7 a.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/1/2019 | 12 p.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia* | NBCSN |
2/2/2019 | 5:30 a.m. | Men’s Downhill – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/2/2019 | 7 a.m. | Women’s Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/3/2019 | 2 a.m. | Women’s Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia* | NBCSN |
2/3/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/5/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Super-G | NBCSN |
2/6/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Super-G | NBCSN |
2/7/2019 | 5 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Super Combined – Downhill | NBCSN |
2/8/2019 | 10 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Super Combined – Slalom | NBCSN |
2/9/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Downhill | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/9/2019 | 3:30 p.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Downhill* | NBC |
2/9/2019 | 6:30 p.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Downhill* | NBCSN |
2/10/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Downhill | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/10/2019 | 4:30 p.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Downhill* | NBC |
2/10/2019 | 11:30 p.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Downhill* | NBCSN |
2/10/2019 | 5 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Super Combined – Downhill | NBCSN |
2/11/2019 | 8:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Super Combined – Slalom | NBCSN |
2/12/2019 | 10 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Team Event | NBCSN |
2/14/2019 | 8 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/14/2019 | 10:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)* | NBCSN |
2/14/2019 | 11:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Giant Slalom | NBCSN |
2/15/2019 | 8 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/15/2019 | 10:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)* | NBCSN |
2/15/2019 | 11:30 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Giant Slalom | NBCSN |
2/15/2019 | 5 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Slalom (Run 1) | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/16/2019 | 7 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Slalom (Run 1)* | NBCSN |
2/16/2019 | 8 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Slalom | NBCSN |
2/16/2019 | 1 p.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Women’s Slalom* | NBC |
2/16/2019 | 5 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Slalom (Run 1) | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/17/2019 | 7 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Slalom (Run 1)* | NBCSN |
2/17/2019 | 8 a.m. | FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships – Men’s Slalom | NBCSN |
2/19/2019 | 11:30 a.m. | City Event – Stockholm, Sweden | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/19/2019 | 11:30 p.m. | City Event – Stockholm, Sweden* | NBCSN |
2/22/2019 | 7 a.m. | Men’s Combined – Bansko, Bulgaria | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/23/2019 | 4:30 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/23/2019 | 6 a.m. | Men’s Super-G – Bansko, Bulgaria* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/24/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Bansko, Bulgaria | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/24/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Women’s Combined – Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
2/24/2019 | 11 p.m. | Women’s Combined – Crans-Montana, Switzerland* | NBCSN |
3/2/2019 | 2:30 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Sochi, Russia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/2/2019 | 4 a.m. | Men’s Downhill – Kvitfjell, Norway | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/3/2019 | 1 a.m. | Women’s Downhill – Sochi, Russia* | NBCSN |
3/3/2019 | 2:30 a.m. | Women’s Super-G – Sochi, Russia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/3/2019 | 5 a.m. | Men’s Super-G – Kvitfjell, Norway | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/3/2019 | 4 p.m. | Women’s Super-G – Sochi, Russia* | NBCSN |
3/8/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Spindleruv Myln, Czech Republic | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/8/2019 | 12 p.m. | Women’s Giant Slalom – Spindleruv Myln, Czech Republic* | NBCSN |
3/9/2019 | 6:30 a.m. | Men’s Giant Slalom – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/9/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Women’s Slalom – Spindleruv Myln, Czech Republic | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/10/2019 | 7:30 a.m. | Men’s Slalom – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/13/2019 | 5:30 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Men’s Downhill – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/13/2019 | 7 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Women’s Downhill – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/13/2019 | 12 p.m. | World Cup Finals: Men’s & Women’s Downhill – Soldeu, Andorra* | NBCSN |
3/14/2019 | 5:30 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Women’s Super-G – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/14/2019 | 7 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Men’s Super-G – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/14/2019 | 11 p.m. | World Cup Finals: Women’s & Men’s Super-G – Soldeu, Andorra* | NBCSN |
3/15/2019 | 7 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Team Event – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/16/2019 | 7 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Men’s Giant Slalom – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/16/2019 | 8 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Women’s Slalom – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/16/2019 | 11 p.m. | World Cup Finals: Men’s Giant Slalom & Women’s Slalom – Soldeu, Andorra* | NBCSN |
3/17/2019 | 7 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Women’s Giant Slalom – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/17/2019 | 8 a.m. | World Cup Finals: Men’s Slalom – Soldeu, Andorra | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
3/17/2019 | 4:30 p.m. | World Cup Finals: Women’s Giant Slalom & Men’s Slalom – Soldeu, Andorra* | NBCSN |
*Same-day delay
**NBC Sports Gold is NBC Sports Group’s streaming subscription service. Additional details will be announced Monday, Oct. 22
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