FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 15th, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH MARCH 15, 2013
(All Times ET)
The “Press Pass” on the NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview with upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team. “The Pass” provides upcoming listings, and “The ‘Lights” details the programs.
THE PASS
Friday, March 15
6 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – The Crossover
Saturday, March 16
2 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – F1: Australia Qualifying
12:30 p.m. on NBC – MLS Rivalry Saturday: DC United at New York
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Tampa Bay Championship
3 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – MLS Rivalry Saturday: Chicago at Kansas City
3 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Tampa Bay Championship
5:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – MLS Rivalry Saturday: Breakaway
8 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – MLS Rivalry Saturday: Portland at Seattle
Sunday, March 17
1 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – F1: Australian Grand Prix
4 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – F1 Extra
12:30 p.m. on NBC – NHL: Boston at Pittsburgh
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Tampa Bay Championship
3 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Tampa Bay Championship
7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL: Buffalo at Washington
Monday, March 18
6 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – The Crossover
7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – NHL: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
THE ‘LIGHTS
The first race of the season will air live from Australia on Sunday, March 17 on NBC Sports Network at 1:30 a.m. ET. The race will re-air at 1 p.m. ET. NBC Sports Network’s post-race show, F1 Extra, will air live after the Australian Grand Prix. The 30-minute wrap-up show will be handled by the F1 team of Leigh Diffey, David Hobbs, Steve Matchett and Will Buxton.
NBC and NBC Sports Network will present unprecedented wall-to-wall Major League Soccer coverage with 10 consecutive live hours of seven games this Saturday, March 16 beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Every MLS game played on Saturday will be covered, including three live games – one on NBC and two on NBC Sports Network. A special two-and-a-half hour studio “whip-around” show, MLS Breakaway (5:30-8 p.m. ET on NBCSN) will cover all four games being played at that time. It is hosted by NBC’s MLS broadcast team of Arlo White, Kyle Martino and Russ Thaler – who will also call the N.Y. Red Bulls-DC United game earlier in the day – from NBC Sports Group’s new International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.
Coverage on Saturday begins on NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET with a playoff rematch as the New York Red Bulls host D.C. United, from Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. Coverage continues on NBC Sports Network with two more games: Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire at 3 p.m. ET, and a Cascadia Cup matchup as the Seattle Sounders host the Portland Timbers at 8 p.m. ET.
PGA Tour: Tampa Bay Championship
NBC Sports Group’s tournament coverage of the Tampa Bay Championship this weekend on Saturday and Sunday begins with Golf Channel’s lead-in coverage at 1 p.m. ET followed by coverage on NBC at 3 p.m. ET.
NBC and NBC Sports Network’s NHL coverage will continue on Sun., Mar. 17 with the Boston Bruins facing off against the Pittsburgh Penguins at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC, followed by the Buffalo Sabres against the Washington Capitals at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Monday, March 18, the Tampa Bay Lighting will host the Philadelphia Flyers at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.
Dave Strader (play-by-play) and Brian Engblom (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will call Sunday night’s coverage. Gord Miller and Engblom will call Monday night’s coverage.
