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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH AUGUST 23, 2013
(All Times ET)
The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team. “The Pass” provides upcoming listings and programming details.
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THE PASS
Friday, August 23
6 p.m. on NBCSN – The Crossover
7 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Preview
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS Insider
8:30 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS: Kansas City at Chicago
11 p.m. on NBCSN – ARCA Racing
Saturday, August 24
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League Match Pack
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League Live
7:40 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Fulham v. Arsenal
9:55 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Southampton v. Sunderland
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League: Aston Villa v. Liverpool
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – F1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying
2:30 p.m. on NBC – USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Stage 6
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – AMA Motocross
4:30 p.m. on NBC – Summer at Saratoga: Travers and King’s Bishop
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Stage 6
7 p.m. on NBCSN – Louis Vuitton Cup
9 p.m. on NBCSN – GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma – Qualifying
10 p.m. on NBCSN – AMA Motocross
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Match of the Day
Sunday, August 25
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix
10 a.m. on NBCSN – F1 Extra
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
11 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Tottenham v. Swansea City
1 p.m. on NBCSN – Goal Zone
1:30 p.m. on NBC – Ironman World Championships
2 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Stage 7
3 p.m. on NBC – World of Adventure Sports
4 p.m. on NBCSN – GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
4 p.m. on NBC – US Pro Cycling Challenge: Stage 7
7 p.m. on NBC – Madden NFL 14 Pigskin Pro Am
7 p.m. on NBCSN – Louis Vuitton Cup
8 p.m. on NBC – Sunday Night Football: Minnesota at San Francisco
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Match of the Day
12 a.m. on NBCSN – Match of the Week
NBCSN will premiere a new episode of MLS Insider tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by Chicago Fire (9-10-4, 31 points) hosting Sporting Kansas City (11-8-6, 39 points) at 8:30 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s MLS announce team of John Strong, Robbie Earle and Russ Thaler will host coverage of Chicago Fire v. Sporting Kansas City from Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill.
NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage kicks off tomorrow at 7:40 a.m. ET on NBCSN with the Fulham-Arsenal matchup. Coverage continues at 10 a.m. ET with Southampton v. Sunderland on NBCSN, and Everton v. West Brom, Hull v. Norwich, Newcastle v. West Ham and Stoke v. Crystal Palace on Premier League Extra Time. Tomorrows live coverage concludes with Aston Villa v. Liverpool at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Sunday’s coverage includes Tottenham v Swansea City at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN and Cardiff- Manchester City at 11 a.m. ET on Premier League Extra Time.
Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White joins former Premier League star and four-time league champion Lee Dixon to call Saturday’s Aston Villa v Liverpool match.
The following games will be broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:
Sat Aug 24th
7:40 a.m. on NBCSN: Fulham v. Arsenal – commentated by Richard Kaufman and Stewart Robson
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Everton v. West Brom – commentated by Daniel Mann and Trevor Francis
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Hull v. Norwich – commentated by David Stowell and Barry Horne
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Newcastle v. West Ham – commentated by Gary Taphouse and Davie Provan
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Southampton v. Sunderland – commentated by Joe Speight and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Stoke v. Crystal Palace – commentated by Jonathan Beck and Garry Birtles
Sun Aug 25th
11 a.m. on NBCSN: Tottenham v. Swansea City – commentated by Tony Jones and Dean Sturridge
11 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time: Cardiff v. Manchester City – commentated by Jon Champion and Danny Mills
All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts alongside former Jamaican National Team player Robbie Earle, former U.S. National Team midfielder Kyle Martino and former English footballer Robbie Mustoe.
Viewers can find Premier League Games on TV by using the Premier League Game finder here.
NBC Sports Group’s weekend coverage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge continues tomorrow with stage 6 from Loveland to Fort Collins at 2:30 p.m. on NBC and 4:30 p.m. on NBCSN. Sunday’s coverage kicks off with the 7th and final stage in Denver at 2 p.m. on NBCSN and at 4 p.m. on NBC.
Play-by-play announcer Phil Liggett will be on site in Colorado to provide analysis and insight for each day of NBC Sports Group’s coverage with analyst Paul Sherwen and reporter Steve Schlanger.
NBC Sports Group will present 21.5 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend, highlighted by live Formula One and IndyCar Grand Prixe on NBCSN on Sunday. NBCSN’s Sunday doubleheader of live race coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. ET with the Shell Belgian Grand Prix, and continues with the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at 4 p.m. ET.
Coverage of the Shell Belgian Grand Prix continues tomorrow on NBCSN at 12:30 p.m. ET with qualifying. Sunday’s live coverage of the Shell Belgian Grand Prix on NBCSN begins at 7:30 a.m. ET.
NBCSN’s coverage of the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma starts with qualifying tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET. NBCSN’s live telecast of the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma airs Sunday at 4 p.m.
AMA Motocross coverage begins tomorrow on NBCSN at 3:30 p.m. ET from Lake Elsinore, Calif.
ARCA Racing rounds out NBC Sports Group’s motorsports coverage this weekend tonight at 11 p.m. on NBCSN.
NBC Sports Group’s IndyCar and Formula One play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey will call the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Diffey will be joined in the booth this week by former drivers Townsend Bell and Wally Dallenbach. Reporters Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee, Marty Snider and Robin Miller will manage the pits.
Veteran motorsports broadcaster Bob Varsha will call the Shell Belgian Grand Prix. He will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
Jason Weigandt, Jeff Emig and Kelli Stavast will provide AMA Motocross coverage from Lake Elsinore National in Lake Elsinore, Calif. on Saturday afternoon.
Rick Benjamin, Andy Hillenburg and Kevin Lee have the call of the Allen Crowe 100 from the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Friday night.
SUMMER AT SARATOGA: TRAVERS AND KING’S BISHOP
The NBC Sports Group’s Summer at Saratoga live horse racing from Saratoga Race Course continues tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC with coverage of the 144th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers as well as the Grade 1, $500,000 Foxwoods King’s Bishop.
Veteran horse racing commentator Tom Hammond hosts NBC’s coverage alongside two-time Belmont Stakes-winning jockey Jerry Bailey, and veteran horseracing analyst Randy Moss. Joining them are reporter/handicapper Bob Neumeier and reporters Donna Brothers and Kenny Rice.
NBCSN’s coverage of the America’s Cup qualifying series continues tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET and on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET from San Francisco, Calif., with the finals.
Veteran announcer Todd Harris will serve as the play-by-play commentator for the NBC Sports Network telecasts. Harris will be joined by former America’s Cup Helmsman and Volvo Ocean Race skipper Ken Read, as well as renowned sailor and author Gary Jobson.
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: MINNESOTA VS. SAN FRANCISCO
The Minnesota Vikings travel to Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif., to take on the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers, in a Sunday Night Football preseason matchup. Coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Calling Vikings-49ers is seven-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 28th season as the voice of the NFL’s premier primetime package; 14-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his four seasons in the Sunday Night Football booth; and Emmy Award-winning sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.
