FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 17th, 2014
FIRST-PLACE CHELSEA HOST EVERTON & USMNT GOALKEEPER TIM HOWARD SATURDAY, FEB. 22 AT 7:45 A.M. ET ON NBCSN
Arsenal v. Sunderland on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on USA Network
John Strong to Host Premier League Live Alongside Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe
All Matches Available on NBC Sports Live Extra
Stamford, Conn. – February 17, 2014 – NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the Premier League with three matches on NBCSN, one on USA and one on NBC this weekend. Match coverage is highlighted by first-place Chelsea hosting sixth-place Everton and U.S. Men’s National Team goalkeeper Tim Howard on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN, immediately following live coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
USA Network airs Arsenal v. Sunderland on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET, followed by Crystal Palace v. Manchester United on NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET (schedule below). The four additional matches in the 10 a.m. ET slot on Saturday will be available via Extra Time.
The interactive Premier League Game Finder can be accessed at http://www.nbcsports.com/ExtraTime.
Lead play-by-play voice Arlo White and four-time league champion Lee Dixon will call the Crystal Palace-Manchester United match. White joins former Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux to call Liverpool v. Swansea City on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Sunday’s coverage begins at 8 a.m. ET with Premier League Live.
MLS lead play-by-play announcer John Strong hosts Premier League Live pre-game, halftime and post-game shows alongside former English footballer Robbie Mustoe and former Jamaican National Team footballer Robbie Earle from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.
All Premier League games will be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices and tablets. Games airing on NBC Sports Network will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
To date, AT&T U-verse®, Bright House Networks, Cablevision’s Optimum, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Time Warner Cable have opted to carry the additional Premier League matches via the Premier League Extra Time package, and AT&T U-verse, Cablevision’s Optimum, Charter, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS will make all Premier League games available through TV Everywhere. Additionally, over 100 NCTC partners have either signed-on to the Premier League Extra Time package or have opted-in via TV Everywhere, including Blue Ridge Communications, Buckeye CableSystem, CenturyLink Prism, and RCN. In some cases, the Premier League Extra Time package will be available in select markets.
Below is the schedule for the 27th week of the Premier League season (all times ET):
Date | Time | Home v. Away | Network |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 7:45 a.m. | Chelsea v. Everton | NBCSN, mun2 |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 9:45 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 10 a.m. | Arsenal v. Sunderland | USA, mun2 |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 10 a.m. | Manchester City v. Stoke City | Extra Time |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 10 a.m. | West Ham United v. Southampton | Extra Time |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 10 a.m. | Cardiff City v. Hull City | Extra Time |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 10 a.m. | West Bromwich Albion v. Fulham | Extra Time |
Sat., Feb. 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Crystal Palace v. Manchester United | NBC |
Sat., Feb. 23 | 12 a.m. | NBCSN’s Match of the Day | NBCSN |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 8 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 8:30 a.m. | Liverpool v. Swansea City | NBCSN |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 8:30 a.m. | Newcastle United v. Aston Villa | Extra Time |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 10:30 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 11 a.m. | Norwich City v. Tottenham Hotspur | NBCSN |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 1 p.m. | Goal Zone | NBCSN |
Sun., Feb. 23 | 11 p.m. | NBCSN’s Match of the Day II | NBCSN |
NBC Sports Group presents the most ambitious, extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League available anywhere in the world with all 380 Premier League matches available live in the United States on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra. In total, NBC Sports Group will present more than 1,600 hours of Premier League programming.
–NBC Sports Group–