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Friday, July 25th, 2014

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH JULY 25 – JULY 27, 2014

The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team.

For live streaming information on NBC Sports Live Extra, and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.

 

THE PASS

Friday, July 25

3 p.m. on NBCSN – Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball

4 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open

5 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America

5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Mecum Auctions Harrisburg

8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France: Stage 19Tour Primetime

10:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – USGA Girls’ Junior Amateur

 

Saturday, July 26

6 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: M2M Russian Open

8 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France: Stage 20

8 a.m. on CNBC – F1: Hungary – Hungary Grand Prix Qualifying

1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open

1:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Mecum Auctions Harrisburg

2 p.m. on NBC – Red Bull Global Rally Cross Charlotte

3 p.m. on NBC – Red Bull Hare Scramble

3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA International Crown

4:30 p.m. on NBC – Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball

5 p.m. on NBCSN – F1: GP2 Hungary

6 p.m. on NBCSN – Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Washougal National

7 p.m. on Golf Channel – USGA Girls’ Junior Amateur

8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France: Stage 20Tour Primetime

11 p.m. on NBCSNAsics World Series of Beach Volleyball

 

Sunday, July 27

6 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: M2M Russian Open

7:30 a.m. on CNBC – F1 Extra – Hungary

8 a.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France: Stage 21

1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open

2 p.m. on NBC – Tour de France Review Show

3 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA International Crown

3:30 p.m. on NBC – Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball

5 p.m. on NBC – Breeder’s Cup Challenge Series

8 p.m. on NBCSN – Tour de France: Stage 21Tour Primetime

 

VOLLEYBALL

NBC Sports Group’s presents 17 hours of the Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball this weekend. Coverage begins today at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Saturday’s coverage of the semifinal matches begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC, and an encore presentation will air at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage of Sunday’s women’s gold medal match begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC, followed by an encore presentation at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Olympic gold medalist Chris Marlowe (play-by-play) will call the action from Long Beach, Calif. Joining Marlowe will be Kevin Wong (analyst) and Julie Donaldson (reporter).

 

GOLF

Golf Channel’s coverage of the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open continues today at 4 p.m. ET. Weekend coverage begins Saturday with the third round at 1 p.m. ET, and culminates with Sunday’s final round at 1 p.m. ET.

Brian Hammons (play-by-play) leads Golf Channel’s team from the Royal Montreal Blue Course.  Joining Hammons will be Curt Byrum (analyst), Craig Perks (tower), Rich Beem (on course), and Scott Walker (interviews).

The LPGA’s International Crown continues Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.  Sunday’s final round coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Golf Channel’s team of Terry Gannon (play-by-play), Judy Rankin (analyst), Jerry Foltz (tower), Karen Stupples (on course) and Juli Inkster (on course) call the action from Caves Valley Golf Club.

The U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur begins tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and culminates with final round coverage Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

Golf Channel’s Whit Watson calls the action from Forest Highlands Gold Club.  Joining Watson will be Kay Cockerill (analyst), Phil Parkin and Jane Crafter (on course reporters), and Steve Burkowski (hole announcer).

Weekend coverage of the M2M Russian Open on Golf Channel begins Saturday at 6 a.m. ET, and culminates with final round Sunday at 6 a.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Mike Ritz will host from the studio.  Joining Ritz will be Dominik Hoyer (play-by-play) and Warren Humphrey’s (analyst).

 

MOTORSPORTS

NBC Sports Group presents more than 30 hours of motorsports this weekend, beginning tonight at 5 p.m. ET with NASCAR America on NBCSN.

Leigh Diffey and Sam Hornish host NASCAR America from the studio in Stamford, Conn.

Mecum Auctions Harrisburg continues tonight at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Live coverage begins Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Scott Hoke will host on-site at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, alongside John Kraman, Stephen Cox, and Bill Stephens (analysts).

The FI Hungarian Grand Prix continues Saturday with qualifying races at 8 a.m. ET on CNBC, followed by an encore presentation on NBCSN at noon ET. Live coverage of the GP2 race begins at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN.  Coverage of Sunday’s F1 Hungarian Grand Prix begins at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC, and an encore will be presented on NBCSN at 2 p.m. ET.

Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call the Hungarian Grand Prix.  Joining Diffey will be David Hobbs (analyst), Steve Matchett (analyst). F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on site reporter from Hungaroring in Mogyorod, Hungary, and will call the GP2 race.

NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET from Charlotte, N.C.

Tes Sewell will call the action Saturday on-site from The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, alongside Townsend Bell (analyst) and Kristen Kenney (reporter).

Following the Red Bull Global RallyCross coverage on Saturday, NBC will present the Red Bull Hare Scramble, one of the world’s most difficult off-road motorcycle races, at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Sal Masekela will call the event, alongside Leigh Diffey (analyst), Cameron Steele (analyst) and Tina Dixon (reporter).

NBC Sports Group presents five hours of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Washougal National across NBCSN and NBC Live Extra this weekend. On-air coverage begins Saturday at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Calling the action from Washougal National will be Jason Weigandt (play-by-play), Grant Langston (analyst) and Georgia Lindsay (pit reporter).

 

TOUR DE FRANCE

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Tour de France continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Tour Primetime highlighting Stage 19: Mauboutguet Pays du Val d’Adour to Gergerac. Live coverage of Stage 20: Bergerac to Périgueux, begins Saturday at 8 a.m. ET on NBCSN, and continues with highlights of the race on Tour Primetime at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Live coverage of the final stage of the Tour de France, Stage 21: Évry to Paris Champs-Élyséesbegins, begins Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Following the completion of the race, NBC presents a special Tour de France Review Show at 2 p.m. ET featuring highlights and analysis from the tour. NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Tour de France culminates with Tour Primetime at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, the voices of cycling, call the race action for the live shows alongside Steve Schlanger and Carolyn Manno (reporters), and Steve Porino (‘Inside-the-Race’).  In the studio Todd Harris hosts Tour Primetime, alongside Bob Roll and Christian Vande Velde (analysts).

 

HORSERACING

NBC Sports Group’s presents the “Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In.” Live race coverage of the William Hills Haskell begins Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on NBC.

Tom Hammond (host) leads the team calling the action from Monmouth Park. Joining Hammond will be Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey (analysts), Donna Brother, Kenny Rice and Eddie Olczyck (reporters), and Larry Collmus calling the live race.