FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH JANUARY 23 – JANUARY 25, 2015
(All times ET)
The “Press Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the NBC Sports Group Communications team.
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Friday, January 23
5 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL All Star Fantasy Draft Pre Show
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL All Star Fantasy Draft
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Curling Night in America
Saturday, January 24
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN – FIS: Skiing
12 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: College of Charleston at Drexel University
2 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: Northeastern University at William & Mary College
2 p.m. on NBC – World Adventure of Sports
3 p.m. on NBC – 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Humana Challenge
4 p.m. on NBCSN – Mecum Auctions: Kissimmee
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL All Star Skills Competition
7:30 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
8 p.m. on NBC – 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships
9:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Overtime
Sunday, January 25
4:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN – FIS: Skiing
1 p.m. on NBC – Detroit Auto Show
2 p.m. on NBC – Mecum Auctions: Kissimmee
3 p.m. on NBC – Lindsey Vonn: The Climb
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Humana Challenge
4 p.m. on NBC – 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships
5 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL All Star Game
7 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
8 p.m. on NBCSN – NBCSN Sunday Sports Report
9 p.m. on NBCSN – Mecum Auctions: Kissimmee
NBCSN presents comprehensive coverage of the 2015 NHL All-Star Weekend in Columbus, Ohio, beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET with the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft. Coverage continues Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET with the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, and culminates with the 2015 NHL All-Star Game on Sunday evening at 5 p.m. ET.
Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator and Sports Illustrated 2014 Media Person of the Year Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire have the call for the 2015 NHL All-Star Game from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
NBC Sports Group’s Kathryn Tappen hosts the All Star Draft alongside Daren Millard and McGuire as they break down the selections of Team Toews and Team Foligno, following last week’s selections of Chicago’s Jonathan Toews and Columbus’ Nick Foligno as captains.
Dave Strader (play-by-play), Olczyk, and McGuire call the shots at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, providing live commentary of the hardest shots, fastest skaters and best shootout moves.
U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
NBC presents live coverage of the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships, beginning with the pairs’ free skate and free dance competitions Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and continuing in primetime with the ladies’ free skate competition at 8 p.m. ET. Live coverage of the men’s free skate competition begins at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday.
NBC Sports Group’s lead figure skating commentary team, featuring analysts Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski and play-by-play announcer Terry Gannon, will call the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships, with Scott Hamilton offering analysis and insight throughout NBC’s coverage this weekend. They’ll be joined by analyst Tanith Belbin and reporter Andrea Joyce on-site at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, N.C.
NBC Sports Group presents 25 hours of coverage of Mecum Auctions: Kissimmee this week, continuing Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Sunday’s coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, and continues on NBCSN at 9 p.m. ET.
Scott Hoke hosts NBC Sports Group’s Mecum Auctions coverage on-site in Kissimmee, alongside analysts John Kraman, Stephen Cox and Bill Stephens.
Lindsey Vonn: The Climb, a one-hour documentary which chronicles the remarkable comeback of Olympic Downhill Champion Lindsey Vonn, debuts Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC. Produced by Red Bull Media House, in association with NFL Films and NBC Olympics, the film will give viewers an inside look into the past 22 months of Vonn’s career. Lindsey Vonn: The Climb documents Vonn’s journey as she recovered from two devastating injuries, and continued her pursuit of becoming the winningest female skier in World Cup history.
Golf Channel’s weekend coverage of the PGA Tour’s Humana Challenge begins Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and continues with live coverage of the final round Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Rich Lerner leads Golf Channel’s team calling the action from La Quinta Country Club, alongside Nick Faldo (analyst), Curt Byrum and Matt Gogel (tower), and Roger Maltbie and Phil Parkin (on course).
Golf Channel’s coverage of the Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, and continues Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Sunday’s live coverage of the final round begins at 7 p.m. ET.
Calling the action from Kona, Hawaii, is Brian Hammons (play by play), Lanny Wadkins (analyst), Mark Rolfing and John Mahaffey (tower), and Billy Ray Brown and David Marr (on course).
Live coverage of the final round of the European Tour’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters begins Sunday at 4:30 a.m. ET.
Mike Ritz hosts the coverage from Golf Channel’s studio in Orlando, joined by Dougie Donnelly (play by play), Ken Brown and Tony Johnstone (analyst), and Jay Townsend (on course).
NBCSN presents a CAA conference college basketball doubleheader this Saturday beginning at Noon ET, when Drexel University hosts College of Charleston. The action continues at 2 p.m. ET with live coverage of William & Mary vs. Northeastern.
Steve Schlanger and Dalen Cuff call Saturday’s Drexel-Charleston matchup from the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mike Corey and Ron Thompson call William & Mary-Northeastern from William & Mary Hall in Williamsburg, Va.
NBCSN begins its presentation of Curling Night in America tonight at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBC Sports Group and Universal Sports Network combine to present 24 hours of coverage from the inaugural U.S. Curling Grand Prix on NBCSN and Universal Sports Network.
Jason Knapp, John Benton, Pete Fenson and Tracy Wilson will call the action for the first ever Curling Night in America presentation.
