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Friday, February 13th, 2015
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH FEBRUARY 13 – FEBRUARY 15, 2015
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, February 13
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
6:00 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR America
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Hockey: Providence at Notre Dame
10 p.m. on NBCSN – World Alpine Championships: Nations Team Event (encore)
12 a.m. on NBCSN – Curling Night in America
Saturday, February 14
6 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: True Thailand Classic
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: St. Bonaventure University at University of Dayton
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
2 p.m. on NBC – USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament
2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: University of Delaware at The College of William & Mary
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: ACE Group Classic
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament
4:30 p.m. on NBC – World Alpine Championships: Women’s Slalom
6 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Track & Field: Millrose Games
8 p.m. on NBCSN – College Hockey: Providence College at University of Notre Dame
Sunday, February 15
5:30 a.m. on Golf Channel – European Tour: True Thailand Classic
12:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: Towson University at College of Charleston
12:30 p.m. on NBC – NHL Game of the Week: Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
2:30 p.m. on NBCSN – College Basketball: St. Joseph’s University at Fordham University
3 p.m. on NBC – USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament
3 p.m. on Golf Channel – Champions Tour: ACE Group Classic
4:30 p.m. on NBC – World Alpine Championships: Men’s Slalom
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament
7 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL: Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres
10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Sunday Sports Report
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Best of the World Alpine Championships
NBC Sports Group’s weekend NHL coverage begins Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET with NHL Game of the Week, featuring Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins and Patrick Kane’s Chicago Blackhawks. Sunday’s action continues at 7:30 p.m. ET when the Buffalo Sabres host the Philadelphia Flyers on NBCSN. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live.
Play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk and ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire have the call for Sunday’s Penguins-Blackhawks.
Dave Strader (play-by-play) and Brian Engblom (analyst) have the call for Buffalo-Philadelphia from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick anchor NBC’s studio coverage, while Keith Jones joins McHugh and Roenick for NHL Live on NBCSN.
This weekend NBC Sports Group concludes its coverage of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Coverage begins tonight at 10 p.m. ET on NBCSN with an encore presentation of the Nations Team Event. The finals of the Women’s Slalom begin Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships conclude Sunday, beginning with the finals of the Men’s Final at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC, and the Best of the World Championships at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
The broadcast team of Dan Hicks (play-by-play), Steve Porino (analyst), Todd Brooker (analyst), Christin Cooper (analyst), and Carolyn Manno (reporter) call the action from Beaver Creek, Colo.
NBC Sports Group weekend coverage of the USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament from Las Vegas, Nev., begins Saturday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. Saturday’s coverage continues at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Live coverage of Sunday’s semifinals and final match begins at 3 p.m. ET on NBC, and continues on NBCSN at 4:30 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s presentation of the tournament will feature live coverage of full matches, as well as highlights from the three-day event.
Veteran play-by-play announcer Todd Harris calls the matches for NBC and NBCSN. Harris will be joined in the booth by former USA Sevens captain and USA Rugby World Cup participant Brian Hightower. Marty Snider reports from the sidelines.
Golf Channel’s weekend coverage of the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am begins Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, and continues with live coverage of the final round Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
Whit Watson leads Golf Channel’s team calling the action from Pebble Beach, Calif., alongside Brandel Chamblee (analyst), Matt Gogel and David Feherty (tower), Phil Parkin (on course), and Steve Burkowski (interviews).
Golf Channel’s coverage of the European Tour’s True Thailand Classic continues at 6 a.m. ET, and concludes with coverage of the final round Sunday at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Mike Ritz hosts the coverage from Golf Channel’s studio in Orlando, joined by Dominik Holyer (play by play), Dom Boulet (analyst), and Julian Tutt (on course) calling the action from Black Mountain Club in Hua Hin, Thailand.
Golf Channel’s coverage of the Champions Tour: ACE Group Classic continues Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. Coverage of Sunday’s final round begins at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.
Calling the action from The TwinEagles Club in Naples, Fla. is Bob Papa (play by play), Lanny Wadkins (analyst), John Mahaffey and Dave Marr (tower), and Billy Ray Brown (on course).
NBCSN presents a Hockey East weekend series on Friday and Saturday nights from South Bend, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome the No. 11 Providence Friars. Coverage of Friday’s game begins at 7:30 p.m. ET, with coverage of Saturday’s game beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Chris Cuthbert (play-by-play) and Anson Carter (analyst) call both games from the Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind.
NBCSN presents four college basketball matchups this weekend, beginning Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET with an Atlantic-10 matchup between St. Bonaventure University and University of Dayton. Saturday’s coverage continues at 2:30 p.m. ET when The College of William & Mary hosts University of Delaware in a CAA Conference game.
Paul Burmeister and Dalen Cuff host coverage of St. Bonaventure-Dayton from the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio.
Mike Corey and Ron Thompson host coverage of Delaware-William & Mary from William & Mary Hall in Williamsburg, Va.
Sunday’s college basketball coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. ET when College of Charleston hosts Towson University, and continues at 2:30 p.m. ET when Fordham University hosts Saint Joseph’s University.
Mike Corey and Ron Thompson host coverage of Towson-Charleston from the TD Arena in Charleston, S.C.
Paul Burmeister and Dalen Cuff host coverage of St. Joseph-Fordham from the Rose Hill Gym in New York, New York.
TRACK AND FIELD
NBCSN presents two hours of live coverage of the USA Track & Field’s Millrose Games.
Tom Hamond, Ato Boldon, Lewis Johnson, Paul Swangard and Dan O’Brien call the action from The Armory in New York, N.Y.
