FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH APRIL 3, 2015 – APRIL 5, 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.
For live streaming information on NBC Sports Live Extra, and Golf Channel Live Extra, click here.
Friday, April 3
5:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Pro Football Talk
6 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: ANA Inspiration
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NASCAR K&N West Series: “Kern County”
Saturday, April 4
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League Preview
7 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Arsenal v. Liverpool
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Manchester United v. Aston Villa
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Everton v. Southampton
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Leicester City v. West Ham
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: Swansea City v. Hull City
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Premier League: West Brom v. Queens Park Rangers
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League: Chelsea v. Stoke City
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open
2 p.m. on NBCSN – Global Champions Tour: “South Beach Grand Prix”
2:30 p.m. on NBC – Premier League Goal Zone
3 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open
5 p.m. on NBCSN – Horse Racing: Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes and Santa Anita Derby
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: ANA Inspiration
7 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Week
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day
Sunday, April 5
6 a.m. on NBCSN – Barclays Premier League World
6:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Live
8 a.m. on Golf Channel – Drive, Chip and Putt Championship Pre-Game
8:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Burnley v. Tottenham
9 a.m. on Golf Channel – Drive, Chip and Putt National Championships
11 a.m. on NBCSN – Premier League: Sunderland v. Newcastle
12 p.m. on NBC – NHL Game of the Week: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers
1 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Goal Zone
1 p.m. on Golf Channel – PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open
3 p.m. on NBC – PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Global Champion Tour “South Beach Grand Prix”
4:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Indy Lights: St. Petersburg
5 p.m. on Golf Channel – LPGA Tour: ANA Inspiration
6:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL Live
7:30 p.m. on NBCSN – NHL: St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks
10:30 p.m. on NBCSN – Sunday Night Sports Report
This Sunday, NBC Sports Group presents an NHL doubleheader, beginning at Noon ET with NBC’s NHL Game of the Week, when Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers in the second Keystone State rivalry matchup of the week. Coverage shifts to NBCSN at 7:30 p.m. ET, when T.J. Oshie and the St. Louis Blues visit Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks in a potential Stanley Cup Playoff preview.
Mike “Doc” Emrick (play-by-play) and Pierre McGuire (Inside-the-Glass analyst) call the action for Penguins-Flyers from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
Dave Strader (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (analyst) and Brian Engblom (Inside-the-Glass analyst) will have the call for Blues-Blackhawks from United Center in Chicago, Ill.
NHL Live, NBCSN’s pre- and post-game NHL studio show, begins a half hour before NBCSN’s Sunday matchup. Kathryn Tappen hosts NHL Live alongside analysts and former players Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick.
NBC Sports Group’s weekend Premier League coverage begins Saturday at 6 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Barclays Premier League Preview, followed by Premier League Live at 7 a.m. ET. Live match coverage begins at 7:45 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Arsenal v. Liverpool, and continues at 10 a.m. ET with Manchester United v. Aston Villa. Coverage of the Everton v. Southampton, Leicester City v. West Ham, Swansea City v. Hull City and West Brom v. Queens Park Rangers matches will air on Premier League Extra Time at 10 a.m. ET. Saturday’s live match coverage wraps up with Chelsea v. Stoke City at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC, immediately followed by NBC’s Premier League post-game show, Premier League Goal Zone.
NBC Sports Group’s lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White calls Chelsea v. Stoke City, joined by Lee Dixon at Stamford Bridge.
Sunday’s Premier League coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET with Barclays Premier League World, followed by Match of the Day at 6:30 a.m. ET. NBCSN’s live coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. ET with Premier League Live, followed by Burnley v. Tottenham at 8:30 a.m., and Sunderland v. Newcastle at 11 a.m. ET. Sunday’s coverage concludes with Premier League Goal Zone at 1 p.m. ET.
Below is a full list of match commentators for this weekend’s Premier League coverage:
Saturday, April 4
7:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Arsenal v. Liverpool, commentated by Peter Drury and Jim Beglin
10 a.m. on NBCSN – Manchester United v. Aston Villa, commentated by Tony Jones and Davie Provan
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Everton v. Southampton, commentated by Gary Taphouse and Brian Little
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Leicester City v. West Ham, commentated by Ian Crocker and Tony Gale
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – Swansea City v. Hull City, David Stowell and Barry Horne
10 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time – West Brom v. Queens Park Rangers, Joe Speight and Trevor Francis
12:30 p.m. on NBC – Chelsea v. Stoke City, Arlo White and Lee Dixon
Sunday, April 5
8:30 a.m. on NBCSN – Burnley v. Tottenham, Jon Champion and Jim Beglin
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Sunderland v. Newcastle, Jim Proudfoot and Phil Neville
All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live, alongside Kyle Martino and Robbie Mustoe from NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.
NBCSN presents live elite horse racing Saturday at 5 p.m. ET, with coverage of the Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes and Santa Anita Derby.
NBCSN’s coverage features host Tom Hammond, joined by Hall-of-Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, who has won each Triple Crown race twice; veteran horse racing analyst Randy Moss; and reporters Laffit Pincay III and Jay Privman.
NBC Sports Group presents the final PGA Tour event before the Masters this weekend, with coverage of the PGA Tour’s Shell Houston Open. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and continues at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
Dan Hicks (play-by-play) and Johnny Miller (analyst) lead Golf Channel on NBC’s coverage from the Golf Club of Houston. Whit Watson (play-by-play) and Curt Byrum (analyst) will host lead-in coverage on Golf Channel. Joining them are Gary Koch and Mark Rolfing (towers), Roger Maltbie and Notah Begay (on-course reporters), and Todd Lewis (interviews).
Golf Channel’s weekend live tournament coverage also includes the LPGA Tour’s ANA Inspiration, golf’s first major championship of 2015. Coverage begins tonight at 6 p.m. ET, and continues Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
Terry Gannon leads Golf Channel’s team from the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Joining Gannon is Judy Rankin (analyst), Tom Abbott (tower), Jerry Foltz, Karen Stupples, and Phil Parkin (on course) and Lisa Cornwell (interviews).
In addition to tournament coverage, Golf Channel presents the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship National Finals this weekend. The competition features 80 boys and girls ranging from ages 7-15 years old competing on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club.
Rich Lerner leads Golf Channel’s team calling the action, and will be joined by Peter Jacobsen (analyst), Michael Breed, Charlie Rymer and Kay Cockerill (on course), and Steve Sands and Jimmy Roberts (interviews).
