Saturday, January 29, 2011

TV Schedule, Sunday January 30th

Australian Open Tennis: Men's Final 2am (live) & 9am (tape delayed) on ESPN2

Auto Racing:

24 Hours of Daytona 8am on Speed Channel
AMA Supercross 11am on CBS

Bowling: PBA Tour 1pm on ESPN2

Bull Riding: PBR Tour 1:30pm on NBC

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Indiana @ Purdue (women's) 11am on Big 10 Network
Ohio St. @ Penn St. (women's) 1pm on Big 10 Network
Iowa @ Michigan 3pm on Big 10 Network
Indiana @ Michigan St. 5pm on Big 10 Network

Big 12: Baylor @ Texas A&M (women's) 12pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North

Missouri Valley:

Drake @ Illinois St. 2pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Northern Iowa @ Missouri St. 7pm on ESPNU

National Games:

Duke @ St. John's 12pm on CBS
Florida @ Mississippi St. (women's) 1pm on ESPNU
Washington St. @ Washington (women's) 2pm on FS Midwest & FS North
West Virgina @ DePaul (women's) 3pm on ESPNU
Georgia @ LSU (women's) 4pm on ESPN2
Miami, FL @ Virgina Tech 4:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
Central Michigan @ Akron 5pm on ESPNU
SMU @ Memphis (women's) 6pm on CBS College Sports
Maryland @ Georgia Tech 6:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
Washington @ Washington St. 9pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago,

Extreme Sports:

Winter X Games 11:30am & 6pm on ESPN; 9pm on ESPN2
USSA Denver Big Ali 12:30pm on NBC

Figure Skating: U.S. Championships 3pm on NBC

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Farmers Insurance Open Final Round) 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on CBS
Champions Skins Tour 6pm on Golf Channel

NBA Basketball:

Miami @ Oklahoma City 12pm on ABC
Boston @ LA Lakers 2:30pm on ABC
Utah @ Golden St. 9pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey: All-Star Game 3pm on VERSUS

NFL Football: AFC/NFC Pro Bowl 6pm on Fox

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

NFL Network's Coverage of Super Bowl XLV

Not to be outdone by ESPN's wall to wall coverage of the events leading up to Super Sunday, the NFL Network will have a strong presence at Dallas next week.

Some of NFL Network highlights include:

*NFL Total Access, the nightly news & information show will expand to 90 minutes.

*4 hours worth of Media Day coverage on Tuesday.

*Exclusive announcement of the 2011 inductees Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night at 6pm (CT).

*Coverage of press conferences all week from coaches, halftime entertainment Black Eyed Peas, and Commissioner Roger Goodell State of the League address.

*An 8 1/2 hour edition of NFL GameDay Morning pregame show beginning at 8am (CT) the morning of the big game.

*Followng the game, a 90 minute edition of NFL GameDay Final.

Complete rundown of NFL Network programming can be found here:

http://www.satellitetv-news.com/nfl-network-to-present-more-than-100-hours-of-super-bowl-xlv-coverage-in-hd-from-north-texas/

ESPN's coverage of Super Bowl XLV

This past Thursday, ESPN unveiled it's plans for coverage of Super Bowl 45 and let's just say that the broadcast plans are impressive.

According to an ESPN press release, here are some of the higlights:

*Super Bowl related programming will air across 18 ESPN platforms.

*Broadcast coverage includes 90 plus hours on TV and over 55 hours on ESPN Radio.

*All of the major ESPN TV and Radio programs will originate this coming week from Dallas.

*ESPN will kick off Super Sunday with a 4 hour Super Bowl edition of NFL Countdown beginning at 9am (CT).

Complete coverage details can be found in this press release: http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/01/27/espn-at-super-bowl-xlv-in-north-texas/

Friday, January 28, 2011

TV Schedule, Saturday January 29

Australian Open Tennis: Women's Final 2am (live) & 8am (tape delayed) on ESPN2

Auto Racing:

24 Hours at Daytona 2pm on Speed Channel
NASCAR: Toyota All-Star Challenge 9pm on Speed Channel

Bull Riding: PBR Tour 8:30pm on VERSUS

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Minnesota @ Purdue 12pm on CBS
Wisconsin @ Penn St. 3pm on Big 10 Network
Ohio St. @ Northwestern 5pm on ESPN2

Big 12:

Colorado @ Baylor 12:30pm on Big 12 Network*
Oklahoma @ Oklahoma St. (women's) 12:00pm on FS Midwest & FS North
Oklahoma St. @ Texas Tech 3pm on Big 12 Network*
Kansas St. @ Kansas 6pm on ESPN
Missouri @ Texas 8pm on ESPNU
Oklahoma @ Iowa St. 8pm on CTN*

*Check local listings for channel availability in your area.

Missouri Valley:

Bradley @ Wichita St. 1pm on ESPN2
Indiana St. @ Creighton 2pm on KMTV (Omaha)
Missouri St. @ Drake (women's) 2pm on Mediacom Channel 22

National Games:

Temple @ St. Joseph's 10am on ESPNU
Mt. Olive @ Limestone College (women's) 11am on CBS College Sports
Georgetown @ Villanova 11am on ESPN
Xavier @ Richmond 11am on ESPN2
Norfolk St. @ Morgan St. 12pm on ESPNU
Butler @ Valparaiso 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
BYU-Hawaii @ Grand Canyon University 1pm on CBS College Sports
Houston Baptist @ North Dakota (women's) 1pm on Fox College Sports
North Carolina St. @ North Carolina 1pm on ESPN
Syracuse @ Marquette 2pm on ESPNU
UCLA @ Arizona St. 2:30pm on FS Midwest, FS North & JIP on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
BYU @ New Mexico 3pm on VERSUS
Lafayette @ American 3pm on CBS College Sports
Georgia @ Kentucky 3pm on ESPN
Towson @ Old Dominion 4pm on ESPNU
Arizona St. @ USC (women's) 4:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest & FS North
Air Force @ TCU 5pm on CBS College Sports
St. Marys @ Portland 6pm on ESPNU
Western Kentucky @ Florida Atlantic 6pm on Fox College Sports Central
USC @ Arizona 6:30pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Pitt @ Rutgers 7pm on ESPN2
UTEP @ Tulsa 7pm on CBS College Sports

College Football: Senior Bowl 3pm on NFL Network

College Gymnastics: Iowa @ Illinois (women's) 12pm on Big 10 Network

College Hockey:

Alaska-Anchorage @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North
Minnesota @ Wisconsin (women's) 7pm on Big 10 Network

Extreme Sports: Winter X Games 3pm on ESPN2 & 8pm on ESPN

Figure Skating: U.S. Championships 2pm & 8pm on NBC

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Farmers Insurance 3rd round) 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on CBS
Champions Skins Tour 6pm on Golf Channel

NBA Basketball:

Indiana @ Chicago 7pm on WGN
Atlanta @ Dallas 7:30pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey: All-Star SuperSkills 6pm on VERSUS

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

ESPN announces it's baseball announcing teams

It's late January and the start of Spring Training is just around the corner. Late this week, according to a press release issued by ESPN, the World Wide Leader in Sports announced that Sean McDonough would be returning to MLB as lead announcer for ESPN's coverage of Monday Night Baseball. Joining McDonough in the booth will be former big league stars Aaron Boone and Rick Sutcliffe.

In addition to it's Monday night coverage, in the same press release, ESPN announced that Dave O’Brien along with Nomar Garciaparra will man the booth for ESPN's coverage of Wednesday Night Baseball.

Earlier this winter, according to an ESPN press release, ESPN announced that Dan Shulman along with analysts Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine would replace Jon Miller and Joe Morgan in the broadcast booth for ESPN's coverage of Sunday Night Baseball.

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/01/28/espn-to-debut-new-monday-and-wednesday-night-baseball-commentator-teams/

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/12/01/espn%E2%80%99s-shulman-hershiser-and-valentine-form-new-sunday-night-baseball-booth/

Thursday, January 27, 2011

TV Schedule, Friday January 28

Australian Open Tennis:

2:30am on ESPN2
5am on Tennis Channel
2pm on ESPN2
5pm on Tennis Channel

Auto Racing: NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown Qualifying 10pm on Speed Channel

Boxing: Friday Night Fights 9pm on ESPN2

College Basketball:

Manhattan @ Canisius (women's) 3pm on ESPNU
Niagara @ Canisius 6pm on ESPNU
Detroit Mercy @ Wisconsin-Milwaukee 8pm on ESPNU

College Hockey:

Miami, OH @ Notre Dame 6pm on CBS College Sports
Alaska-Anchorage @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North
North Dakota @ Colorado College 9pm on CBS College Sports

College Wrestling: Michigan @ Ohio St. 6pm on Big 10 Network

Extreme Sports: Winter X Games 11am on ESPN2 & 6pm on ESPN

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Farmers Insurance Group 2nd round) 2pm on Golf Channel

NBA Basketball:

Orlando @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Boston @ Phoenix 9:30pm on ESPN

NBA D-League: Rio Grande Valley @ Iowa 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Track & Field: Millrose Games 7pm on ESPN2

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NBA telecasts outside of Iowa.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

TV Schedule, Thursday January 27

Australian Open Tennis:

2:30am on ESPN2
5am on Tennis Channel
2pm on ESPN2
5pm on Tennis Channel

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Michigan @ Michigan St. 6pm on ESPN
Michigan @ Ohio St. (women's) 6pm on Big 10 Network
Illinois @ Indiana (women's) 8pm on Big 10 Network

National Games:

Cleveland St. @ Illinois-Chicago 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Colgate @ Holy Cross 6pm on CBS College Sports
Hofstra @ Virgina Commonwealth 6pm on ESPNU
Vanderbilt @ Mississippi St. 6pm on ESPN2
Western Kentucky @ Florida International 6pm on Fox College Sports
DePaul @ South Florida 8pm on ESPNU
UCLA @ Arizona 8pm on ESPN2
Gonzaga @ St. Mary's (women's) 8pm on CBS College Sports
Stanford @ Oregon (women's) 8pm on FS Midwest & FS North
Oregon St. @ Cal 10pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
St. Marys @ Gonzaga 10pm on ESPN2

Extreme Sports: Winter X Games 11am on ESPN2 & 8pm on ESPN

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Farmers Insurance Open 1st round) 2pm on Golf Channel

NBA Basketball:

Miamai @ New York 7pm on TNT
Boston @ Portland 9:30pm on TNT

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

TV Schedule, Wednesday January 26

Australian Open Tennis:

2:30am on ESPN2
7am on Tennis Channel
2pm on ESPN2
6pm on Tennis Channel
8:30pm on ESPN2

College Basketball:

Big 12:

Texas @ Oklahoma St. 6:30pm on ESPN
Texas Tech @ Iowa St. 8pm on CTN*

*Check local listings for channel availability in your area.

Big 10:

Iowa @ Penn St. 5:30pm on Big 10 Network
Northwestern @ Minnesota 7:30pm on Big 10 Network

Missouri Valley:

Wichita St. @ Southern Illinois 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS Midwest
Creighton @ Northern Iowa 8pm on ESPNU

National Games:

West Virgina @ Louisville 6pm on ESPNU
North Carolina @ Miami, FL 6:30pm on ESPN2
Central Florida @ Memphis 7pm on CBS College Sports
San Diego St. @ BYU 9pm on CBS College Sports

NBA Basketball:

Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North & Mediacom Channel 22
San Antonio @ Utah 8:30pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey:

New Jersey @ Detroit 6:30pm on VERSUS
St. Louis @ Calgary 9pm on FS Midwest

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NBA & NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

Monday, January 24, 2011

TV Schedule, Tuesday January 25

Australian Open Tennis:

2:30am on ESPN2
7am on Tennis Channel
2pm on ESPN2
6pm on ESPN2

College Basketball:

Big 12: Kansas @ Colorado 7pm on Big 12 Network*

*Check local listings for channel availability in your area.

Big 10:

Purdue @ Ohio St. 8pm on ESPN

Missouri Valley: Missouri St. @ Drake 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

National Games:

Florida @ Georgia 6pm on ESPN
Richmond @ Dayton 6pm on ESPNU
West Virgina @ Georgetown (women's) 6pm on CBS College Sports
Auburn @ Arkansas 8pm on ESPNU
Memphis @ Houston (women's) 8pm on CBS College Sports

NBA Basketball: Utah @ La Lakers 9:30pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

Montreal @ Philadelphia 6:30pm on VERSUS
Minnesota @ Chicago 7:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS North

Disclaimer: All times are central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

TV Schedule Monday, January 24

Australian Open Tennis:

2:30am on ESPN2
7am on Tennis Channel
2pm on ESPN2
6pm on Tennis Channel
8pm on ESPN2

College Basketball:

Big 10: Iowa @ Ohio St. (women's) 6pm on ESPN2

Big 12: Baylor @ Kansas St. 8pm on ESPN

National Games:

Texas Southern @ Mississippi Valley St. (women's) 3:30pm on ESPNU
Texas Southern @ Mississippi Valley St. 6pm on ESPNU
Notre Dame @ Pitt 6pm on ESPN
South Carolina St. @ Norfolk St. 8pm on ESPNU

NBA Basketball:

Washington @ New York 6:30pm on NBATV
Milwaukee @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportNet Chicago
Houston @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North & Mediacom Channel 22
Sacramento @ Portland 9pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

NY Rangers @ Washington 6:30pm on VERSUS
St. Louis @ Colorado 8:30pm on FS Midwest

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NBA & NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.