TV Schedule, Sunday February 27

American Hockey League: Manitoba @ Toronto 12pm on NHL Network

Auto Racing:

NASCAR Sprint Cup Race 1:30pm on Fox
Motorcycle Racing: World Superbike 4pm on Speed Channel (same day tape)
NHRA Drag Racing 6pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

Bowling: PBA Tour 2pm on ESPN

Bull Riding: PBR Tour 7pm on VERSUS (same day tape)

College Basketball:

Big 12:

Texas A&M @ Texas (women's) 2pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS Wisconsin
Baylor @ Oklahoma (women's) 4pm on ESPN2

Big 10:

St. Joseph's @ George Washington (women's) 11am on CBS College Sports
Wisconsin @ Ohio St. (women's) 11am on Big 10 Network
Purdue @ Michigan St. 12pm on ESPN
Iowa @ Indiana (women's) 1pm on Big 10 Network
Marshall @ East Carolina (women's) 1pm on CBS College Sports
Indiana @ Ohio St. 3pm on CBS
Northwestern @ Penn St. (women's) 3pm on Big 10 Network
Northwestern @ Wisconsin 5pm on Big 10 Network

Missouri Valley: Creighton @ Missouri St. (women's) 12pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS Midwest

National Games:

UCONN @ Cincinnati 11am on ESPNU
Xavier @ Dayton 12pm on ESPN2
LSU @ Tennessee (women's) 1pm on ESPNU
Pitt @ Louisville 1pm on CBS
Xavier @ Temple (women's) 3pm on ESPNU
North Carolina @ Duke (women's) 4pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS Wisconsin
Maryland @ North Carolina 6:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS North, & Mediacom Channel 22
Washington St. @ Washington 9pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS North, & JIP on FS Midwest

College Hockey: Bemidji St. @ North Dakota 3:30pm on Fox College Sports Central

Golf:

WGC Accenture Match Play Championship (Day 5) 8am on Golf Channel & 1pm on NBC
LPGA Tour 1pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)
PGA Tour (Mayakoba Classic, final round) 6pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

MLB Spring Training Baseball:

LA Angels of Anaheim @ LA Dodgers 2pm on MLB Network
NY Yankees @ Philadelphia 7pm on MLB Network (same day tape)

NFL Football: Scouting Combine 8am on NFL Network and continues all day

NHL Hockey:

Phoenix @ Chicago 6pm on NHL Network (subject to blackout across Iowa) & WGN
St. Louis @ Calgary 7pm on FS Midwest

NBA Basketball:

LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 1:30pm on ABC
Golden St. @ Minnesota 4pm on FS North
New York @ Miami 7pm on ESPN
Atlanta @ Portland 9:30pm on ESPN

NLL Lacrosse: All-Star Game 1pm on VERSUS

Soccer:

English Premier League: West Ham United vs Liverpool 7:30am on Fox Soccer Channel
English Premier League: Manchester City vs Fulham 8:55am on ESPN2
Carling Cup Championship: Arsenal vs Birmingham City 10am on Fox Soccer Channel
Italian Serie League: Sampdoria vs Inter Millan 1:30pm on Fox Soccer Channel

Tennis:

International Championships (Doubles Final) 12pm on Tennis Channel
International Championships (Singles Final) 2pm on Tennis Channel

Track and Field: Indoor Championships ESPN 3:30 p.m.

TV Schedule, Saturday February 26

Auto Racing:

Nationwide Series Qualifying 1pm on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series Qualifying 2:30pm on Speed Channel
Nationwide Race 4:30pm on ESPN2
AMA Supercross 6:30pm on Speed Channel
NHRA Drag Racing 10pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

Bowling: PBA Tour 9pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

Bull Riding: PBR Tour 7pm on VERSUS

College Baseball:

Bethune Cookman vs UC Irvine 3pm on MLB Network
Grambling St. vs Southern 7pm on MLB Network

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Michigan @ Minnesota 3:30pm on Big 10 Network
Iowa @ Illinois 6pm on Big 10 Network

Big 12:

Missouri @ Kansas St. 11am on ESPN
Nebraska @ Iowa St. 12:30pm on Big 12 Network*
Kansas @ Oklahoma 3pm on ESPN
Texas @ Colorado 3pm on Big 12 Network*
Oklahoma St. @ Texas Tech (women's) 5pm on FS Midwest & FS North
Texas A&M @ Baylor 8pm on ESPNU

*Check local listings for channel availability in your area

Missouri Valley:

Wichita St. @ Missouri St. 12pm on ESPN2
Northern Iowa @ Creighton 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS Midwest

National Games:

Bowling Green @ Miami, OH 10am on ESPNU
Bridgeport @ CW Post 11am on CBS College Sports
Syracuse @ Georgetown 11am on CBS
Central Connecticut St. @ Long Island 1pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Charlotte @ St. Bonaventure (women's) 1pm on CBS College Sports
BYU @ San Diego St. 1pm on CBS
St. John's @ Villanova 1pm on ESPN
Memphis @ UTEP 2pm on ESPN2
Arizona @ UCLA 3pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Florida @ Kentucky 3pm on CBS
High Point @ Winthrop (women's) 3pm on Fox College Sports, FS Midwest, & FS North
Lehigh @ Holy Cross 3pm on CBS College Sports
Cal @ Oregon St. 5pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Mississippi St. @ Tennessee 5pm on ESPN
UAB @ Houston 5pm on CBS College Sports
Seton Hall @ Notre Dame 6pm on ESPNU
Illinois-Chicago @ Valparaiso 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
New Mexico @ TCU 7pm on CBS College Sports
UC Santa Barbara @ Long Beach St. 7pm on ESPN2
Western Illinois @ Oral Roberts 7pm on Fox College Sports Central
Western Kentucky @ Middle Tennessee St. 7pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Duke @ Virgina Tech 8pm on ESPN
UCLA @ Arizona St. (women's) 9:30pm on FS Midwest & JIP on FS North
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo @ Cal St. Fullerton 10pm on ESPNU

College Gymnastics: Ohio St. @ Penn St. (women's) 12pm on Big 10 Network

College Hockey:

Bemidgi St. @ North Dakota 3:30pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Michigan Tech @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North
Wisconsin @ St. Cloud St. 10:30pm on Mediacom Channel 22 (same day tap)

College Lacrosse:

Siena @ Johns Hopkins 12pm on ESPNU
Georgetown @ Maryland 2pm on ESPNU

Golf:

LPGA Tour 9am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
WGC Acenture Match Play Championship (Day 4) 11am on Golf Channel & 1pm on NBC
PGA Tour (Mayakoba Classic, 3rd round) 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

High School Basketball: Illinois Girls Class 2A Championship Game 8pm on Mediacom Channel 22

High School Swimming & Diving: Nebraska State High School Championships 11am on NET (Nebraska Public TV)

MLB Spring Training Baseball:

Philadelphia @ NY Yankees 12pm on MLB Network
Colorado @ Arizona 10pm on MLB Network (same day tape)

NBA Basketball:

Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:30pm on WGN
Boston @ LA Clippers 9:30pm on NBATV

NBA D-League: Bakersfield @ Idaho 10pm on VERSUS

NFL Football: NFL Scouting Combine 8am on NFL Network (coverage continues all day)

NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh @ Toronto 6pm on NHL Network

Tennis:

Barclay's Dubai Championship 9am on Tennis Channel
ATP Tour (International Championships, 1st semifinal) 1pm on Tennis Channel
ATP Tour (International Championships, Doubles semifinal) 6pm on Tennis Channel
ATP Tour (International Championships, 2nd semifinal) 7:30pm on Tennis Channel

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

Iowa St. football to get ESPN exposure

ESPN today announced it's early selections for their coverage of Big East football and Iowa St. is on the schedule.

Iowa St. is set to travel to Connecticut for a non-conference football game in mid-September and according to a press release from ESPN, the game has been picked for a Friday Night, September 16 telecast at 7pm (CT) on either ESPN or ESPN2. Because Iowa St. is playing at Connecticut, the Big East TV package applies.

An early look at the 2011 schedule of Big East football games on the ESPN family of networks can be found here: http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/02/25/espn-announces-14-big-east-college-football-telecasts-for-2011/

TV Schedule, Friday February 25

Bowling: PBA Tour 5pm on ESPN2

Boxing: Friday Night Fights 8pm on ESPN2

College Basketball:

Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa @ Bradley (women's) 5:30pm on FS Midwest

National Games:

Detroit Mercy @ Wright St. 6pm on ESPNU
Siena @ Fairfield 6pm on ESPN2
Iona @ St. Peters 8pm on ESPNU

College Gymnastics: Illinois @ Michigan St. (women's) 5:30pm on Big 10 Network

College Hockey:

Michigan Tech @ Minnesota 6:30pm on FS North
Niagara @ RIT 6:30pm on CBS College Sports

College Wrestling: Iowa Conference Championships 7pm on IPTV

Golf:

LPGA Tour 10am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (WGC Accenture Match Play Championships, Day Three) 1pm on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Mayakoba Classic, Second Round) 5:30pm on Golf Channel

NASCAR:

Camping World Series Final Practice 10am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Series Practice 12pm on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series Practice 1:30pm on Speed Channel
Nationwide Series Final Practice 3pm on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series Final Practice 5pm on Speed Channel
Camping World Series Race 7pm on Speed Channel

NBA Basketball:

Oklahoma City @ Orlando 7pm on ESPN
Denver @ Portland 9:30pm on ESPN

NBA D-League: Sioux Falls @ Iowa 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

NFL Football: NFL Scouting Combine 1:30pm on NFL Network

NHL Hockey:

NY Rangers @ Washington 6pm on NHL Network
St. Louis @ Edmonton 8pm on FS Midwest
San Jose @ Calgary 8pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Minnesota @ Anaheim 9pm on FS North

Tennis:

Barclay's Dubai Championship (1st semifinal) 4am on Tennis Channel
Barclay's Dubai Championship (Championship) 9am on Tennis Channel
ATP Tennis (Abierto Mexicano Telcel, first semifinal) 5pm on Tennis Channel
ATP Tennis (Abierto Mexicano Telcel, second semifinal) 9pm on Tennis Channel

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

NHL Ratings Are On An Upswing

NBC's regular season coverage of the NHL is enjoying it's highest TV ratings in 14 years.

From an NBC press release, NBC's telecast of Pittsburgh vs Chicago, which went head-to-head against the Daytona 500, generated nearly two million viewers, which makes it the most watched regular season hockey game outside of the January 1 Winter Classic in nearly five years.

So far this season, for NBC's 5 regular season televised games, including the Winter Classic, the Peacock Network is averaging 2.1 million viewers, the most viewers since the days of the glowing puck on Fox Sports.

More information can be found here: http://sportsmedianews.com/02/momentum-continues-as-nbc-sports-group-nets-viewership-gains-for-sunday%e2%80%99s-nine-hours-of-nhl-coverage/

TV Schedule, Thursday February 24

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Ohio St. @ Michigan St. (women's) 5:30pm on Big 10 Network
Illinois @ Iowa (women's) 7:30pm on Big 10 Network
Penn St. @ Northwestern 8pm on ESPN2

National Games:

Georgia @ Florida 6pm on ESPN2
Marquette @ UCONN 6pm on ESPN
Ols Dominion @ James Madison 6pm on ESPNU
IUPUI @ Oral Roberts 7pm on Fox College Sports
Morehead St. @ Murray St. 8pm on ESPNU
West Virgina @ Pitt 8pm on ESPN
Arizona St. @ UCLA 10pm on FS Midwest (check your local listings for channel availability), FS Wisconsin & JIP on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Gonzaga @ St. Mary's 10pm on ESPN2
Loyola Marymount @ Santa Clara 10:30pm on ESPNU

Golf:

LPGA Tour 10am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (WGC Accenture Match Play, day 2) 1pm on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Mayakoba Classic, 1st round) 5:30pm on Golf Channel

NBA Basketball:

Miami @ Chicago 7pm on TNT
Boston @ Denver 9:30pm on TNT

NFL Football: NFL Scouting Combine 1:30pm on NFL Network

NHL Network:

Dallas @ Detroit 6:30pm on NHL Network
Chicago @ Nashville 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
St. Louis @ Vancouver 9pm on FS Midwest
Minnesota @ LA Kings 9:30pm on FS North

Disclaimer: all times are Central out blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

Former Bull, Scottie Pippen joins CSN Chicago for the playoffs

Comcast SportsNet Chicago ("CSN Chicago") today announced that former Chicago Bull All-Star and Hall of Fame inductee Scottie Pippen will join the regional sports network as a game analyst.

According to a press release, Pippen will join CSN Chicago's telecast of the Bulls vs Orlando game on Friday, March 4th and then will resume his duties in mid-April for Bulls playoff games that are televised within the Bulls TV footprint on CSN Chicago.

CSN Chicago is available in Eastern Iowa on cable and is carried statewide in the basic programming packages of both Dish Network & DirecTV.

More information can be found here: http://www.csnchicago.com/02/23/11/Pippen-joins-CSNs-announcing-team-for-pl/landing.html?blockID=416375&feedID=4321

NBC Sports has all three Triple Crown races

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know alot about the horse racing industry, but the sport is big here in Iowa with the success of Prairie Meadows and Paddy O'Prado, finished 3rd in last year's Kentucky Derby and is owned by several Iowan's.

Today, NBC Sports announced it reached a multi-year agreement to be the TV home of the Triple Crown. According to a press release, NBC will televise all three legs of the Triple Crown and the NBC Sports Group (NBC, VERSUS & Comcast SportsNet) will present 25 hours worth of Triple Crown coverage. In addition, expanded Kentucky Derby coverage, including the Kentucky Oaks will be found on VERSUS.

More information can be found here: http://sportsmedianews.com/02/nbc-sports-group-reassembles-triple-crown/

TV Schedule, Wednesday February 23rd

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Wisconsin @ Michigan 5:30pm on Big 10 Network
Purdue @ Indiana 7:30pm on Big 10 Network

Big 12:

Baylor @ Missouri 8pm on ESPN2
Kansas St. @ Nebraska 8pm on ESPNU

Missouri Valley:

Creighton @ Wichita St. 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago+ & FS Midwest
Evansville @ Drake 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

National Games:

Temple @ Duke 6pm on ESPN2
Tulsa @ Marshall 6pm on CBS College Sports
Virgina @ Georgia Tech 6pm on ESPNU
Florida International @ Western Kentucky (women's) 7:30pm on Fox College Sports Central
UNLV @ New Mexico 8pm on CBS College Sports
New Mexico St. @ San Jose St. 10pm on ESPN2

Golf: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship (Day 1) 11am on Golf Channel

NBA Basketball:

Chicago @ Toronto 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Oklahoma City @ San Antonio 6pm on ESPN
Memphis @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North
LA Clippers @ New Orleans 8:30pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey: San Jose @ Pittsburgh 6:30pm on VERSUS

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

The Milwaukee Brewers release their 2011 TV schedule

The Milwaukee Brewers open their 2011 season on Thursday, March 31 at Cincinnati and today, the NL Central team released their 2011 TV schedule.

Across Iowa, 135 games will be televised by FS Wisconsin, which is available in Iowa on both Dish Network and DirecTV. In additiona select Brewer games that are televised on a local Milwaukee station, will be simulcasted on FS Wisconsin. The complete 2011 Brewers schedule with TV information can be found at the link below.

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110222&content_id=16702848&vkey=pr_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

Daytona 500 Ratings

Fox Sports has released the TV ratings for Sunday's Daytona 500 and NASCAR & Fox Sports officials are pleased with the results.

According to a press release, a total audience of just over 30 million tuned in for the Great American Race, making it the most watched Daytona 500 since the 2008 race and this year's race saw a 13% increase in viewership from last year's race. Peak viewership for the Daytona 500 came during the closing laps with just under 20 million viewers tuning in.

Keep in mind that last year's race was delayed several times with track surface issues, so it's no big surprise that the ratings were up when compared to last year.

Ratings between the season opening race and future races normally tumble, but it remains to be seen whether or not Fox can increase it's season long ratings performance as overall ratings for NASCAR has been in a steady decline the last several years.

http://sportsmedianews.com/02/daytona-500-qualifying-an-unqualified-success/

TV Schedule, Tuesday February 22

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Illinois @ Ohio St. 6pm on ESPN
Michigan St. @ Minnesota 8pm on Big 10 Network

Big 12: Iowa St. @ Texas 7pm on Big 12 Network*

*Check local listings for game availability in your area.

Missouri Valley:

Bradley @ Illinois St. 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest (Check local listings for channel number), and Mediacom Channel 22
Indiana St. @ Northern Iowa 7pm on KWWL (Waterloo)

National Games:

Notre Dame @ West Virgina (women's) 6pm on CBS College Sports
Ole Miss @ South Carolina 6pm on ESPNU
Virgina Tech @ Wake Forest 6pm on ESPN2
Houston @ Memphis 8pm on CBS College Sports
Louisville @ Rutgers 8pm on ESPNU
Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 8pm on ESPN

NBA Basketball:

Minnesota @ Milwaukee 7pm on FS North
Atlanta @ LA Lakers 9:30pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

Colorado @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest
New Jersey @ Dallas 7:30pm on VERSUS

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

TV Schedule, Monday February 21

College Basketball:

Big 12:

Oklahoma St. @ Kansas 8pm on ESPN
Texas @ Iowa St. (women's) 8pm on ESPN2

National Games:

Arkansas Pine-Bluff @ Prairie View A&M (women's) 3:30pm on ESPNU
Arkansas Pine-Bluff @ Prairie View A&M 6pm on ESPNU
Georgia @ Tennessee (women's) 6pm on ESPN2
Syracuse @ Villanova 6pm on ESPN
Maryland-Eastern Shore @ Morgan St. 8pm on ESPNU

NHL Hockey:

Chicago @ St. Louis 1pm on FS Midwest & WGN
Washington @ Pittsburgh 6:30pm on VERSUS

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