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NCAA Softball Super Regionals on ESPN
ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3 will have extensive coverage this week of the Super Regionals of the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Action begins this Thursday.
Here is the schedule:
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Matchup (Location) | Network |
| Thu, May 24 | 8 p.m. | Game 1 | Michigan vs. #2 Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Beth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN2/ESPN3 |
| 10 p.m. | Game 1 | #14 Louisiana-Lafayette vs. #3 Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) Adam Amin & Jennie Finch |
ESPN2/ESPN3 | |
| Fri, May 25 | 2 p.m. | Game 1 | #13 Arizona vs. #4 Oklahoma (Norman, Okla.) Pam Ward & Michele Smith |
ESPNU/ESPN3 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Game 2 | #2 Alabama vs. Michigan (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Beth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Game 3 | (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) * Beth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Game 1 | Hofstra vs. South Florida (Tampa Bay, Fla.) Holly Rowe & Leah Amico |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Game 1 | #11 Oregon vs. #6 Texas (Austin, Texas) Carter Blackburn & Amanda Scarborough |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Game 2 | #3 Arizona State vs. #14 Louisiana-Lafayette (Tempe, Ariz.) Adam Amin & Jennie Finch |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 11:30 p.m. | Game 3 | (Tempe, Ariz.)* Adam Amin & Jennie Finch |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| Sat, May 26 | noon | Game 1 | #10 Georgia vs. #7 Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.) Clay Matvick & Cheri Kempf |
ESPNU/ESPN3 |
| noon | Game 2 | # 4 Oklahoma vs. #13 Arizona (Norman, Okla.) Pam Ward & Michele Smith |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 2:30 PM | Game 3 | (Norman, Okla.) * Pam Ward & Michele Smith |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 2:30 PM | Game 2 | South Florida vs. Hofstra (Tampa Bay, Fla.) Holly Rowe & Leah Amico |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Game 3 | (Tampa Bay, Fla.)* Holly Rowe & Leah Amico |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Game 2 | #6 Texas vs. #11 Oregon (Austin, Texas) Carter Blackburn & Amanda Scarborough |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 PM | Game 3 | (Austin, Texas)* Carter Blackburn & Amanda Scarborough |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 PM | Game 1 | LSU vs. #9 Missouri (Columbia, Mo.) Cara Capuano & Garland Cooper |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | Game 1 | #16 Washington vs. #1 California(Berkley, Calif.) Mark Neely & Amanda Freed |
ESPN2/ESPN3 | |
| Sun, May 27 | 1 p.m. | Game 2 | #7 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia (Knoxville, Tenn.) Clay Matvick & Cheri Kempf |
ESPN/ESPN3 |
| 3:30 PM | Game 3 | (Knoxville, Tenn.)* Clay Matvick & Cheri Kempf |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 PM | Game 2 | #9 Missouri vs. LSU (Columbus, Mo.) Cara Capuano & Garland Cooper |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Game 3 | (Columbia, Mo.) * Cara Capuano & Garland Cooper |
ESPNU/ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Game 2 | #1 California vs. #16 Washington (Berkley, Calif.) Mark Neely & Amanda Freed |
ESPN2/ESPN3 | |
| 9:30 PM | Game 3 | (Berkley, Calif.) * Mark Neely & Amanda Freed |
ESPN2/ESPN3 |
ESPN at the French Open
This weekend ESPN begins its extensive coverage of the French Open.
ESPN2′s coverage of Roland Garros will include live action every day, beginning at 5:00a.m. ET. The tournament begins on ESPN2 and ESPN3 on May 27th and ends on June 7th.
Chris Fowler and Chris McKendry will again share host duties on ESPN2, with Fowler also calling matches. They will be joined by Chris Evert (making her ESPN French Open debut), along with returnees Darren Cahill, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Patrick McEnroe and Pam Shriver. Cliff Drysdale will rejoin the team next month for ESPN’s first-ever exclusive start-to-finish coverage of Wimbledon.
For the sixth consecutive year, ESPN2 is working with Tennis Channel to bring viewers an almost around-the-clock tournament experience, with each channel cross-promoting the other’s schedule. Tennis Channel will produce all coverage for both channels, with each making use of its own on-air team.
Here is the schedule of events from Roland Garros on ESPN2 and ESPN3:
| Date | Time (ET) | Event | |
| Sun, May 27 – Fri, June 1 | 5 – 10 a.m. | Early Round Action | Live |
| Mon, June 4 | 5 – 10 a.m. | Round of 16 | Live |
| Tue, June 5 | 1 – 7 p.m. | Quarterfinals | Live & Same-day action |
| Wed, June 6 | 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Quarterfinals | Live |
| Thur, June 7 | 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Women’s Semifinals | Live |
2012 French Open on ESPN3
| Date | Time (ET) | Event | |
| Sun, May 27 – Fri, June 1 | 5 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Early Round Action | Live |
| Mon, June 4 | 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. | Round of 16 | Live |
| Tue, June 5 | 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. | Quarterfinals | Live |
| Wed, June 6 | 5 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Quarterfinals | Live |
| Thur, June 7 | 5 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Men’s Doubles SemisWomen’s Semifinals | Live |
Sports Media Digest- May 15, 2012
Golf Channel Gets High Viewership for Players Championship- The week-long coverage of The Player’s Championship on the Golf Channel was the highest-rated and most-watched week in the history of the network’s coverage of the event. Average ratings (.17) and viewers (171,000) for the week both were 15 percent higher than the previously high marks for each category in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and 38 and 44 percent higher than last year.
ESPN/Twitter Announce Collaboration- ESPN announced a strategic collaboration with Twitter that will offer fans and advertisers unique, interactive programs around major sporting events. Beginning with the NBA Finals the partners hope the collaboration will give marketers a clear and powerful way to link on-air and online social conversations around sports. For the NBA Finals ESPN and Twitter will promote GameFace, where fans will be encouraged to tweet photographs of their “game face” throughout the finals. At the conclusion of each game, NBA Tonight analysts will highlight the competition and reveal the best photographs on-air. The best photos will also be featured in a photo gallery on ESPN.com/NBA.
Robin Roberts Gets Back into Sports with New Show- ESPN, espnW, and ABC News are working together to produce In the Game with Robin Roberts. The Good Morning America anchor and former ESPN’er will host the program which will feature interviews with accomplished female athletes. The eight episode feature will air every Thursday beginning this week between 9:00am.m and 12:00p.m. ET on SportsCenter. The segments will also be featured prominently online on espnW.com and ABC News.com.
ESPN Launches New Radio App for IOS- ESPN has announced the launch of a new app for ESPN Radio for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The new app provides personalized sports listening experience both live and on demand and includes a new feature that allows fans to build their own sports stations. Additionally, fans now have the option to rewind live audio streams, including ESPN Deportes Radio. Versions for Android and Windows 7 smartphones are slated to launch later this summer.
24/7: Road to Pacquiao/Bradley Debuts This Weekend- HBO Sports continues its 24/7 series this weekend with a preview of the Manny Pacquiao/Timothy Bradley bout. 24/7: Road to Pacquiao/Bradley, the behind-the-scenes look at the fighters preparing for their June fight debuts Saturday at 10:15p.m. ET.
College Baseball This Week on ESPN
The college baseball regular season is winding down. Here is the scheudle of games slated to air this week on the networks of ESPN:
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, May 17 | 6 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 6 North Carolina | ESPN3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 22 Mississippi at Vanderbilt | ESPNU | |
| Fri, May 18 | 6 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 6 North Carolina | ESPN3 |
| Sat, May 19 | 1 p.m. | No. 9 LSU at No. 2 South Carolina | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Virginia Tech at No. 6 North Carolina | ESPN3 |
Sports Media Digest- May 14, 2012
Stanley Cup Conference Semi FInals Most Watched for NBC Sports- NBC Sports reports that the recently completed Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals were the most watched on record. The second round games were watched by an average of 1.32 million people across NBC, NBC Sports Network, and CNBC. That’s 28% higher than a year ago. Audience for the first two rounds of the playoffs averaged 1.06 million viewers, the highest audience since 1994 when cable TV data was collected.
Sox/Rays on Wednesday Night Baseball- ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball this week will feature the Boston Red Sox at the Tampa Bay Rays. The battle between two of the favorites in the American League East will begin at 7:00p.m. ET on ESPN with Dave O’Brien, Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Gomez on the call.
Terry to Serve as Guest Analyst on NBA TV’s GameTime- NBA TV has announced that Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry will serve as a guest analyst on the network’s GameTime pre-game show tomorrow night. Terry will join host Rick Kamla and analysts Steve Smithand Brent Barry at 6:00 p.m. ET tomorrow.
Former Scout Joins NFL Media- NFL Media has announced that former Eagles, Ravens, and Browns scout Daniel Jeremiah has joined the company. Jeremiah will be a regular contributor on NFL.com and NFL Mobile, offering an Xs-and-Os look at players, teams and trends, and will play a key role in the site’s NFL Draft coverage. In addition, he will offer analysis on NFL Network. Along with his scouting work Jeremiah had worked as a production assistant for ESPN Sunday Night Football.
Emmy-Award Winning Producer Lang Joins Tennis Channel- The Tennis Channel has announced that long-time television producer Gary Lang has been appointed to the position of vice-president, production for the network. Lang’s responsibilities include day-to-day oversight of the production department’s creative content for its coverage of the Grand Slams, domestic tournament remotes and daily studio productions. Lang worked from 1994-20078 for Fox Sports. Most recently he worked for the NFL Network producing Thursday Night Football.
