Category Archives: Television
ESPN/ABC Sports Coverage of the NBA Western Conference Finals
ESPN and ABC will have exclusive coverage of each game of the NBA Western Conference Finals between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs.
Mike Breen will call the games, along with Hubie Brown for game 1 and Jeff Van Gundy the remainder of the series. Doris Burke will serve as reporter.
Pre-game, halftime, and post-game coverage will be handled by Michael Wilbon, Jalen Rose, Bill Simmons and Magic Johnson.
ESPN Radio will also broadcast every game of the series, with Dave Pasch and Chris Mullin on the call.
Here is the schedule of action for the NBA Western Conference Finals:
Western Conference Finals schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network (s) |
| Sun., May 19 | 3:30 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies at
Game 1 |
ABC, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes |
| Tues., May 21 | 9 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies at
Game 2 |
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN |
| Sat., May 25 | 9 p.m. | San Antonio Spurs
Game 3 |
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN |
| Mon., May 27 | 9 p.m. | San Antonio Spurs
Game 4 |
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN |
| Wed., May 29 | 9 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies at
Game 5 * |
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN |
| Fri., May 31 | 9 p.m. | San Antonio Spurs
Game 6 * |
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN |
| Sun., Jun. 2 | 9 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies at
Game 7 * |
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN |
ESPN Secures Rights to Entire U.S. Open Tennis Tournament
The migration of major sporting events from broadcast television…to partial cable/broadcast…to all cable continues as ESPn announced today that it has attained the exclusive U.S. rights to telecast the entire U.S. Open Tennis Championship beginning in 2015. The contract runs 11 years. When the new deal begins ESPN will have the U.S. rights to three of the four majors in tennis.
ESPN takes over the championship from CBS, which has had the rights to the Open since 1968.
Details from ESPN PR:
ESPN has televised approximately 100 hours of live US Open matches annually since 2009, and now will air 130+ hours with the addition of day-long coverage of the “middle weekend” – Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day Monday – plus both the men’s and women’s semifinals and finals. The new US Open schedule – previously announced to start in 2015 – places the women’s final on Saturday and the men’s on Sunday.
All rounds of the tournament will be also made available online via WatchESPN.
“Certain sporting events become synonymous with when they are held, and there is no better – or bigger – way to celebrate the end of summer than at the US Open in New York,” said John Skipper, ESPN president. “We look forward to capturing every match, every star, every championship and all the drama on this grand stage.”
Dave Haggerty, USTA Chairman of the Board and President, said, “This wide-ranging and broad relationship with ESPN positions tennis at the forefront of American sports. By teaming with the world-wide leader in sports, the USTA will continue to ensure that tennis at every level thrives in the United States.”
Saturday MLB on Fox, With Announcer Assignments
Fox will telecast three regional MLB games this weekend as part of its Fox Saturday Baseball telecasts. Coverage begins at 3:30p.m. with Matt Vasgersian, Harold Reynolds and Mitch Williams hosting the Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show.
Here is the schedule of games, along with announcer assignments and the markets each game can be seen:
Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies- Thom Brennaman and Tom Verducci. 45% of the country will see this game. MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Greensboro, Greenville, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tulsa.
Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles- Dick Stockton and Brian Anderson. 40% of the country will see this game. MARKETS INCLUDE: Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Dallas, Detroit, Fort Myers, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Portland, Providence, Richmond, San Antonio, Seattle, Tampa, Washington, West Palm Beach.
Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels- Kenny Albert, Tim McCarver and Ken Rosenthal. 14% of the country will see this game. MARKETS INCLUDE: Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City.
ESPN’s Coverage of the NCAA Conference Baseball Tournaments
ESPN is planning to cover up to 70 college baseball conference tournament games over the next week.
Here is the schedule:
| Sun, May 19 | 2 p.m. | Southwestern Athletic Conference: Championship
Mike Morgan & Jay Walker
|
ESPN3 ** |
| Tue, May 21 | 10 a.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 1 | ESPN3 |
| 10:30 a.m. | SEC Championship: Game 1 | ESPN3 * | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 2 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 2 | ESPN3 * | |
| 5 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 3 | ESPN3 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 3 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | BIG EAST Home Run Derby | ESPN3 * | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 4 | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 4 | ESPN3 * | |
| Wed, May 22 | 10 a.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 5 | ESPN3 |
| 10 a.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 1 | ESPN3 * | |
| 10:30 a.m. | SEC Championship: Game 5 | ESPN3 * | |
| 11 a.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 1 | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 2 | ESPN3 * | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 6 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 6 | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 2 | ESPN3 * | |
| 5 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 7 | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 3 | ESPN3 * | |
| 5:30 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 7 | ESPN3 * | |
| 7 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 3 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 4 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 8 | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 8 | ESPN3 * | |
| Thu, May 23 | 10 a.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 9 | ESPN3 |
| 10 a.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 5 | ESPN3 * | |
| 10:30 a.m. | SEC Championship: Game 9 | ESPN3 * | |
| 11 a.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 4 | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 6 | ESPN3 * | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 10 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 10 | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 5 | ESPN3 * | |
| 5 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 11 | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 7 | ESPN3 * | |
| 5:30 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 11 | ESPN3 * | |
| 7 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 6 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 8 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 12 | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 12 | ESPN3 * | |
| Fri, May 24 | 11 a.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 7 | ESPN3 * |
| 1:30 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 13 | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 8 | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 9 | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 13 | ESPN3 * | |
| 5 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Game 14 | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 10 | ESPN3 * | |
| 7 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 9 | ESPN3 * | |
| 7:30 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 14 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | America East: Championship | ESPN3 | |
| Sat, May 25 | 10 a.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 11 | ESPN3 * |
| 11 a.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 10 | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 15
Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson
|
ESPN3 & ESPNEWS | |
| 1 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 12 | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 11 | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | Big South: Championship | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | SEC Championship: Game 16
Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson
|
ESPN3 & ESPNEWS | |
| 5 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 13 | ESPN3 * ^ | |
| 6 p.m. | Southland Conference: Championship | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Game 12 | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Championship | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship: Game 14 | ESPN3 * ^ | |
| 8 p.m. | America East: Championship | ESPN3 ^ | |
| 10 p.m. | West Coast Conference: Championship
Roxy Bernstein & Mike Rooney
|
ESPNU | |
| Sun, May 26 | Noon | BIG EAST Championship: Championship
Clay Matvick & Chris Burke
|
ESPNU |
| 1 p.m. | ACC Tournament: Championship
Dari Nowkhah & Danny Graves
|
ESPN2 | |
| 1 p.m. | Atlantic Sun Conference: Championship | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Southern Conference: Championship | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Sun Belt Conference: Championship | ESPN3 * | |
| 4:30 p.m. | SEC Championship: Championship
Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson
|
ESPN2 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Atlantic Sun Conference: Championship | ESPN3 ^ |
NFL Network Schedule
Here is the schedule on the NFL Network through next Tuesday:
Thursday, May 16
6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE
10:00 AM – NFL AM – Re-Air
2:00 PM – 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 4
3:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Motivational Coaches
4:00 PM – Ray Lewis: A Football Life
5:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #80-71
6:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Players Who Never Played in a Super Bowl
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #70-61 – Premiere
9:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013 Reactions: #70-61
10:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 4
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
Friday, May 17
6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE
10:00 AM – NFL AM – Re-Air
2:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 5
3:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Pass Rushers
4:00 PM – Sound Fx: Jerome Bettis
4:30 PM – Sound Fx: Ray Lewis
5:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #70-61
6:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Green Bay Packers
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Super Bowl Performances
9:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Top 10 Teams That Didn’t Win the Super Bowl
10:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 5
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
Saturday, May 18
10:00 AM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #80-71
11:00 AM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #70-61
12 NOON – NFL Classic Game: September 13, 1998: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Detroit Lions
2:00 PM – America’s Game: Missing Rings 1988 Cincinnati Bengals
3:00 PM – Lost Treasures: Lost Sounds 1966-1968
4:00 PM – Lost Treasures: American Football League
5:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Football Moves
6:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Characters
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – Ray Lewis: A Football Life
9:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #70-61
10:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Toughest Acts to Follow
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
Sunday, May 19
10:00 AM – Ray Lewis: A Football Life
11:00 AM – NFL Films Presents: High Wire Acts
11:30 AM – NFL Films Presents: Fancy Footwork
12 NOON – Sound Fx: Jerome Bettis
12:30 PM – Sound Fx: Ray Lewis
1:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #80-71
2:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #70-61
3:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Toughest Acts to Follow
4:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Characters
5:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Super Bowl Performances
6:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Teams That Didn’t Win the Super Bowl
7:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 1
8:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 2
9:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 3
10:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 4
11:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2009 Cincinnati Bengals – Episode 5
Monday, May 20
6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE
10:00 AM – NFL AM – Re-Air
2:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2008 Dallas Cowboys – Episode 1
3:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Gutsiest Performances
4:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #80-71
5:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2013: #70-61
6:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Pittsburgh Steelers
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – NFL Greatest Games: 1981 NFC Championship featuring The Catch: Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers
10:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2008 Dallas Cowboys – Episode 1
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
Tuesday, May 21
6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE
10:00 AM – NFL AM – Re-Air
2:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2008 Dallas Cowboys – Episode 2
3:00 PM – Super Bowl Selection Show
5:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Super Bowls
6:00 PM – NFL Top 10: Homefield Advantages
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – NFL Films Presents: What’s Going On
8:30 PM – NFL Films Presents: Tecmo Super Bowl
9:00 PM – America’s Game: 1981 San Francisco 49ers
10:00 PM – Hard Knocks: 2008 Dallas Cowboys – Episode 2
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
