ESPN Family Of Networks Add ACC Football Games To 2013 Schedule

Posted on May 24, 2013 by philspicks

Fans of both college football and of the ACC will get a big treat from the ESPN family of networks beginning this fall. ESPN has officially announced that it will broadcast no fewer than twenty additional ACC college football games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and ESPNU during the course of the 2013 season. The first three weeks of the upcoming college football season will see every home game from specific ACC teams, as well as a road and neutral site matchup across the ESPN family of networks. This is in addition to five previously released ACC games.

As an added bonus for ACC football fans, the new deal between the ACC and the ESPN family of networks means that they will get to see the Dr Pepper ACC Championship from Charlotte, North Carolina and the previously announced quartet of Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime telecasts. Also, the deal has guaranteed at least one game on “Black Friday.”

The whole schedule kicks off with a matchup between the University of North Carolina and SEC #8 South Carolina. The game is the first of the four scheduled Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime telecasts. The game is currently scheduled for Thursday, August 29^th at 6pm on ESPN. Virginia Tech and two-time defending BCS National Champion Alabama follow on August 31^st at 5:30pm on ESPN. The game, the Chick-fil-a Kickoff Game is scheduled to be played in Atlanta. Miami will face #11 Florida on September 7^th at noon on ESPN. Also expected to be broadcast that day is a matchup between Virginia and 3 Oregon at 3:30pm on ABC and ESPN2.

The current schedule of games is listed below. More games will be announced as the season moves forward.

The 2013 ACC schedule as of May 23 (additional selections to be announced):

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Aug 29	6 p.m.	North Carolina at No. 8 South Carolina *	ESPN
	6:30 p.m.	Presbyterian at Wake Forest	ESPN3
Fri, Aug 30	8 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at Miami (Fla.)	ESPNU
Sat, Aug 31	Noon	Villanova at Boston College	ESPN3
	Noon	Elon at Georgia Tech	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at NC State	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	Florida International at Maryland	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	3:30 p.m.	BYU at Virginia	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	North Carolina Central at Duke	ESPN3
	5:30 p.m.	Chick-fil-A Kickoff: Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 Alabama (from Atlanta) *	ESPN
	8 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at No. 12 Clemson *	ABC
Mon, Sep 2	8 p.m.	No. 14 Florida State at Pittsburgh *	ESPN
Fri, Sep 6	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at Boston College *	ESPN2
Sat, Sep 7	Noon	No. 11 Florida at Miami (Fla.)	ESPN
	12:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at North Carolina	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	South Carolina State at No. 12 Clemson	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Western Carolina at Virginia Tech	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon at Virginia	ABC & ESPN2
	4 p.m.	Old Dominion at Maryland	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Richmond at NC State	ESPN3
Sat, Sep 14	12:30 p.m.	New Mexico at Pittsburgh	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Wake Forest	ESPN3 ^ / ACC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Nevada at No. 14 Florida State	ESPN or ESPN2
	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Duke	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Wagner at Syracuse	ESPN3
Thu, Sep 19	7:30 p.m.	No. 12 Clemson at NC State *	ESPN
Thu, Sep 26	7:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech *	ESPN
Thu, Oct 17	TBD	Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina *	ESPN
Thu, Nov 14	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at No. 12 Clemson *	ESPN
Fri, Nov 29	TBD	Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh *	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Dec 7	7:45 p.m. or 8 p.m.	Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game (from Charlotte)	ABC or ESPN

For all the latest ACC news, fans can follow the conference on its official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/theACC and its official website, http://www.theACC.com.

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ESPN Expands NCAA D1 Baseball Championship Coverage

Posted on May 1, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPN will cover all sixteen sites of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship this year. Cover of the games runs from Friday, May 31^st to Monday, June 1^st. This year’s coverage marks the first time that every first-round game in the tournament will be available to fans on a national platform. This includes up to seven games from each of the sixteen locations for a total of one hundred twelve matchups over the course of just four days. ESPN offered coverage of six sites in 2012, four in 2011, and two in each of the previous six years.

ESPN will launch a new platform called “Bases Loaded” to help cover the games across the ESPN family of networks over the weekend. It will be similar to the network’s “Goal Line” and “Buzzer Beater Networks” in that it will provide unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from a number of the tournament’s games. It will also include live up-to-the-minute commentary from ESPN analysts and experts from each day of the Regionals. “Bases Loaded” will be available Friday, May 31^st and Saturday, June 1^st from 2pm EST to midnight. It will be available Sunday, June 2^nd from 2pm to 1am and Monday, June 3^rd from 6pm to 12am. ESPN3 will carry “Bases Loaded” in its entirety while ESPNU and ESPN2 will simulcast at select times. This includes between games and during rain delays, time allowing. And as with most ESPN coverage, fans can catch all of the action online via WatchESPN and through mobile internet on the WatchESPN app.

Along with the expanded Regionals coverage, ESPN will also continue to cover every Super Regional site and all possible seventeen games of the College World Series. The expanded coverage includes up to twenty-four games from eight sites.

WNBA Draft Airs On Primetime Tonight

Posted on April 15, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN/WNBA

The 2013 WNBA Draft will be held tonight on ESPN2. This year marks the first time ever that the WNBA has held the draft in primetime. It will be highlighted by the “3 To See”, Elena Delle Donne (University of Delaware), Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), and Brittney Grinor (Baylor). The broadcast—presented by State farm—will air at 8pm/7pm CT tonight. It will be held at ESPN’s Bristol, CT headquarters. The league’s second and third rounds will air live on ESPNU from 9-10:30pm. Fans can watch all three rounds online and via mobile devices on WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. Each round consists of twelve picks each. WNBA fans can get even more content throughout the day today on ESPN’s SportsCenter and on espnW.

Kevin Negandhi will host the draft. He comes into tonight’s broadcast fresh off the heels of a successful broadcast of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. It marks the first time that he will host the annual draft. He will be joined by analysts Rebecca Lobo and Carolyn Peck. Reporters Holly Rowe and LaChina Robinson will also be on hand to bring viewers the latest news and more live. Guards and forwards highlight this year’s top draft crop. Among the top guards expected to be on hand are: Alex Bentley (Penn State), Layshia Clarendon (California), Kelly Faris (Connecticut), Tayler Hill (Ohio State), Lindsey Moore (Nebraska) and Sugar Rodgers (Georgetown). The league’s top prospective forwards include: Tianna Hawkins (Maryland) and Toni Young (Oklahoma State); and center Kelsey Bone (Texas A&M).

The Phoenix Mercury is at the top of this year’s draft for the third time in the history of the franchise. The Chicago Sky, Tulsa Shock, Washington Mystics, and New York Liberty round out the top five teams in the draft this year.

ESPN and the WNBA are now in the seventeenth year together. And heads of both organizations recently signed a new contract that will extend the pair’s partnership through the 2022 season. This year’s season opens with a special Memorial Day doubleheader that pits the league’s top four draft picks against one another. Washington and Tulsa will face off at 3pm. Chicago and Phoenix follow that game at 5pm.

To keep up with all the latest from the WNBA and ESPN, fans can go to the official WNBA Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/wnba and its official website, http://www.wnba.com or the official ESPN2 Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/ESPN and its official website, http://www.espn.com.

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Frozen Four Coverage Skates Back To ESPN This Weekend

Posted on March 26, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

The NCAA Men’s Division I College Basketball Championship is all over the airwaves during this time of year. But it’s not the only college championship tournament going on. Beginning this Friday, March 29^th, the ESPN family of networks will air the annual NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Regional and Semi-Regional rounds live from four regional sites. The networks—ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU—will also broadcast the Frozen Four and championship matches from Pittsburgh, PA. The matches will also be carried on local syndication. Those games carried on local syndication and on ESPN 3 will re-broadcast on ESPNU.

The brackets for the 2013 tournament were announced this past Sunday, March 24^th on ESPNU. Quinnipiac, Minnesota, UMass Lowell, and Notre Dame were each selected as number one seeds in their respective region. ESPNU will air more than eight consecutive hours of non-stop college hockey during Regional matchups this weekend. Friday and Sunday will each see a double header. Viewers will get a triple header on Saturday. Hockey analyst Dave Starman and Michigan State head coach Tom Anastos will be in studio to discuss and analyze the games.

Coverage of this year’s NCAA Division I College Hockey Championship continues into April with coverage of the Frozen Four. The Frozen Four matchups will air on ESPN2. The championship will be aired on ESPN. All coverage on television will also be available online and on mobile technology via WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. ESPN has been airing the NCAA Division I College Hockey Championship since 1980. This year marks the ninth consecutive year that the ESPN family of networks will present all twelve games of the tournament. The networks reached a deal last year that would keep the tournament on the ESPN family of networks through 2024. A complete listing of this year’s tournament matchups is below.

2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Schedule:

Date	Time	Game	Network
Fri, March 29	2 p.m.	West Regional Semifinal Game 1: Yale vs. Minnesota (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Joe Davis & Sean Ritchlin	ESPNU
	4:30 p.m.	Northeast Regional Semifinal Game 1: Wisconsin vs. UMass Lowell (Manchester, N.H.) Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise	ESPN3/Syndicated*
	5:30 p.m.	West Regional Semifinal Game 2: Niagara vs. North Dakota (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Joe Davis & Sean Ritchlin	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Northeast Regional Semifinal Game 2: Denver vs. New Hampshire (Manchester, N.H.) Clay Matvick and Jim Paradise	ESPNU
	10:30 p.m.	Northeast Regional Semifinal Game 1**	ESPNU
Sat, March 30	1:30 p.m.	Midwest Regional Semifinal Game 1: St. Cloud State vs. Notre Dame (Toledo, Ohio) Ben Holden & Darren Eliot	ESPN3/Syndicated*
	4 p.m.	West Regional Final (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Joe Davis & Sean Ritchlin	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Midwest Regional Semifinal Game 2: Minnesota State Mankato vs. Miami (Ohio) (Toledo, Ohio) Ben Holden & Darren Eliot	ESPN3/Syndicated*
	5:30 p.m.	East Regional Semifinal Game 1: Canisius vs. Quinnipiac (Providence, R.I.) John Buccigross & Barry Melrose	ESPN3/Syndicated*
	6:30 p.m.	Northeast Regional Final (Manchester, N.H.) Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	East Regional Semifinal Game 2: Union vs. Boston College (Providence, R.I.) John Buccigross & Barry Melrose	ESPNU
	11:30 p.m.	East Regional Semifinal Game 1**	ESPNU
Sun, March 31	Noon	Midwest Regional Semifinal Game 1**	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Midwest Regional Semifinal Game 2**	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Midwest Regional Final (Toledo, Ohio) Ben Holden & Darren Eliot	ESPNU
	6:30 p.m.	East Regional Final (Providence, R.I.) John Buccigross & Barry Melrose	ESPNU
Thu, April 11	4:30 p.m.	Frozen Four: Semifinal 1 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Clay Matvick	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Frozen Four: Semifinal 2 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Clay Matvick	ESPN2
Sat, April 13	7 p.m.	NCAA’s Men’s Division I Hockey Championship (Pittsburgh, Pa.) John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Clay Matvick	ESPN

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ESPN, AT&T Announce New Broadcast Deal

Posted on March 26, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPN and AT&T have made a very special announcement for AT&T U-verse subscribers. AT&T U-verse subscribers can now access WatchESPN on any mobile device via the WatchESPN app. It is also available to Gold Members through ESPN on Xbox Live. Any customer that receives ESPN’s linear networks as part of their AT&T U-Verse subscription will now be able to live stream programming from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and ESPNU from their mobile devices, computers, laptops, and Xboxes. Along with this, customers will also get to enjoy ESPN’s Goal Line and Buzzer Beater through the WatchESPN app when the channels in question are available.

The announcement comes not long before the start of the most active time of year for sports. Major League Baseball’s regular season starts in only days. The Masters and the NBA Playoffs are right around the corner as well. Customers that own a supported smart phone or tablet can download the WatchESPN app by visiting the iTunes App Store, Google Play Store, or Amazon App Store for Android. Customers will be required to enter their AT&T U-Verse subscriber information before being able to access ESPN’s live content.

Customers using their computers and laptops to access content can go online to http://watchespn.com/activate/att and put in their U-Verse ID and password to get live programming. Xbox Live GOLD members can get the app and verify their subscription direct through their Xbox.

As even more good news for AT&T U-Verse subscribers, Disney Junior will be available for subscribers beginning this Friday, March 29^th. In addition, WATCH Disney Channel and WATCH Disney XD are expected to soon be available to AT&T U-Verse subscribers.

ESPN Breaks New Ground With 2012-2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Coverage

Posted on March 18, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

Good news for ESPN. The networks’ coverage of the 2012-2013 college basketball regular season was its most viewed ever. ESPN averaged nearly 1.4 million viewers over the course of 135 games. To be precise, it averaged 1,370,000 viewers. That passes the network’s previous record of 1,353,000 viewers over 130 telecasts during the 2011-2012 Season. It pulled in a 1.1 coverage rating for both seasons. Along with this new honor, ESPN also pulled in the season’s three largest audiences for a college basketball game on the network over the course of only a month. The first of those games was then #3 Indiana taking down #1 Michigan on February 2^nd. The game was the best for the network. It brought in an average of 4,035,000 viewers, a 2.9 rating and 2,867,000 households. The second of the network’s best games was the February 19^th game in which then #1 Indiana defeated #4 Michigan State. This game brought ESPN its second largest audience of the season, with an average of 3,733,000 viewers, a 2.7 coverage rating and 2,677,000 households. The third of the network’s highest rated games was the March 2^nd matchup between then #3 Duke defeating #5 Miami 79-76. The game averaged 3,416,000 viewers, a 2.5 coverage rating and 2,459,000 households.

In all, ESPN and its network of stations averaged a total of 508,000 viewers for its full slate of 602 games throughout its 2012-2013 season. It marked the most extensive coverage of men’s basketball on television this season and more than any other networks combined pointing out yet again why ESPN is the sports leader.

One extra interesting note: Louisville was the highest-rated metered market for the network’s 2012-2013 regular season coverage. It pulled in an average 4.5 rating. Greensboro came in second for the second straight year with a 3.1 rating. A full listing of the top rated cities is available below.

Top 25 Markets for 2012-13	Top 25 Markets for 2011-12
No. 1 Louisville: 4.5 rating	No. 1 Louisville: 4.5 rating
No. 2 Greensboro: 3.1 rating	No. 2 Greensboro: 3.5 rating
No. 3 Raleigh-Durham: 3.0 rating	No. 3 Kansas City: 2.8 rating
No. 4 Indianapolis: 2.9 rating	No. 4 Columbus: 2.7 rating
No. 5 Kansas City: 2.7 rating	Raleigh-Durham 2.7 rating
No. 6 Cincinnati: 2.1 rating	No. 6 Charlotte: 2.3 rating
Columbus: 2.1 rating	No. 7 Cincinnati: 2.1 rating
No. 8 Dayton: 2.0 rating	No. 8 Dayton: 2.0 rating
No. 9 Charlotte: 1.8 rating	No. 9 Indianapolis: 1.8 rating
No. 10 Knoxville: 1.7 rating	Knoxville: 1.8 rating
Nashville: 1.7 rating	No. 11 Memphis: 1.6 rating
No. 12 Detroit: 1.6 rating	Nashville: 1.6 rating
No. 13 Birmingham: 1.5 rating	No. 13 Greenville: 1.5 rating
No. 14 Memphis: 1.3 rating	No. 14 Cleveland: 1.4 rating
Hartford & New Haven: 1.3 rating	Birmingham: 1.4 rating
Greenville: 1.3 rating	Las Vegas: 1.4 rating
Cleveland: 1.3 rating	No. 17 Norfolk: 1.2 rating
Norfolk: 1.3 rating	Hartford and New Haven: 1.2 rating
St. Louis: 1.3 rating	St. Louis: 1.2 rating
No. 20 Richmond: 1.2 rating	No. 20 Fort Myers: 1.1 rating
Las Vegas: 1.2 rating	Atlanta: 1.1 rating
No. 22 Fort Myers: 1.1 rating	Richmond: 1.1 rating
Milwaukee: 1.1 rating	No. 23 Pittsburgh: 1.0 rating
No. 24 Baltimore: 1.0 rating	Detroit: 1.0 rating
Tulsa: 1.0 rating	Oklahoma City: 1.0 rating
Atlanta: 1.0 rating	Jacksonville: 1.0 rating
Oklahoma City: 1.0 rating	Tulsa: 1.0 rating

ESPN Films Debuts New Film This Weekend

Posted on February 26, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN/ESPNU

ESPN Films will debut a new film in its SEC “Storied” series this weekend. Miracle 3 will debut this Sunday, March 3^rd at 8pm EST on ESPNU. The latest in the series focuses on the events of March 14^th, 2008. It was on that date that an EF2 tornado touched down in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia during a matchup between Alabama and Mississippi State in the SEC tournament. Alabama was trailing Mississippi State 59-56 in the final seconds of regulation of the first of the tournament’s quarterfinal games. The game went into OT after Alabama guard Myka Riley hit a three-pointer to tie the game. The irony of the shot is that not only did it keep the Crimson Tide in the game, but because it extended the game, it may have been to thank for saving thousands of lives.

Because of that shot, the thousands in attendance of the game stayed inside the Georgia Dome instead of going outside. Had they gone outside, those thousands could have been injured or worse because only minutes after that fateful shot, a tornado touched down just outside the Georgia Dome. Nobody inside the Georgia Dome was injured. Though, the arena did sustain enough damage that it forced the remainder of the game to be delayed. It also caused the last quarterfinal game of the day to be postponed. SEC officials would end up having to find a new home for the tournament’s final games as a result of the damage to the Georgia Dome so as to finish the tournament on schedule. The Bulldogs would end up going on to the NCAA tournament after winning three games in a 30-hour span.

The story of Miracle 3 is built around interviews with people involved in those affected by the tornado including players and coaches from teams playing in the tournament, SEC officials, referees, fans, meteorologists, and many more. Along with airing at 8pm on ESPNU, Miracle 3 will also air earlier in the evening on March 3^rd on ESPN. It will air at 5pm on ESPN this Sunday evening.

To get the latest news on Miracle 3 and all programming on ESPNU and ESPN, go online to http://www.facebook.com/ESPNU and http://www.facebook.com/ESPN and the official website of ESPNU and ESPN, http://espn.go.com/college-sports/ and http://espn.go.com.

ESPNU Announces BracketBusters Schedule

Posted on February 5, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN/ESPNU

ESPNU has officially announced the schedule for its 11^th annual Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters. The Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters is a two day men’s NCAA basketball series that puts possible NCAA Championship hopefuls against each other. This year’s event will take place Friday, February 22^nd and Saturday, February 23^rd. It will feature thirteen televised games across the ESPN family of networks and on WatchESPN and ESPN3. ESPN2 will air no fewer than three BracketBusters games while ESPNU and ESPN3 will air four each. There will be two extra flex games that will air either on ESPN or ESPN2. That final decision is expected about a week before the games. Audiences can expect the games to feature teams from thirteen different conferences including four teams from the Missouri Valley conference, three each from the MAAC, Mid-American and Ohio Valley Conference. The full rundown of the games is listed below.

2013 Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters Schedule (All times are Eastern and subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network(s)
Fri, Feb 22	7 p.m.	North Dakota State at Akron	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	9 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at Long Beach State	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Feb 23	11 a.m.	Iona at Indiana State	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	1 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky at Valparaiso	ESPNU / WatchESPN
		Canisius at Vermont	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Pacific at Western Michigan	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Montana at Davidson	ESPNU / WatchESPN
		Northwestern State at Niagara	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Detroit at Wichita State	ESPN or ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	6 p.m.	No. 16 Creighton at Saint Mary’s (Calif.)	ESPN or ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	8 p.m.	South Dakota State at Murray State	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
		Denver at Northern Iowa	ESPN3
	10 p.m.	Ohio at Belmont	ESPN2 / WatchESPN

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ESPN Announces New Signing Day Details

Posted on February 4, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPNU has announced that it will now offer more than eleven hours of coverage this Wednesday for National Signing Day. The coverage will include a record number of on-air commitments including that of the nation’s top recruit, Robert Nkemdiche. The coverage begins at 7:30am on ESPNU. It will include the announcement of seventeen total players from the ESPN 150 to the college of their choice. The network will be embedded with thirteen of the nation’s best college football teams getting interviews with each team’s coaching staff and providing the most up-to-the-minute news on each incoming freshman class. Along with the already extensive programming set to run Wednesday, ESPN’s RecruitingNation.com will have reporters set up at fourteen different high schools across the country providing all the latest news from those locations.

The day’s coverage will be hosted live by Rece Davis and Dari Nowkah at ESPN’s Charlotte, North Carolina studio. ESPN’s national recruiting director Tom Luginbill and recruiting analyst Craig Haubert will also join the in-studio discussions alongside football analysts Mike Bellotti and Rod Gilmore. As an added bonus for ESPNU viewers former Auburn coach Gene Chizik and former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley will also be on hand as special guests. Audiences can get even more details on National signing day online through ESPN at http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2013/01/espnu-expands-national-signing-day-presence-for-the-eighth-consecutive-year/.

Below is a list of the players on the ESPN 150 list set to announce their college decision Wednesday. Announcement times are all EST and are subject to change.

Time (ET)	Player	Final Schools
7:30 a.m.	No. 1 Robert Nkemdiche (DE)	Florida, LSU, Ole Miss
9 a.m.	No. 6 Matthew Thomas (OLB)	Alabama, FSU, Georgia, Miami, USC
	No. 144 Denver Kirkland (OT)	Arkansas, FSU
	No. 5 Laremy Tunsil (OT)	Alabama, FSU, Georgia, Ole Miss
	No. 13 Montravius Adams (DT)	Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Georgia
10 a.m.	No. 50 Vonn Bell (Safety)	Alabama, Ohio State, Tennessee
	No. 107 Jordan Cunningham (WR)	Miami, Stanford, Vanderbilt
	No. 24 Antonio Conner (Safety)	Alabama, Ole Miss
11 a.m.	No. 47 Stacy Coley (WR)	FSU, Miami, Ole Miss, South Florida
	No. 4 Mackensie Alexander (CB)	Auburn, Clemson, Mississippi State, Texas A&M
Noon	No. 26 Dee Liner (DT)	Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU
	No. 99 Quinton Powell (OLB)	Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, USC
	No. 143 Asiantii Woulard (QB-DT)	Kentucky, NC State, UCLA, South Florida
1 p.m.	No. 135 Keith Bryant	FSU, Miami, South Carolina
2 p.m.	No. 138 Jermaine Grace	Louisville, Miami, Tennessee
3 p.m.	No 32 Alvin Kamara (RB)	Alabama, Georgia
4 p.m.	No. 125 Tyrone Crowder (OG)	Clemson, Georgia

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ESPN Covers Superbowl Live One More Day

Posted on February 1, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPN and its affiliate networks have been live in New Orleans all week covering the days counting to the Superbowl. The ESPN family of networks has one more day today of live coverage leading up to Sunday’s big game. Those who missed yesterday’s coverage missed a big announcement as Donald Driver made it official that he was hanging up his cleats as of February 6^th. That announcement was made first yesterday during ESPN’s live coverage. So what could today’s coverage bring? That’s anyone’s guess. But it all starts off with another brand new edition of Mike and Mike in the Morning. Greenie and Golic will be joined this morning by another full slate of guests and analysts including: NFL Hall of Famers Harry Carson, Mike Ditka, Roger Staubach, Jerry Rice, and Steve Young, Packers Wide Receiver Greg Jennings, and a whole slew of others. Fans can tune in live from 6-10am/5-9am CT on their local ESPN Radio affiliate and on TV on ESPN2.

Hannah Storm takes the reins at 9am/8am CT with the first edition of SportsCenter for the day. She’ll be joined by analysts: Herm Edwards, Trent Dilfer, and Mike Ditka to break down the game and the latest developments. That’s on ESPN. Colin Cowherd comes in next from 10am-1pm/9am-12pm CT on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. He’ll be followed by SVP and Rusillo on ESPN Radio and ESPN2. There’s a lot more to come throughout the day from there. Audiences can keep up with all the latest on today’s coverage online at http://www.facebook.com/ESPN and http://www.espn.com.

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ESPN Family Of Networks Add ACC Football Games To 2013 Schedule

ESPN Expands NCAA D1 Baseball Championship Coverage

WNBA Draft Airs On Primetime Tonight

Frozen Four Coverage Skates Back To ESPN This Weekend

ESPN, AT&T Announce New Broadcast Deal

ESPN Breaks New Ground With 2012-2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Coverage

ESPN Films Debuts New Film This Weekend

ESPNU Announces BracketBusters Schedule

ESPN Announces New Signing Day Details

ESPN Covers Superbowl Live One More Day

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