ESPN’s ‘CGD’ Broadcast To Come Live From Coastal Carolina Saturday

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ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot air live from South Carolina this weekend.

The network’s flagship college football program will air live from the campus of No. 18 Coastal Carolina University Saturday. It marks the first time that the program will have ever run from the university. It is ahead of the Chanticleers’ matchup with No. 13 BYU.

Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast. Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Maria Taylor and Chris “The Bear” Fallica will join Davis for the broadcast. Lee Corso will join the broadcast remotely from his home while Jen Lada, Pat McAfee, Tom Rinaldi, and Gene Wojciechowski will also contribute.

The matchup between BYU and Coastal Carolina is just one of the games set for Saturday’s day-long college football schedule. No. 4 Ohio State will visit Michigan State, with coverage starting at noon on ABC. Over on ESPN, No. 5 Texas A&M will visit Auburn.

No. 17 UNC will host the Western Carolina Catamounts at noon on the ACC Network. ESPN2 will broadcast the matchup of No. 15 Oklahoma State and TCU, also at noon. that game will simulcast on ESPN Radio.

No. 12 Indiana will visit No. 16 Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN as the day continues. Virginia Tech will host No. 3 Clemson in the day’s headliner on ABC.

The full schedule for this weekend’s college football matchups is noted below.

Updated at noon ET on Thursday, Dec. 3. All rankings are CFP Rankings (Dec. 1).

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Fri, Dec 4	8:30 p.m.	Louisiana at Appalachian State Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Taylor Davis	ESPN
Sat, Dec 5	Noon	No. 4 Ohio State at Michigan State Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Quint Kessenich	ABC
		No. 5 Texas A&M at Auburn Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Allison Williams	ESPN
		No. 15 Oklahoma State at TCU TV: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Kris Budden Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock	ESPN2/ESPN Radio
		Western Carolina at No. 17 North Carolina Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris	ACC Network
		Arkansas at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Toledo at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Bob Chmiel	ESPN3
		Memphis at Tulane David Saltzman, Keith Moreland	ESPN+
		Rice at No. 21 Marshall	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	Ball State at Central Michigan Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
		Bowling Green at Akron Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
		Troy at South Alabama	ESPN3
		Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Devin Gardner	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Indiana at No. 16 Wisconsin Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe	ABC
		West Virginia at No. 9 Iowa State Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
		No. 24 Tulsa at Navy Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Alex Chappell	ESPN2
		Boston College at Virginia	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Georgia Tech at NC State Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Eric Wood	ACC Network
		Vanderbilt at No. 8 Georgia Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Lauren Sisler	SEC Network
	5:30 p.m.	No. 13 BYU at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Bill Roth, Dustin Fox, Ryan McGee	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	No. 23 Oregon at California Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Taylor McGregor	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson at Virginia Tech Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
		South Carolina at Kentucky Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		No. 1 Alabama at LSU Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN Radio
	8 p.m.	No. 10 Miami at Duke Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Houston at SMU John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	10:30 p.m.	Oregon State at Utah Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN
Sun, Dec 6	Noon	Western Kentucky at Charlotte	ESPN3

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ESPN Networks’ Thanksgiving Weekend CFB Schedule Announced

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ESPN is giving football fans plenty of ways to pass the time safely at home this Thanksgiving weekend.

Approximately 16 of college football’s Top 25 ranked teams are scheduled to face off this weekend in an extensive broadcast schedule across the ESPN networks. This weekend’s schedule is set to launch at noon Friday on ABC, with No. 20 Texas hosting No. 15 Iowa State.

Over on ESPN3, Liberty, which has surprised many fans and other teams this season, will host UMass, also at noon.

Following the conclusion of the Iowa State – Texas game, No. 25 North Carolina will host No. 2 Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. South Florida will host in-state rival UCF in an American Athletic Conference matchup, also at 3:30 p.m., on ESPN.

No. 9 Oregon will visit in-state rival Oregon State at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN to round out the day’s college football broadcast schedule.

The action continues at noon Saturday with 10 games set to take place across the ESPN networks. Michigan will host winless Penn State on ABC, while No. 6 Florida will play host to Kentucky on ESPN2. No. 12 Indiana will host Maryland at noon on ESPN2.

The ACC Network will feature a conference matchup between N.C. State and Syracuse. Meanwhile on the SEC Network, Missouri will host Vanderbilt.

ESPN3 will offer two options at noon: Georgia Southern at Georgia State, and Ball State at Toleo.

East Carolina, which won its second game of the season last week, will host Southern Methodist University (SMU) as one of three games featured at noon Saturday on ESPN+. The other two games slated to stream in the noon time slot on ESPN+ are: Bowling Green at Ohio, and Northern Illinois At Western Michigan.

The gridiron action will continue well past noon into the evening, with the #7 ranked University of Cincinnati on the road against Temple at 4 p.m. ET on ESPNU. #4 Clemson is scheduled to host Pittsburgh at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

No. 14 Oklahoma and West Virginia will headline the weekend’s schedule on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One. Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.

This weekend’s full college football broadcast schedule is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Fri, Nov 27	Noon	No. 15 Iowa State at No. 20 Texas Matt Barrie, Mike Golic Jr., Kris Budden	ABC
		UMass at Liberty	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 25 North Carolina Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Katie George	ABC
		UCF at South Florida Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer	ESPN
	7 p.m.	No. 9 Oregon at Oregon State Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Shelley Smith	ESPN
Sat, Nov 28	Noon	Penn State at Michigan Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Paul Carcaterra	ABC
		Kentucky at No. 6 Florida Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		Maryland at No. 12 Indiana Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Jerry Punch	ESPN2
		NC State at Syracuse Wes Durham, Roddy Jones	ACC Network
		Vanderbilt at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Taylor Davis	SEC Network
		Georgia Southern at Georgia State	ESPN3
		Ball State at Toledo Michael Reghi, Devin Gardner	ESPN3
		SMU at East Carolina Lincoln Rose, LaDarrin McLane	ESPN+
		Bowling Green at Ohio David Wilson, Ryan Cavanaugh	ESPN+
		Northern Illinois at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Akron Anthony Lima, Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
		UTEP at Rice	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	South Alabama at Arkansas State	ESPN3
		No. 23 Louisiana at Louisiana-Monroe	ESPN3
		No. 16 Coastal Carolina at Texas State	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Colorado at No. 19 USC Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Allison Williams	ABC
		Pittsburgh at No. 4 Clemson Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath	ESPN
		No. 11 Northwestern at Michigan State Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Taylor McGregor	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	No. 7 Cincinnati at Temple John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Louisville at Boston College Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Eric Wood	ACC Network
		Mississippi State at Ole Miss Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	LSU at No. 5 Texas A&M Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden	ESPN
		Kansas State at Baylor Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN2
		Duke at Georgia Tech	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	No. 14 Oklahoma at West Virginia Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe	ABC
		No. 13 Georgia at South Carolina TV: Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	SEC Network/ESPN Radio
	8 p.m.	Troy at Appalachian State Bill Roth, Dustin Fox	ESPNU
		Virginia at Florida State Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	10:30 p.m.	TBD at Washington Beth Mowins, Kurt Morrison, Stormy Buonantony	ESPN

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ESPN Announces Early Broadcast Schedule For 2020-21 College Basketball Season

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College basketball is back!

The ESPN networks will kick off the 2020-2021 college basketball season at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The season opens with Illinois on the road against No. 23 Ohio State on ESPN and Kansas State hosting Drake on ESPNU. Memphis and St. Mary’s will face off in the Quarterfinal #2 of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic on ESPN2.

Play continues at 4 p.m. ET as Louisville hosts Evansville on the ACC Network. Quarterfinal #1, featuring a matchup of Northern Iowa and Western Kentucky follows at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. No. 10 Kentucky will host Morehead State at 6 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.

Over on ESPN+, Northwestern State will visit No. 14 Texas Tech. That game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. An hour later at 8 p.m. ET No. 19 Texas will host UT Rio Grande Valley on The Longhorn Network.

The opening day of ESPN’s college basketball opening day winds down at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Quarterfinal #4 of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, featuring a matchup of VCU and Utah State, finishes the day.

The full broadcast schedule for the ESPN networks’ first two weeks of the 2020-2021 college basketball season is noted below.

ESPN Networks Television Schedule (subject to change)
Please note: Due to the ongoing changes related to the college basketball season, ESPN will unveil TV and digital schedules on a week-to-week basis. Schedule changes will be reflected here, as well as @ESPNPR.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Feast Week Presented by Lowe’s (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
Wed, Nov 25	2 p.m.	Illinois State at No. 23 Ohio State Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander	ESPN
		Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #2 Memphis vs. St. Mary’s Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich	ESPN2
		Drake at Kansas State Chuckie Kempf, Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Oklahoma State at UT Arlington Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla	ESPN
		Bowling Green at No. 25 Michigan Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel	ESPN2
		Evansville at Louisville Mike Couzens, David Padgett	ACCN
	4:30 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #1 Northern Iowa vs. Western Kentucky Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	College of Charleston at No. 16 North Carolina Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby	ACCN
		Morehead State vs. No. 10 Kentucky Paul Sunderland, Jimmy Dykes	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	2K Empire Classic Semifinal #1 No. 18 Arizona State vs. Rhode Island Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas	ESPN
		Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #3 South Dakota State vs. No. 15 West Virginia Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola	ESPN2
		Northwestern State at No. 14 Texas Tech	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	Jacksonville State at Alabama Richard Cross, Mark Wise	SEC Network
		UT Rio Grande Valley at No. 19 Texas Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks	Longhorn Network
		Charleston Southern vs. NC State	ACCN
		Houston Baptist at TCU	ESPN+
	9:30 p.m.	2K Empire Classic  Semifinal #2 No. 3 Villanova vs. Boston College Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas	ESPN
		Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic  Quarterfinal #4 VCU vs. Utah State Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola	ESPN2
Thu, Nov. 26	Noon	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic  Semifinal #1 Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich	ESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic  Semifinal #2 Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich	ESPN
	5 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic  Consolation Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola	ESPN or ESPN2
	7 p.m.	2K Empire Classic  Third Place Game Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic  Consolation Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola	ESPN2
	9:30 p.m.	2K Empire Classic  Championship Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas	ESPN
Fri, Nov. 27	11:30 a.m.	HomeLight Classic	ESPN
	1:30 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic  Championship Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich	ESPN
		Sam Houston State vs. No. 14 Texas Tech Mark Neely, TBD	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	Bryant at Syracuse Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby	ACCN
	4 p.m.	Seton Hall at Louisville Mike Couzens, Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
		Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Seventh Place Game Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich	ESPNU
	6:30 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Fifth Place Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Valparaiso at Vanderbilt	SEC Network
		Longwood at Wake Forest	ACCN
	8:30 p.m.	Colorado at Kansas State Chuckie Kempf, Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Third Place Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola	ESPN2
Sat, Nov. 28	4 p.m.	Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker  Semifinal #1 South Carolina vs. Liberty Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams	ESPNEWS
	5:30 p.m.	Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic  Rhode Island vs. South Florida Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker Semifinal #2 Tulsa vs. TCU Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams	ESPN3
		Texas Southern vs. Oklahoma State	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic  Virginia Tech vs. Temple Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin	ESPNEWS
Sun, Nov. 29	1 p.m.	Richmond vs. No. 10 Kentucky Dan Shulman, Jimmy Dykes	ESPN
		Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Iowa State	ESPN+
		Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker  Third Place Game Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams	ESPN2
	3:30 p.m.	Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker  Championship Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams	ESPN2
	5:30 p.m.	No. 17 Houston vs. No. 14 Texas Tech Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
		Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic   Jon Sciambi, Jon Crispin	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	North Florida at Miami Dave O’Brien, Jordan Cornette	ACCN
	8 p.m.	Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic   South Florida vs. Virginia Tech Jon Sciambi, Jon Crispin	ESPN2
Mon, Nov. 30	Noon	Camping World Maui Invitational  Quarterfinal #1 No. 19 Texas vs. Davidson	ESPN2
	2:30 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Quarterfinal #2 Indiana vs. Providence	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Bubbleville   St. John’s vs. Boston College	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Quarterfinal #3 No. 16 North Carolina vs. UNLV	ESPN2
		William & Mary at NC State	ACCN
	8 p.m.	UM Kansas City vs. Kansas State	ESPNU
		Texas State at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	9:30 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Quarterfinal #4 Stanford vs. Alabama	ESPN2
Tue, Dec. 1	1:30 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Semifinal #1	ESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Roman Legends Classic Semifinal #1 USC vs. BYU	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Semifinal #2	ESPN
		Saint Francis at No. 4 Virginia	ACCN
	5 p.m.	Roman Legends Classic  Semifinal #2 UConn vs. Vanderbilt	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Western Kentucky at Louisville	ACCN
	7 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Consolation Game	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	State Farm Champions Classic   No. 13 Michigan State vs. No. 9 Duke	ESPN
	9:30 p.m.	State Farm Champions Classic   No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 10 Kentucky	ESPN
		Camping World Maui Invitational  Consolation Game	ESPN2
Wed, Dec. 2	1:30 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational Third Place Game	ESPN
	4 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Championship	ESPN
		Troy at Wake Forest	ACCN
	5 p.m.	Florida vs. Oklahoma	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	South Carolina State at Clemson	ACCN
	7 p.m.	Jimmy V Men’s Classic Presented by Corona   No. 12 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Gonzaga	ESPN
		Camping World Maui Invitational  Fifth Place Game	ESPN2
		Tarleton State at Texas A&M	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	North Florida at No. 21 Florida State	ACCN
	9 p.m.	UT Arlington at Arkansas	SEC Network
	9:30 p.m.	Camping World Maui Invitational  Seventh Place Game	ESPN2
	10 p.m.	Jimmy V Men’s Classic Presented by Corona  No. 8 Illinois vs. No. 2 Baylor	ESPN
	7 p.m.	South Dakota State vs. Iowa State	ESPN+
		Youngstown State vs. No. 15 West Virginia	ESPN+
Thu, Dec. 3	7 p.m.	Roman Legends Classic  Championship	ESPN
	9 p.m.	St. John‘s vs. No. 14 Texas Tech	ESPN
	9:30 p.m.	Roman Legends Classic  Third Place Game	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	VMI vs. Virginia Tech	ACCN
		Northwestern State vs. TCU	ESPN+
Fri, Dec. 4	2 p.m.	UNCG at Louisville	ACCN
	4 p.m.	Rhode Island at Boston College	ACCN
	6 p.m.	Kent State at No. 4 Virginia	ACCN
	7 p.m.	Jacksonville at Georgia	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 12 Tennessee at Notre Dame	ACCN
	9 p.m.	South Alabama at Auburn	SEC Network
Sat, Dec. 5	Noon	Bubbleville NC State vs. UConn	ESPNU
	TBD	Oakland vs. Oklahoma State	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	UNLV vs. Kansas State	ESPN+
Sun, Dec. 6	Noon	Elon at No. 9 Duke	ACCN
	1 p.m.	No. 3 Villanova at No. 19 Texas	ESPN
	2 p.m.	Missouri at Wichita State	ESPN2
		Grambling State at No. 14 Texas Tech	ESPNU
		Stetson at Florida	SEC Network
	3 p.m.	Xavier at Cincinnati	ESPN
	4 p.m.	Oklahoma at TCU	ESPN2
		UTRGV at Texas A&M	SEC Network
	5 p.m.	Hoopsgiving   No. 10 Kentucky at Georgia Tech	ESPN
	6 p.m.	DePaul at Iowa State	ESPNU
		Louisiana Tech at LSU	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	Oklahoma at TCU	ESPN+

ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by Continental Tire

Date	Time	Matchup	Network
Tue, Dec. 8	5 p.m.	Purdue at Miami	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Boston College at Minnesota	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina at Iowa	ESPN
		Ohio State at Notre Dame	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	Penn State at Virginia Tech	ESPNU
	9:30 p.m.	Illinois at Duke	ESPN
		Syracuse at Rutgers	ESPN2
Wed, Dec. 9	5 p.m.	Maryland at Clemson	ESPN2
	7:15 p.m.	Louisville at Wisconsin	ESPN
		NC State at Michigan	ESPN2
		Georgia Tech at Nebraska	ESPNU
	9:15 p.m.	Michigan State at Virginia	ESPN
		Indiana at Florida State	ESPN2
		Pittsburgh at Northwestern	ESPNU

More information on the ESPN networks’ men’s college basketball coverage is available online now along with all of the latest men’s college basketball headlines at:

Website: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ESPNCBB

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ESPN Networks’ Week 11 College Football Broadcast Schedule Announced; ‘CGD’ To Air Live From Augusta

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A dozen of the NCAA’s Top 25 college football teams are on the ESPN networks’ broadcast schedule this week.

The networks’ Week 11 broadcast schedule was announced Monday. This week’s schedule gets off to an early start tonight with a matchup between Kent State and Bowling Green on ESPN2. Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET. Miami (OH) and Buffalo continue the MAC action tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The networks’ schedule continues Wednesday with two more games at 8 p.m. ET. The first of the night’s games — Toledo at Western Michigan — will air on ESPN. The other — Central Michigan at Northern Illinois — will air on ESPNU.

No. 7 Cincinnati (which fell from No. 6 to No. 7 in the AP standings over the weekend despite a dominating win over Houston and despite being the AAC’s only undefeated team at 6-0, 4-0) will host East Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN2.

Big 10 foes No. 13 Wisconsin and Maryland will headline this week’s schedule at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday night on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One.

Another key matchup in this week’s schedule is a showdown between Notre Dame and Boston College. Game coverage is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

The ESPN networks’ full broadcast schedule for Week 11 of the 2020 college football season is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Tue, Nov 10	7:30 p.m.	Kent State at Bowling Green Mike Couzens, Cole Cubelic	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Miami (OH) at Buffalo Matt Barrie, Mike Golic Jr., Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
Wed, Nov 11	8 p.m.	Toledo at Western Michigan Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Eric Wood	ESPN
		Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Mike Corey, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
Fri, Nov 13	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina at No. 7 Cincinnati Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
Sat, Nov 14	Noon	No. 10 Indiana at Michigan State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe	ABC
		No. 12 Georgia at Missouri Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		No. 9 Miami at Virginia Tech Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Eric Wood	ESPN2
		No. 15 Coastal Carolina at Troy John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Wake Forest at North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
		Vanderbilt at Kentucky Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Coast Guard at Merchant Marine Dave Leno, Ken Dunek	ESPN3
		Western Carolina at No. 22 Liberty	ESPN3
		Army at Tulane Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	South Alabama at No. 25 Louisiana	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Georgia State at Appalachian State	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	South Florida at Houston David Saltzman, Stan Routt	ESPN+
		UTEP at UTSA	ESPN+
		Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 Notre Dame at Boston College Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath	ABC
		No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee Kevin Brown, Mike Golic Sr., Marty Smith	ESPN/ESPN Radio
		Colorado at Stanford Beth Mowins, Rod Gilmore, Shelley Smith	ESPN2
		Memphis at Navy Clay Matvick, Jay Walker	ESPNU
		Louisville at Virginia Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Jerry Punch	ACC Network
		Rice at Louisiana Tech	ESPN3
		Texas State at Georgia Southern	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Arkansas at No. 6 Florida Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Allison Williams	ESPN
		No. 19 SMU at Tulsa Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN2
		Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	No. 13 Wisconsin at Michigan Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
		Temple at UCF Mike Corey, Hutson Mason	ESPNU
		Florida State at NC State Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris	ACC Network
		South Carolina at Ole Miss Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	10:30 p.m.	California at Arizona State Dave Flemming, Kirk Morrison, Kris Budden	ESPN2

Courtesy: ESPN

In related news, College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will air live Saturday from Augusta, GA, the home of the Masters.

The special edition of ESPN’s CGD will air live from Augusta National Golf Club. The broadcast will preview The PGA’s Masters Golf Tournament and will come specifically from the Par 3 course, the site of the Masters Par 3 Contest. The Masters Gold Tournament was postponed from its normal date in April to Saturday, Nov. 14 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content, commented on this weekend’s broadcast in a prepared statement.

“Anytime College GameDay travels to a new destination it’s special, and the opportunity to be on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters is extraordinary,” said Pitaro.  “As this iconic event coincides with the college football season for the first time, we look forward to getting fans ready for a football Saturday, while also showcasing the Masters and the greatest golfers in the world.”

A “virtual pit’ will allow fans to take part in the broadcast from the safety of their own homes. Fans who want to take part in the ‘virtual pit’ can register for a chance for inclusion in the event here.

Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast. Five-time Emmy Award-winning analyst Kirk Herbstreit, Heisman Trophy winner and NFL MVP Desmond Howard, College Football Hall of Fame inductee and former Georgia All-American Georgia undergrad and MBA alum Maria Taylor, and Tom Rinaldi will join Davis for the broadcast. Additionally, Lee Corso will contribute remotely from his home.

Other contributors expected to appear on Saturday’s edition of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot are: Jen Lada, Pat McAfee, and Gene Wojciechowski. Along with appearing on Saturday’s broadcast, Rinaldi will also repot on The Masters for his 13th consecutive year.

This year is the first that ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot has aired from Augusta. However, the program has previously welcomed some well-known college golf athletes. PGA golfer Ricky Fowler (former Oklahoma State golfer), and fellow PGA star Justin Thomas (former Alabama golfer) have appeared on the program.

ESPN will air the first and second rounds of The Masters tournament from 1 – 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12-13. ESPN will offer expanded PGA coverage this year from Nov. 9-15 on ESPN+, including exclusive practice round coverage on Nov. 10-11, and coverage of Holes 4,5, and 6 on all four days of the tournament. Additionally, SportsCenter will have special coverage from The Masters throughout the week of the tournament.

More information on ESPN’s college football and PGA coverage is available along with all of the latest PGA headlines at:

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MAC, PAC-12 Return To Play This Weekend On ESPN’s Networks

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The Mid-American Conference and Pac-12 will make their official return to play this weekend.

The ESPN networks will have full coverage of the conferences’ return to mark the occasion. It all starts at 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday with five games from the MAC spread across the ESPN networks. Western Michigan will face Akron on ESPN3 while Eastern Michigan will be on the road against Kent State on ESPN+.

Ohio will face Central Michigan at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. Over on ESPN2, Buffalo will visit Northern Illinois, also at 7 p.m. ET.

Rounding out the evening’s MAC coverage is a matchup of Toledo and Bowling Green at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

PAC-12 RETURN

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The Pac-12’s return will come in the form of a matchup between Stanford and No. 12 Oregon. The matchup will headline this weekend’s college football schedule. The teams will play live on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

The ACC will open this weekend’s college football schedule as North Carolina State University will host ACC foe No. 11 Miami at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday on ESPN.

Saturday’s day-long schedule launches at noon with nine games at noon across ESPN’s networks. No. 22 Texas will host West Virginia on ABC. The game will simulcast on ABC Radio.

Another key noon matchup is #25 Liberty visiting Virginia Tech on the ACC Network. No. 18 SMU will visit Temple on ESPN+.

No. 16 Marshall will host UMass at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+.

Even more Top 25 matchups follow at 3:30 p.m. ET. No. 10 Wisconsin will host Purdue on ABC while No. 6 Cincinnati will host Houston on ESPN. No. 19 Oklahoma will host Kansas on ESPN2.

Later in the evening, No. 7 Texas A&M will visit South Carolina on ESPN. That game will simulcast on ESPN Radio.

No. 15 Coastal Carolina will host South Alabama at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

The ESPN networks’ full college football broadcast schedule for this week is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Wed, Nov 4	6 p.m.	Western Michigan at Akron Michael Reghi, Dustin Fox	ESPN3
		Eastern Michigan at Kent State David Wilson, John Gregory	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Ohio at Central Michigan Kevin Brown, Mike Golic Jr., Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		Buffalo at Northern Illinois Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Taylor McGregor	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Bowling Green at Toledo Mike Couzens, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
Fri, Nov 6	7:30 p.m.	No. 11 Miami at NC State Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Marty Smith	ESPN
Sat, Nov 7	Noon	West Virginia at No. 22 Texas TV: Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock	ABC/ESPN Radio
		Michigan State at Iowa Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
		North Carolina at Duke Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Alex Chappell	ESPN2
		Arkansas State at Louisiana Dave Neal, DJ Shockley	ESPNU
		No. 25 Liberty at Virginia Tech Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Taylor Davis	ACC Network
		Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State	ESPN3
		Tulane at East Carolina Evan Lepler, Jay Sonnhalter	ESPN+
		South Florida at Memphis Lincoln Rose, LaDarrin McLane	ESPN+
		No. 18 SMU at Temple Dave Leno, Ken Dunek	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Troy at Georgia Southern	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Boston College at Syracuse	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	UMass at No. 16 Marshall	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	North Alabama at Southern Mississippi	ESPN3
		Appalachian State at Texas State	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Purdue at No. 10 Wisconsin Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Jerry Punch	ABC
		Houston at No. 6 Cincinnati Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath	ESPN
		Kansas at No. 19 Oklahoma Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		Vanderbilt at Mississippi State Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		UTSA at Rice	ESPN3
		Charlotte at Middle Tennessee	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Arizona at Utah Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
		Pittsburgh at Florida State Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris	ACC Network
		Florida International at UTEP	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 7 Texas A&M at South Carolina TV: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN/ESPN Radio
		UCLA at Colorado Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, John Schriffen	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	Stanford at No. 12 Oregon Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
		Tennessee at Arkansas Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	South Alabama at No. 15 Coastal Carolina Courtney Lyle, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Louisville at Virginia Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	10:30 p.m.	Washington at California Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Allison Williams	ESPN

Note: Not all digital games are exclusive

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Cardinals, Hurricanes To Headline This Weekend’s ESPN Networks CFB Broadcast Schedule

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ABC’s weekly Saturday Night Football broadcast will feature a showdown of two Top 20 college football teams this week.

No. 18 Louisville will host No. 17 Miami in this week’s broadcast.  Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.  The broadcast team of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Allison Williams will cover the game.

Each team will come in to Saturday night’s game on the heels of a Week 1 win.  The Hurricanes defeated the University of Alabama at Birmingham 31-14 in Week 1 while the Cardinals won their game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 35-21.

Saturday night’s showdown is just one of the games on tap for ESPN’s weekly CFB schedule.  The Campbell Camels and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers open the weekend’s slate at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday on ESPN.

Saturday’s day-long schedule opens at noon with games across the ESPN family of networks.  Tulane will host Navy on ABC;  No. 11 Oklahoma State will host Tulsa on ESPN; No. 19 Louisiana will be on the road against Georgia State on ESPN2; The ACC Network will carry coverage of the Syracuse Orange taking on host No. 25 Pittsburgh.

Liberty and Western Kentucy will face off live on ESPNU at noon while No. 13 Cincinnati will take on the 0-2 Austin Peay at noon on ESPN+; Boston College and Duke will broadcast live at noon on ESPN3.

The ESPN networks’ full CFB broadcast schedule for this weekend is noted below.

 

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Talent	Network
Fri, Sep 18	7:30 p.m.	Campbell at Coastal Carolina Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic	ESPN
Sat, Sep 19	Noon	Navy at Tulane Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich	ABC
		Tulsa at No. 11 Oklahoma State Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Kris Budden	ESPN
		No. 19 Louisiana at Georgia State Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2
		Liberty at Western Kentucky Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
		Syracuse at No. 25 Pittsburgh Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Kelsey Riggs	ACC Network
		Austin Peay at No. 13 Cincinnati David Saltzman, Keith Moreland	ESPN+
		Boston College at Duke	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at UTSA	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 14 UCF at Georgia Tech Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Marty Smith	ABC
		Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Lericia Harris	ESPN
		Charlotte at No. 12 North Carolina	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Troy at Middle Tennessee Dave Neal, Jay Walker, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2
		The Citadel at No. 1 Clemson Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Eric Wood	ACC Network
	7:30 p.m.	No. 17 Miami at No. 18 Louisville Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Allison Williams	ABC
		Louisiana Tech at Southern Mississippi Dave Pasch, Mike Golic, Sr., Lauren Sisler	ESPN2
		Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at NC State Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Abilene Christian at UTEP	ESPN3

 

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ESPN Networks Airing Expansive Women’s College Basketball Tournament Schedule

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ESPN is getting audiences ready for the women’s college basketball championship.

The network launched a two-week-long schedule of tournaments that culminates next weekend in a series of women’s college basketball championships. Games on the schedule will be spread across ESPN’s family of networks on ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, the SEC Network, ESPN3 and ACC Network Extra.  The schedule will feature a total of almost 200 games.

The programming schedule started Monday and continues Tuesday, with the First Round of the A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament and the Quarterfinals of the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Programming continues Wednesday with coverage of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament, ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, American East Women’s Conference Championship and the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament.

The attention turns to the Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament and SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday, along with continued coverage of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament and Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

The full lineup for the ESPN networks’ Women’s Basketball Tournaments broadcasts is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Event/Commentators	Network
Mon, Mar 4	8 p.m.	Heart of America Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Culver-Stockton vs William Penn	ESPN3
Tue, Mar 5	Noon	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round UMass at George Mason	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round George Washington at Saint Joseph’s	ESPN+
	5:30 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Oakland at Wright State	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Northern Kentucky at IUPUI	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Rhode Island at Duquesne	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round St. Bonaventure at Davidson	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round La Salle at Dayton	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Richmond at Saint Louis	ESPN+
Wed, Mar 6	11 a.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Florida vs Ole Miss Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Vanderbilt vs Alabama Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Boston College vs Virginia	ACC Network Extra
	2 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Southeast Missouri vs Belmont	ESPN+
	3:30p	ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Wake Forest vs Virginia Tech	ACC Network Extra
	4 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Jacksonville State vs Morehead State	ESPN+
	6:30p	ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Pittsburgh vs. Duke	ACC Network Extra
	7 p.m.	America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Binghamton at Albany	ESPN+
		America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Vermont at Stony Brook	ESPN+
		Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Milwaukee at Youngstown State	ESPN+
		America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal New Hampshire at Maine	ESPN+
		America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal UMBC at Hartford	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Cleveland State at Green Bay	ESPN+
Thu, Mar 7	9:30 a.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round – Fairfield vs Niagara	ESPN3
	11 a.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Western Carolina vs. Mercer	ESPN+
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ACC Network Extra
	11:30 a.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Iona vs. Siena	ESPN3
	Noon	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round LSU vs. Tennessee Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
	1:15 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Wofford vs. ETSU	ESPN+
	1:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Saint Peter’s vs. Manhattan	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech	ESPN+
		SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round LSU vs. Tennessee Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina	ACC Network Extra
	3:30 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Samford vs. Furman	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Murray State vs. UT Martin	ESPN+
	5:45 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal UNCG vs. Chattanooga	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ACC Network Extra
	8 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ACC Network Extra
Fri, Mar 8	11 a.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	ACC Network Extra
	Noon	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1 Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 1 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN3
	1:15 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 2 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
		SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	ACC Network Extra
	3:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	4:30 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 3 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3	ACC Network Extra
	7 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 4 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
		SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4	ACC Network Extra
Sat, Mar 9	Noon	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
		Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN3
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Courtney Lyle	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2 Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Courtney Lyle	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Canisius vs. Monmouth	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 10	11 a.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal Paul Sunderland, Julianne Viani	ESPN3
	Noon	ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Courtney Lyle	ESPN2
		Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Melissa Lee, Andraya Carter	ESPNU
		SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	1:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal Paul Sunderland, Julianne Viani	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	ESPN2
	2 p.m.	America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Tiffany Greene, LaChina Robinson, Christy Winters-Scott	ESPN2
	6:30 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal #2 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Elise Woodward	ESPN2
Mon, Mar 11	12:05 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Paul Sunderland, Julianne Viani	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Adam Amin, Rebecca Lobo	ESPN2
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
Tue, Mar 12	Noon	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Roy Philpott, Carolyn Peck	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Clay Matvick, Julianne Viani	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	West Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Elise Woodward, Dan Hughes	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 1	ESPN3
	11:30 p.m.	Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 2	ESPN3
Wed, Mar 13	Noon	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	12:30 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
		WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5:30 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	9 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	ESPN3
	9:30 p.m.	Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	11:30 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	ESPN3
Thu, Mar 14	Noon	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	12:30 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	4:30 p.m.	MVC Tournament Preview Show	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Northeast Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	ESPN3
		Northeast Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4	ESPN3
Fri, Mar 15	11 a.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	Noon	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	1:30 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	ESPN3
		Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	America East Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPNU
	5:30 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	9:30 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
Sat, Mar 16	Noon	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Rich Hollenberg, Christy Winters-Scott	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Southwestern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Dave LaMont, Debbie Antonelli	ESPN3^
	3:30 p.m.	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Roy Philpott, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3*
	4:30 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Paul Sunderland, Dan Hughes	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Ivy League Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal #1 Brenda VanLengen, Andraya Carter	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.	Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN3
	8:30 p.m.	Ivy League Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal #2 Brenda VanLengen, Andraya Carter	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 17	2 p.m.	Northeast Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Melissa Lee, Mike Thibault	ESPNU
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
		MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Ivy League Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Brenda VanLengen, Andraya Carter	ESPNU

* – will air on ESPNU at 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 17

^ – will air on ESPNU at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17

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Bison, Eagles Vie For 2019 FCS CFB Championship Saturday On ESPN2

Courtesy: ESPN

North Dakota State University and Eastern Washington will compete for the FCS College Football Championship this weekend, and ESPN will have full coverage of the game.

The network announced in a news release sent Wednesday, that the game will be played Saturday in Frisco, Texas. Coverage is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. with FCS Championship Game Preview on ESPNEWS.  Gametime coverage is scheduled to start at noon on ESPN2 and the ESPN app.  A Spanish-language broadcast will air on ESPN3.

North Dakota State is undefeated coming into Saturday’s FCS Championship match, and will look to defend its 2017 title.  If the Bison win the title this year, it will be the team’s seventh title in eight years.  For Eastern Washington, a title win would be the team’s first since 2010.

NDSU is led by Walter Payton Award Finalist, quarterback Easton Stick, running back Bruce Anderson and linebacker Jabril Cox.  Head Coach Chris Klieman is in his final season with the Bison, and will take over the head coaching position at Kansas State starting in the 2019 season. Klieman holds a 68-6 record during his time at the helm of NDSU’s football program.

The Walter Payton Award — named after NFL great and former Jackson State University standong Walter Payton — is presented annually to the FCS’ top offensive player.  It is voted on by a national panel of media and college sports information directors.

The Eagles are led by quarterback Eric Barriere and an offense that is ranked third in the nation in yards per play and a defense that is second in turnovers.  This is Head Coach Aaron Best’s first season leading Eastern Washington, after spending more than 20 years with the team, four of which were as a player.

More than a year has past since the Bison and Eagles met on the gridiron.  The last time the teams met was Sept. 9, 2017 at Roos Field in Cheney, WA.  North Dakota State University won that match 41-3.

Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Kris Budden will have the call for Saturday’s FCS Championship game.  Budden will anchor the game’s pre-game broadcast and will be joined by analysts Rene and Jay Walker for additional commentary.

University of California Davis Head Coach and former ESPN analyst Dan Hawkins will be a special guest on the pre-game broadcast.  Hawkins led the Aggies to a 10-win season this year.  Those wins included seven conference victories — both stats are new school records.

As a result of his success this year, Hawkins was named the Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year this season.  The Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year Award — named for legendary Grambling State University coach Eddie Robinson — is presented to the FCS’ top Head Coach.  It was established by Stats, LLC.  the award is voted on by a select group of information directors and sports writers from the FCS.

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ESPN Networks Announce Broadcast Schedule For Week 11 Of College Football’s 2018 Season

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ESPN has announced its broadcast schedule for Week 11 of the 2018 college football season.

This week’s schedule features a number of games that have major playoff implications.  One of the most notable of the week’s games is an ACC matchup between undefeated No. 2 Clemson and No. 22 Boston College.  The headlining Saturday Night Football game is scheduled to air live at 8 p.m. Saturday on ABC.

ESPN’s College GameDay Built by the Home Depot will set up the game Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m.  It will broadcast live from the campus of Boston College.  Saturday’s broadcast marks the first time since 2009 that College GameDay Built by the Home Depot has aired from Boston College.

The Eagles are 4-1 in ACC play and second to Clemson in the ACC’s Atlantic Division.  The matchup is critical in Clemson’s search for a division (and conference) title, and for the team’s hopes for a spot in this year’s College Football playoffs.

Other key matchups featured in this week’s schedule are No. 7 Oklahoma taking on Oklahoma State at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and No. 8 Washington State on the road against Colorado at the same time on ESPN.  Both games have their own importance to this year’s college football playoffs impacts.

Also, if the Sooners and Cougars each win their games, they will play in their respective conference title games.  A win for either team additionally puts each group in good position to be considered for the playoffs.

Georgia hosts Auburn at 7 p.m. on ESPN in yet another key matchup for Week 11. ESPN2 will feature yet another big game at noon as UCF and Navy (AAC) face off in Florida.  The Knights have the nation’s longest winning streak while the Midshipmen are coming off a loss to Cincinnati in Week 10, so they will be hungry to get back in the “W” column, and to stop the Knights’ streak.

The full schedule of this week’s games is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchups/Commentators	Network
Tue, Nov 6	7:30 p.m.	Kent State at Buffalo Kevin Brown, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
Wed, Nov 7	7 p.m.	Ohio  at Miami (Ohio) Matt Barrie, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Toledo at Northern Illinois Chris Cotter, Desmond Howard	ESPNU
Thu, Nov 8	7 p.m.	North Carolina Central at Bethune-Cookman Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Wake Forest at No. 21 NC State Dave Flemming, Tim Hasselbeck/Matt Hasselbeck, Laura Rutledge Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Fri, Nov 9	7 p.m.	Louisville at No. 19 Syracuse Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker	ESPN2
	10:15 p.m.	No. 23 Fresno State at Boise State Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Alyssa Lang	ESPN2
Sat, Nov 10	Noon	Wisconsin at No. 14 Penn State Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ABC
		South Carolina at Florida Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ESPN
		Navy at No. 12 UCF Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPN2
		Tulsa at Memphis Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Vanderbilt at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		SMU at UConn Drew Fellios, Al Groh	ESPN3
		Akron at Eastern Michigan  Dan Gutowsky, Bob Carpenter	ESPN3
		Coast Guard Academy at Merchant Marine Academy Robert Lee, Matt Chatham	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	North Carolina at Duke	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Troy at Georgia Southern	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	North Texas at Old Dominion	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Charlotte at Marshall	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Liberty at No. 25 Virginia	ACC Network Extra
		Middle Tennessee at UTEP	ESPN+
		Jackson State at Alabama State	ESPN3
		Bowling Green at Central Michigan Chris Vosters, Marcus Ray	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State at No. 7 Oklahoma Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ABC
		No. 8 Washington State at Colorado Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ESPN
		Purdue at Minnesota Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
		Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Kevin Brown, Andre Ware	ESPNU
		Kentucky at Tennessee Taylor Zarzour, John Congemi, Kris Budden	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	East Carolina at Tulane Jay Alter, Dustin Fox	ESPNEWS
		Appalachian State at Texas State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Georgia State at Louisiana	ESPN+
		Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama	ESPN+
		Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Auburn at No. 6 Georgia Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		Miami at Georgia Tech TV: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra Radio: Bill Rosinski, Barrett Jones, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN2 and ESPN Radio
		South Florida at Cincinnati Bill Roth, Mike Golic Jr.	ESPNU
		Rice at Louisiana Tech	ESPN+
		Florida International at UTSA	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 LSU at Arkansas Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 2 Clemson at No. 22 Boston College Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
	10:30 p.m.	UNLV at San Diego State Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry	ESPN2
	10:30 PM	California at USC Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN and ESPN Radio
		Colorado State at Nevada Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPNU

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ESPN Announces Special NFL Programming Schedule Leading Up To NFL Draft

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The countdown to the 2018 NFL Draft is on, and in anticipation, ESPN is doing its part to build anticipation for the big pre-season weekend.

ESPN announced Tuesday a schedule consisting of more than 40 hours of original NFL programming leading up to the big event later this month.  It all starts tonight at 10 p.m. on ESPN2 with the new limited weekly series Inside The EA Sports Madden Ultimate League and continues Wednesday night at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 with SportsCenter Special: Mel and Todd’s Dueling Mocks.

Inside The EA Sports Madden Ultimate League takes audiences behind the scenes of what has become one of the NFL’s biggest e-sports competitions — Madden NFL ’18.  Viewers will be introduced to the tournament’s competitors who will be vying for the first-ever Ultimate League championship and part of a $500,000 cash prize.

In the second night of coverage leading up to the draft, Mel Kiper and Todd McShay go toe-to-toe with their mock drafts in an hour-long SportsCenter special.  Suzy Kolber will anchor the broadcast.  ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter will also be on hand throughout the broadcast for additional insight and commentary.

The second week of the ESPN networks’ special NFL draft leadup coverage opens April 10 at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2 in Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL.  Produced by NFL Films, this four-part series follows soon-to-be NFL rookies Saquon Barkley and Bardley Chubb as they wind down their college football careers in preparation for professional careers on the gridiron.  It will be followed at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 by SportsCenter Special: Draft Room Simulation.

SportsCenter Special: Draft Room Simulation is an hour-long presentation that takes audiences behind the scenes of what happens in each team’s war room on draft day.  Trey Wingo will anchor the broadcast.  He will be joined by NFL Hall of Famer and former NFL General Manager Bill Polian, former NFL Director of Pro Personnel Louis Riddick, NFL Draft Analyst Todd McShay and NFL reported Field Yates.  Yates also formerly worked in coaching and scouting with the Patriots and Chiefs.

The second week of the ESPN networks’ buildup to the draft winds down April 12 at 7 p.m. on ESPN with We The Fans: Dallas.  This four-part-series follow a dozen Cowboys fans over the course of the 2017 season.  Replays of the hour-long episodes will be available via the ESPN app and ESPN Video on Demand.

The third and fourth week of the ESPN networks’ special NFL programming schedule includes additional special episodes of SportsCenter, NFL Matchup and College GameDay.  The ESPN networks’ full pre-draft programming schedule is noted below.

More information on the ESPN networks’ NFL coverage is available online now along with all of the latest NFL headlines at:

 

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/ESPNNFL

 

 

Debut Episodes:

Date	Time (ET)	Show	Network(s)
Tue, Apr 3	10 p.m.	Inside The EA SPORTS Madden Ultimate League: The Long Hustle	ESPN2
Wed, Apr 4	7 p.m.	SportsCenter Special: Mel and Todd’s Dueling Mocks	ESPN2
Tue, Apr 10	8:30 p.m.	Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL (Episode 1)	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: Draft Room Simulation	ESPN2
	10 p.m.	Inside The EA SPORTS Madden Ultimate League: Strategy & Stick Work	ESPN2
Thu, Apr 12	7 p.m.	We the Fans: Dallas presented by Meguiar’s (Episode 1)	ESPN
	8 p.m.	We the Fans: Dallas presented by Meguiar’s (Episode 2)	ESPN
	9 p.m.	We the Fans: Dallas presented by Meguiar’s (Episode 3)	ESPN
	10 p.m.	We the Fans: Dallas presented by Meguiar’s (Episode 4)	ESPN
Tue, Apr 17	7 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: QB2QB with Russell Wilson and Baker Mayfield	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: QB2QB with Russell Wilson and J.T. Barrett	ESPN
	8 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: QB2QB with Russell Wilson and Mason Rudolph	ESPN
	8:30 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: QB2RB with Russell Wilson and Saquon Barkley	ESPN
	9:30 p.m.	Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL (Episode 2)	ESPN
	10 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: You’ve Got Mel and Todd	ESPN
	10 p.m.	Inside The EA SPORTS Madden Ultimate League: Game On Lock	ESPN2
Wed, Apr 18	8:30 p.m.	NFL Matchup: Draft Special (Episode 1)	ESPN2
Thu, Apr 19	8 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: Mel and Todd’s Mock Draft	ESPN
Tue, Apr 24	7 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: NFL Nation Mock Draft	ESPN
	9:30 p.m.	Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL (Episode 3)	ESPN
	10 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: Best of QB2QB with Russell Wilson	ESPN
	10 p.m.	Inside The EA SPORTS Madden Ultimate League: 4th & Inches	ESPN2
	10:30 p.m.	NFL Matchup: Draft Special (Episode 2)	ESPN2
Thu, Apr 26	6 a.m.	Golic and Wingo	ESPN Radio, ESPNEWS*
	3 p.m.	NFL Live presented by Corona Extra	ESPN
	5 p.m.	College GameDay Built by The Home Depot	ESPN
	7 p.m.	NFL Draft Countdown presented by ZipRecruiter	ESPN
	8 p.m.	2018 NFL Draft presented by Courtyard (Round 1)	ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes
	8 p.m.	College Football Primetime at The NFL Draft presented by Courtyard (Round 1)	ESPN2
Fri, Apr 27	6 a.m.	Golic and Wingo	ESPN Radio, ESPNEWS*
	3 p.m.	NFL Live presented by Corona Extra	ESPN
	5 p.m.	College GameDay Built by The Home Depot	ESPN
	6 p.m.	NFL Draft Countdown presented by ZipRecruiter	ESPN
	7 p.m.	2018 NFL Draft presented by Courtyard (Rounds 2-3)	ESPN/ESPN2, ESPN Radio, ESPN3 (in Spanish)
Sat, Apr 28	12 p.m.	2018 NFL Draft presented by Courtyard (Rounds 4-7)	ESPN, ABC
	7 p.m.	EA Sports Madden NFL 18 Ultimate League Championship	ESPN2
Sun, Apr 29	8 p.m.	SportsCenter Special presented by Maui Jim: Draft Grades	ESPN2
Tue, May 1	8:30 p.m.	Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL (Episode 4)	ESPN