ESPNEWS Adding New Sports Betting, Information Program To Its Lineup

Posted on March 2, 2019 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPN is launching a new sports betting program.

The network made the announcement in a news release sent Friday. the release announced the program, Daily Wager is meant to educate sports fans about teams and sports, and about sports wagering.

Daily Wager is scheduled to debut at 6 p.m., March 11 on ESPNEWS. The one-hour program is scheduled to air Monday-Friday in that time slot.

ESPN Vice President and Executive Editor of Studio Production Norby Williamson talked about the decision to launch the show in a recent interview.

“ESPN’s mission is to serve sports fans,” Williamson said. “the sports betting environment has changed, and interest is increasing at unprecedented levels. ESPN is going to have a strong and vibrant presence across our platforms, and the launch of Daily Wager is the next step in what has already been underway for some time.”

Contributors such as “Stanford” Steve Coughlin, Chris “The Bear” Fallica” and Anita Marks will contribute to the program, along with figures, such as David Purdum, Preston Johnson and Joe Fortenbaugh.

Daily Wager is just the latest sports betting program that the ESPN networks airs. It already airs Behind the Bet with Doug Kezirian as a podcast and the Stanford Steve and the Bear podcast during football season.

Bad Beats runs during SportsCenter while other sports betting content runs online at espn.com.

More information on the programming schedule of the ESPN networks is available online now at:

Website: http://www.espn.com

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espn

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

Posted on January 2, 2019 by philspicks

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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.

More information on this weekend’s FCS Championship Game is available online now along with all of the latest college football headlines at:

Website: http://www.espn.com/college-football

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espncfb

Le Batard And Weiner Ink New Deals With ESPN

Posted on July 1, 2018 by philspicks

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Two of ESPN’s most beloved figures will officially remain at the network after finalizing new deals this week.

Dan Le Batard and Jon “Stugotz” Weiner signed new deals with ESPN this week that will keep the pair with the worldwide leader in sports for the foreseeable future. Precise terms of the deal were not announced, though the new deal will see the pair taking on some new duties.

Along with co-hosting duties on The Dan Le Batard Show, Dan Le Batard will continue to co-host Highly Questionable with his father, Gonazlo “Papi” Le Batard. Weiner will make appearances on ESPN’s flagship sports news program SportsCenter as per his new contract. He will also continue guesting and hosting other programs on ESPN Radio.

The co-hosts of The Dan Le Batard show, which airs daily from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. on ESPN Radio (and simulcasts on ESPNEWS), were both upbeat as they talked about their new contracts.

“ESPN has given us ridiculous freedom to have fun, and made us more popular than we deserve,” Le Batard said. “A whole lot of people have supported our nonsense in a way that isn’t always easy to support, but easy to grow. As an added bonus — and we’re especially thankful for this — they also pay us.”

Weiner shared a sense of that nonsense as he jokingly said he wished the contracts were more extensive.

“I was hoping for the lifetime contract, to be honest,” Weiner said. “I’m a little disappointed. Maybe next time.”

ESPN Senior Vice President of Audio and Talent, Traug Keller, was anticipating the pair’s continued presence at ESPN just as much as the duo itself.

“Dan and Stugotz have a chemistry and a viewpoint that is among the most unique in the business,” Keller said. “They take what they do seriously, but not themselves, which bonds them with a growing group of loyal listeners. Dan’s sensibilities and intelligence combine with Stugotz’s incredible lack of either quality is a winning combination. I look forward to the stress of having to listen to the show in the years to come.”

More information on The Dan Le Batard Show is available online along with all of the latest sports news and more at:

Website: http://www.espn.com

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espn

ESPN Networks To Cover MLB Winter Meetings Live Next Week

Posted on November 29, 2016 by philspicks

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Major League Baseball’s 2017 season is still at least five months away, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no action going on around the league right now.

ESPN announced Tuesday its flagship MLB program will hit the road next week for the league’s 2016 Baseball Winter Meetings. Baseball Tonight will air live Dec. 5 to Dec. 7 live from the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD.\

The half-hour broadcast will air at 6:30 p.m. and then again at midnight each day. The broadcasts will air live on ESPN2 except for Monday’s 6:30 p.m. broadcast. That broadcast will air live on ESPNEWS.

ESPN’s Baseball Tonight broadcast team—Karl Ravech, analyst Aaron Boone and ESPN MLB Insiders Aaron Boone and Tim kurkjian—will cover each day’s events. They will be joined by an extensive team of MLB Insiders and reporters including: Keith Law, Jason Stark, Jim Bowden, Jerry Crasnick, Jesse Rogers, Andrew Marchand, Scot Lauber, Adam Rubin, Eddie Matz, Mark Saxon, Doug Padilla and others.

As an added bonus for MLB fans, ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez will be on site through Dec. 8 with updates for SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship sports newscast.

Baseball Tonight is available online on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings are the largest annual gathering of baseball executives, staff, and media. They take place at the peak of Major League Baseball’s “Hot Stove,” when many trades and free agent signings are completed.

More information on ESPN’s Winter Meetings coverage is available online now along with all of the latest Major League Baseball headlines at:

Website: http://espn.go.com/mlb

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/BBTN

ESPN Family of Networks Will Carry Entire NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament

Posted on March 19, 2014 by philspicks

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ESPN and the ESPN family of networks will carry the entire NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by Capital One.

The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by Capital One tips off this Saturday, March 22^nd. It all starts with a matchup between No. 15 Winthrop and No. 2 Duke in Durham, North Carolina. Coverage of the game is scheduled for an 11am ET start time. The game will be broadcast on television on ESPN2 and online on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.

The majority of the tournament’s first and second-round games will be televised on ESPN2. There are two exceptions to that rule. The exceptions in question are the Sunday 3pm ET and 5:30pm ET window. The games broadcast on ESPN2 will be broadcast in twelve regionalized windows with home market protection. ESPN3 and ESPN Full Court, ESPN’s pay-per-view package, will offer full coverage of the tournament as an addition to the tournament’s regional coverage. The tournament’s final fifteen games will be carried on ESPN and ESPN2. It all leads up to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship game on Tuesday, April 8^th at 8:30pm ET on ESPN. The championship game will be broadcast live from Nashville, Tennessee.

Audiences can get even more coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship across ESPN’s family of networks and online, including espnW.com, SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, and ESPN International. More information on coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Capital One is available online at http://www.facebook.com/ESPNCollegeBasketball, http://espn.go.com/womens-basketball, http://www.facebook.com/espnW, and http://espnW.com. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

ESPN To Air NASCAR SCS, NNS Finales This Weekend

Posted on November 12, 2013 by philspicks

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And then there was one. This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ 2013 series comes down to a winner take all race that will decide who takes the Sprint Cup Championship. Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson have been locked in a head to head battle since the start of the annual “Chase for the Championship.” But Kenseth has fallen off track in recent weeks. He trails Jimmie Johnson by almost thirty points as the series heads into its season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend. Allen Bestwick will anchor this weekend’s broadcast. He will be joined by analysts and NASCAR veterans Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, and Vince Welch will have all the latest in-race news live from the pits. ESPN’s NASCAR Countdown will be anchored by Mike Massaro. He will be joined by NASCAR veteran Rusty Wallace, former crew chief and Evernham Racing head Ray Evernham, as well as team owner Brad Daughtery for analysis.

The Ford Econoboost 400 closes out the Sprint Cup Series’ 2013 season. It will be broadcast live this Sunday beginning with a special two-hour edition of NASCAR Countdown beginning at 1pm ET. The green flag is currently scheduled to drop at 3:15pm ET. ESPN will have also air practice and qualifying live this Friday at 1:30pm and 6pm ET respectively.

Along with its broadcast of the Sprint Cup Series season finale, ESPN will also have full coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series’ finale Saturday afternoon. Austin Dillon and Sam Hornish, Jr. will take it right down to the wire Saturday for the series’ championship in the Ford Econoboost 300. Broadcast of the race begins with NASCAR Countdown live at 4pm. The green flag is expected to drop at 4:46pm ET.

ESPN will build up to this weekend’s championship battle by embedding reporters Ryan McGee and Shannon Spake with Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth’s teams respectively today and tomorrow, November 12^th and 13^th. They will bring reports from both camps on ESPN’s flagship show, SportsCenter. NASCAR fans can also tune in to ESPNEWS this Thursday, November 14^th for a special hour-long program that will come live from the NASCAR Championship Contenders news conference. That broadcast will kick off live at 12pm ET from Miami.

More information on this weekend’s races is available online at http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

Soccer Fans Getting More Coverage From ESPN Beginning This Summer

Posted on May 14, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN/ESPNFC

ESPN is giving soccer fans an early Christmas gift this Summer. What started mainly on the ESPNFC.com website has evolved into the first ever full length studio show dedicated to coverage of all things soccer. ESPN FC on TV will air on ESPN daily on ESPN beginning Sunday, August 11^th. The announcement was made today at the company’s Upfront presentation in New York City. The new show will take the place of ESPN FC Press Pass, which currently airs on ESPNEWS in the United States.

The new program will be more than just a studio based show. It will also incorporate the use of ESPNFC.com into the show via a variety of outlets including social media and ESPN’s industry-leading Stats & Information Group’s data visualization analysis, just to name a couple. Digital versions of the show will be available online at http://www.ESPNFC.com.

Scott Guglielmino spoke on the motivation to expand ESPN’s coverage of professional soccer, noting the increased attention that it is now getting around the world. “Soccer’s popularity is at an all-time high in the United States as fans are now more familiar with the world’s top players, marquee clubs and national teams. ESPN FC on TV continues our leadership role in coverage of the sport across all media,” he said. “ESPN FC will inform, entertain and provide hard-hitting insight on the global sport of soccer,” It will become ESPN’s signature program for soccer, bringing tremendous value to the company, our affiliates and the ad sales community looking to reach core and casual soccer fans in the United States.”

Sunday editions of ESPN FC on TV will offer full wrap-ups of each week’s biggest games and looks forward to the coming week, too. Weekday editions of the show will run for half an hour each day. Fans can expect from ESPN FC on TV all the latest news and rumors from around the world of professional soccer. Reporters, columnist, and bloggers from around the world will have all the latest from the Barclay’s Premiere League, UEFA Champion’s League, Spain’s La Liga, Major League Soccer, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team, and Mexican National Team. It will also include interviews with the biggest names from around the professional soccer world, and previews of the biggest games from the FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, Manchester Derby, and even more.

To keep up with the latest soccer news from ESPN online, fans can “Like” the ESPN FC Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ESPNFC and check in daily at the ESPN FC website, http://www.espnfc.com.

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ESPNEWS Adding New Sports Betting, Information Program To Its Lineup

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

Le Batard And Weiner Ink New Deals With ESPN

ESPN Networks To Cover MLB Winter Meetings Live Next Week

ESPN Family of Networks Will Carry Entire NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament

ESPN To Air NASCAR SCS, NNS Finales This Weekend

Soccer Fans Getting More Coverage From ESPN Beginning This Summer