ESPN Hosting College Football Coaches

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Coaches from some of college football’s biggest teams will be making the rounds on the ESPN family of networks beginning this Monday, July 22^nd.  Coaches from the ACC, SEC, Big 10, and Pac 12 will appear on a variety of ESPN programs, including: College Football Live, SportsCenter, First Take, and Highly Questionable on television.  On radio, they will appear on: SVP and Rusillo, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Coach and Company, and SportsCenter Tonight as well as on chats, podcasts, and more online. 

Coaches from the ACC will make appearances on July 29^th and 30^th.  ACC coaches will be doing interviews July 31^st and August 1^st.  Pac-12 coaches will make appearances on TV and radio on July 24^th and 25^th.  Coaches from the SEC will appear on TV and radio July 22^nd and 23^rd.  Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott will visit ESPN’s headquarters on Thursday, July 25^th.  He will make the rounds from 12pm EST to 2:45pm EST.  During his time at ESPN’s headquarters, Scott will make appearances on SportsCenter and on ESPN Radio’s SVP & Rusillo.

A full schedule of coaches and their appearance schedules is available below.

SEC

July 22 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)	July 23 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
James Franklin (Vanderbilt)	Bret Bielema (Arkansas)
Hugh Freeze (Mississippi)	Butch Jones (Tennessee)
Les Miles (LSU)	Gus Malzahn (Auburn)
Dan Mullen (Mississippi State)	Will Muschamp (Florida)
Gary Pinkel (Missouri)	Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
Mark Richt (Georgia)	Mark Stoops (Kentucky)
Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M)
Nick Saban (Alabama)

 

Pac-12

July 24 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)	July 25 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Sonny Dykes (California)	Todd Graham (Arizona State)
Mark Helfrich (Oregon)	Lane Kiffin (USC)
Mike Leach (Washington State)	Mike MacIntyre (Colorado)
Mike Riley (Oregon State)	Jim Mora (UCLA)
Steve Sarkisian (Washington)	Rich Rodriguez (Arizona)
David Shaw (Stanford)	Kyle Whittingham (Utah)

 

ACC

July 29 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)	July 30 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Paul Chryst (Pittsburgh)	Steve Addazio (Boston College)
David Cutcliffe (Duke)	Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
Dave Doeren (NC State)	Randy Edsall (Maryland)
Larry Fedora (North Carolina)	Jimbo Fisher (Florida State)
Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)	Al Golden (Miami)
Mike London (Virginia)	Jim Grobe (Wake Forest)

 

Big Ten

July 31 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)	August 1 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Gary Anderson (Wisconsin)	Tim Beckman (Illinois)
Darrell Hazell (Purdue)	Mark Dantonio (Michigan State)
Jerry Kill (Minnesota)	Kirk Ferentz (Iowa)
Urban Meyer (Ohio State)	Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern)
Bo Pelini (Nebraska)	Brady Hoke (Michigan)
Kevin Wilson (Indiana)	Bill O’Brien (Penn State)

 

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ESPN Offering Extensive Coverage Of 2013 Open Championship

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Courtesy: ESPN

 

ESPN will broadcast all four rounds of the PGA’s annual Open Championship live next weekend, July 18^th – 21^st.  ESPN and WatchESPN will have eleven hours of live coverage beginning with the first two rounds July 18^th and 19^th.  The first two rounds will be broadcast from 4am – 3pm each day.  Saturday’s round three coverage begins at 7am EST and runs through 2:30pm EST.  Round Four cover begins at 6am EST and runs through 1:30 pm EST.

Those that can’t catch coverage when it airs live next weekend need not worry.  All four rounds will be broadcast in an encore presentation.  The live broadcast and encore presentation of The Open are just part of the sixty-five total hours that center on The Open.  Also celebrating the 142^nd renewal of one of golf’s biggest tournaments is The Best of The Open Championship.  The encore presentation of this feature has been edited for time.  It will be broadcast next Thursday – Sunday, July 18^th – 21^st.  the program will be broadcast Thursday – Saturday from 7pm – 10pm EST on ESPN.  Sunday’s broadcast will air on ESPN2 from 9pm – 12am EST.  Fans can get highlights of each day’s best moments on The Open Championship Today from 3pm – 6pm EST July 18^th and 19^th on ESPN and at the same time on ABC July 20^th and 21^st.  All broadcasts will be simulcast on ESPN Radio affiliates nationwide, online at ESPNRadio.com and on TheOpen.com.  A full rundown of coverage times and networks is available below.

SportsCenter will have its own special Open Championship coverage live from Scotland’s Muirfield Golf Links.  It will broadcast a one-hour special, SportsCenter at the Open Championship.  The special will air Wednesday, July 17^th at 2pm.  There will also be a number of live in-depth reports beginning Monday, July 15^th.

ESPN’s Mike Tirico will anchor coverage of the broadcasts for the 18^th consecutive year.  He will be joined by Scott Van Pelt of ESPN’s SVP and Rusillo.  The pair will be joined by legendary BBC golf broadcaster Peter Alliss Thursday and Friday July 18^th and 19^th.  Van Pelt will also serve as hole announcer along with reporters Curtis Strange, Dottie Pepper, and Sean McDonough.  Paul Azinger, David Duvall and Peter Alliss will all serve as analysts for the four-day tournament at different times.  Andy North, Judy Rankin, Dottie Pepper, and Bill Kratzert will be on-course reporters.

During coverage of the annual Open Championship, ESPN will use two technologies to help viewers follow every shot throughout the hole.  The first of the technologies, “Virutal Aerial”, examines wind condition throughout the course and its impact on each hole.  The tech debuted at the 2012 Open Championship.  The second of the tech used to bring viewers into the Open is known as “Flight Tracker.”  This real-time feature will be used on six of the match’s holes.  It will create a virtual line allowing viewers to follow the ball from tee to hole on each of the six holes chosen to feature this tech.

Along with all of the in-depth coverage provided by ESPN, ESPN Radio, WatchESPN, and ABC, ESPN Classic will have fifty-five hours of special golf programming in a tribute to The Open in the days leading up to the famed tournament.  It all begins next Monday, July 15^th at 11am EST with a broadcast of highlights from the 1978 Open Championship.  That year’s tournament was won by golf legend Jack Nicklaus.  The programming will run straight through 4am on Thursday, July 18^th, when ESPN’s coverage of The Open Championship begins.  The new edition of ESPN The Magazine hits newsstands tomorrow, July 12^th.  It will have a preview of next week’s match.  In the meantime, a complete broadcast schedule of next week’s Open Championship is available below.

The Open Championship – Muirfield Golf Links, Gullane, Scotland

(all times U.S. Eastern)

Day/Date	Program	Start	Network
Wed., July 17	SportsCenter at The Open Championship	2 p.m.	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Thu., July 18	First Round	4 a.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Thu., July 18	First Round	7 a.m.	ESPN Radio
Thu., July 18	The Open Championship Today	3 p.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Thu., July 18	Best of The Open Championship	7 p.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Fri., July 19	Second Round	4 a.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Fri., July 19	Second Round	7 a.m.	ESPN Radio
Fri., July 19	The Open Championship Today	3 p.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Fri., July 19	Best of The Open Championship	7 p.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Sat., July 20	Third Round	7 a.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Sat., July 20	Third Round	9 a.m.	ESPN Radio
Sat., July 20	The Open Championship Today	3 p.m.	ABC
Sat., July 20	Best of The Open Championship	7 p.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Sun., July 21	Final Round	6 a.m.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Sun., July 21	Final Round	8 a.m.	ESPN Radio
Sun., July 21	The Open Championship Today	3 p.m.	ABC
Sun., July 21	Best of The Open Championship	9 p.m.	ESPN2, WatchESPN
Mon., July 22	Best of The Open Championship	Noon	ESPN2, WatchESPN

There is far more available on The Open On Demand and via other outlets.  For all of that information and more, fans can go online to http://www.facebook.com/espn and “Like” it or the official ESPN website, http://www.espn.com.

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ESPN Radio Releases Schedule For NBA All-Star Game Broadcast

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ESPN Radio will nationally broadcast the 2013 Sprint NBA All-Star Game.  This marks the 17^th straight year that ESPN Radio will have events through the All-Star game, which lead up to the broadcast of the annual game.  The game will be broadcast this Sunday, February 17^th at 7:30pm EST.  The game will be called by Kevin Calabro.  He will be joined by analyst and NBA Hall of Famer Dr. Jack Ramsay. Marc Kestecher will join the team live from ESPN’s studios.  He will be joined by NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin, ESPN NBA insider Marc Stein, and reporter Shelley Smith.

Coverage of this weekend’s All-Star Game starts Friday with a broadcast of First Take live from Houston at 10am.   ESPN Radio’s SVP and Rusillo will also broadcast live.  The pair will broadcast live at 1pm this Friday.  It will also simulcast on ESPNNEWS.  Both shows will broadcast from the House of Blues in Houston.  Along with the live broadcast, Ryen Rusillo will also participate in the 2013 All-Star Celebrity Game live from the George R. Brown Convention Center.  He and ESPN commentator Bruce Bowen will be among many other celebrities taking part in the game.  Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) and James Harden (Houston Rockets) will serve as special coaches for the event.  Mark Jones will provide commentary for the game and will be joined by analyst Jon Barry and reporter Chris Broussard.  Audiences can catch the game via ESPN Mobile TV and online at WatchESPN.  Audiences with tablets and smart phones can catch the game with the WatchESPN app.

ESPN.com will have even more content through the weekend including live chats and grades for all events related to the NBA All-Star Game.  TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott will also present TrueHoop TV content all weekend.  A full schedule of events from ESPN Radio and ESPN International is available below.

ESPN Radio’s 2013 NBA All-Star schedule

 

Date	Event	Time (ET)
Fri., Feb. 15	BBVA Rising Stars Challenge	9 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 16	Meet the All-Stars	6 p.m.
	NBA All-Star Saturday Night: The Sears Shooting Stars The Taco Bell Skills Challenge The Foot Locker Three-Point Contest The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest	8:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 17	2013 Sprint NBA All-Star Game	7:30 p.m.

 

ESPN International All-Star coverage

NBA All-Star Celebrity Game:  Live on Pac-Rim, Brazil, Atlantic, Caribbean and UK, Friday at 7pm EST

Rising Stars Challenge:  Live on Pac-Rim, Brazil, Atlantic, Caribbean and UK, Friday at 9pm EST

NBA All-Star Saturday Night:  Live on Pac-Rim, Brazil, Atlantic, Caribbean and UK, Saturday at 8:30pm                                                               EST.

NBA All-Star Game:  Live on Pac-Rim, Brazil, Atlantic, Caribbean and UK, Sunday at 8pm EST

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ESPN Wednesday Superbowl Live Coverage Announced

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ESPN’s countdown to the Superbowl continues Wednesday with even more coverage live from New Orleans.  Mike and Mike start things off once again from 6-10am EST/5-9am CT.  The guys welcome a load of new guests on this pre-Superbowl hump day starting with former Dallas Cowboy/Fox analyst Daryl Johnston at 6:30/5:30 CT.  Rising star and Seahawks QB Russell Wilson will join the guys next at 8/7 CT.  Also joining the show live will be NFL Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz at 8:15/7:15 CT.  The show’s last hour and a half will see former Ravens coach and FOX analyst Brian Billick, ESPN analysts Cris Carter and Mark Schlereth and former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum.  Audiences that can’t be there in person can tune in live on their local ESPN Radio affiliate and on TV on ESPN2.

Hannah Storm takes over at 9/8 CT on SportsCenter.  She’ll be joined by analysts Ron Jaworski, Merril Hoge, and Jerry Rice.  Guests scheduled for the show Wednesday include:  retired Cowboys Fullback Daryl Johnston, Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri, and the Saints’ very own Drew Breese.  That’s all from 9/8 CT – 3/2 CT on ESPN.

Colin Cowherd will take audiences into the afternoon hours on The Herd with Colin Cowherd.  Colin will be on the air from 10am/9am CT – 1pm/12pm CT.  Drew Breese will be making his way to Colin’s show for those that missed him on SportsCenter as will Colts Kicker Adam Vinatieri.  Also joining the lineup will be ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer.  Fans can check it all out on their local ESPN Radio affiliate and onTV on ESPNU.

The next three hours will be taken over by SVP and Rusillo.  Scott and Ryen welcome Steelers Defensive End Brett Keisel, Ron Jaworski, Jacksonville Jaguars Running Back Maurice Jones-Drew, and Giants Offensive Linesman David Diehl.  Fans can catch all the action live from 1/12 CT – 4/3 CT on ESPN Radio affiliates across the nation and on TV on ESPNNEWS.  It’s just one option that fans have in the early hours of the afternoon.  Fans can also tune in to ESPN from 3/2 CT – 4/3 CT for a SportsCenter special presented by Little Caesars pizza hosted by Mike Tirico.  Mike will be joined by analysts Trent Dilfer, Herm Edwards and Tom Jackson.

Next up as the afternoon passes is NFL Live from 4/3 CT – 5/4 CT on ESPN.  Host Trey Wingo will be joined by analysts Ron Jaworski and Mark Shclereth as the trio talks up Sunday’s big game.  Also from 4/3 CT – 5/4 CT is SportsNation on ESPN2.  Hosts Charissa Thompson and Marcellus Wiley welcome guests Greg McElroy (NY Jets QB) and NY Giants Tight End David Diehl.  Analyst Herm Edwards will also join the days’ lineup.

As the sun starts to set for the day, the action doesn’t let up on the ESPN family of networks.  Hosts Suzy Kolber and Chris Mortensen will be joined by analysts Trent Dilfer and Tom Jackson on ESPN2 on NFL 32 from 5/4 CT – 6/5 CT.  That is followed by another edition of SportsCenter from 6/5 CT – 7/6 CT on ESPN.  Hispanic audiences will also get a dose of football week frenzy with an NFL Semanal Special from 8/7 CT – 9/8 CT on ESPN Dos.  It will also air at 9:30/8:30 CT and 12am/11pm CT on Latin North.

Rounding out the day’s coverage is one more edition of SportsCenter on ESPN from 9/8 CT – 12am/11pm CT.  Host Stuart Scott will be joined by analysts Cris Carter and Tedy Bruschi.

It all starts again Thursday morning with another new edition of Mike and Mike on ESPN Radio and on TV on ESPN.  Fans are encouraged to come and join ESPN’s hosts as each show will be open for public viewing.

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