Clemson, Alabama Face Off Live In College Football Championship Rematch Monday Night

Posted on January 8, 2017 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

The stage is set for this season’s college football championship, and ESPN will carry full coverage of the rematch from last season’s title game between Clemson and Alabama.

ESPN will begin its coverage of the College Football Championship presented by AT&T tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder and Tom Rinaldi will have the call for the showdown between the Tigers and Red Tide.

The worldwide leader in sports and its networks will offer extensive coverage of the game throughout the day leading up to kickoff. That extensive coverage from ESPN’s networks includes Coaches Film Room on ESPNEWS, Finebaum Filmroom on SEC Network, Homers Telecast on ESPN2 and much more.

Additional coverage on the day will air on ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN Goal Line, and ESPN3. Those that won’t be near a TV during Monday’s college football championship can still catch the game in full online via WatchESPN and on the radio via ESPN Radio.

The game will also be simulcast live in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio and Eduardo Varela will have the call for ESPN Deportes. Kenneth Garay and Sebastian M. Christensen will have the call for ESPN Deportes Radio.

Along with its broadcast on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio, Monday night’s game will also be broadcast worldwide. ESPN International will carry the game for fans in more than 179 nations around the world through its networks and streaming services.

More information on the ESPN networks’ coverage of the 2017 college football championship is available online now along with all of the latest college football headlines at:

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

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ESPN’s ‘CGD’ To Air Live On Saturday From Tuscaloosa

Posted on October 19, 2016 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot returns to the campus of Alabama for its broadcast this weekend.

Rece Davis and company will be live on the campus of The University of Alabama on Saturday for ESPN’s weekly broadcast of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot. The broadcast, live from Tuscaloosa, Ala., will be ahead of the No. 1 Crimson Tide’s matchup against No. 6 Texas.

Broadcast begins at 9 a.m. ET. This week’s show marks the 13^th time overall that College GameDay Built by The Home Depot has aired live from the university’s campus. It will be live on site at the Walk of Champions outside of Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast. He will be joined at the desk by analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, and David Pollack as well as Chris Fallica, Jen Lada, Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, George Whitfield, and Gene Wojciechowski for additional commentary.

More information on this week’s edition of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot is available online now along with all of the latest college football headlines at:

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

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay

ESPN Networks To Carry UT’s Celebration Of Pat Summit’s Life Live

Posted on July 11, 2016 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

Officials with ESPN announced a special programming update today for two of its networks. The programming is in relation to the upcoming memorial service to pay tribute to legendary basketball coach Pat Summit.

This Thursday the University of Tennessee will hold a memorial service to pay tribute to legendary basketball coach Pat Summit. The service will be held July 14^th at 7pm. It will be carried live on ESPN2 and the SEC Network. Coverage of the service will be hosted by ESPN’s Maria Taylor. Live from Thompson-Boling Arena at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Ryan McGee, co-host of ESPN Radio’s Marty and McGee, will host ESPN Radio’s coverage of the service live from 7pm to 9pm.

Summit passed away two weeks ago after an ongoing battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was originally diagnosed with the disease in 2011. During her thirty-eight years at The University of Tennessee Summit won 1,098 games and brought the university eight national championships making her the most successful coach in major college basketball history.

More information on Thursday’s coverage of The University of Tennessee’s memorial service is available online along with all of the latest women’s college basketball headlines at:

Website: http://espnW.com

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espnW

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ESPN Networks’ College Football Media Days Schedule Announced

Posted on July 8, 2016 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

It’s almost that time again. College football season is almost upon us once again. In anticipation of its impending return ESPN has announced its plans for the sport’s annual Media Days.

ESPN and the ESPN networks will launch their coverage of college football’s conference media days beginning next Monday, July 11^th. In all 14 Conference Media Days will be covered across ESPN’s family of networks and will continue into August. It all begins on College Football Live. ESPN’s daily college football news and information show returns next Monday, July 11^th. It will continue daily throughout the season airing regularly from 1:30 – 2pm ET on ESPN. Joe Tessitore will anchor the show’s broadcast in its first week back. He will be joined by college football analysts Joey Galloway and Paul Finebaum. Greg McElroy, Booger McFarland, and Marcus Spears will each make appearances from Hoover, Alabama, the site of the SEC Media Days.

ESPNU will have 30 hours of Media Days coverage. That includes 10 three-hour College Football Media Days specials over 15 days beginning with the SEC (July 11^th – 14^th). The Pac-12 is next on July 14^th, followed by the Big 12 July 18^th – 19^th. From July 21^st – 22^nd ESPNU will cover the ACC’s Media Days. Coverage of the Big Ten conference’s Media Days rounds out ESPNU’s Media Days coverage from July 25^th – 26^th. Brendan Fitzgerald, Matt Schick, and Anish Shroff will share time anchoring ESPNU’s Media Days broadcasts. They will be joined primarily by analyst Tom Luginbill for additional commentary. Kevin Carter (July 14^th) and Charles Arbuckle (July 25^th) will also make appearances during the network’s coverage of Media Days. Anish Shroff will be live onsite in Charlotte, North Carolina for coverage of the ACC’s Media Days. ESPNU’s coverage schedule is noted below.

DATE	TIME (ET)	CONFERENCE
Mon., July 11^th	3pm	SEC
Tue., July 12^th	1pm	SEC
Wed., July 13^th	1pm	SEC
Thu, July 14^th	1pm	SEC/Pac-12
Mon., July 18^th	1pm	Big 12
Tue., July 19^th	1pm	Big 12
Thu., July 21^st	1pm	ACC
Fri., July 22^nd	1pm	ACC
Mon., July 25^th	1pm	Big Ten
Tue., July 26^th	1pm	Big Ten

Anchor Matt Barrie and reporter Marty Smith, who will be on site in Alabama for the SEC’s Media Days, will carry coverage on ESPN’s SportsCenter. ESPN3, ESPN.com, and the SEC Network will each carry their own additional Media Days coverage. That information is provided below.

ESPN3

DATE	TIME (ET)	CONFERENCE
Monday, July 25th	2pm	Sun Belt
Mon., July 25th Tues., July 26th	3pm 10am	Conference USA
Tues., July 26th Wed., July 27th	TBD	Mountain West
Thu., July 28th	12pm	Mid-American
Tue., Aug. 2nd	9am	American

Along with its major conference coverage, ESPN3 will also carry coverage of four FCS schools’ Media Days.

DATE	TIME (ET)	CONFERENCE
July 21^st	11am	NEC
July 26^th	10am	CAA
July 26^th	1:30pm	Big South
July 27^th	8pm	Southland

ESPN.com will have reporters on site from a number of Media Days locations providing daily news, analysis and more. The reporters and their assigned sites are noted below.

Conference	Reporters
SEC	Edward Aschoff Greg Ostendorf Alex Scarborough Mark Schlabach
Pac 12	Kyle Bonagura Kevin Gemmell Chantel Jennings David Lombardi Chris Low Ted Miller
Big 12	Max Olson Mitch Sherman Jake Trotter
ACC	Andrea Adelson Matt Fortuna David Hale Jared Shanker
Big 10	Brian Bennett Josh Moyer Dan Murphy Adam Rittenberg Jesse Temple Austin Ward
American	Ivan Maisel

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

Website: http://espn.go.com/collge-football

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ESPNCFB

ESPN’s College GameDay To Make First-Ever Visit To Texas A&M Saturday

Posted on February 14, 2016 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm will make its first ever trip to the campus of Texas A&M this coming Saturday.

College GameDay Covered by State Farm will broadcast live from the campus of Texas A&M for the first time ever on Saturday, February 20th. The broadcast is for the Aggies’ matchup against the #22 Kentucky Wildcats. The program will air live at 6:30pm ET on ESPN ahead of Saturday night’s broadcast of Saturday Primetime presented by DIRECTV. There will also be a morning edition of College GameDay Covered by State Farm that will air live at 11am ET on ESPN.

Saturday’s matchup between the Wildcats and Aggies marks the second time this season that Kentucky has been the road team at a GameDay site and seventh time overall that it has played the part of visitor. The last time that Kentucky was the visiting team at a GameDay broadcast was January 30th when the Wildcats were on the road against Kansas.

In addition to Saturday night’s broadcast of GameDay and the game between the Wildcats and Aggies there are other updates that should be noted for upcoming games. There are new times for the previously announced netflex matchups. They are as follows: Duke at No. 13 Louisville (ESPN, Noon); Georgia at Vanderbilt (ESPN2, Noon); No. 21 Baylor at No. 24 Texas (ESPN, 2 p.m.); Pittsburgh at Syracuse (ESPN2, 2 p.m.); No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia (ESPN, 4 p.m.); UConn at Cincinnati (ESPN2, 4 p.m.) and No. 18 Purdue at Indiana (ESPN, 8:30 p.m.).

Sites for College GameDay Covered by State Farm will each be announced one week ahead of broadcast. This allows for visits to sites for top storylines from around the college basketball world and games appearing on ESPN networks each week. More information on Saturday’s matchup between Kentucky and Texas A&M is available online now along with all of the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews online at:

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

http://espn.go.com/womens-basketball

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

ESPN Family Of Networks Kick Off The Countdown To College Football Season Monday, July 13th

Posted on July 12, 2015 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

The countdown is officially on to the beginning of football season once again. That is because ESPN’s College Football Live returns Monday, July 13th.

ESPN’s College Football Live returns Monday, July 13th with a jam packed show already on tap. It kicks off with a broadcast from the SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama. It will air each day live from SEC Days from July 13th – Thursday, July 16th at 2pm ET on ESPN. Thursday’s broadcast will be broadcast live on ESPN2. Joe Tessitore will anchor each broadcast. He will be joined at the desk by analysts Joey Gallaway and David Pollack for additional commentary and insight. After its kickoff week, College Football Live will broadcast a half-hour progam each day during the college football regular season at 2pm ET on ESPN or ESPN2. Beginning with Monday’s broadcast, those fans that miss the broadcast won’t have to worry as each broadcast will also be available after the fact as an ESPN podcast.

Along with the upcoming season premiere of College Football Live, officials with the ESPN family of networks have also announced the details for its networks’ college football coverage both on television and online. ESPNU will carry coverage of Media Days for the ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big 10, and Pac 12 from July 13th – 31st in a three-hour broadcast for each. The complete broadcast schedule for ESPNU’s Media Day coverage is noted below.

ESPNU

Date Time (ET) Conference

Mon, July 13 3 – 6 p.m. SEC

Tue, July 14 1 – 4 p.m. SEC

Wed, July 15 1 – 4 p.m. SEC

Thu, July 16 1 – 4 p.m. SEC

Mon, July 20 1 – 4 p.m. ACC and Big 12

Tue, July 21 1 – 4 p.m. ACC and Big 12

Thu, July 30 1 – 4 p.m. Big Ten and Pac-12

Fri, July 31 1 – 4 p.m. Big Ten and Pac-12

ESPN’s SportsCenter will offer its own coverage to complement that of both ESPNU and the SEC Network with four days of SportsCenter on the Road broadcasts from the SEC’s Media Days. Reporters Joe Schad and Brett McMurphy will have coverage along the way.

ESPN3 and ESPN.com will also offer their own extensive coverage with ESPN3 offering coverage of the Media Days for the Sun Belt Conference, Mountain West, Mid-American, Big South, Southland, and American. ESPN.com will preview each and every media day, provide daily news and analysis, and produce pieces that will center on each of college football’s major conferences. ESPN Now will complement the coverage of ESPN3 and ESPN.com with its own additional content including: photos, commentary, quotes and more from each conference’s media day. Each outlet’s broadcast schedule is noted below.

ESPN3

Date Time (ET) Conference

Mon,July 20 2 – 4 p.m. Sun Belt

Tue, July 28 TBD Mountain West

Wed, July 29 Noon – 3 p.m. Mid-American

TBD Mountain West

4 – 7 p.m. Big South

8 – 10 p.m. Southland

Tue, Aug. 4 TBD American

ESPN.com

Conference Reporters

ACC Andrea Adelson, Matt Fortuna, David Hale and Jared Shanker

Big 12 Brandon Chatmon and Max Olson

Big Ten Adam Rittenberg, Brian Bennett, Josh Moyer, Dan Murphy, Mitch Sherman and Austin Ward

Pac-12 Ted Miller, Kevin Gemmell, Chantel Jennings and David Lombardi

SEC Mark Schlabach, Edward Aschoff, Alex Scarborough and Greg Ostendorf

Audiences can keep up with all of the latest college football news and information on the ESPN networks’ college football coverage online at:

Website: http://espn.go.com/ncf/index

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

ESPN, CFL Reach New Multi-Year Broadcast Deal

Posted on June 11, 2015 by philspicks

Courtesy: CFL/TSN/ESPN

ESPN made a big announcement this week for all of the football fans out there.

ESPN announced that it will offer extensive coverage of the 2015 CFL schedule this season. It all begins this weekend with a matchup of the BC Lions and the defending Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders. The two teams will face off Friday, June 12^th on 9:30pm ET on ESPN3. The game is just one of sixty-nine games that will be carried on ESPN3. Along with those games, ESPN2 will carry twenty CFL games beginning June 25th at 7:30pm ET as the Montreal Alouettes host the Ottawa Redblacks. Michael Sam, the SEC 2013 Defensive Player of the Year, will make his CFL debut with the Alouettes in the game. The matchup will be played at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.

Between its coverage online and on television, ESPN and the ESPN networks will carry a total of eighty-nine CFL games. The broadcast schedule is part of a multi-year deal between ESPN and the CFL that gives ESPN exclusive rights to air the CFL’s games in the United States. The broadcasts will utilize the on-air and behind-the-scenes teams from TSN, Canada’s Sports Leader. The complete television schedule for the 2015 CFL season will be announced soon. The latest schedule of games to be broadcast online via ESPN3 is listed below.

ESPN’s 2015 CFL Preseason Schedule:

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Fri, Jun 12	9:30 p.m.	BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders	ESPN3
Sat, Jun 13	10 p.m.	Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Edmonton Eskimos	ESPN3
Thu, Jun 18	7:30 p.m.	Toronto Argonauts vs. Montreal Alouettes	ESPN3

*Schedule subject to change.

More information on the CFL’s 2015 season is available online now along with all of the latest CFL news and headlines at:

Website: http://tsn.ca/cfl

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/CFL

SEC Network Releases Christmas Day Programming Schedule

Posted on December 18, 2014 by philspicks

The SEC Network is giving sports fans a special gift this Christmas.

The fledgling sports network will take the holiday standard yule log video and turn it on its ear by adding in some rather well-known music with the video. The music in question won’t only be the standard Christmas music that everybody knows. Along with that music, the SEC Network will also feature the fight songs of the SEC’s schools. But it won’t run all morning. The selection of college fight songs will run from 6am – 10am ET. And it will all be commercial free. The schools and their fight songs to be featured are:

Courtesy: ESPN/SEC Network

Yea Alabama

Arkansas Fight

War Eagle (Auburn)

Orange & Blue (Florida)

Glory, Glory (Georgia)

On! On! U of K (Kentucky)

Fight for LSU

Forward Rebels (Ole Miss)

Hail State (Mississippi State)

Fight, Tiger (Missouri)

Step to the Rear (South Carolina)

Down the Field (Tennessee)

Aggie War Hymn (Texas A&M)

Dynamite (Vanderbilt)

Beginning at 10am, the SEC Network will run a total of ten hours of SEC Storied programming interlaced with a pair of other specials from ESPN. Those specials are 30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo presented by Buick at 12:30pm ET and Nine for IX: Pat XO at 9pm ET. The complete broadcast schedule for the day is listed below.

Date	Time (ET)	Program
Thu, Dec. 25	6 a.m.	*SEC Yule Log*
	10 a.m.	*SEC Storied: The Book of Manning presented by Chick-fil-A*
	11:30 a.m.	*SEC Storied: Herschel Walker*
	12:30 p.m.	*30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo presented by Buick*
	2 p.m.	*SEC Storied: The Play That Changed College Football*
	3 p.m.	*SEC Storied: The Stars Are Aligned*
	4 p.m.	*SEC Storied: The Believer*
	5:30 p.m.	*SEC Storied: It’s Time*
	7 p.m.	*SEC Storied: Bo, Barkley & The Big Hurt presented by Regions Bank & Chick-fil-A*
	8 p.m.	*SEC Storied: Miracle 3*
	9 p.m.	*Nine for IX: Pat XO*
	10 p.m.	*SEC Storied: Abby Head On*
	11 p.m.	*SEC Storied: Lolo Jones*

More information on the SEC Network’s Christmas Day programming schedule and all things SEC is available online now at:

Website: http://secnetwork.com

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

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ESPN Events Announces Details Of Very Busy College Football Bowl Game Schedule

Posted on December 8, 2014 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN

The 2014 College football regular season is over and now it’s on to the “post season. With the “post season” comes the annual announcement of which teams will go bowling. And that announcement was made last night with ESPN Events announcing its schedule for this year’s bowl games in accordance.

ESPN Events owns and operates eleven of the bowl games that make up the annual college football bowl schedule. The first of those eleven games is the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. The Gildan New Mexico Bowl will be held Saturday, December 20^th. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:20pm ET/12:20 pm MT. Utah State (9 – 4 overall, 6 – 2 conference) will represent the Mountain West in the game. The Aggies will take on the Utep Miners from Conference USA. UTEP is 7 – 5 overall and 5 – 3 in conference play. The Gildan New Mexico Bowl will be played live at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It will be broadcast live on ESPN and ESPN Radio.

The second game on ESPN Events’ schedule of bowl games is the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. The Utah Utes (8 – 4 overall, 5 – 4 conference) will represent the Pac -12 in the game while The Colorado State Rams (10 – 2 overall, 6 – 2 conference) will play for the Mountain West. The Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl is also set for Saturday, December 20th. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30pm ET. The game will be played at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV and will be broadcast live on ABC.

Third up on ESPN Events’ bowl schedule is the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. 2014 marks the 18^th year that the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will be held as part of college football’s “post season.” It is the nation’s longest-running cold weather bowl game. As with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl and the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, that game is also scheduled for Saturday, December 20^th. The Broncos of Western Michigan (Mid-American, 8 – 4 overall, 6 – 2 conference) will take on the Mountain West’s Air Force Academy Falcons (9 – 3 overall, 5 – 3 conference) in this game. The game will come live from Boise State University’s Bronco Stadium. It will broadcast live on ESPN and ESPN Radio.

The fourth game on the schedule for ESPN Events is one of two newly-created bowl games. That game, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, will be a prime-time game on Saturday, December 20th. Kickoff is scheduled for 9:15pm ET. The Jaguars of South Alabama (6 – 6 overall, 5 – 3 conference) will represent the Sun Belt as they take on the MAC representative Bowling Green Falcons (7 – 6 overall, 5 – 3 conference). The game will be played at the Cranton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.

Game Five on ESPN Events’ bowl schedule is another first-time bowl game. The Boca Raton Bowl will see C-USA Champion Marshall (12 – 1 overall, 7 – 1 conference) facing the Huskies of Northern Illinois from the MAC (11 – 2 overall, 7 – 1 conference) on Tuesday, December 23^rd at 6pm ET. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN and ESPN Radio from the FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.

The sixth game on ESPN Events’ 2014 bowl schedule is the Hawai’i Bowl. 2014 marks the thirteenth anniversary of the annual bowl. In its thirteenth anniversary year, C-USA rep Rice (7 – 5 overall, 5 – 3 conference) will face Mountain West rep Fresno State (6 – 7 overall, 5 – 3 conference). 2014 marks the tenth year that the Hawai’i Bowl has been held on Christmas. The game will be played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, HI. Kickoff is scheduled for 8pm ET. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN and ESPN Radio.

Game Seven on ESPN Events’ 2014 bowl schedule comes in the form of the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl. The Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl will take place the day after Christmas. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (8 – 5 overall, 7 – 1 conference) from the C-USA will take on Big Ten rep the Illinois Fighting Illini (6 – 6 overall, 3 – 5 conference). Kickoff is scheduled for 1pm ET. The game will be played at Texas’ historic Cotton Bowl on the grounds of Fair Park. The game will be televised live on ESPN.

Also on December 26^th, the ACC’s NC State (7 – 5 overall, 3 – 5 conference) will face the UCF Knights (9 – 3 overall, 7 – 1 conference) from the AAC in the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Kickoff is schedule for 8pm ET. The game will come live from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

After Friday night’s game, ESPN’s bowl coverage will continue on Monday, December 29^th with the Advocare V100 Texas Bowl live from NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Arkansas Razorbacks (6 – 6 overall, 2 – 6 conference) will represent the SEC against the Texas Longhorns (6 – 6 overall, 5 – 4 conference) in this game. ESPN and ESPN Radio will have coverage of the game right from its 9pm ET kickoff.

The tenth game on ESPN Events’ schedule is the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl on Friday, January 2^nd, 2015. The University of Houston fell to AAC foe Cincinnati over the weekend in the teams’ season ender, giving the Bearcats a piece of this year’s AAC Championship. Houston will take on the Pittsburgh Panthers (6 – 6 overall, 4 – 4 conference) from the ACC. Kickoff is set for 12pm ET. The game will be played live at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of TCU in For Worth, Texas. This year marks the twelfth year that the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl has been a part of the college football “post season.”

Last on the list of ESPN Events’ bowl games is the Birmingham Bowl. The Pirates of East Carolina University (8 – 4 overall, 5 – 3 conference) will play for the AAC while Florida (6 – 5 overall, 4 – 4 conference) will represent the SEC. Florida is only one of two schools from the SEC to play in ESPN Events’ college bowl schedule this year. The only other SEC team to play in the schedule is Arkansas in the Advocare V100 Texas Bowl. The game will be played live at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, January 3^rd. Kickoff is set for 12pm ET. It will be carried live on ESPN and ESPN Radio.

The complete 2014 listing and details of this year’s bowl games is available online at:

Website: http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls

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

SEC Network To Air First Three Rounds Of SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Beginning In 2015

Posted on March 15, 2014 by philspicks

Courtesy: ESPN/SEC Network/DISH

Officials with ESPN and the soon-to-be launched SEC Network announced Friday that the network, dedicated to Southeastern Conference sports, will exclusively air the first three rounds of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament beginning in 2015. The announcement means that 2015 would be the first time that the entire SEC Tournament would be televised in its entirety. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive discussed the announcement with reporters. “This is an example of the in-depth basketball coverage the SEC Network will give fans across the country,” he said. “From November 14 through early March, fans will be able to turn to the SEC Network to follow their favorite SEC basketball teams.”

The SEC Network is a multiplatform network. It will launch Thursday, August 14^th and will present more than 100 men’s SEC basketball games each year. Men’s SEC Basketball coverage will debut Friday, November 14^th, 2014. It all starts with a double header featuring a matchup of Kentucky and current #1 Florida*in one of the two games. More scheduling news for men’s SEC Basketball games will be announced at later dates. In all, the SEC Network will have no fewer than eight exclusive appearances by each of the SEC’s men’s basketball teams in its debut season. Justin Connolly, ESPN Senior VP of College Networks expanded on the matter. “The SEC Network will provide more coverage of SEC men’s basketball than ever before,” he said. “From the season’s opening night through the first three rounds of the SEC tournament, we’ll surround SEC basketball fans with great action all season long.”

*reflects ranking as of March 14, 2014

More information on the SEC Network is available online at http://www.facebook.com/SECNetwork and http://getsecnetwork.com. More information on ESPN’s college basketball coverage is available online at http://www.facebook.com/ESPNCollegeBasketball and http://espn.go.com/mens’college-basketball. 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.

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Clemson, Alabama Face Off Live In College Football Championship Rematch Monday Night

ESPN’s ‘CGD’ To Air Live On Saturday From Tuscaloosa

ESPN Networks To Carry UT’s Celebration Of Pat Summit’s Life Live

ESPN Networks’ College Football Media Days Schedule Announced

ESPN’s College GameDay To Make First-Ever Visit To Texas A&M Saturday

ESPN Family Of Networks Kick Off The Countdown To College Football Season Monday, July 13th

ESPN, CFL Reach New Multi-Year Broadcast Deal

SEC Network Releases Christmas Day Programming Schedule

ESPN Events Announces Details Of Very Busy College Football Bowl Game Schedule

SEC Network To Air First Three Rounds Of SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Beginning In 2015