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NFL Pro Bowl 2015 rosters, TV coverage on ESPN

Super Bowl XLIX between the Patriots and Seahawks is a week away, but the Pro Bowl all-star game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona (Sunday, Jan. 25, at 8pm ET on ESPN) might fill the football gap for some, but probably not many. The NFL’s best players compete against each other in the second year of an “unconferenced” format that has players put on teams through a fantasy-style draft. ESPN’s Monday Night Football team of Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and reporter Lisa Salters call the game. ESPN NFL-themed programming on Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25: Time (ET) Show Network […]

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College Football National Championship 2015 TV schedule on ESPN

The first national championship game under the new College Football Playoff system takes place Monday, Jan. 12, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as the Oregon Ducks take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. Game time is 8:30pm ET on ESPN, which will be giving the game the Megacast treatment with different ways to watch across multiple channels and platforms. College Football National Championship 2015 TV schedule on ESPN Features of ESPN’s CFP Megacast coverage on Jan. 12: ESPN (Traditional Telecast) Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit call the game with sideline reporters Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi. ESPN2 (Film Room) ESPN analysts Chris […]

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ESPN’s Stuart Scott dies at 49

Longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott passed away this morning at the age of 49. Scott was diagnosed with cancer in November 2007, and had waged an ongoing battle with recurring bouts of the disease. Stuart Scott began at ESPN in 1993, and many of his longtime colleagues at the network, and elsewhere, were noticeably emotional this morning when remembering their friend. The crew of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, including Chris Berman, spoke fondly of Scott, with a combination of tears and laughter at recalling how full of life he was. Hannah Storm nearly broke down when announcing the news. Rich […]

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College Football Playoff 2015 TV schedule on ESPN

College Football Playoff 2015 TV coverage has the Rose Bowl between Oregon and Florida State, followed by the Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Ohio State. And there is much rejoicing! The playoff system that college football fans have been clamoring for is finally here! The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 1 are the semifinals determining who plays in the national championship game Jan. 12. The Rose Bowl matchup has No. 2 Oregon against No. 3 Florida State (5pm ET, ESPN), followed by No. 1 Alabama against […]

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NFL playoffs 2015 TV schedule

It was supposed to be an epic clash of great offense vs. great defense, but the Seattle Seahawks turned Super Bowl XLVIII into an ’80s-style 43-8 beatdown of the Denver Broncos. Which elite team’s going down in flames will keep us warm this winter? As the playoffs begin, here’s our roundup of the best and worst from the weird NFL season that was, followed by the complete NFL playoffs 2015 TV schedule: BOOM Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the Patriots overcame early struggles to become the class of the AFC. The Pats’ Jonas Gray ran for 201 yards and scored […]

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Christmas Day NBA games 2014

The NBA makes your Christmas Day merry and bright with the Washington Wizards at the New York Knicks on ESPN, the Oklahoma City Thunder at the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Miami Heat on ABC, and the L.A. Lakers at the Chicago Bulls and the Golden State Warriors at the L.A. Clippers on TNT. ALSO SEE: 2014-15 NBA TV schedule Christmas Day NBA Games 2014 Thursday, Dec. 25 12pm ET: Washington Wizards at New York Knicks, ESPN 2:30pm ET: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs, ABC 5pm ET: Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat, ABC 8pm […]

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2014-15 college football bowl game TV schedule

2014-15 college football bowl game TV schedule begins Saturday, Dec. 20 and runs through the College Football Playoff National Championship Game Jan. 12. 2014-15 college football bowl game TV schedule All Times Eastern. SATURDAY, DEC. 20         R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Nevada vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans 11am ESPN Gildan New Mexico Bowl Utah State vs. UTEP Albuquerque, N.M. 2:20pm ESPN Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Utah vs. Colorado State Las Vegas 3:30pm ABC Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Western Michigan vs. Air Force Boise, Idaho 5:45pm ESPN Raycom Media Camellia Bowl South Alabama vs. Bowling Green Montgomery, […]

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Heisman Trophy Presentation 2014 on ESPN

College football’s most outstanding player of the year is honored in the Heisman Trophy presentation 2014 ceremony live on ESPN Saturday, Dec. 13. The Heisman Trophy is awarded to college football’s most outstanding player of the year in this ceremony live on ESPN Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8pm ET. Players invited to New York City’s Best Buy Theater in Times Square are Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper. College Football Postseason Highlights Dec. 7 — College Football Playoff Selection Show, ESPN Dec. 13 — Heisman Trophy Presentation, ESPN Dec. 27 — […]

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College Football conference championship games TV schedule

College football conference championship games Dec. 5-6 include games with big implications for the College Football Playoff rankings as the four semifinalists will be chosen on Sunday. In the Pac-12 Championship, Arizona faces No. 2 Oregon Friday on FOX. On Saturday, No. 1 Alabama faces Missouri for the SEC Championship on CBS, No. 5 Ohio State plays Wisconsin for the Big Ten Championship on FOX and Georgia Tech battles No. 4 Florida State in the ACC Championship on ABC. College Football Conference Championship Games TV Schedule FRIDAY, DEC. 5 MAC Championship (Ford Field, Detroit): Northern Illinois (10-2) vs. Bowling Green […]

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College Football Playoff Selection Show Sunday on ESPN

College football fans won’t have the Bowl Championship Series to kick around anymore. The College Football Playoff is all systems go this winter, which should bring more excitement and hopefully less controversy to the crowning of the national champion. In the College Football Playoff structure, four teams will be selected to play in a semifinal games on New Year’s Day. The semifinals will rotate among the “New Year’s Six” bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Peach and Fiesta) on Dec. 31-Jan. 1, maintaining the games’ traditions while making them significant in the national championship picture. This year, the Rose and […]