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ESPN’s Selection Sunday includes “The Fab Five” documentary

March 10, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz While CBS has the rights to air the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show that reveals the 68-team field for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the ESPN networks won’t be outdone on Selection Sunday. Coverage begins on Sunday, March 13, at 11am ET on ESPN2 as they countdown the hours to selection time on College GameDay. Once CBS has gone off air at 7pm ET, ESPN will examine the brackets and preview the teams and matchups on Bracketology Presented by Staples. Following the tournament selection coverage, ESPN airs The Fab Five, a two-hour documentary on Michiganplayers Juwan Howard, […]

2011 MLB Spring Training games on ESPN

March 2, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz ESPN’s 2011 coverage of Major League Baseball begins Thursday, March 3, at 1pm ET with the Spring Training game between the Detroit Tigers and the Atlanta Braves. The game features the debut of the new Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team of Dan Shulman, Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine. ESPN and ESPN2 combine to televise 10 Spring Training games in 2011 (click here for additional Spring Training games on MLB Network). Here’s the release and schedule from ESPN: ESPN’s New Sunday Night Baseball Team to Debut March 3 New Monday & Wednesday Night Baseball & ESPN Radio Squads […]

Where to watch the BNP Paribas Showdown tennis event

February 25, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz Tennis fans will get a treat on Monday, Feb. 28, as the BNP Paribas Shows exhibition tennis event takes place live at Madison Square Garden on ESPN.com and ESPN2. Two of the greatest rivalries in tennis will get relived as John McEnroe faces Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras takes on Andre Agassi. The event is part of “Tennis Night in America,” which grows youth participation in the sport of tennis. Here’s the complete release and details from ESPN: ESPN Networks to Present BNP Paribas Showdown Live Feb. 28 Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi live on ESPN2 & […]

ESPN BracketBusters: Who will wear the glass slipper this year?

February 18, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi This is the weekend when the have-nots get to prove what they really have. It’s an opportunity to show they belong in the big-boy conversations. And it’s a chance for college basketball fans across the country to get a sneak peak at the unheralded teams that will shatter March Madness office pools across the country. BracketBusters weekend is an ESPN-created event that gives mid-majors (teams outside the six “power” conferences) exposure to state their case nationally and — most importantly — to the committee that will be determining which 68 teams make the prestigious NCAA Tournament. Don’t […]

2011 NASCAR racing TV schedules

February 8, 2011 Ryan Berenz

TV schedules and start times have been announced for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. FOX again opens coverage of the Sprint Cup Series, with the first 13 points races of the season, including the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20. TNT has coverage of six races beginning in June. ESPN and ABC share 17 races, with 14 of those on ESPN. All but one of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races airs on ESPN. All three races on ABC are on Saturday nights. SPEED Channel again has coverage of the […]

2011 Australian Open tennis TV schedule

January 12, 2011 Ryan Berenz

The first Grand Slam of the tennis calendar takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, as the world’s best tennis players head Down Under. Roger Federer won his 16th career Grand Slam title at last year’s tournament, easily beating Andy Murray. Federer will be back this month to go for his fifth Australian Open championship. On the women’s side, two-time defending Australian Open champion Serena Williams won’t be back to make it three in a row. The star had to withdraw from the tournament as she continues to recover from a foot injury she sustained in a freak accident […]

2010-11 college football bowl game TV schedule

December 14, 2010 Ryan Berenz

The parade of college football postseason games begins Saturday, Dec. 18 with the New Mexico Bowl on ESPN and continues through Jan. 10 with the BCS National Championship Game between Auburn and Oregon, also on ESPN. Here’s the complete lineup of bowl games: 2010-11 College Football Bowl Game TV Schedule All Times Eastern Time ET Bowl Game Site; Teams (TV network) Saturday, Dec. 18 2pm New Mexico Albuquerque; Brigham Young vs. UTEP (ESPN) 5:30pm uDrove Humanitarian Boise, Idaho; Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State (ESPN) 9pm R+L Carriers New Orleans New Orleans; Troy vs. Ohio (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 21 8pm Beef […]

2010-11 NBA national TV schedule

October 25, 2010 Ryan Berenz

You heard the Decision. Now see the Game. LeBron James, who left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat with much fanfare in the offseason, makes his debut with the Heat and new teammates Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in the first game of the 2010-11 NBA regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30pm ET on TNT. The Heat’s new trio takes on the famed Boston Celtics’ threesome of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. The second game of a TNT doubleheader features the Houston Rockets visiting Kobe Bryant and the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. TNT will […]

Where to watch the 2010 US Open tennis tournament

August 31, 2010 Ryan Berenz

The final Grand Slam event for 2010, the US Open, returns to the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro shocked five-time defending US Open champ Roger Federer at last year’s tournament. The 20-year-old Del Potro, playing in his first Grand Slam final, ended Federer’s 40-match winning streak in New York. Top contenders this year include Federer, Wimbledon champ Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic. Del Potro won’t be defending his title this year due to injury. On the women’s side, Kim Clijsters became the first unseeded woman to win the US […]

2010 Little League World Series TV schedule

August 18, 2010 Ryan Berenz

(Click here for the 2011 Little League World Series TV Schedule) Held every August since 1947, the Little League World Series brings baseball players ages 11-12 from around the world to South Williamsport, Pa., to compete for the world championship. Pared down from a field of 16 teams (eight from the U.S. and eight international), the U.S. finalists take on the international finalists at Howard J. Lamade Stadium today for the title game. ABC airs the game live in front of a national audience, which might seem like a lot of pressure for some youngsters to handle. Last year saw […]