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Fans Select Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers for NBA TV’s Fan Night on Tuesday, Feb. 1

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Fans Select Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers for NBA TV’s Fan Night on Tuesday, Feb. 1

NBA TV to Air 24 Hours with Kevin Love on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. ET

NBA TV’s Tuesday Fan Night game will feature the Houston Rockets at the Los Angeles Lakers winning with 49-percent of the fan vote on NBA.com. The game will air on Tues., Feb. 1 at 10:30 p.m. (ET) with host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kevin McHale and Chris Webber on-hand for studio coverage beginning at 10:00 p.m. (ET). The night will tip off with host Rick Kamla and analyst Steve Smith on NBA GameTime at 8 p.m. (ET) to check in on games throughout the league.

Fan Night voting will continue on nba.com/nbatv/fannight from Tues., Feb. 1 (8 a.m. ET) – Thurs., Feb. 3 (Midnight ET) as fans select the match-up for Tues., Feb. 8 between:

  • Philadelphia 76ers @ Atlanta Hawks
  • L.A. Clippers @ Orlando Magic
  • San Antonio Spurs @ Detroit Pistons
  • Memphis Grizzlies @ Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Toronto Raptors @ Milwaukee Bucks

NBA TV will present a day in the life of Minnesota Timberwolves rising star Kevin Love when the network presents 24 Hours with Kevin Love. The episode premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. (ET), prior to Fan Night.

Fans can stay connected to the latest NBA action every Tuesday with The Jump, a live, interactive show designed for the ultimate NBA fan.  Fans can submit questions and comments via NBA.com, Facebook or Twitter.  Host Kyle Montgomery, analyst Dennis Scott, Brent Barry and ‘chat-master’ Sekou Smith will respond and give their comments and analysis on everything happening around the league. The show will stream live on Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. (ET) on NBA.com and air at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (ET) on NBA TV.

The Beat returns this week to prep fans for game action with news and storylines across the league with host Marc Fein, regular contributors David Aldridge, SLAM’s Lang Whitaker as well as reporters from across the country.  The Beat airs Feb. 1 at 6:00 p.m. (ET).

NBA TV GAMES OF THE WEEK:

JANUARY 31– FEBRUARY 5

NBA TV  SCHEDULE (all times ET): Jan. 31 – Feb. 5
MONDAY, JAN. 31
7:00 – 9:30 p.m NBA Regular Season: Denver Nuggets  @ New Jersey Nets Local Announcers
TUESDAY, FEB.1 Fan Night
10:30 p.m.– 1:00 a.m. NBA Regular Season: Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers Ernie Johnson, Chris Webber, Kevin

McHale
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2
8:00 – 10:30 p.m. NBA Regular Season: New Orleans Hornets @ Oklahoma City Thunder Local Announcers
10:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. NBA Regular Season: Chicago Bulls @ L.A. Clippers Local Announcers
SATURDAY, FEB. 5
7:00 – 9:30 p.m. NBA Regular Season: Atlanta Hawks @ Washington Wizards Local Announcers

NBA Digital is the NBA’s extensive cross-platform portfolio of digital assets jointly managed by the NBA and Turner Sports. This robust offering includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA LEAGUE PASS Broadband, NBA Mobile, NBADLEAGUE.com and WNBA.com.

Turner Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., presents some of the best and most popular sporting events worldwide and is a leader in televised and online sports programming.  With events airing on TBS and TNT, Turner Sports’ line-up includes NASCAR and NASCAR.COM, the NBA, Major League Baseball, professional golf, PGATOUR.COM and PGA.com.  Turner Sports and the NBA also jointly manage NBA Digital, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA League Pass, NBADLeague.com and WNBA.com

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FOX Super Bowl Tradition Continues

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Current and Former NFL Greats, U.S. Military & Diverse Citizenry Featured in

All-New Presentation of the Declaration of Independence

Original Score, Declaration Anthem, Sets Backdrop

New York – The Super Bowl is to unofficial holidays what the Fourth of July is to those officially recognized.  So as 100 million Americans gather to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6, FOX Sports offers an all-new presentation of the Declaration of Independence in what has become a FOX SUPER BOWL SUNDAY tradition.

The piece begins with an introduction and perspective from retired Army General Colin Powell and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell who were filmed at The Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom at The National Archives in Washington, D.C. home of the Declaration of Independence.  The script was written by FOX Sports producer Jennifer Pransky with contributions from Goodell and Powell.  In addition to the Declaration of Independence, it draws inspiration from the Preamble to the Constitution, God Bless America, Pledge of Allegiance and the words of Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson and Powell.

The reading features current and former NFL greats reading excerpts from the document, and the participants were chosen for their extraordinary service to team and country.  Every NFL personality was filmed with either US military personnel or community minded people who represent the diversity that makes America great.  The list of participating players past and present, along with their community representatives, includes: New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees with G.W. Carver High School students in New Orleans; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver and cornerback Charles Woodson with employees of Green Bay Packaging; Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra; Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb and former head coach Joe Gibbs with Army personnel atop the US Chamber of Commerce Building in Washington; former NFL quarterback Jim Plunkett with students from Stanford University’s El Centro Chicano; Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice and future Hall of Famer Tim Brown with the Coast Guard members on San Francisco Bay; Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz with Ohio grain farmers at Mike Farm Enterprises; Hall of Famer Bart Starr with Navy representatives in Alabama; Air Force personnel in Southwest Asia; Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware with the Cowboys’ Play 60 Salvation Army All-Star Team; Hall of Famer Art Donovan with Marines at National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA.  Donovan served in the Marines during World War II as an anti-aircraft gunner.  He saw action in the Caroline Islands, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Luzon and is also a member of the US Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.

The piece is set to a new original score titled “Declaration Anthem” composed by Steve Dancz of Placement Music, a new Atlanta-based company with a Grammy-Award winning team specializing in custom music and score.  Dancz, who has composed and conducted numerous orchestral pieces for television and film, is director of Jazz Studies at the University of Georgia.  The trumpet player on the composition is Charles Arnold, former US Navy fleet musician, who performed for President George H. W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, as well as former President Jimmy Carter. Arnold was a part of the first military band to visit Russia following the fall of the Soviet Union when the Seventh Fleet Band visited Vladivostok in 1992.

This is the fourth time FOX Sports is presenting the Declaration of Independence on Super Bowl Sunday.  The first came prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, the first Super Bowl following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.  This is the third version, but only this effort and the first were completely original productions.  Besides the unique locations that serve as backdrops, patriotic images are sprinkled throughout and include several renowned paintings including “The Declaration” by Barry Faulkner, which is located over the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives; a rendering of King George III by Alan Ramsay; “Declaration of Independence” by John Trumbell, which is located in the US Capitol Rotunda, along with Independence Hall and the Jefferson Memorial.

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NFL Network Goes Big From North Texas With More Than 100 Hours Of HD Coverage Of Super Bowl XLV

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Exclusive Programming Including Super Bowl XLV Media Day, Associated Press NFL Awards & First-Ever Primetime Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Announcement Highlight Schedule

Record 30 On-Air Personalities Holding 16 Super Bowl Rings Headline LIVE Coverage from North Texas

Sound FX: Best of Super Bowls I-XLIV & NFL’s Top 10 Super Bowls of All Time Among Eight NFL Network Primetime Show Debuts

Joe Montana, Drew Brees, Eli Manning and Mark Sanchez, Plus Additional Special Guests Highlight Star-Studded Lineup Scheduled to Appear on NFL Network During Super Bowl Week

Beginning Sunday, January 30, NFL Network proves that everything is bigger in Texas, providing more than 100 hours of HD coverage from North Texas of Super Bowl week. On Super Bowl Sunday NFL Network’s pregame show, NFL GameDay Morning provides 8-½ hours of live coverage at 9:00 AM ET with 21 on-air personalities from four locations across North Texas, including from the field at Cowboys Stadium.

From live telecasts of original shows such as NFL Total Access, The Coaches Show, NFL GameDay Morning and NFL GameDay Final to special Super Bowl-week programming like Playbook, Sound FX: Best of Super Bowls I-XLIV, NFL’s Top 10 Super Bowls, Super Bowl Commercials and the series finales of The Season: A NFL Biography and No Huddle: Road to Dallas, NFL Network is the destination for everything inside and outside the game.

“The growing appetite of fans for all things NFL fuels our programming all year and there is no better time for us to deliver the best wall-to-wall NFL coverage than Super Bowl week,” said NFL Network Executive Producer Eric Weinberger. “With more than 100 hours of coverage on NFL Network, including the longest pregame show on television Super Bowl Sunday, we will bring fans all the sights and sounds of the most celebrated week in sports.”

Anchoring more than 60 live, high-definition hours of Super Bowl programming is an all-star talent roster of 30 on-air personalities who collectively hold 16 Super Bowl rings, 60 Pro Bowl nods and multiple Emmy award nominations. Among the broadcast team is NFL 2008 Walter Payton Man of the Year winner and Super Bowl XXXIV MVP Kurt Warner, who along with former NFL WR Torry Holt is in his debut season with NFL Network, joining former Rams teammates Marshall Faulk and Trent Green. Pro Football Hall of Famer and Steelers great Rod Woodson is another member of the team that can be seen on NFL Network’s sets in North Texas, which also includes Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders and Daryl Johnston, a trio of former teammates that were instrumental in bringing a championship to Dallas fans 15 years ago in Super Bowl XXX.

Super Bowl week is particularly special this year for NFL Network and NFL Films with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 announced for the first time ever in a primetime special, Road to Canton: Pro Football Hall of Fame: Class of 2011 Saturday, February 5 at 7:00 PM ET. Among the 15 modern-era finalists are NFL Network’s own Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders and NFL Films founder Ed Sabol.

Tuesday, February 1 is Super Bowl Media Day at Cowboys Stadium and NFL Network brings viewers exclusive live coverage from 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM ET as the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers face the media. Host Rich Eisen is joined by Faulk and Warner at the desk, while Deion Sanders and Kara Henderson roam the scene, providing interviews with players and coaches.

In another NFL Network exclusive, the announcement of The Associated Press’ NFL awards will be unveiled each night at 7:00 PM ET on NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl. The entire slate of awards – Comeback Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Offensive & Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year will be revealed Monday, January 31 – Saturday, February 5, culminating with the Most Valuable Player announced during NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning at the Super Bowl pregame show Sunday, February 6 at 9:00 AM ET.

2011 marks NFL Network’s eighth year broadcasting live from the Super Bowl site and with each passing year, the only network dedicated to football continues to raise the bar in providing football fans with the comprehensive, round-the-clock coverage they crave. With NFL Network programming and content available on television and via Verizon mobile devices, football fans are only a click away from all the action in North Texas with reports and interviews on NFL.com, debates and discussions on Facebook and NFL Network broadcast personalities sharing Super Bowl week from their unique perspective on Twitter.

Highlights of NFL Network’s Super Bowl XLV programming will include:

  • Primetime airings each night with extended 90-minute versions of NFL Total Access at 7:00 PM ET Monday, January 31 through Friday, February 4 and 8:30 PM ET Saturday, February 5 from the NFL Experience with the latest news, interviews, analysis and special guests.
  • Live 8 ½-hour NFL GameDay Morning pregame show beginning at 9:00 AM ET on Super Bowl Sunday from Cowboys Stadium and the NFL Experience.
  • 90 minutes of NFL GameDay Final post-Super Bowl coverage live from Cowboys Stadium.
  • Four hours of exclusive live coverage from Super Bowl Media Day Tuesday, February 1, beginning at 10:00 AM ET.
  • Exclusive Pro Football Hall of Fame Announcement Show in primetime, Saturday, February 5 at 7:00 PM ET, featuring NFL Network’s Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders and NFL Films founder Ed Sabol as finalists.
  • NFL-related press conferences live, including team arrivals, player availability, AFC & NFL head coach press conferences (Friday, February 4), “Black Eyed Peas” Super Bowl halftime entertainment press conference Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3:15 PM ET, Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year press conference Friday, Feb. 4 at 10:00 AM ET, Commissioner Goodell’s Super Bowl press conference Friday, Feb. 4 at 12:30 PM ET and Super Bowl MVP press conference Monday, Feb. 8 at 9:30 AM ET.
  • Exclusive announcement of The Associated Press NFL awards Monday, January 31 – Sunday, February 6 on NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl at 7:00 PM ET (Monday-Saturday) and NFL GameDay Morning at the Super Bowl Pregame Show at 9:00 AM ET (Sunday).
  • Special afternoon editions of NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl from 2:00 – 7:00 PM ET  Monday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET Wednesday and Thursday and 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM ET Friday, featuring player arrivals, live press conference coverage, interviews and special guests.
  • Four episodes of The Coaches Show Tuesday, February 1 through Friday, February 4 at 6:30 PM ET from the NFL Media Center featuring Brian Billick and Jim Mora.
  • Two special one-hour episodes of Sound FX Debuts Tuesday, February 1 featuring sounds from all 44 Super Bowls at 8:30 PM ET and the best sounds from the 2010 season at 9:30 PM ET.
  • Four episodes of Playbook Tuesday, February 1 through Friday, February 4 at 6:30 PM ET with Sterling Sharpe, Brian Baldinger, and Joe Theismann providing X-O analysis on the game plan using all-22 game film and insight straight from the players
  • Encore of the Top 50 players of all-time in the critically-acclaimed series The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players Monday, January 31 – Friday, February 4 at 10:30 PM ET.
  • Final episode of No Huddle: Road to Dallas roundtable series Thursday, February 3 at 9:30 PM ET.
  • Final installment of The Season: A NFL Biography Wednesday, February 2 at 9:30 PM ET.
  • Live coverage from Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers team hotels including team arrivals on Monday.
  • Six airings of original broadcast versions of six previous Super Bowls including four of the Steelers’ six Championships (XIII, XIV, XL, XLIII), the Packers’ Super Bowl XXXI victory and an encore of the Saints’ 31-17 win over the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.
  • A roundup of the greatest Super Bowl commercials of all-time Saturday, February 10 at 10:00 PM ET.
  • A behind the scenes pass for all the action of Super Bowl week after dark on Super Bowl XLV: VIP Access Saturday, February 5 at 11:00 PM ET.

Guest scheduled to appear on NFL Network:

  • Tuesday, Feb. 1 – Packers WR Greg Jennings
  • Wednesday, Feb. 2 – Hall of Fame QB John Elway, Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald, Bengals WR Chad Ochocinco
  • Thursday, Feb. 3 – Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana, Giants QB Eli Manning
  • Friday, Feb. 4 – Saints QB Drew Brees, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, Jets QB Mark Sanchez, Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez

NFL Network & NFL.com Super Bowl Talent

Twitter handle
Brian Billick Analyst 1 Super Bowl ring
Marshall Faulk Analyst @marshallfaulk 1 Super Bowl ring
Trent Green Analyst 1 Super Bowl ring
Torry Holt Analyst 1 Super Bowl ring
Michael Irvin Analyst 3 Super Bowl rings
Daryl Johnston Analyst 3 Super Bowl rings
Deion Sanders Analyst @DeionSanders 2 Super Bowl rings
Warren Sapp Analyst @QBKILLA 1 Super Bowl ring
Joe Theismann Analyst @Theismann7 1 Super Bowl ring
Kurt Warner Analyst @kurt13warner 1 Super Bowl ring
Rod Woodson Analyst 1 Super Bowl ring
Brian Baldinger Analyst
Michelle Beisner Host @MichelleBeisner
Albert Breer Reporter @AlbertBreer
Fran Charles Host
Charles Davis Analyst
Jamie Dukes Analyst @jamiedukes
Rich Eisen Host @richeisen
Alex Flanagan Host @Aflanny
Jay Glazer Analyst @Jay_Glazer
Scott Hanson Reporter @hansonscott
Kara Henderson Reporter @KaraHenderson
Jason La Canfora Reporter @JasonLaCanfora
Michael Lombardi Reporter @michaelombardi
Steve Mariucci Analyst
Jim Mora Analyst
Sterling Sharpe Analyst
Lindsay Soto Reporter
Tom Waddle Analyst
Steve Wyche Reporter @wyche89

Detailed Day-by-Day Coverage (all times ET):

Monday, January 31

7:00 AM – America’s Game: 1966 Green Bay Packers (HD)

8:00 AM – America’s Game: 1967 Green Bay Packers (HD)

9:00 AM – America’s Game: 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers (HD)

10:00 AM – America’s Game: 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (HD)

11:00 AM – America’s Game: 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (HD)

12 NOON – NFL Film Session: Super Bowl XLIII – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals (HD)

12:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl: Pittsburgh Steelers arrival – LIVE (HD)

1:00 PM – America’s Game: 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (HD)

2:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE

  • Pittsburgh Steelers media availability
  • Green Bay Packers arrival
  • Green Bay Packers media availability

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from Cowboys Stadium

8:30 PM – America’s Game: 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers (HD)

9:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Super Bowl Performances

10:30 PM – The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players – #50-41 (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD)

1:00 AM – Super Bowl Classics: Super Bowl XIII – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys

Tuesday, February 1

10:00 AM – NFL Total Access: Media Day (HD) – LIVE from Cowboys Stadium

10:30 AM – Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Green Bay Packers availability (HD) – LIVE

12 NOON – Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Extended Sound (HD)

1:00 PM – Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Pittsburgh Steelers availability (HD) – LIVE

2:30 PM – Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Green Bay Packers availability (HD) – ENCORE

4:00 PM – Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Extended Sound (HD)

5:00 PM – Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Pittsburgh Steelers availability (HD) – ENCORE

6:30 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from Cowboys Stadium

8:30 PM – Sound FX: Best of Super Bowls (HD) – PREMIERE

9:30 PM – Sound FX: Best of 2010 Season (HD) – PREMIERE

10:30 PM – The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players – #40-31 (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD)

1:00 AM – Super Bowl Classics: Super Bowl XIV – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Rams

Wednesday, February 2

9:00 AM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE coverage of Packers and Steelers media availability

11:00 AM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from Super Bowl Media Center

6:00 PM – Playbook (HD)

6:30 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from NFL Experience

8:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Top 10 Steelers (HD)

9:30 PM – The Season: A NFL Biography (HD) – SERIES FINALE

10:30 PM – Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players – #30-21 (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD)

1:00 AM – Super Bowl Classics: Super Bowl XXXI – Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots

Thursday, February 3

9:00 AM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE coverage of Packers and Steelers media availability

11:00 AM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from Super Bowl Media Center

  • Pepsi Rookie of the Year announcement
  • Black Eyed Peas halftime entertainment press conference
  • NFLPA press conference

6:00 PM – Playbook (HD)

6:30 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from NFL Experience

8:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Top 10 Super Bowls (HD) – PREMIERE

9:30 PM – No Huddle: Road to Dallas Presented by Mercedes-Benz (HD) – SERIES FINALE

10:30 PM – The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players – #20-11 (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD)

1:00 AM – Super Bowl Classics: Super Bowl XL – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks (with Rolling Stones halftime show) (HD)

Friday, February 4

8:00 AM – Playbook (HD)

8:30 AM – No Huddle: Road to Dallas Presented by Mercedes-Benz (HD)

9:30 AM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE coverage of Super Bowl press conferences

  • Packers head coach Mike McCarthy
  • NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year press conference
  • Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin
  • NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell press conference

1:30 PM – Post-Commissioner Show (HD) – LIVE from Super Bowl Media Center

2:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from Super Bowl Media Center

6:00 PM – Playbook (HD)

6:30 PM – The Coaches Show (HD)

7:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from NFL Experience

8:30 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Top 10 Teams That Never Won a Super Bowl (HD) – PREMIERE

9:30 PM – America’s Game: 1996 Green Bay Packers

10:30 PM – The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players – #10-1 (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD)

1:00 AM – Super Bowl Classics: Super Bowl XLIII – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals (with Bruce Springsteen halftime show) (HD)

Saturday, February 5

6:30 AM – Sound FX: Best of Super Bowls (HD)

7:30 AM – Sound FX: Best of 2010 Season (HD)

8:30 AM – America’s Game: 1996 Green Bay Packers (HD)

9:30 AM – NFL Film Session: Super Bowl XLIII – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals (HD)

10:00 AM – America’s Game: 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers (HD)

11:00 AM – No Huddle: Road to Dallas Presented by Mercedes-Benz (HD)

12 NOON – Super Bowl Commercials (HD)

1:00 PM – The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players – #10-1 (HD)

2:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Top 10 Steelers (HD)

3:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Top 10 Teams That Never Won a Super Bowl (HD)

4:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Top 10 Super Bowls (HD)

5:00 PM – Super Bowl Commercials (HD)

6:00 PM – Playbook (HD)

7:00 PM – Road to Canton: Hall of Fame Announcement Show: Class of 2011 (HD) – LIVE from Super Bowl Media Center

8:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD) – LIVE from NFL Experience

10:00 PM – Super Bowl Commercials (HD)

11:00 PM – Super Bowl XLV VIP Access (HD)

11:30 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl (HD)

1:00 AM – Super Bowl Classics: Super Bowl XLIV – New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts (with The Who halftime show) (HD)

Sunday, February 6

9:00 AM – NFL GameDay Morning (HD) – LIVE from Cowboys Stadium

5:30 PM – NFL Follies: The New Year Mis-Tackular (HD)

6:30 PM – NFL GameDay StatZone (HD)

10:00 PM – NFL GameDay Final (HD) – LIVE split edition from Cowboys Stadium and NFL Network Los Angeles studios

NFL Network is the official television home for Super Bowl week, with more than 100 hours of high definition programming from North Texas, including press conferences, media day, team arrivals and much more with a live presence at the NFL Experience, Super Bowl Media Center, team hotels and Cowboys Stadium. NFL Network is the only network dedicated entirely to NFL news, interviews and analysis airing seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis. For more information, log onto www.nfl.com/nflnetwork. NFL.com is the exclusive internet home of NFL Network.

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SB XLV on FOX Press Call Excerpts and Replay Information

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SUPER BOWL XLV ON FOX PREGAME PRESS CALL

EXCERPTS & REPLAY INFORMATION

Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Terry Bradshaw, two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Jimmy Johnson, Super Bowl Sunday pregame host Curt Menefee, FOX NFL SUNDAY coordinating producer Scott Ackerson and FOX Sports Media Group Chairman David Hill participated in a media conference call today to preview Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers and FOX SUPER BOWL SUNDAY pregame show coverage. Excerpts of today’s call are below.

Below is the link to the SUPER BOWL XLV ON FOX BROADCAST GUIDE that contains Super Bowl Sunday broadcast details, production facts, detailed camera chart of Cowboys Stadium, ratings history and more. Please contact the FOX Sports Media Relations office if you have any questions or trouble downloading.

http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom//binary/2011/01/26/_COMPLETE_BROADCAST_GUIDE1296078077221.pdf

Bradshaw on how he approaches broadcasting a Super Bowl that involves the Steelers: “I’m thrilled to be doing the Super Bowl and certainly to have the Steelers in it. I know the organization and the passion is there. I’m good at setting my feelings aside and say how I really feel no matter who is playing. I’ve already thought about what it would be like to stand in the middle of Cowboys Stadium and present the Lombardi Trophy to Steelers owner Dan Rooney. I’ve already thought about that and how cool it would be since I was a part of the first Super Bowl team that saw Art Rooney get the Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl IX in the dressing room. That trophy presentation is done a little bit different now.  I’m excited for Pittsburgh but if Green Bay were to win it I’d be excited for them. We just know that I’m a Steelers guy. I have no problem doing the show and answering questions about anything pertaining to the football game whether it’s negative or positive for Pittsburgh. Where is my heart? You know where it is. It’s with the Steelers.”

Hill points to reasons for this year’s record NFL ratings and viewership: “I think the public is getting smarter about the sport. All the pregame shows have instilled the football knowledge and an understanding about the sport. Our addition of Mike Pereira to explain the rules and regulations was done because the more you understand something, the more you enjoy it and the more you can see what’s likely to happen. The spread of HD and widescreen TV’s has made the sport look fantastic and the spread of 5.1 audio surround sound and home theaters has helped. Not just us but our friends at NBC, CBS and ESPN all do a fantastic job with their broadcasts. Also we’re seeing the results of the recession of two years ago where people were saving and not traveling as much so they were home. A lot of people may have discovered football that hadn’t seen it before. There are a myriad of reasons but the secret weapon is Howard Katz, the NFL’s scheduler. If you’re not getting the right matchups in the right markets then you are not putting the most appealing thing in front of people. If you look at the matchups he’s put together week in and week out and year in and year out, his hard work is shining.  The athleticism of the players themselves is truly remarkable.  It’s like Cirque Du Soleil with violence, it’s a beautiful thing.”

Ackerson on the game plan for this year FOX SUPER BOWL SUNDAY pregame show: “One of the things that we’re going to try to do a little differently this time are the red carpet segments. It’s amazing the amount of stars who want to be a part of it now that they’ve seen how it’s gone as opposed to the first time when it was really hard to get people to show up. We’re going to have some segments where we’ll bring in some old Steelers and some 49ers, Cowboys, and hopefully some Packers as well, and tell stories about the Super Bowl in more of a talk show type of format. That really hasn’t been done in the past. There will be plenty of features about the teams but I’ve found that when people watch a Super Bowl, they always notice stuff that’s out of the ordinary. They really don’t sit down and watch the piece on Player A or Player B. A big part of that is because the coverage is so saturated in the week leading up to the Super Bowl that they look at it as same-old same-old. We’re trying to get stories that fans haven’t heard before.”

Hill on the possibility of Super Bowl XLV being the NFL’s last game for a while due to a possible work stoppage: “I hope and pray fervently that it isn’t. With the sport reaching heights that Pete Rozelle would never dreamed of, we want to keep it that way. We know what happens to sports after a strike or a lockout; people turn away and it takes a while for them to come back.  It would be a great tragedy if both sides weren’t able to reach an agreement.  I fervently hope that an agreement is possible, that there’s no lockout, no industry dispute and games go on as scheduled next September.”

Bradshaw on Aaron Rodgers: “You go back to his reaction when he thought he was the starter in Green Bay and then out of retirement came Brett and he handled everything with class and dignity. He had won his football team over without taking a snap on the football field. He’s just a classy guy. He was the perfect person to be behind Brett Favre and take that job over. Absolutely perfect.”

Johnson on Rodgers: “Mike McCarthy has designed an offense that utilizes his skills. Aaron is great in the shotgun with the open set and he’s great with the spread set. He has the ability to scramble and move around; they even run the quarterback draw on occasion. He’s got such a great delivery and he’s so accurate throwing the football.”

Bradshaw on Ben Roethlisberger: “Ben does it with strength. He’s very strong with great presence in the pocket and only moves when he has pressure. Last week against the Jets, he did a spin move that I would show to young quarterbacks and say, ‘you either have this or you don’t.’ It’s basically a feel and great quarterbacks have it. We know about Ben’s off the field problems and that can hurt you with your football team. He seems to have been able to mend that. After he had his suspension, he came back and played rejuvenated and rededicated. He appears to have really straightened himself out. That’s good for him. He’s a superstar in this league and we need our superstars to be held accountable. Hopefully that’s what’s happening with him.”

— FOX SPORTS —

ESPN Study: Former NFL Players Misuse Prescription Drugs

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Former NFL Players Misuse Prescription Drugs at a High Rate

Results Reported on SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, ESPN.com

January 28, 2011

Starting on Friday’s 9 a.m. ET SportsCenter, ESPN and its Emmy-award winning journalism program Outside the Lines (3 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. Sundays) will report on results from a ground-breaking scientific study on retired NFL players’ use of painkillers.

The findings of the study show that former players misuse prescription painkillers at a rate more than four times that of the general population. The results are scheduled to be published online on Friday in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

The study of 644 former players, commissioned by ESPN with additional funding by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was led by Dr. Linda Cottler, PhD, and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study marks the first time researchers have explored the extent of the use and misuse of prescription pain medications by former NFL players. Painkiller abuse in the general population has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, according to experts.

Researchers found more than half of the retired NFL players surveyed reported using prescription painkillers during their playing days and, of that same group, 71% admitted misusing the drugs during their time in the NFL.

Study Results on ESPN Television Platforms
ESPN will report on the published study’s results Friday on SportsCenter and Outside the Lines. Sunday’s Outside the Lines will present in-depth pieces by reporter John Barr on former players who have struggled with the use of prescription painkillers

“I was taking about 1,000 Vicodins a month. People go ‘That’s impossible. That’s crazy.’ No, it’s exactly what I was taking. I mean, believe me, I’d love to be off medications. That’s my worry everyday, to make sure I have medication.” — Dan Johnson, Dolphins tight end (1983-87)

“This is the most frightening epidemic I’ve seen probably since the methamphetamine epidemic in the beginning of the early ‘90s. All the professional sports that involve physical combat create guys who need pain treatment.” — Dr. Alex Stalcup, Medical Director of New Leaf Treatment Center in Lafayette, Calif. Stalcup says he’s treated two dozen current or former NFL players for prescription painkiller abuse

“Never, ever would I have thought one of these days I (would) be taking over 100 pills a day and spending over $1,000 a week on painkillers. I think if I would have given it another two or three months it probably would have killed me.” — Sam Rayburn, Eagles defensive tackle (2003-06), who says he used prescription painkillers to mask his NFL injuries, developing an addiction ultimately leading to a conviction on two counts of attempting to obtain a controlled substance.

Study Results on ESPN.com

ESPN.com on Friday will publish stories exploring painkiller use in the NFL today, and the possible link between concussions and addiction as evidence mounts that head injuries could affect players’ impulse control, which some experts cite as a possible reason players struggle with painkiller use.

“I know guys that have bought thousands of pills… Tons of guys would take Vicodin before a game.” — Kyle Turley, an offensive lineman for the Saints, Rams and Chiefs (1999-2007)

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Notes from TNT’s Coverage of the NBA – Thursday, January 27, 2011

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Notes from TNT’s Coverage of the NBA – Thursday, January 27, 2011

TNT’s NBA Thursday coverage continues on February 3 beginning at 7 p.m. (ET) with a special one-hour edition of NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com.  Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Chris Webber will have the exclusive announcement of the 2011 NBA All-Star reserves.

Following the pre-game show, TNT’s doubleheader will feature the Miami Heat @ Orlando Magic followed by the San Antonio Spurs @ Los Angeles Lakers.

***CLIP OF THE NIGHT***

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TNT’s Reggie Miller and Spike Lee Renew Acquaintances at Madison Square Garden

Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith live from Madison Square Garden in New York

Matt Winer, Kevin McHale and Chris Webber from Studio J in Atlanta

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Game 1:  Miami Heat (88) @ New York Knicks (93)

Announcers: Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, Reggie Miller with Craig Sager reporting

TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed Heat forward LeBron James and guard Dwyane Wade prior to the game.

James on being selected as an NBA All-Star starter: “It’s very humbling. All-Star Weekend is an opportunity for fans to see the best players on a team get together and go against some of the best players in the West. It’s great for myself and Dwyane Wade to represent the Heat.”

Wade on his hope that his teammate Chris Bosh will join him and James for the All-Star Game: “We’re all really excited because it’s an honor to be picked as one of the best players in this great game that we play in the NBA. To go with your teammate is something that everyone dreams of. We hope we’ll be able to go with our other teammate as well and go as a threesome. It would be awesome.”

Miller on Knicks guard Danilo Gallinari complementing forward Amar’e Stoudemire: “I think (Danilo Gallinari) a great complement to Amar’e (Stoudemire), not only because of his size but being able to stretch the floor because of his outside shooting. He’s an improving defender, he’s getting better at rebounding the basketball. I think he complements Amar’e so well.”

Miller on the league preventing Heat guard Dwyane Wade from wearing shaded glasses that hide his eyes: “Are you kidding me? Seriously? A competitive edge because a competitor can’t see his eyes? If he wore a blindfold they still wouldn’t be able to guard Dwyane Wade.”

TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed CNN’s Piers Morgan during the game.

Morgan on the first quarter of the game: “It’s more exciting than the last game. The last game it was like Hurricane LeBron, he just destroyed the Knicks on his own, virtually. So tonight they are controlling him much better, it’s much tighter, the Knicks are playing better. I have a very good feeling.”

Morgan on his experience hosting Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN: “It’s a completely different experience for me. I was in the British newspaper game a long time, the cable competition is about as ferocious as anything I’ve ever seen in my life. Good fun, very competitive. Howard Stern, my second guest, is actually two seats in front of me so maybe we’ll do round two.”

Morgan on the NBA player he’d most like to interview: “I’ve got to be honest, when I watch LeBron James play the way that he does, to me, he’s the most charismatic figure in basketball in the world. I think he’s a fascinating athlete and human being. I’d love to sit down with him pretty soon.”

Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire on the Knicks’ slow start to the season: “We started off a little bit slow, we had so many new players and we didn’t quite have a strategy down offensively and defensively of what we wanted to accomplish. We lost a few games in a row so the great thing we did was we were able to sit down and look ourselves in the mirror and figure out what type of team we want to become. We want to make this a special year.”

Kerr on the improvement of the Knicks due to three new additions: “You can feel that there’s a sense of real improvement. This is not fake, this is a team that is pretty good. They’re not great, but they are pretty good. They have a confidence that they’ve not had in years. The key for (coach) Mike D’Antoni is the three additions in (Amar’e) Stoudemire, Landry Fields and Raymond Felton. Those guys have just turned this team into a very viable threat for everybody every night.”

TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed Heat guard Dwyane Wade at halftime.

Wade on how effective his glasses are in helping his eyesight: “I feel pretty good. With the light here and with the shade and the color of them (my glasses) I’ve able to see pretty good. It’s not perfect, my periphery vision is not as good as I want it to be, but I’m out here playing and just trying to help my team win.”

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Halftime

Winer, McHale and Webber

Barkley on Knicks guard Landry Fields being the best rookie in his first year in the NBA: “Blake Griffin is going to win the Rookie of the Year because he’s the best rookie. I don’t think he’s a rookie, but I know you have to go by the rules. I think you have an advantage sitting out a year and getting bigger, stronger and learning the rules of the game. When you are sitting on the bench as a player you are getting better. The best rookie of the NBA this year for a first year player is Landry Fields. I do (like him over John Wall).”

Smith: “The best natural rookie in the NBA this year has been Landry Fields.”

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Kerr on Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire embracing his role as the leader of the Knicks: “I think what’s been most impressive about Amar’s is the way he’s embraced New York and embraced being the star here. He’s really fearless, he’s got a very young group of teammates who look up to him. He’s become the undisputed leader of this club.”

Miller on the Knicks being distracted by Heat guard Dwyane Wade and forward LeBron James: “Whenever the ball is in the hands of (Dwyane) Wade or LeBron (James) you just feel like the Knicks are mesmerized.”

Kerr on Knicks forward Shawne Williams effectively defending against Heat forward LeBron James: “I’m amazed at the defensive effort that he’s giving on LeBron James. He’s been able to use that strength and that quickness to stay in front of James. What a story. Basically, an afterthought in trading camp, Mike D’Antoni told us, ‘we didn’t think he could make the team.’ He’s leading the NBA in three-point shooting and defensively guarding the greatest player on earth and doing a pretty good job!”

Miller on Heat forward LeBron James being coached to play more like Shaquille O’Neal: “(Heat) assistant coach David Fizdale (told LeBron James), ‘we’re going to work on our post moves. I don’t want you to think about being Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan and worrying about footwork and making quick moves. I want you to be more like Shaq (O’Neal), be patient but be powerful down there.’ That’s why we’re seeing maybe a little bit of the stagnant holding the basketball, trying to back his guy down, very much the way Shaq was.”

TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire after the Knicks defeated the Heat.

Stoudemire on getting the win over the Miami Heat: “It was great. We came out and played great tonight. We knew how important this game was. We have a tough two games ahead of us, we’re here against Miami and then in Atlanta tomorrow. So we got this one.”

Stoudemire on why the win was important for the Knicks: “To build our confidence. We understand we are a young team and we know how good we could be, so we have to keep working and work though the kinks and continue to improve.”

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Game 2:  Boston Celtics (88) @ Portland Trail Blazers (78)

Announcers: Kevin Harlan and Mike Fratello with David Aldridge reporting

Fratello on Trail Blazers guard Andre Miller: “(Andre) Miller is one of the best post-up point guards you have in the NBA today. He is smart, he has strength he has great ball fakes to get the guy up in the air. They will try to put fouls on (Rajon) Rondo by posting Miller.”

Fratello on the physical play of the Portland Trail Blazers to start the game: “Portland came out of the locker room ready and understanding that you have to be physical and answer the challenge against the Celtics if you don’t want to fall behind early in the game.”

Fratello on Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge needing to step up as the leader of the Trail Blazers in place of the injured Brandon Roy: “A lot of concerns about Brandon Roy. He was the leader of this team, he was the spiritual leader, he was the All-Star. Really, (LaMarcus) Aldridge was willing to stay a step behind Brandon Roy, he let Brandon lead. Brandon Roy is now a question mark. Will he be back this season, will he be back at all? What’s his future hold? What kind of player will he be when he does come back? Will he ever be able to obtain that All-Star level? This is Aldridge’s time to step up and take over for Brandon Roy.”

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Halftime

Winer, McHale and Webber

Webber on the extra defensive effort made by the Boston Celtics: “I love the defense for (the Celtics) because they make multiple efforts. I did a game with Reggie Miller, the Kings/Nuggets, and we noticed that a lot of teams weren’t making the extra effort. The way the Celtics play, not only do they make the extra effort, they make it from the first play of the game. They are going to play defense in the fourth quarter the same way they started and that’s not really the way most teams play defense.”

McHale: “Bad teams make one or two efforts, good teams make three efforts and great teams make four, five and six efforts like the Celtics do every possession.”

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Fratello on both the Celtics and Trail Blazers refusing to use injuries as excuses: “They have gotten the message across to the staff, the leadership, the players, whoever it might be, that you move on in this league. You can’t sit around and complain, the season goes on. Injuries happen to everyone, it’s how you handle the injuries that is important. That all starts with the mental approach.”

Fratello on the leadership of Celtics forward Kevin Garnett enabling coach Doc Rivers to coach the team effectively: “(The Celtics) could be a very difficult team to coach. However, when you have a guy like Kevin Garnett, he enables a coach like Doc (Rivers) to do the things he believes in and get them done. Kevin Garnett, that’s the main guy. That guy leads this team, leads them in practice every day, leads them in meetings, leads them on the court. As (Trail Blazers coach) Nate McMillan said, he’s the best defensive quarterback in the league, telling them where to go and what to do. If someone doesn’t want to do it, Kevin Garnett reminds them, ‘No, this is how we do it here, we’re good this way. We do it our own way.’”

TNT’s David Aldridge interviewed Celtics guard Ray Allen after the Celtics defeated the Trail Blazers.

Allen on teams trying to challenge the Celtics’ physical style of play: “Teams that try to combat our physicality on the floor, as a team we just can’t back down. You get two early fouls and you tend to get a little softer. That’s what we’ve seen from a lot of teams. Definitely on the road you’ve got to keep that aggressive nature out there and I thought we did that.”

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Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai

Winer, McHale and Webber

Celtics on the Celtics grinding style of play: “I call them the Boston ‘Sausage Grinders’ because they get you in the sausage maker and grind you up. By the end of the game, you feel like they beat you to death.  They grind you down every single night.”

Webber on the Celtics’ intensity: “I played against some great, championship teams and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a team, during my playing years, with the intensity of the Boston Celtics.”

TNT’s Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith joined the show from Madison Square Garden

Barkley on the Heat needing a go-to player at the end of games: “(The Heat) have to figure out who their go-to guy is.  I think it should be LeBron (James) because he’s the best player in the NBA.  But I don’t think it’s as easy as (everyone) thinks it is.  It is Dwyane Wade’s city and it is his team.  I think Coach (Erik) Spoelstra is stuck sometimes.”

Smith on Knicks guard Danilo Gallinari: “(Gallinari is) able to mix his game up.  When he first came into the league, all we heard about him was that he was a three-point shooter.  He’s more than a three-point shooter.  He puts the basketball on the floor.  He does a lot, like what Hedo Turkoglu does in Orlando, but he’s a little bit more athletic and a better finisher.  If he can do that on a more consistent basis, he’ll be a better player.”

Webber on Dallas Mavericks reserve guard Jason Terry: “(Terry is) the heart and soul of his team.  He plays tough and he’s a big part of why they are still really good.”

Webber on the impact Tyson Chandler has had on the Mavericks: “(Chandler) knows that he’s not an All-Star but he is just as important to Dallas as a lot of All-Stars are to their team.  His team is one of the best in the NBA so you have to give him a lot of credit for changing the defensive mentality, along with the coach (Rick Carlisle) and Dirk (Nowitzki), in Dallas.”

McHale on why Minnesota Timberwolves center Kevin Love should make the All-Star team: “(Love) should be on the All-Star team. He’s putting up numbers that we haven’t seen since Moses Malone did it.  (The Timberwolves) are in games and are keeping them close because of what he’s doing.  They aren’t losing because of Kevin Love.”

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SiriusXM To Air Exclusive National Radio Broadcast of 2011 Under Armour Senior Bowl

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SiriusXM To Air Exclusive National Radio Broadcast of 2011 Under Armour Senior Bowl

SiriusXM’s Tim Ryan, Pat Kirwan, Jason Horowitz and Jim Miller to call game from Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday, January 29

Live game broadcast and pre-game coverage airs nationwide on Sirius NFL Radio, channel 124

NEW YORK – January 28, 2011 – Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will offer listeners nationwide the exclusive live national radio broadcast of the 2011 Under Armour Senior Bowl, showcasing the nation’s best senior collegiate football stars and top NFL Draft prospects, on Sirius NFL Radio, channel 124 for Sirius subscribers and XM subscribers with the “Best of Sirius.”

The Under Armour Senior Bowl kicks off at 4:00 pm ET/3:00 pm CT on Saturday, January 29, from Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.  SiriusXM’s broadcast team will feature Jason Horowitz as the play-by-play voice alongside game analysts Tim Ryan, the former Chicago Bears defensive lineman and two-time USC All-American, and Pat Kirwan, a former NFL scout, coach and front office executive.  Former NFL quarterback Jim Miller, who played in the 1990 Senior Bowl while at Michigan State, will serve as the sideline reporter.

The Under Armour Senior Bowl is one of the year’s premier pre-NFL Draft events, gathering many of the country’s best NFL prospects on teams representing the North and South which are coached by two NFL coaching staffs.  For this year’s game, the South team will be coached by Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey and his staff, and the North team will be led by Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis and his staff.

During the week leading up to the game, practices are attended by general managers, coaches, scouts and other front office personnel from the 32 National Football League teams, making Under Armour Senior Bowl Week a gathering of a “Who’s Who” of NFL decision makers.

Sirius NFL Radio is broadcasting live from Mobile, AL, throughout the week, with Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwan hosting their daily show, Movin’ The Chains, each weekday (3:00-7:00 pm ET).

Hosts are offering expert analysis on the myriad of NFL prospects in Mobile for the game and interviewing many of the NFL coaches, GMs and front office executives in attendance, giving fans an early look at the offseason needs of their favorite NFL teams.

Sirius NFL Radio, channel 124, is the only radio channel dedicated to the NFL 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  As the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, SiriusXM broadcasts every NFL game live nationwide, from the preseason through the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl.

For more information, please visit www.sirius.com/nfl.

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Boston Bruins At The Detroit Red Wings Is NBC Sports’ “NHL Game Of The Week” On Sunday, Feb. 13

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BOSTON BRUINS AT THE DETROIT RED WINGS IS
NBC SPORTS’ “NHL GAME OF THE WEEK” ON SUNDAY, FEB. 13

Original Six Matchup “Flexed” For National Broadcast

NEW YORK (January 27, 2011) –The Sunday, February 13, Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings game has been flexed as NBC Sports’ “Game of the Week” and will be played at Joe Louis Arena at 12:30 p.m. ET, the National Hockey League and NBC Sports announced today.

The Bruins lead the Northeast Division due in no small part to Tim Thomas’ heroics in goal. Currently leading the League in shutouts (seven), save percentage (.945) and goals-against-average (1.81), Thomas will return to his home state of Michigan along with fellow All-Star Zdeno Chara and the rest of the Bruins to face the Red Wings.

Led by 2011 NHL All-Star captain Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings have shown their depth by holding their place near the top of the standings despite injuries to several key players, including star center Pavel Datsyuk. They currently lead the Central Division.

NBC Sports’ “NHL Game of the Week” on Feb. 13 will be the return match of a rare home-and-home series between these inter-conference foes; they meet for the first time this season on Feb. 11 in Boston (in HD on NHL Network-US, FS-D+ and NESN.) The two clubs have met 576 times over 85 NHL seasons.

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING

At least 13 days prior to the scheduled game, one game is selected for broadcast on NBC.  All NBC games will be broadcast on Sundays and all games will be presented in HD.  Games not flexed to NBC will be available to the teams’ regional carriers and remain at the originally announced start time.  The Feb. 13 match-up was first announced on the Thursday, Jan. 27, edition of “NHL Hour With Commissioner Gary Bettman” on NHL.com and SIRIUS XM Radio airing from 6-7 p.m. ET. All subsequent flexed games will be announced on NHL Hour with Commissioner Gary Bettman.

Upcoming 2011 NBC Game of the Week Regular-Season Flexible Schedule

Feb. 6 PITTSBURGH AT WASHINGTON 12:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 13 BOSTON AT DETROIT 12:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 20 HOCKEY DAY IN AMERICA
presented by McDonald’s
Washington at Buffalo (regional)
Detroit at Minnesota (regional)
Philadelphia at NY Rangers (regional)
Pittsburgh at Chicago (national)		 12 – 6 p.m. ET
Mar. 6 Philadelphia at NY Rangers OR
Buffalo at Minnesota		 TBD
Mar. 13 Chicago at Washington  OR
Los Angeles at Dallas 		TBD
Mar. 20 NY Rangers at Pittsburgh  OR
New Jersey at Columbus		 TBD
Apr. 3 NY Rangers at Philadelphia OR
Minnesota at Detroit OR
Tampa Bay at Chicago		 TBD
Apr. 10 Boston at New Jersey  OR
Pittsburgh at Atlanta OR
Detroit at Chicago OR
Dallas at Minnesota		 TBD

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Showtime & CBS Join Top Rank for Pacquiao vs. Mosely Pay Per View

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Showtime and CBS Join Top Rank, Inc. To Promote, Produce And Distribute Marquee Boxing Event:

MANNY PACQUIAO vs. SHANE MOSLEY

Saturday, May 7, 2011

From MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas

Live on SHOWTIME PPV®

NEW YORK (Jan. 26, 2011)—Showtime Networks Inc. and CBS have joined forces with Top Rank, Inc. to promote, produce and distribute the biggest boxing event of the year—the May 7th showdown between global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley, it was jointly announced by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports®, and Bob Arum, Top Rank CEO.

The agreement brings together Pacquiao, the top athlete and personality in the sport, with SHOWTIME, the fastest growing premium television network in the U.S., and its parent company CBS Corporation whose programming and media assets span network and local television, pay and basic cable, radio, outdoor and online.

The campaign will include the SHOWTIME Sports documentary series FIGHT CAMP 360° in preview of Pacquiao vs. Mosley. The top rated CBS Television Network will participate by broadcasting a primetime special of the show in April.

“The arrangement with CBS and Showtime regarding the promotion and distribution of the Pacquiao vs. Mosley championship event represents a new opportunity for the sport of boxing. It enables boxing to reach millions more people in the United States given the reach of CBS, the most watched television network in the country. This development will not only benefit Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley but all of the young men participating in the sport of boxing,” said Arum.

Hershman said, “We look forward to combining Showtime Sports’ production and distribution expertise with Top Rank’s promotional power and the amazing programming and marketing resources available to us across CBS to present the biggest boxing event of 2011.”

On May 7, Pacquiao will fight under the SHOWTIME PPV banner for the first time, bringing it the highest profile and biggest revenue generating athlete in boxing whose fights over the past two years have garnered nearly 4 million pay per view buys and unrivaled box office receipts. The event marks the first SHOWTIME PPV event since 2005’s Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo II.

“Pay per view has been an opportunistic play for SHOWTIME Sports in recent years,” Hershman continued. “In Pacquiao, we have a global celebrity and unquestionably the most popular boxer of this era attempting to continue his dominance in the ring against Shane Mosley, one of the most talented and recognizable fighters of today not named Manny Pacquiao.  With this marquee match up, Pacquiao’s proven track record in pay per view and CBS’s participation, this is the perfect opportunity for Showtime to be back in the pay per view business and in a big way.”

Showtime has a long history of success in pay per view dating back to the 1990s. In 1997, the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II garnered the most pay per view buys for any sport or entertainment event in history. The 1.99 million buys stood as the industry benchmark for nearly 10 years, until being surpassed in May 2007.

Additional details about the May 7th event, including ticket information for the MGM Grand Garden Arena and undercard fights are to be announced.

Pacquiao Biography

Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, is the first Congressman in history to both fight for and defend a world boxing title.  Congressman Pacquiao was sworn in on June 28, 2010 and is the lone representative of the Sarangani province. Pacquiao won the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight championship—his record eighth world title in as many weight divisions—last November via dominant unanimous decision over  three-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title, which he will be defending against Mosley, in November 2009 with a brilliant 12th-round knockout of four-time world champion Miguel Cotto. The Boxing Writers Association of America’s “Fighter of the Decade,” Pacquiao’s resume features victories over future Hall of Famers Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez and Cotto. His knockout victories over Cotto and Hatton in 2009 and his decisive wins over Joshua Clottey and Margarito in 2010 combined for nearly 4 million buys making Pacquiao the reigning pay per view king.  No boxer sold more live tickets than Pacquiao in 2010, making him the pound for pound king in the ring and at the box office.

Mosley Biography

Sugar Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), from Pomona, Calif., has reigned as world champion four times in three different weight divisions during his remarkable 18-year professional career.  The only man to serve up two defeats to Oscar De La Hoya — both in world championship fights — Mosley’s Hall of Fame caliber resume also boasts victories over world champions Fernando Vargas (twice), Ricardo Mayorga, Antonio Margarito, John John Molina, Jesse James Leija, Philip Holiday and Luis Collazo.  De la Hoya, Holiday and Collazo were the only Mosley victims to survive the 12-round distance to hear the judges’ decisions.

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About Showtime Networks Inc.

Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel™. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®

ESPN at Super Bowl XLV in North Texas

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ESPN at Super Bowl XLV in North Texas

ESPN kicks off its week-long comprehensive coverage of Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers in North Texas Monday, Jan. 31, at 6 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. CT. ESPN’s on-site multiplatform coverage will originate from Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas, through Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 6). Highlights:

  • Super Bowl-related content across 18 ESPN platforms: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, ESPNEWS HD, ESPNU HD, ESPN International, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio, ESPNRadio.com, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNdeportes.com, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Mobile properties;
  • More than 90 hours of Super Bowl-related programming on domestic television and more than 55 hours of Super Bowl-related programming on ESPN Radio from North Texas;
  • ESPN International will air Super Bowl XLV live throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Israel, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Pacific Rim, and much of Europe.  In total, ESPN International will deliver live Super Bowl coverage to more than 53 million households in 159 countries and territories. Commentary and analysis will be provided in English, French-Canadian and Spanish;
  • More than 30 on-air commentators (hosts, analysts, reporters and contributors) will be in North Texas;
  • ESPN’s production operations for Super Bowl week will be based at Sundance Square (195 West 3rd Street) in Fort Worth. The location will include: a main set (62 x 40 ft.) overlooking the historic Chisolm Trail mural, a radio set/stage (28 x 48 ft.), two pod camera locations, and a demo field (20 x 20 ft.). ESPN will also utilize a “Flycam” suspended 42 ft. in the air that will travel the length of a football field and provide aerial views of the set.

What’s New:

  • ESPN’s main set at Sundance Square will include an enclosed indoor studio developed by ESPN’s Creative Services team that will utilize virtual elements for the first time, including player cards, statistics, and touchscreen technology;
  • Live morning editions of SportsCenter will air from the Super Bowl for the first time with Hannah Storm anchoring from Sundance Square;
  • SportsNation (M,W-F, 4 p.m. and Tuesday, 5 p.m., ESPN2) will originate from Super Bowl for the first time with hosts Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd. A special two-hour SportsNation is also planned for Super Bowl Sunday, live from Sundance Square (noon, ESPN2).
  • New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who led the franchise to its first Super Bowl championship a year ago, will join ESPN for three days of analysis in North Texas. Payton will appear on SportsCenter Special (Thurs., Feb. 3, at 3 p.m.), SportsCenter Special: The Champions (Fri., Feb. 4, at 3 p.m.), as well as SportsCenter (9 a.m.) and Sunday NFL Countdown (10 a.m.) on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6.
Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 6):

  • ESPN’s weeklong coverage will peak with more than 16 hours of TV and radio coverage on Super Bowl Sunday, beginning with a special edition of Mike & Mike in the Morning at 6 a.m. (ESPN Radio/ESPN2);
  • Chris Berman, covering his 29th Super Bowl, will host the special four-hour Super Bowl edition of Sunday NFL Countdown (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) from Sundance Square with analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Chris Mortensen and Insider Adam Schefter. Tedy Bruschi, Trent Dilfer, and Steve Young – all Super Bowl champions – will also contribute to the show from Fort Worth, while the Monday Night Football team of Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden will be joined by Saints head coach Sean Payton at a Cowboys Stadium set in Arlington. In all, ESPN’s Super Bowl Sunday analyst team will feature former players and coaches with a combined 13 Super Bowl rings in 23 appearances in the NFL’s biggest game. Reporters Suzy Kolber (covering Steelers) and Ed Werder (Packers) will provide team updates.
  • Postgame coverage on ESPN will begin immediately following the game with Berman, Jackson and Young on the field at Cowboys Stadium for NFL Primetime, followed by a 90-minute SportsCenter;
  • ESPN Radio’s “Super Sunday” program lineup will include Mike & Mike in the Morning for the fourth straight year (6-10 a.m./simulcast on ESPN2). Brian Kenny will anchor ESPN Radio’s post-game coverage from 103.3 ESPN Radio in Dallas until 1 a.m.

ESPN – ESPN2 – ESPNEWS – ESPNU – ESPN Classic

ESPN’s primary host location throughout Super Bowl week will be an outdoor set – open for public viewing – at Sundance Square in Fort Worth.  Planned highlights:

  • SportsCenter (Monday, Jan. 31 – Sunday, Feb. 6) – daily editions of ESPN’s flagship news, information and highlights show with anchors Mike Greenberg, Steve Levy, Stuart Scott, and Storm, joined by Mortensen, Schefter, reporters Kolber and Werder, and analysts Ditka, Jackson, Johnson, Young, etc.; Additionally, Storm and three-time Super Bowl Champion Darren Woodson will report from NFL media day, Tuesday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. – noon on ESPN;
  • SportsCenter Special: The Champions (Friday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m., ESPN) – Tirico hosts this special with all of ESPN’s NFL analysts in North Texas who have won Super Bowl rings (Bruschi, Dilfer, Ditka, Gruden, Johnson, Mark Schlereth, Woodson and Young), and Saints Super Bowl-winning head coach Sean Payton. In all, members of The Champions panel – with a combined 19 rings in 25 Super Bowl appearances – will discuss their personal experiences of playing in the NFL title game and what they expect for Super Bowl XLV;
  • NFL Quarterbacks Field Pass (Monday, Jan. 31 at 10 p.m., ESPN2) – Part of ESPN’s “Year of the Quarterback” initiative, this one-hour NFL Films all-access special includes footage and audio from the 2010-11 NFL season, featuring quarterbacks Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Jay Cutler, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Super Bowl starters Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger, Mark Sanchez, Tim Tebow, and Michael Vick. Super Bowl legends Troy Aikman, John Elway and Steve Young will also be highlighted;
  • “I Am a World Champion,” presented by Bing, is a feature series offering first-person narratives from the quarterbacks who have led their team to victory and walked off the field World Champions.  The original content, which showcases the quarterback’s travails and triumphs, will run during NFL Live and afternoon editions of SportsCenter and will also be available online;
  • SportsCenter Special and NFL Live (Monday, Jan. 31 – Thursday, Feb. 4, 3-4:30 p.m.) – Trey Wingo and Tirico will host these back-to-back daily shows throughout Super Bowl week;
  • SportsNation (M-F, 4 p.m., ESPN2) will originate live from Sundance Square all week beginning Monday, Jan. 31.  Hosts Cowherd and Beadle will be joined by special guests all week. Shows will include Super Bowl-themed polls and games, and animals from a local zoo will make Super Bowl picks.  A special two-hour SportsNation is also planned for Super Bowl Sunday, at noon ET live from Sundance Square on ESPN2.
  • NFL Matchup (Sunday, Feb. 6, 3 and 6:30 a.m., ESPN and 5:30 a.m., ESPN2) – the popular 30-minute X’s and O’s analysis show hosted by Sal Paolantonio with Merril Hoge and Jaworski will preview the Super Bowl from North Texas;
  • Rome is Burning (M-F, 4:30 p.m., ESPN) – current and former NFL players will join host Jim Rome live from Sundance Square each day to discuss the Super Bowl;
  • Around the Horn (M-F, 5 p.m., ESPN) – daily panelists will opine from North Texas;
  • Pardon the Interruption (M-F, 5:30 p.m., ESPN) – co-host Michael Wilbon and ‘Five Good Minutes’ guests will participate from North Texas;
  • Sports Reporters (Sunday, Feb. 6, at 8:30 a.m., ESPN) – John Saunders will host the popular Sunday morning sports journalism and discussion program from Fort Worth with panelists Mike Lupica (New York Daily News), William C. Rhoden (New York Times) and Bob Ryan (Boston Globe). The show’s traditional “Parting Shots” segment will feature each reporter’s most memorable moment from the 2010 NFL season.
  • Mike & Mike in the Morning (M-F, 6-10 a.m./simulcast on ESPN2) – Co-hosts Mike Golic and Greenberg will kick off ESPN Radio’s on-site coverage live from Sundance Square in Fort Worth on Monday, Jan. 31, followed by The Herd with Colin Cowherd (10 a.m. – 1 p.m./ESPNU), and co-hosts Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo on The Scott Van Pelt Show (1-4 p.m./ 2-3 p.m. on M, W-F, ESPN2). Each program will feature NFL guests and experts on-set with the hosts throughout the week;
  • First Take (M-F, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., ESPN2) – will include Super Bowl-related interviews and previews all week;
  • ESPNEWS will offer all the news each day leading up to Super Bowl XLV, including the Hall of Fame announcement live on Saturday and extensive pre and postgame reporting on Super Bowl Sunday, including interviews, news conferences, highlights and analysis;
  • Starting Tuesday, Feb. 1, ESPN Classic will air a variety of ESPN Super Bowl-themed programming from the SportsCentury, 30 for 30, Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame and Who’s #1 series, along with interview shows hosted by Dick Schaap, Roy Firestone, Jim Rome and Rick Reilly in Homecoming.  The week will culminate with 39 consecutive hours of NFL-related programming starting Friday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.

ESPN Radio– ESPNRadio.com

ESPN Radio’s weekday Mike & Mike in the Morning (6-10 a.m. ), The Herd with Colin Cowherd (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) and The Scott Van Pelt Show (1-4 p.m.) will all originate from  Sundance Square in Fort Worth during Super Bowl week. Guests visiting the sets will include current and former NFL players and coaches, celebrities, and newsmakers from the sports world. Capitalizing on ESPN Radio’s presence in North Texas throughout Super Bowl week will be sponsors AT&T, Dodge, H&R Block, JC Penney, Tabasco and Yellowbook.

103.3 ESPN Radio in Dallas

Locally, ESPN Radio’s owned-and-operated 103.3 ESPN Radio in Dallas will broadcast its weekday Ben and Skin Show (9 a.m.-noon CT), Coop and Nate Show (2-3 p.m.) and Galloway and Company (3-7 p.m.) from the “103.3 Stage” in Sundance Square. The station will also host an interactive area featuring NASCAR simulators, a football-toss game, PS3’s to play “Madden 11” and a podcast center to sample ESPNDallas.com’s new apps for the iPad, iPhones and other devices.

Additionally, 1540 AM ESPN Deportes programming will originate from its stage throughout Super Bowl week: Al Despertar (4-7 a.m.); Frecuencia Deportiva with Xavier Olalde (7-8 a.m.); Charla Deportiva with Luis Fernando Perez (11 a.m.-noon); Zona ESPN with Renato Bermudez (noon-2 p.m.); Jorge Ramos y Su Banda (Friday 3-6 p.m.).

For the fourth straight year, Mike & Mike in the Morning will kick off the special “Super Sunday” lineup (6-10 a.m./simulcast on ESPN2 from 6-8 a.m.). Kenny will anchor ESPN Radio’s post-game coverage from Dallas until 1 a.m.

ESPNRadio.com will provide live audio and video streaming of ESPN Radio programs throughout Super Bowl week, as well as on-demand highlights of every show and every interview.

ESPN.com and ESPN Mobile Products

ESPN.com will provide complete coverage and analysis of the game, teams, players, coaches and the entire Super Bowl scene from North Texas. Coverage will appear on Page 1, the main NFL page, as well as on the 2011 edition of Super Bowl Central.  ESPN.com will feature daily chats with ESPN.com writers and others, as well as regular video reports throughout the week. In addition, Monday-Friday of Super Bowl Week, ESPN.com will feature a five to 10-minute video show from the Super Bowl called Total Countdown Daily.

ESPN’s award-winning roster of contributors will be part of Super Bowl coverage, including senior NFL writer John Clayton, as well as Gene Wojciechowski, Greg Garber, Elizabeth Merrill, the NFL Blog Network and Scouts Inc., who will provide insight, commentary, breaking news and analysis of all facets of the Super Bowl XLV match-up.  Other coverage highlights:

  • Interactive presentations called Inside a Moment in Time that take readers inside Giants wide receiver David Tyree’s amazing catch in Super Bowl XXII against the Patriots and William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s one-yard run in Super Bowl XX, also against the Patriots.  The presentations include video interviews with Tyree, Perry, Rodney Harrison, Jim McMahon, Mike Ditka, Jim Covert, Tom Thayer and others;
  • ESPN Texas: Road to Super Bowl XLV blog, which will feature reports from ESPN.com’s blog network;
  • Coverage from the experts at ESPNDallas.com integrated into ESPN.com’s coverage;
  • A feature that allows readers to select an all-time Super Bowl team;
  • Complete coverage of Media Day, with users able to interact with bloggers on the scene;
  • Stories highlighting one player from each of the 44 teams that have earned Super Bowl rings;
  • In-depth analysis, scouting reports and rankings of all 106 players on the Super Bowl rosters from Scouts Inc.

ESPNDallas.com will have the reporters and columnists who know Dallas-Fort Worth best covering every aspect of Super Bowl XLV and all the events that lead up to the game. While assisting ESPN.com in coverage of both teams, ESPN Dallas will use its expertise on the area, events and people pulling everything together to provide the ultimate local coverage of how the Metroplex is fairing as host. Anchoring the online coverage are Calvin Watkins, Todd Archer and Tim MacMahon, who provide more than 25 years experience covering the NFL and the sports scene in North Texas.

ESPN Mobile will also provide fans on the go with alerts on updates and news throughout the game.  Additionally, fans can access the latest action through the ESPN mobile Web site and up to the minute scores via the ESPN ScoreCenter mobile app.

ESPN International

ESPN International will air Super Bowl XLV live to more than 53 million households in 159 countries and territories throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Israel, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Pacific Rim, and much of Europe. Commentary and analysis will be provided in English, French-Candian and Spanish.

Highlights:

  • For the second year, ESPN International will host the “Super Bowl at Sea” Viewing Party for clients and VIPs.  The network will feature a shipboard pregame show, and live telecast of the game from aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise. The four-day Caribbean cruise will depart from Miami on Feb. 3 and return Feb. 7;
  • Coverage of the game in HD in Australia, Latin America, and the Caribbean;
  • ESPN International’s SportsCenter production team will provide reports throughout the week to Latin America and throughout the Pacific Rim;
  • ESPN Latin America will also present daily editions of NFL Semanal;
  • Live coverage on Super Bowl Sunday in Latin America will begin at 3:30 p.m. with Cronómetro: Super Bowl Special, followed by SportsCenter: Super Bowl Special (4 p.m.), NFL Esta Noche Super Bowl Pregame (5 p.m.) and the telecast of Super Bowl XLV (6 p.m.).

Spanish-language coverage will feature Spanish-language Emmy nominee Álvaro Martín (play-by-play), analyst and former New York Giants Super Bowl-winning kicker Raul Allegre, NFL Esta Noche hosts Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega, and reporters John Sutcliffe and Ciro Procuna. They will offer daily reports from Sundance Square on Spanish-language editions of SportsCenter and Radio Formula programs, and Los Capitanes throughout Super Bowl week.

ESPN DEPORTES – ESPN DEPORTES RADIO – ESPNDEPORTES.COM
ESPN Deportes will offer the most comprehensive coverage of Super Bowl XLV on Spanish-language television in the U.S. The network will have a team of reporters and commentators in North Texas all week who will present nightly segments of SportsCenter, and live feeds during Los Capitanes and Jorge Ramos y Su Banda. ESPN’s signature Spanish-language NFL news and analysis program, NFL Esta Noche, will air a special Friday edition from Sundance Square with hosts Allegre, Martín, Procuna and Sutcliffe.

ESPN Deportes Radio, the only around-the-clock national Spanish-language sports radio network in the U.S., will provide special NFL coverage and commentary on Super Bowl XLV beginning Sunday, January 30 through Sunday, Feb. 6, including on-site coverage during the regularly scheduled weekday programs. In addition, ESPNDeportesRadio.com will provide live audio of ESPN Deportes Radio programs throughout Super Bowl week, as well as highlights of radio’s special coverage.  ESPNdeportes.com, the network’s Spanish-language Web site, will provide complete coverage from Texas all week, including the ‘Daily Journal’ developed by Gustavo Fillol, ESPN Deportes’ NFL editor. Sports fans will be able to send questions and comments to ESPN Deportes’ analysts and NFL players. The questions and answers will be posted on ESPNdeportes.com and the network’s social media pages: Facebook (www.facebook.com/ESPNDeportes) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/ESPNDeportes).  ESPNDeportes.com’s editor Sebastián Martínez Christensen will provide exclusive video coverage from North Texas. The online coverage will also include blogs, video reports, chats featuring ESPN Deportes’ on-site talent including Martin, Allegre, Lalo Varela, Procuna and Sutcliffe.

ESPN The Magazine

Everything IS BIGGER in Texas: ESPN The Magazine‘s “NEXT” event takes over River Ranch in Fort Worth on Friday, Feb. 4.  The private, VIP event will feature a special performance by Kid Rock with DJ sets by Rev Run & DJ Rukus.  Handling red carpet VIP Tent interviews for the night will be Snoop Dogg and Nelly. The event celebrates the Magazine’s NEXT issue and showcases what’s NEXT in sports, technology, lifestyle, and, of course, what’s NEXT from ESPN.

On Saturday, Feb. 5, the “NEXT” Ranch will host a tailgate session open to the public. The official Decision Engine of ESPN The Magazine’s 2011 NEXT event, Bing will also be presenting an open-to-the-public panel of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks including Joe Montana, Doug Williams and Kurt Warner at 2 p.m. CT.

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights Presents Super Brawl 2011

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 will originate from the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena during Super Bowl weekend. The main event on the February 4 Super Brawl 2011 show will feature former world champion and current #8 world ranked junior middleweight Sergio Mora (22-1-2) meeting Fort Worth’s Brian Vera (17-5), whose last fight was a September draw with future boxing Hall-of-Famer Sugar Shane Mosley. Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be ringside calling the action beginning at 9 p.m. Studio host Brian Kenny will also be in Fort Worth, presenting special Super Bowl-related guests and all the latest boxing news and highlights.

*All times ET unless otherwise noted.

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