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RICH EISEN WRITES ABOUT INSTANT REPLAY & PASS INTERFERENCE AS GUEST AUTHOR OF “FOOTBALL MORNING IN AMERICA” EXCLUSIVELY ON NBCSPORTS.COM

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 “The new rule that allows pass interference to be reviewed by replay was birthed by one of the worst non-calls in sports history and was created in the spirit of closing a loophole.” – Eisen

 

FMIA Also Features Eisen’s Thoughts on Fumbles Through the End Zone and Predictions for the 2019 Season

 

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 24, 2019 – In the latest edition of Peter King’s Football Morning in America, available now exclusively on NBCSports.com, Rich Eisen, host of The Rich Eisen Show and NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning, discusses the NFL’s plan to implement instant replay procedures on pass interference plays for the upcoming season.

Eisen also shares his predictions for the 2019 season and thoughts on why the NFL’s Competition Committee needs to fix the rule that awards the football to the defense when the offense fumbles the ball out of the end zone.

The following are highlights from this week’s edition of Football Morning in America:

 

PASS INTERFERENCE AND INSTANT REPLAY

Rich Eisen: “The ending of the NFC Championship Game between the Saints and the Rams. The mother of all blown calls, leading to the mother of all course corrections: the NFL allowing pass interference to be a reviewable penalty under the auspices of instant replay in a one-year experiment.”

Eisen: “When Riveron stepped to the mic at the NFL Network gathering last week…it not only offered a remarkable glimpse of the difficult task his officials will undertake in 2019, but also how unintended consequences of the new replay wrinkle might cause occasional confusion and frequently stoke fan anger anew.”

Eisen: “The tough part will be actually making it work week in and week out, with as few bumps in the road as possible. And doing it all in front of a viewing audience that really only wants these decisions to come into the fray when something egregious like NFC Championship Game crops up. From what I witnessed at the symposium, it is not going to be easy for anyone.”

Eisen: “If every review for DPI opens up the play for review for OPI, how many of these calls will wind up with offsetting penalties? No one knows. If the methods for opening a DPI or OPI to review require on terms like ‘clear and obvious’ and ‘significant hindrance,’ won’t replay officials in different stadiums perhaps have different interpretations of the clauses? Hopefully not.”

Eisen: “The new rule that allows pass interference to be reviewed by replay was birthed by one of the worst non-calls in sports history and was created in the spirit of closing a loophole to make sure egregious miscarriages of sports justice would never happen again. The new rule was not passed to create unintended consequences and cause yet more stoppage of a brilliant live-action sport to parse crucial late-game plays.”

Eisen: “To their credit, every single NFL executive in the room admitted they understand this change might make irate fans even more so…The amount of discussion this topic has received from coaches and executives and owners and front office officials has been intense…We are in a brave new officiating world and every football man, woman and child is entering this brave, new football world together.”

 

FUMBLES THROUGH THE END ZONE

Eisen: “I think that next up on the Competition Committee’s hit list needs to be fixing the rule that awards the football to the defense when the offense fumbles the ball into and out of the end zone.”

Eisen: “I say a ball fumbled into and out of the end zone should remain with the offense and if you’re looking to penalize a team for it, back them up to the 20-yard line. Make it a reverse touchback. Not loss of possession.”

 

PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2019 SEASON

Eisen: “I think I’m going to choose the Patriots to repeat. I know those are dirty words to a lot of NFL fans. And, as if some of you aren’t outraged enough, I’m thinking about taking them to beat the Cowboys in Super Bowl 54…this is the way I’m leaning right now.”

Eisen: “My first overall pick in a fantasy draft should I be fortunate to get one is Saquon Barkley. Everyone else at the position scares me from injury (Todd Gurley) to rust (Le’Veon Bell) to vulturing (Alvin Kamara). Maybe Ezekiel Elliott would make me think twice, but Barkley would be my pick.”

Eisen: “Sony Michel is going to have a monster season for the Patriots. As in threaten-the-single-season-team rushing-record monster season…With Rob Gronkowski swearing he’s not coming back, I’m thinking New England will lean on Michel, who had 931 rushing yards in 13 games (but just eight starts) last year.”

Read the rest of the column here.

A new “Football Morning in America” posts every Monday morning exclusively on NBCSports.com through the NFL season. It was announced in May that King signed an exclusive agreement with NBC Sports Group that included writing a weekly Monday morning NFL column for NBCSports.com; making regular appearances on NBCSN’s and NBC Sports Radio’s PFT Live with Mike Florio; and continuing to contribute to Football Night in America, the most-watched studio show in sports.

—FOOTBALL MORNING IN AMERICA—

NOTABLE QUOTES: KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP – HANNAH GREEN GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE TO WIN 1ST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP

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NBC Sports Notable Quotes
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Final Round
Hazeltine National Golf Club
Chaska, Minn.
Sunday, June 23, 2019

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Leaderboard
Hannah Green    -9
Sung Hyun Park  -8
Mel Reid              -6
Nelly Korda         -6
Danielle Kang     -5
Lizette Salas        -5

On Hannah Green, 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship winner at 9-under (even par 72 on Sunday)
Dan Hicks – “One of the most unlikely winners in major championship golf in recent history. What a clutch up and down for Hannah Green from Down Under. She breaks through in a major way.”
Hicks – “The 114th ranked player in the world breaks through at Hazeltine with her mentor, Karrie Webb, cheering her on. She won wire to wire. It doesn’t get much more of a storybook ending than that.”
Hicks – “This is why you watch sports. No one really gave Hannah Green a chance at the beginning of the week and a lot of doubters with the star power behind her coming into this final round. She got it done.”
Karen Stupples – “Hannah Green believed in herself. She trusted in her game coming down the stretch. It was awesome.”
Hicks – “Said she need a little bit of luck, she got that, but boy did she come up big with that up and down to put it away.”
Mark Rolfing – “She has been fortunate and lucky a number of times this week on this golf course.”
Hicks – “All the while amidst this major championship pressure, Hannah Green has been trying to deflect some of it by reacting with the crowd and the younger girls that have come up to her.”
Tom Abbott – “There has been pressure on her shoulders from the beginning this week. No player has gone wire to wire and made this their first LPGA Tour victory.”

Hannah Green speaking with NBC Sports’ Jerry Foltz following her victory
Hannah Green – “I am pretty much speechless. I was really nervous playing the last five holes and I am just really happy that I made a clutch putt because that is what I was struggling through the middle of the round. To make the one at the last really is surreal.”
Green – “It is awesome. I’ve always wanted to win in front of an Aussie crowd but I felt like, even though I’m not in Australia, that is what it was like today. Even to just be winning a major as my first event, I’m just so over the moon.”
Green – “I actually didn’t feel too nervous the first few. I felt pretty good about how I was hitting it, but definitely coming towards the back nine I think missing the putt on 8 and 9 that really hurt and I probably wasn’t in the right headspace for that. I heard Sung Hyun birdied that last so I knew I needed to make par. I really didn’t want to play that hole again so I’m just glad that I made it.”

Karrie Webb speaking with NBC Sports’ Kay Cockerill during the final round
Karrie Webb (on watching Green’s final round) – “It is definitely a different experience. When I’m inside the ropes I have control, and when I’m outside I have no control. She is handling herself great. There is a lot of golf left so there is plenty of Aussies out here supporting her so hopefully she can get it done.”
Webb – “This morning she was pretty quiet. She slept well though because we had a loud clap of thunder in the middle of the night. That shook the house and she never heard it so I felt that was a good sign that she slept really soundly and the nerves hadn’t gotten to her last night. She was quiet this morning, but Hannah’s isn’t a big talker anyway so we were discussing how great our Aussie barbeque was last night and how much fun she had. So that was good that she had a relaxing evening.”

On Sung Hyun Park, 2nd at 8-under par (4-under 68 on Sunday)
Jerry Foltz – “She left no stone unturned today in trying to catch Hannah Green.”
Dan Hicks – She is a huge star back in South Korea and is a rock star back home.
Hicks – “Talking about her putting all week, it is the weakness of her game, it wasn’t this week.”
Gary Koch – “Her putting has not been a liability at all this week.”

On Nelly Korda, T3 at 6-under par (1-under par 71 on Sunday)
Foltz – “She handled her short game really well today, and all weekend long.”
Stupples – “Every time she puts herself in this position she learns something from it.”

On Mel Reid, T3 at 6-under par (6-under 66 on Sunday)
Hicks – “It has not been tough for her today, she recorded her best finish in her LPGA Tour career. What a Sunday for Mel Reid.”

On Lizette Salas, T3 at 6-under par (1-under 71 on Sunday)
Stupples – “What she gives up in length she makes up for in accuracy.”
Rolfing – “It has been a good week for Lizette. She will not win the championship but she will be pretty pleased with the way she played.”

On Ariya Jutanugarn, T10 at 3-under par (5-over 77 on Sunday)
Stupples – “She seemed really out of sorts. Everything seemed to be a little bit out of sync.”
Kay Cockerill – “She needs to listen to her own words that she said yesterday that she needed to be tough and to stay patient.”
Stupples – “What a different a day makes. Yesterday she barely missed a shot.”
Cockerill – “It is an endurance test mentally and physically. Ariya has surved that endurance test twice, winning two majors, but not this week.”

On Sunday’s final round at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Stupples – “Nobody said this was ever going to be easy. You just have to ride through these waves of stress.”
Hicks – “Hazeltine has been a venue for breakthroughs and surprises over the years.

-NBC Sports Group-

NOTABLE QUOTES: KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, SATURDAY’S 3RD ROUND

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NBC Sports Notable Quotes

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

Third Round

Hazeltine National Golf Club

Chaska, Minn.

Saturday, June 22, 2019

 

**Sunday’s final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will air on NBC from 3-6 p.m. ET.

 

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Leaderboard

Hannah Green             -9

Ariya Jutanugarn        -8

Lizette Salas               -5

Nelly Korda                -5

Sei Young Kim           -4

Sung Hyun Park          -4

On Hannah Green, leader at 9-under par (2-under 70 on Saturday)

Dan Hicks – “Hannah Green has led throughout. She has another lead on this Saturday night, but it is down to 1.”

Stupples – “I think If I’m Hannah, I’m trying to turn the narrative around to make it so that I’m the underdog and people aren’t expecting me to win, so I can play with a little more freedom.”

Stupples – “She has been so disciplined with everything she has done on the golf course. She has stuck to her routine, kept to her process and really took advantage of holes that really I don’t think she should have been taking advantage of. It has been very impressive.

Gary Koch – “If I was a trailing player I’d be thinking in terms of that she has yet to prove that she can win. But the way she has handled herself today has been very impressive.”

Arron Oberholser – “She kind of got away with a round today. She definitely did what she needed to do to put a score on the board. It looked a little shaky coming down the stretch. On 16, 17 and 18 I saw a putter that wasn’t the same putter earlier in the round with her.”

Amanda Blumenherst – “It felt like a major on a Sunday. A battle between Green and Jutanugarn. They matched each other with birdies and shot for shot. It felt like they were the two competing in this and now there is only a 1-shot margin between the two.”

On Ariya Jutanugarn, 2nd at 8-under par (4-under 68 on Saturday)

Stupples – “When she is on form, she is good across the board. Yes she hits the ball long. Yes she putts well but also she is particularly gifted with her wedge game as well.”

Stupples – “She loves the kids that come out and watch her play.”

Arron Oberholser – “She showed incredible patience today. The irons were fantastic. Her front nine was great and she really showed her patience on the back nine.”

-NBC Sports Group-

 

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NOTABLE QUOTES: KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, FRIDAY’S 2ND ROUND

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KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

Second Round

Hazeltine National Golf Club

Chaska, Minn.

Friday, June 21, 2019

**Saturday’s third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will air on NBC from 3-6 p.m. ET.

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Leaderboard

Hannah Green             -7

Ariya Jutanugarn        -4

Sung Hyun Park          -3

Lydia Ko                     -3

Nelly Korda                -2

Angel Yin                   -2

On Hannah Green, leader at 7-under par (3-under 69 on Friday)

Karen Stupples – “This is a very big stage with some very big players chasing her down. Ultimately, she has been doing this with a little smoke and mirrors. It has been her short game. She is going to have to trust the process on those putting greens if she wants to continue to hold the lead.”

Stupples – “She is going to be feeling some intensity she has never felt before. Standing on the first tee knowing that you not only have a chance to win your first LPGA event but also a major championship.”

Arron Oberholser – “She has been getting it done with a magical short game this week.”

Oberholser – “She needed this ball striking part of this round today. You are not winning major championships chipping and putting around the golf course. You’ve got to strike you ball. She has to continue to what she did today, and if she has any hope to content against these giants behind her on the leaderboard, she is going to have to strike the ball extremely well on this golf course.”

On Ariya Jutanugarn, 2nd at 4-under par (2-under 70 on Friday)

Jerry Foltz – “She is the type of person, not to mention a great player, who enjoys life in general. I don’t think she has ever had a bad day. I have never seen her not smiling, and she doesn’t take herself, or her game, ever too seriously.”

Foltz – “I oftentimes get texts from players and caddies who are watching the coverage and they are in shock for some of the clubs we call out for Ariya.”

Ariya Jutanugarn speaking with GOLF Channel’s Jerry Foltz following her round

Ariya Jutanugarn (on the course)– “You need to be really patient. It was really windy today. I played really tough today. I feel so much better because I learned to be patient on this course.”

Jutanugarn (on whether she will have the driver in the bag this weekend)– “Maybe not because it is really windy. I just like to hit something I can control so I feel like I can control my 3-wood better.”

On Lydia Ko, T3 at 3-under par (2-under 70 on Friday)

Mark Rolfing – “She highly enjoyable to watch play golf. She really dissects a golf course.”

Karen Stupples– “Consistency is the order of the day. She needs to settle down with a coach, be consistent with the work that she is doing and get back to playing Lydia Ko golf, which is relying on great wedge play, making great putts and not trying to hit the ball like Ariya Jutanugarn.”

On Angel Yin, T5 at 2-under par (1-under 71 on Friday)

Karen Stupples – “She has some sort advantage on this golf course, with it playing so long. If she keeps hitting those long drives and keeping them in the fairway, she will be in contention this weekend.”

On Michelle Wie, 2nd round 82 on Friday (22-over par for the championship)

Gary Koch – “This has been hard to watch. You feel so bad for her. You know how much she wants to be out here and wants to compete. Physically just not able to do it.”

Mark Rolfing – “I talked to her a couple of times during the round. We walked down the 10th fairway together. I frankly am quite surprised she is still playing. We have seen her withdraw a number of times during her career but clearly she has some reason why she wanted to complete this 36 holes.”

Karen Stupples – “I am a big believer that you only get a certain shelf life playing professional golf. No matter what age you start at. If you start at 15-years old playing professional events or if you start as a 25-year old. The mental stress and the pressure that you put yourself through. All of the hours of practicing can take its toll and eventually, everybody has a breaking point.

Gary Koch – “You just want to come back and want to play, but you get into so many bad habits when you are trying to play when you are hurt. Your body just won’t allow you to do what you know you need to do. The natural reflex is, ‘Don’t put me in a position that is going to make me hurt.’ That is very tough.”

-NBC Sports Group-

NBCSN TO TELEVISE TWO FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP MATCHES LIVE IN SPANISH THIS MONDAY, JUNE 24, KICKING OFF WITH USA VS. SPAIN AT 11:30 AM ET

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Network Will Simulcast Telemundo’s Spanish-Language Coverage of Both 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Round of 16 Matches on Monday with USA vs. Spain at 11:30 a.m. ET, followed by Sweden vs. Canada at 2:30 p.m. ET

Digital Coverage Available via the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo and NBC Sports apps

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 21, 2019 – NBCSN will televise two FIFA Women’s World Cup matches in Spanish this Monday, June 24. Live coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. ET when the United States face Spain at Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, and continues at 2:30 p.m. ET when Sweden face Canada at Parc des Princes in Paris Saint-Germain, France, in the Round of 16 of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France™.

The matches will be simulcast in Spanish from Telemundo Deportes, the exclusive Spanish-language home of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The games will also be livestreamed in Spanish via the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo and NBC Sports apps.

Team USA enters the Round of 16 after scoring a record 18 goals in the tournament and completing the group stage without conceding a single goal for this first time in its history at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Andres Cantor calls the United States-Spain match on Telemundo and NBCSN, joined by former Mexican National Team and Chivas player Manuel Sol and Venezuelan player and finalist for the Best FIFA Women’s Player Deyna Castellanos. Sammy Sadovnik calls the Sweden-Canada match on Universo and NBCSN, joined by analyst Eduardo Biscayart.

This summer, Telemundo Deportes is presenting exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the 2019 Women’s World Cup France and also the 2019 Copa America Brazil, offering an extensive multimedia coverage with more than 750+ hours of LIVE sports programming including 78 matches in 31 days on two continents across the Telemundo Network, its cable channel Universo, and the Telemundo Deportes and NBC Sports apps in Spanish.

Telemundo Deportes is the U.S. leading sports brand and destination for the biggest, best global sports programming in Spanish-language. It is home to two of the world’s most popular sporting events: the FIFA World Cup™ through 2026 and the Summer Olympic Games through 2032. It is also the home of the 2019 Copa America. In addition, Telemundo Deportes broadcasts the Premier League, “Boxeo Telemundo Ford,” the #1 boxing program in Spanish, and “Titulares y Más,” the #1 sports news, entertainment and commentary show in Spanish, among other recognized sports properties.

-NBC SPORTS-

 

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship Schedule – Hamburg, Germany

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Date Event TV Platform Time (ET) Streaming Time (ET) Streaming Platform
Fri., June 28 Day 1 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 a.m. 8 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 1 – Pool Play NBCSN 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
  Day 1 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
Sat., June 29 Day 2 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 2 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 2 – Pool Play* NBCSN Midnight Midnight OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app
Sun., June 30 Day 3 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 3 – Pool Play* NBCSN Midnight Midnight OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app
Mon., July 1 Day 4 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 4 – Pool Play NBCSN 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
  Day 4 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
Tues., July 2 Day 5 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 5 – Pool Play NBCSN 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
  Day 5 – Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
Wed., July 3 Day 6 – Women’s Round of 32 Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 6 – Women’s Round of 32 NBCSN 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
  Day 6 – Men’s Pool Play Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
Thurs., July 4 Day 7 – Women’s Round of 16 & Men’s Round of 32 Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
Fri., July 5 Day 8 – Women’s Quarterfinals & Men’s Round of 16 Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 8 – Women’s Semifinals* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel
  Day 8 – Women’s Semifinals* NBCSN Midnight Midnight OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app
Sat., July 6 Day 9 – Men’s Quarterfinals & Women’s Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 5:45 a.m. 5:45 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 9 – Men’s Semifinals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com & NBC Sports app
  Day 9 – Women’s Gold Medal Match* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel
  Day 9 – Women’s Gold Medal Match* NBCSN 10:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel app
Sun., July 7 Day 10 – Men’s Finals* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel
  Day 10 – Men’s Finals* NBCSN 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. OlympicChannel.com, Olympic Channel

 

*Indicates Same Day Delay (SDD)

Olympic Classics: Beach Volleyball

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The following is available on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

DATE TIME (ET) EVENT
Mon., June 24 8 p.m. 1996 Men’s Gold Medal Match: USA vs. USA
Mon., June 24 9:30 p.m. 2000 Men’s Gold Medal Match: USA vs. Brazil
Tues., June 25 8 p.m. 2004 Women’s Gold Medal Match: USA vs. Brazil
Tues., June 25 9 p.m. 2008 Women’s Gold Medal Match: USA vs. China
Tues., June 25 10 p.m. 2008 Men’s Gold Medal Match: USA vs. Brazil
Wed., June 26 8 p.m. 2012 Women’s Gold Medal Match: USA vs. USA
Wed., June 26 9 p.m. 2016 Women’s Bronze Medal Match: USA vs. Brazil

What Offseason? ESPN’s All-In Coverage Plans for NBA Free Agency

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ESPN is fully documenting the 2019 NBA free agency period, led by The Jump: NBA Free Agency Special on Sunday, June 30, at 5 p.m. ET. The telecast, hosted by Rachel Nichols, will air from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on ESPN2. The NBA free agency period begins at 6 p.m.

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EDDIE OLCZYK & DYLAN DREYER JOIN NBC SPORTS’ LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ROYAL ASCOT HORSE RACING MEET TOMORROW & SATURDAY

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Dylan Dreyer Reports Live from Ascot on TODAY tomorrow morning, Friday, June 21 on NBC

Olczyk & Dreyer Join Co-hosts Britney Eurton and Nick Luck For Final Two Days of Racing (group photo attached)

NBC Broadcasts Final Day of Royal Ascot This Saturday at 9 a.m. ET 

Coverage Streamed Live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 20, 2019 – NBC Sports continues its extensive live coverage of the Royal Meeting in Ascot, England this weekend with more than eight hours of coverage over two days tomorrow, Friday, June 21, at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN, and concluding Saturday, June 22 at 9 a.m. ET on NBC

Royal Ascot is Britain’s most valuable race meeting and features 30 races, including eight at the world championship “Group One” level. Friday’s coverage will feature six top-class races at Ascot, while Saturday’s coverage will highlight the Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes, one of the world’s great international sprint races.

Britney Eurton co-hosts NBC Sports’ comprehensive coverage alongside Nick Luck, while handicapper/analyst Eddie Olczyk handicaps the racing at Ascot for the first time. In addition, NBC News’ Dylan Dreyer will report live from Ascot on TODAY tomorrow morning and join the NBC broadcast on Saturday. On Tuesday’s TODAY show, Dreyer discussed the Royal Procession live at 9 a.m. ET. Click here to see the full clip.


ROYAL ASCOT COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM & THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream coverage on NBCSN and NBC via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

NBC SPORTS GROUP AND HORSE RACING: NBC Sports Group is the exclusive home to the most important and prestigious events in horse racing, including the Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Royal Ascot, and Pegasus World Cup Invitational Series. NBC has been the exclusive home of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes since 2001, and the Belmont Stakes since 2011, when NBC Sports Group reassembled the Triple Crown. The 2019 Kentucky Derby posted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 16.5 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital platforms – up 10% from last year’s race (15.0 million) featuring eventual Triple Crown winner Justify and marking television’s largest Saturday audience since the NFL Divisional Playoffs (Jan. 12, 2019).

–NBC SPORTS–