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NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC Presented by Meta Quest returns this Saturday, January 29, as the Brooklyn Nets and James Harden clash with the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry. The game tips off at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Al Michaels to Handle Record-Tying 11th Super Bowl TV Play-by-Play Call, Joined by Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya, Kathryn Tappen & Terry McAulay
Mike Tirico to Host Five-Hour Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show at 1 p.m. ET and Handle Lombardi Trophy Presentation on NBC & Peacock Amidst Hosting Winter Olympics Primetime Show
Maria Taylor Makes Super Bowl Hosting Debut Beginning Pregame at Santa Monica Pier, On-Field at Halftime & Postgame Anchor Post
Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees Makes Super Bowl TV Debut Alongside Fellow Super Bowl Champions Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison & Former NFL QB Chris Simms; Jac Collinsworth Makes Super Bowl Debut
NBC Sports’ NFL Insiders Mike Florio & Peter King Cover Respective 13th and 38th Super Bowls
Michael Holley and Michael Smith from Peacock’s Brother From Another to Report from AFC and NFC Team Hotels, while Access Hollywood’s Kit Hoover Goes Inside the NFL Tailgate
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rutledge Wood to Embark on “Super SoCal Adventure”; Steve Kornacki Makes “Super Sunday” Debut
Super Bowl Coverage on NBC and Peacock Bookended by Morning and Primetime Olympic Programming, Creating “Super Gold Sunday”
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 26, 2021 – NBC Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl LVI includes a star-studded commentating team as Los Angeles hosts its first Super Bowl in nearly three decades from SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 13, on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock. Super Bowl LVI marks the network’s 20th Super Bowl broadcast, and the first on Peacock. Telemundo will be the first Spanish-language broadcast network to air the Super Bowl.
In all, a record 27 hosts, analysts, and commentators will be in eight locations around Los Angeles and at SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl Sunday.
On Feb. 13, Super Bowl LVI and 2022 Winter Olympic Games converge across NBC Sports to create “Super Gold Sunday” – the biggest day in sports media history – featuring the awarding of the Lombardi Trophy in Los Angeles and multiple gold medal events in Beijing.
COMMENTATORS
Al Michaels, the play-by-play voice for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, calls Super Bowl LVI on NBC and Peacock. This marks Michaels’ 11th Super Bowl play-by-play assignment – tied for the most ever for a television commentator, joining former CBS and FOX announcer Pat Summerall (11).
Joining Michaels are 16-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth (analyst), who played in two Super Bowls as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals; four-time Sports Emmy Award-winner Michele Tafoya and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporters); and three-time Super Bowl referee Terry McAulay (rules analyst). This marks the fifth Super Bowl assignment for Collinsworth and Tafoya, and the first game assignment for both Tappen and McAulay.
The Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show features host Mike Tirico, who will make an unprecedented hosting double as he will anchor the Olympic primetime show in Beijing beginning Thursday, Feb. 3. He will also host NBC Sports’ Super Bowl halftime show and handle the Lombardi Trophy presentation after the game. Tirico’s first broadcast from SoFi Stadium will be the Friday, Feb. 11 Olympic primetime show on NBC and Peacock, where he will host from a special outdoor set.
Maria Taylor makes her Super Bowl hosting debut, starting Sunday’s pregame show at the famed Santa Monica Pier, before heading to the field at SoFi Stadium. At halftime, she will provide viewers with a “moments-away” look at what’s to come in the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show from backstage and on-field locations. After the game, Taylor will anchor from the main set at SoFi Stadium.
Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees makes his Super Bowl television debut on the Super Bowl pregame show alongside Football Night in America teammates and fellow Super Bowl champions Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison. Dungy won a Super Bowl as a player with the Pittsburgh Steelers (XIII) and as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts (XLI). Harrison won two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots (XXXVIII and XXXIX).
Former NFL quarterback Chris Simms, whose father was MVP of Super Bowl XXI as quarterback of the New York Giants, joins Taylor at Santa Monica Pier before making his way to SoFi Stadium, while Jac Collinsworth makes his Super Bowl debut, working on the field alongside Harrison.
NBC Sports insiders Mike Florio and Peter King are covering their 13th and 38th Super Bowls, respectively. Florio will report on all the news surrounding Super Bowl LVI from on-location in Los Angeles, while King will present a feature and additional commentary. Steve Kornacki, NBC News’ celebrated political correspondent, will make his “Super Sunday” debut on the Super Bowl pregame show.
Throughout the pregame show, Michael Holley and Michael Smith from Peacock’s Brother From Another will report from the AFC and NFC team hotels, and Access Hollywood’s Kit Hoover will take viewers inside the NFL Tailgate at SoFi Stadium.
NBC Sports’ Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rutledge Wood will embark on a “Super SoCal Adventure,” bringing viewers to various landmarks throughout Los Angeles leading up to the game.
Coverage will be led by Emmy-Award winner, Miguel Gurwitz, along with Ana Jurka, Karim Mendiburu and special guest Rolando Cantu, a former Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman. Carlos Mauricio Ramirez will handle play-by-play and Jorge Andres will provide game analysis. In addition, Andres Cantor will make an appearance on NBC Sports’ Super Bowl pregame show.
NBC Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl LVI is led by executive producer Fred Gaudelli and director Drew Esocoff, who will work their seventh Super Bowl together. NBC Sports’ Super Bowl LVI Pregame coverage is produced by Tommy Roy and Matt Casey, and directed by Pierre Moossa. Sam Flood is the executive producer of NBC Sports.
COVERAGE SCHEDULE
Sunday’s coverage on NBC and Peacock’s premium tier begins at 8 a.m. ET with the Winter Olympics from Beijing. Super Bowl LVI coverage begins at Noon ET with the NFL Films-produced Road to the Super Bowl.
At 1 p.m. ET, the five-hour Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show kicks off from Los Angeles on NBC and Peacock, leading into Super Bowl LVI at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Telemundo’s pregame show kicks off at 5 p.m. ET and will feature news, analysis and debate ahead of the game, as well a look at the NFL’s commitment to Latino fans.
Peacock customers who subscribe to the premium tier enjoy access to stream all NBC Sunday Night Football games including preseason, playoffs and Super Bowl LVI.
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will stream Super Bowl LVI to desktops, mobile, tablets, and connected TVs, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The full HD-quality video stream will come directly from NBC’s broadcasts. NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.
Following Super Bowl post-game coverage, including the awarding of the Lombardi Trophy, coverage from Beijing continues with the Winter Olympics Primetime Show at 10:45 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, which will feature gold medals awarded in ice dance figure skating and monobob. Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates and Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue (ice dance), and Kallie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor (monobob) are expected to contend for medals.
After 30 minutes of local news coverage at Midnight ET, the day concludes with the Winter Olympics Prime Plus Show at 12:30 a.m. ET.
NBC Sports’ Feb. 13 Schedule on NBC and Peacock (all times ET):
| 8 a.m. | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| Noon | Road to the Super Bowl |
| 1 p.m. | Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show |
| 6:30 p.m. | Super Bowl LVI |
| 10:45 p.m. | 2022 Winter Olympics Primetime Show |
| Midnight | Late Local News* |
| 12:30 a.m. | 2022 Winter Olympics Prime Plus Show |
*NBC only
—NBC SPORTS—
Live Coverage of PGA TOUR’s Farmers Insurance Open Begins Today at 12:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel
2022 LPGA Tour Season Continues with the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio – Live Coverage Gets Underway on GOLF Channel Thursday at 11:30 a.m. ET
GOLF Channel Presents First-Ever Televised APGA Tour Event with Final Round Coverage of APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Invitational Sunday at 5 p.m. ET
DP World Tour’s Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic & Collegiate Southwestern Invitational Events Also Presented this Week
GOLF Channel to Provide Week-Long Coverage From 2022 PGA Show in Orlando
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 26, 2022 – NBC Sports presents more than 50 hours of tournament coverage this week with five events across the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, APGA Tour, DP World Tour, and collegiate golf, highlighted by the PGA TOUR’s 2022 Farmers Insurance Open from Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif.
On Sunday, GOLF Channel will present the first-ever telecast of an Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour event with final round coverage of the Farmers Insurance Invitational at Torrey Pines. Founded in 2010, the APGA Tour is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring greater diversity to golf through professional tournaments and career development programs.
All week long, GOLF Channel’s studio shows are spotlighting the APGA Tour and its players through features, interviews, and on-site news coverage. Highlights include profiles on accomplished APGA Tour players Kevin Hall and Willie Mack III, an interview with APGA Tour CEO Ken Bentley, and reports from pro golfer Doug Smith, who co-hosts GOLF Channel’s Beyond the Fairway podcast and will be part of the tournament’s broadcast team on Sunday.
Also this week, GOLF Channel provides week-long coverage from the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando, Fla., showcasing the latest golf equipment, technology and fashion from major brands across the golf industry.
PGA TOUR: FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN
The PGA TOUR heads to Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. The star-studded field will play one round on each the North Course and the South Course – which hosted the 2021 U.S. Open – on Wednesday and Thursday before the South Course becomes the sole venue played during the final two rounds.
GOLF Channel presents live coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET today and 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, and provides lead-in coverage over the weekend.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
How To Watch – Wednesday, January 26 – Saturday, January 29 (all times ET)
| Day | GOLF Channel |
| Wednesday | 12:30-4:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | 3-7 p.m. |
| Friday | 3-5 p.m. |
| Saturday | 2:30-4:30 p.m. |
Notable Players This Week
LPGA TOUR: GAINBRIDGE LPGA AT BOCA RIO
The 2022 LPGA Tour season continues this week with the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio from Boca Raton, Fla. World No. 1 Nelly Korda is the defending champion, and World Golf Hall of Famer Karrie Webb is expected to play, making her first appearance on the LPGA Tour since the 2020 Pelican’s Women’s Championship more than 14 months ago.
Live coverage gets underway Thursday at 11:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
How To Watch – Thursday, January 27 – Sunday, January 30 (all times ET)
| Day | GOLF Channel |
| Thursday | 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
| Friday | 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
| Sunday | 2-5 p.m. |
Notable Players This Week
DP WORLD TOUR: SLYNC.IO DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC
Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa headline the field from Emirates Golf Club in Dubai as the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic makes its 33rd appearance on the DP World Tour’s Middle East swing. Paul Casey looks to defend his 2021 title.
Live coverage gets underway Thursday at 2:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.
How To Watch – Thursday, January 27 – Sunday, January 30 (all times ET)
| Day | GOLF Channel |
| Thursday | 2:30-8:30 a.m. |
| Friday | 2:30-8:30 a.m. |
| Saturday | 2-8 a.m. |
| Sunday | 2-8 a.m. |
Notable Players This Week
ADVOCATES PGA TOUR: APGA FARMERS INSURANCE INVITATIONAL
The third-annual APGA Farmers event expands to expands to a two-day, 36-hole format from Torrey Pines as GOLF Channel presents live final round coverage on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET from the South Course, marking the first time an APGA Tour event will be televised. Landon Lyons is the defending champion, defeating 2020 winner Tim O’Neal by three shots.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
How To Watch – Sunday, January 30 (all times ET)
| Day | GOLF Channel |
| Sunday | 5-7:30 p.m. |
Notable Players This Week
COLLEGE GOLF: SOUTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL
GOLF Channel presents live final round coverage of the 43rd edition of the Southwestern Invitational today at 4:30 p.m. ET from the North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.
Click here for more information on NBC Sports’ 2022 spring college golf schedule.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
How To Watch – Wednesday, January 26 (all times ET)
| Day | GOLF Channel |
| Wednesday | 4:30-7:30 p.m. |
GOLF CHANNEL TO PROVIDE WEEK-LONG COVERAGE FROM 2022 PGA SHOW IN ORLANDO
GOLF Channel provides week-long coverage from the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando, Fla., showcasing the latest golf equipment, technology and fashion from major brands across the golf industry.
Matt Adams and Bailey Chamblee serve as hosts and correspondents for GOLF Channel’s week-long PGA Show coverage, conducting live reports and interviews from the Orange County Convention Center that will air within Golf Today.
More than 50 companies from across the golf industry will be featured throughout GOLF Channel’s PGA Merchandise Show coverage. Live interviews from the PGA Show this week will include:
NBC Sports Next, the technology and innovation division within NBC Sports, will collaborate with GOLF Channel to exhibit at this year’s PGA Show. The golf brands within NBC Sports Next, including GolfNow, TeeOff, GolfPass, and ClubBuy serve as the leading providers of technology and services to more than 9,000 golf courses around the world.
BROADCAST NOTES
| Day | Golf Today | Golf Central |
| Thursday | 8:30-11:30 a.m. | 2:30-3 p.m./7-8 p.m. |
| Friday | 8:30-11:30 a.m. | 2:30-3 p.m./8-9 p.m. |
| Saturday | 8-9 p.m. | |
| Sunday | 1:30-2 p.m./7:30-8:30 p.m. |
–NBC SPORTS–
Former combat champion Ronda Rousey hosts Rowdy’s Places, a combat sports centric expansion of the Peyton’s Places franchise, on ESPN+. Join Rousey on a journey to explore one of civilization’s oldest sports, competitive fighting. In her travels, Rousey will speak with experts within the worlds of MMA, wrestling, boxing and so much more to uncover why combat sports have been a global sensation for a millennium. Episodes 1-6 of the show are available now on ESPN+. Trailer: https://youtu.be/wnRKziObous
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This season’s first exclusive reveal of NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee’s Top 16 seed selections will take place during halftime of ESPN’s Thursday Night Showcase on Jan. 27.
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ESPN2 and ESPN+ will present live coverage of the U.S. Men’s National Team World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador from Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 27. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET with the 30-minute Countdown Live digital studio series exclusively on ESPN+, and lead into a 6:30 p.m. pregame show across ESPN2 and ESPN+. The match will kick off at 7 p.m.
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First Scheduled Competition to Air on Competing Broadcast Networks Since Super Bowl I
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — January 25, 2022 — The United States Football League (USFL), a new professional football league launching this spring, will play its inaugural game on Saturday, April 16, in prime time (7:30 PM ET) at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. The game pits the New Jersey Generals against the Birmingham Stallions, and it will be televised live on NBC and FOX, making it the first scheduled sports competition to air at the same time on two competitive broadcast networks since Super Bowl I aired on NBC and CBS, January 15, 1967.
(NOTE: A December 29, 2007 NFL game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants was broadcast on CBS, NBC and NFL Network, in a scheduling adjustment that was made in the days leading up to the game.)
NBC Sports will provide pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage of the Generals – Stallions game which will air on both networks, utilizing its on-air, production, and technical personnel. FOX Sports will produce the game coverage, which both networks will carry, using its broadcasters, production, and technical staff, and the same commercials will run on each network throughout the broadcast. The networks will announce specific production details in the future.
“Having two broadcast networks combine and start something like the USFL is not only unique but represents our commitment to making spring football succeed,” said Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports. “We’re excited about the opportunity, and we appreciate the partnership and cooperation that we’ve had with Eric and his team at FOX Sports.”
“The first game played in any new league is itself historical and having the USFL’s inaugural game simulcast by NBC and FOX makes it even more so,” said FOX Sports CEO and Executive Producer Eric Shanks. “It’s rare when two competitors can come together and see how cooperation can lead to long-term benefit, and it wouldn’t be possible without having terrific relationships with Pete, Jon Miller, and so many others at NBC Sports.”
NBC Sports and FOX Sports have multi-year agreements with the USFL, which position them as the league’s official media partners, committed to carrying all 43 regular- and postseason games. While the league will release a comprehensive television schedule shortly, NBC Sports will present 22 USFL games in 2022 on NBC (9), USA Network (9), and Peacock (4), and FOX Sports will carry 22 games split between FOX (14) and FS1 (8). The combined regular-season coverage on NBC and FOX will give the USFL 22 broadcast windows, more than any regularly scheduled sport in the first half of the year.
The USFL will launch with eight teams split into two divisions playing in one location. In addition to the Stallions, Houston Gamblers, New Orleans Breakers, and Tampa Bay Bandits in the South Division, the North Division features the Michigan Panthers, Pittsburgh Maulers, Generals, and Philadelphia Stars. Each team will play a 10-game schedule, followed by semifinals between the top two teams in each division, and a championship game between division winners. The USFL has multi-year agreements with NBC Sports and FOX Sports, establishing both networks as official broadcast partners, with plans to nationally televise every game on either NBC, USA, Peacock, FOX, or FS1.
Brian Woods, a USFL co-founder, serves as President of Football Operations, and former Dallas Cowboys standout and longtime NFL on FOX game analyst Daryl Johnston is Executive Vice President, Football Operations. Additionally, former NFL Vice President of Officiating and FOX Sports’ NFL and college football rules analyst Mike Pereira is Head of Officiating, and FOX Sports’ Edward Hartman, serves as Executive Vice President, Business Operations.
The USFL is a new, independent football league controlled by FOX Sports through USFL HoldCo, LLC, a new business entity, and it is not associated or affiliated with the USFL of the 1980s or its owners. For more information, visit http://USFL2.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Editor’s Note:
Downloadable high-resolution images of the USFL logo, two Division logos and eight team logos are available here.
Exclusively for ESPN+ subscribers, UFC President Dana White will answer questions from fans live tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN+ Fan Access events give ESPN+ subscribers exclusive, live access to watch parties, virtual panel discussions and Q&A’s with the top athletes and sports figures who headline the most exciting live events and original content on ESPN+.
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ESPN and American University’s School of Communication are unveiling a new, funded Fellowship program for investigative and enterprise journalism.
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PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will showcase many of the TOUR’s biggest stars in Marquee and Featured groups this week at the Farmers Insurance Open from Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif. Live coverage begins tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET, with a Featured Group that includes reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, former world No. 1 player Jason Day and PGA TOUR winner Joaquin Niemann. A second Featured Group with current world No. 1 Jon Rahm, 2021 THE PLAYERS champion Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson, the 2020 Masters and 2016 U.S. Open champion, starts at 1:30 p.m. ET. Two separate streams, each covering a Featured Hole at Torrey Pines – the par 3 No. 3 and par 3 No. 11 – will begin at 12:15 p.m. ET.
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