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So, you’re saying there’s a (Second) Chance?
Perfection isn’t required to win your ESPN Tournament Challenge group or even the $100,000 Grand Prize in either the women’s or men’s game. But if your chances are blown because you expected Kentucky in the men’s Final Four, or you had Iowa’s women winning it all, or Baylor disappointed you in both tournaments, no worries.
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Exclusive to ESPN+, UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall, will be live from London’s O2 Arena this Saturday afternoon, March 19, with the main card at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT and the Prelims at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT. The event is UFC’s first fight card in the U.K. in three years. Live coverage includes UFC Live presented by DraftKings Sportsbook: Volkov vs. Aspinall on ESPNEWS which airs Friday, March 18, at 10 p.m. ET and will provide fans with exclusive insights and views heading into Fight Night.
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In Sunday’s ElClásico, league leaders Real Madrid host Xavi’s resurgent FC Barcelona for the third rivalry match of the season at Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Spain. Real Madrid won the season’s first meeting 2-1 in October 2021, at Camp Nou. The rivals met again in January 2022 in the Supercopa de España semifinals, with Real Madrid defeating FC Barcelona in extra time 3-2 to extend their ElClásico winning streak to five games in all competitions. The much anticipated clash kicks off live and exclusively on ESPN+ at 4 pm. ET. Coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET with pregame editions of ESPN FC on ESPN+ and Fuera de Juego on ESPN+ and the ESPN App.
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Peacock to Stream All Events Live Beginning Tomorrow, Friday, March 18
Live Coverage on CNBC this Saturday at 1 p.m. ET and Sunday at Noon ET; Encore Coverage on NBC Saturday at Noon ET
STAMFORD, Conn. – March 17, 2022 – NBC Sports presents coverage of the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships from Belgrade, Serbia, this weekend across NBC, CNBC and Peacock.
Peacock will stream all events live beginning tomorrow, Friday, March 18, and CNBC will present live coverage this Saturday at 1 p.m. ET and Sunday at Noon ET. Also on Saturday, CNBC (7 a.m. ET) and NBC (Noon ET) will present encore coverage of Friday’s events.
This weekend’s men’s field is expected to feature Americans Christian Coleman, the world indoor record holder and reigning world indoor champion in the 60m, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist hurdler Grant Holloway, two-time Olympic shot put gold medalist Ryan Crouser, and 2019 800m world champion Donavan Brazier (who is competing in the 4x400m relay this weekend). The women’s field is expected to include Americans Katie Nageotte, who won gold in the pole vault at the Tokyo Olympics, defending indoor pole vault champion Sandi Morris, two-time Olympian and two-time world indoor silver medalist in 800m Ajee Wilson, Tokyo Olympic hurdler Gabbi Cunningham, and more. Also expected to compete are Tokyo Olympic gold medalists Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Mondo Duplantis, Lamont Marcell Jacobs and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard calls the action alongside analysts four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross and 2012 Olympic decathlon silver medalist Trey Hardee.
WORLD ATHLETIC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS:
How to Watch:
| Date | Time (ET) | Platform |
| Fri., Mar. 18 | 4:20 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. (LIVE) | Peacock |
| Sat., Mar. 19 | 4:20 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. (LIVE) | Peacock |
| Sun., Mar. 20 | 4:55 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. (LIVE) | Peacock |
| Date | Time (ET) | Platform |
| Sat., Mar. 19 | 7 a.m. | CNBC |
| Sat., Mar. 19 | Noon | NBC |
| Sat., Mar. 19 | 1 p.m. (LIVE) | CNBC |
| Sun., Mar. 20 | Noon (LIVE) | CNBC |
Commentators:
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Jimmie Johnson Makes INDYCAR Oval Debut at Texas
INDYCAR Post-Race Show to Stream Exclusively on Peacock Immediately Following Race Coverage
IMSA 12 Hours of Sebring – Live Comprehensive Coverage Begins Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock; Continues on USA Network and Peacock at 3:30 p.m. ET
Monster Energy Supercross from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis – Saturday Live at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – March 17, 2022 – The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season continues with live coverage of the XPEL 375 from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Pre-race coverage leads into race coverage, which gets underway at 1 p.m. ET. The race marks the second of six races airing on NBC to begin the season. A post-race show will be presented immediately following race coverage featuring driver interviews, analysis and the podium ceremony at approximately 3 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will make his INDYCAR oval debut at Texas, a track in which he won seven races as a NASCAR driver. In 2020, the winners circle at Texas Motor Speedway was re-named the “Jimmie Johnson Winner’s Circle” for his NASCAR accomplishments.
Reigning INDYCAR champion Alex Palou is part of a star-studded group of drivers that includes six-time INDYCAR champion Scott Dixon, two-time INDYCAR champion Josef Newgarden, four-time and defending Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves, and former Formula One racer Romain Grosjean, among others. Scott McLaughlin took the checkered flag for his first career INDYCAR victory at the season opener Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida, with Palou and Will Power rounding out the podium.
The lead INDYCAR commentary team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), Townsend Bell (analyst) and James Hinchcliffe (analyst) will call the race. Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast will provide reports from pit road.
Live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions from Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday will exclusively stream on Peacock. For more information about INDYCAR on Peacock and how to sign up, click here.
NBC Sports’ free-to-play game, INDYCAR Pick ‘Em, features a weekly contest for each race throughout the season with a $25,000 jackpot. INDYCAR Pick ‘Em is available for download now on the NBC Sports Predictor app powered by PointsBet (available in the App Store and Google Play Store).
The inaugural race of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season delivered the series’ most-watched season-opener in 11 years, as the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in Florida averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.429 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, making it not only the most-watched INDYCAR season opener in 11 years (St. Pete, 2011, 1.840 million, ABC), but also the most-watched non-Indy 500 INDYCAR race in 11 years. Click here for more details.
BROADCAST TEAM
HOW TO WATCH
| Date | Coverage | Network/Streaming | Time (ET) |
| Sat., March 19 | XPEL 375 – Practice | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| XPEL 375 – Qualifying | Peacock | 2 p.m. | |
| XPEL 375 – Practice 2 | Peacock | 5 p.m. | |
| Sun., March 20 | XPEL 375 – Pre-Race | NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 12:30 p.m. |
| XPEL 375 | NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 1 p.m. | |
| XPEL 375 – Post-Race | Peacock | 3 p.m. |
IMSA: 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
BROADCAST TEAM
Live comprehensive coverage of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway in Florida gets underway this Saturday at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock for 5.5 hours, with USA Network and Peacock providing live coverage of the final seven hours of race coverage beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.
All five WeatherTech Championship car classes will be competing, including drivers Juan Pablo Montoya (LMP2), Sebastien Bourdais (DPi), and Ryan Hunter-Reay (DPi).
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS: INDIANAPOLIS
The 2022 Monster Energy Supercross season continues this weekend from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, live in primetime on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock. Eli Tomac won his third consecutive race of the season last week in Detroit and remains the 450SX Class standings leader. Jett Lawrence captured his third victory of the season in the Eastern Regional 250SX Class in Detroit.
BROADCAST TEAM
HOW TO WATCH
| Date | Coverage | Network/Streaming | Time (ET) |
| Sat., March 19 | Monster Energy Supercross – Qualifying | Peacock | 1 p.m. |
| Monster Energy Supercross – Race | CNBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7 p.m. | |
| Sun., March 20 | Monster Energy Supercross – Race* | CNBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 9 a.m. |
*Encore presentation
MOTOGP: GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
The second race of the 2022 MotoGP season is presented this weekend with the Grand Prix of Indonesia from Pertamina Mandalika Circuit on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on CNBC. Parker Kligerman will anchor coverage. Enea Bastianini won the season opener in Qatar. Live and on-demand coverage of all races will be available to stream on MotoGP VideoPass, in addition to every session of MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3. For more details, click here or visit MotoGP.TV.
INDYCAR, IMSA, Monster Energy Supercross, and MotoGP are part of NBC Sports’ “Home of Motorsports” programming throughout 2022, spanning NASCAR, Monster Jam, Dakar Rally, and more.
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The audience for ESPN’s NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC presented by Meta Quest series finished with significant increases from the previous two seasons, according to Nielsen.
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This year’s ESPN Men’s Tournament Challenge game collected 17.3 million completed brackets, the most since 17.2 million in 2019. The game also set new single-day records for signups on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. At the peak period of entries shortly before the start of the first game today, fans registered more than 30,000 brackets per minute.
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The Sunday Night Baseball franchise enters its 33rd season as the exclusive, national Major League Baseball game of the week.
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Beginning Monday, March 21, at 12 p.m. ET, The Point: NHL Trade Deadline Special will provide breaking news and offer roundtable discussion and analysis of all the trade deadline’s action. Hosted by John Buccigross, the special will stream live on ESPN+ from 12-5 p.m. ET, and will be simulcast on ESPN2 from 2-4 p.m. ET.
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A Conversation 110 Years in the Making: Foyt, Unser and Mears Welcome Castroneves to the Most Exclusive Club in Motorsports
The One and Only Recorded Conversation Among the Four Four-Time Winners of the Indianapolis 500
Includes Interviews with Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, Tony Stewart and Scott Dixon and Veteran Motorsports Writer Curt Cavin
“Pennzoil presents The Club” Debuts Saturday, May 14, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, Leading into GMR Grand Prix
INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, March 17, 2022) – Television coverage of the Month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will shift into high gear Saturday, May 14 when NBC debuts “Pennzoil presents The Club,” a documentary featuring an exclusive conversation among one of the most elite groups in global motorsports — the four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 four times.
Airing at 2 p.m. (ET), “Pennzoil presents The Club” will lead into live coverage at 3 p.m. that afternoon of the GMR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on the IMS road course.
A trailer released, just this morning, is available here.
Helio Castroneves became the fourth member of the most exclusive club in motorsports last May 30. Castroneves will aim for his record-breaking fifth “500” victory in the 106th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday, May 29, also live starting at 11 a.m. (ET) on NBC.
“This is a truly once-in-a-lifetime chance to watch and discuss sports history,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “For fans around the globe, it’s an epic way to start the Month of May on NBC before tuning in to the GMR Grand Prix and Helio’s historic ‘drive for five’ on Indy 500 Race Day.”
Shortly after Castroneves’ emotional victory for Meyer Shank Racing in the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, Boles called for a secret meeting of Castroneves and his fellow four-time winners, A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears.
On July 21, 2021, the four legendary INDYCAR SERIES drivers gathered to commemorate one of the most significant accomplishments in motorsports history. IMS Productions was on hand to capture and document the moment, recording a conversation 110 years in the making.
“Pennzoil presents The Club” is a documentary celebrating that conversation and what it means to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” four times. The show features a sit-down conversation in downtown Indianapolis, historic race footage and a four-time winner’s meeting at the world-famous Yard of Bricks with the Borg-Warner Trophy.
Featuring additional interviews with Mario Andretti, Tony Stewart, Scott Dixon, Roger Penske and veteran motorsports writer Curt Cavin, “Pennzoil presents The Club” is the only recorded conversation among Foyt, Unser, Mears and Castroneves. Unser passed away Dec. 9, making this conversation even more poignant. The documentary includes a dedication to his memory.
“It’s still hard for me to believe that I am a part of this group of drivers – these are drivers that I have looked up to and watched all my life and to now be standing on the same level as them is incredible. My best memories have come from winning the Indianapolis 500, there is no other race in history that has that same feeling; the feeling of a month’s long hard work all coming to an end in the best way possible,” said Castroneves. “I will forever be grateful for the people who have helped me achieve such a monumental accomplishment because it was not just me, it was a team effort each of those four years.”
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