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*REMINDER* NBC SPORTS’ SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA CONFERENCE CALLS TOMORROW, SEPT. 1, AT 3 P.M. ET AND 4 P.M. ET

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Sunday Night Football: 3 pm ET with Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark, Coordinating Producer Rob Hyland — Dial 313-209-5140; Passcode: 6069527

Football Night in America: 4 pm ET with Maria Taylor, Tony Dungy, Jason Garrett, Chris Simms, Rodney Harrison, Matthew Berry, Executive Producer Sam Flood — Dial 313-209-5140; Passcode: 5382385

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 31, 2022 – NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Football and Football Night in America will host national media conference calls tomorrow, Sept. 1. The Sunday Night Football announce team, featuring Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth in the booth and Melissa Stark on the sidelines, will join coordinating producer Rob Hyland to preview the upcoming season on a media conference call tomorrow, Sept. 1, at 3 p.m. ET.

Shortly after that, members of NBC Sports’ Football Night in America crew, featuring host Maria Taylor and analysts Tony Dungy, Jason Garrett, Chris Simms, Rodney Harrison, and Matthew Berry, will join executive producer Sam Flood tomorrow, Sept. 1, at 4 p.m. ET.

Tirico and Collinsworth have teamed to call 22 NFL games (19 regular season, three preseason) since Tirico joined NBC Sports in 2016. Stark served as sideline reporter for ABC’s Monday Night Football for three seasons (2000-02) and has been a host and reporter for NFL Network since 2011.

Taylor was named the first female full-time host of Football Night in America in May 2022. Garrett, the former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys (2010-2019), and Berry, the fantasy sports industry pioneer, begin their first seasons with NBC Sports.

Next Thursday, Sept. 8, NBC Sports begins coverage of the 2022 NFL regular season with NFL Kickoff as Matthew Stafford and the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on NBC, Peacock and Universo.

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL

Media interested in participating should call 313-209-5140; Passcode: 6069527

    • WHAT: NBC Sports’ 2022 Sunday Night Football Media Conference Call
    • WHO: Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark, Rob Hyland
    • WHEN: Tomorrow, September 1, at 3 p.m. ET
    • NUMBER: 313-209-5140
    • PASSCODE: 6069527

 

FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL

Media interested in participating should call 313-209-5140; Passcode: 5382385

    • WHAT: NBC Sports’ 2022 Football Night in America Media Conference Call
    • WHO: Maria Taylor, Tony Dungy, Jason Garrett, Chris Simms, Rodney Harrison, Matthew Berry, Sam Flood
    • WHEN: Tomorrow, September 1, at 4 p.m. ET
    • NUMBER: 313-209-5140
    • PASSCODE: 5382385

 

—NBC SPORTS—

TRANSCRIPT: ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit Previews 2022-23 College Football Season and ABC Saturday Night Football’s No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 2 Ohio State Blockbuster Opening Game

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Emmy Award-winning ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit previewed the 2022-23 college football season and ABC Saturday Night Football’s blockbuster opening game – No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 2 Ohio State week 1 – during a media conference call.

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Serena a Sensation: Average of 2.7 Million Viewers See Her Win First Round Match at US Open

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Monday night’s US Open Opening Night match with the legendary Serena Williams – in what is expected to be her final event and defeating Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in a first-round contest 6-3, 6-3 – averaged 2.7 million viewers glued to the drama for the 1:45 match. The audience peaked in the last quarter-hour (9 – 9:15 p.m. ET) at 3.2 million.

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USA NETWORK DELIVERS VIEWERSHIP MILESTONES AS CABLE HOME OF NBC SPORTS

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Expansive Programming Across NBC Sports on USA Network Has Grown Audiences Throughout 2022

STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 30, 2022 – USA Network has delivered numerous viewership milestones since expanding its slate of premium sports properties and events this year across the Premier League, NASCAR, the Olympic Games, USGA and The R&A Golf Championships, horse racing, cycling, track & field and more.

Since becoming the new cable network home for NBC Sports programming on Jan. 1, 2022, USA Network has grown sports event audiences alongside its fan-favorite entertainment content including last year’s top scripted cable launch “Chucky” and unscripted hits like “Miz and Mrs.”

“Sports have experienced sustained viewership increases across the board as part of our strategy transitioning key programming to USA Network. We look forward to continuing that upward trajectory into the fall season,” said Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports.

Below are viewership highlights for NBC Sports programming on USA Network:

Premier League

  • Two of the four most-watched Premier League matches on cable on record: Manchester City-Liverpool on April 10, 2022, with a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) average of 1.15 million viewers (#2 most watched cable Premier League match on record) and Chelsea-Liverpool on Jan. 2, 2022, with a TAD of 1.04 million viewers (#4 most watched).
  • The opening match of the 2022-23 Premier League season between Crystal Palace-Arsenal posted a TAD of 526,000 viewers, making it NBC Sports’ most-watched weekday opener on record, and the second-most watched opener on record (Manchester United-Tottenham on NBCSN in 2015; 651,000 viewers TAD).
  • Post-match coverage following Newcastle-Manchester City on Aug. 21, 2022, was NBC Sports’ most-watched Premier League post-game show on cable on record (582,000 viewers).

NASCAR

  • The race at Watkins Glen on Aug. 21, 2022, marked the sixth consecutive USA Network Cup Series race to deliver year-over-year viewership gains.
  • USA Network’s telecast from Atlanta on July 10, 2022, stands as the most-watched Cup Series race on cable (2.626 million TV-only viewers) since last year’s Darlington race (3.149 million on FS1, 5/9/21).

Beijing Olympics

  • Featuring live coverage of every Winter Games sport, USA Network was the top destination for sports and entertainment programming on cable and along with Tokyo Olympics coverage last summer, delivered the network’s most-watched 15-day span (Feb. 5-19) span since September 2018.
  • The Beijing Olympics averaged 1.4 million primetime viewers and 920,000 Total Day viewers – both the highest among all sports and entertainment cable networks during the Games.

Tokyo Olympics

  • Highlighted by live coverage of track & field, men’s and women’s beach volleyball, indoor volleyball and softball, USA Network was the top destination for sports and entertainment programming on cable, ranking as the #1 sports and entertainment cable network in primetime over the course of the Games with an average of 1.6 million viewers.
  • USA Network’s primetime viewership average was the best ever for any cable network during the Summer Olympics and featured cable’s three most-watched Summer Olympics nights ever.

Golf: U.S. Open & The Open Championship

  • Round 2 of the 2022 U.S. Open averaged a TAD of 1.17 million viewers, resulting in USA Network’s best weekday afternoon viewership since January 2017 (excluding Holidays).
  • Excluding the Olympics, the 150th Open Championship drove USA Network to its best week of viewership in more than two years (since May 2020).
  • With a TAD of 1.38 million viewers, 2022 delivered the most-watched early rounds for the Open Championship ever for NBC Sports and most-watched overall since 2015 on ESPN. The Round 1 TAD of 1.35 million viewers was the largest audience for that round since 2013 on ESPN.

Tour de France

  • USA Network posted the two most-watched weekday stages of the Tour de France in more than 10 years. With 554,000 viewers, the Friday July 15 telecast was the most-watched weekday stage since 2009. The competition the day prior (Thursday July 14) averaged 510,000 viewers which was the best weekday delivery since 2010.

Horse Racing

  • 2022 Kentucky Derby programming on Friday and Saturday delivered its best cable performance since 2019.
  • 559,000 viewers for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby undercard programming marked the second-best performance for the event in the last six years.
  • Friday’s Kentucky Oaks coverage averaged 244,000 viewers, the best for the event since 2019.

Track & Field

  • USA Network’s primetime coverage of the World Track & Field Championships Oregon22 on Friday July 22 averaged 783,000 TV-only viewers, NBC Sports’ second-most watched track & field cable telecast on record, excluding Olympics and U.S. Team Trials. It only trails the 2018 Indoor Championships, which had a Winter Olympics lead-in (1.306 million, NBCSN, Feb. 10).

–NBC SPORTS–

ESPN Re-Signs Prolific Group of Analysts: Super Bowl Champions Steve Young, Booger McFarland and Jeff Saturday, Along with Three-Time Pro Bowler Alex Smith

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ESPN Re-Signs Prolific Group of Analysts: Super Bowl Champions Steve Young, Booger McFarland and Jeff Saturday, Along with Three-Time Pro Bowler Alex Smith

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FIRST-PLACE ARSENAL VISIT MANCHESTER UNITED THIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 4, AT 11:30 A.M. ET ON USA NETWORK AND TELEMUNDO

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Midweek Match Action Begins Today, Highlighted by Leeds United Hosting Everton at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network & Universo

Peacock to Present 13 Matches (12 Exclusively) in Next Six Days & Three Goal Rush Whip-Around Shows

Seven-Hour Premier League Transfer Deadline Special Live this Thursday, Sept. 1 Beginning at Noon ET on Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 30, 2022 – First-place Arsenal visit Manchester United this Sunday, Sept. 4, at 11:30 a.m. ET on USA Network and Telemundo, highlighting Premier League action across NBC Sports this week.

Arsenal, who are the only club to win all four of their matches this season, came from behind to top Fulham, 2-1, last weekend. Manchester United notched their second consecutive victory last weekend, defeating Southampton, 1-0, behind a goal from Bruno Fernandes. Peter Drury and Lee Dixon will call the action live from Old Trafford.

Midweek action begins this afternoon with Premier League Live at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network, followed by two matches at 2:30 p.m. ET on Peacock: Crystal Palace v. Brentford and Fulham v. Brighton & Hove Albion. At 2:45 p.m. ET, Chelsea visit Southampton on Peacock and at 3 p.m. ET, Leeds United and head coach Jesse Marsch host Everton on USA Network and Universo. The Goal Rush whip-around show will stream live on Peacock today at 2:30 p.m. ET, providing viewers the most compelling action in real time and on replay so they won’t miss a single goal or key play.

Coverage tomorrow, Wed., Aug. 31, begins at 2 p.m. ET with Premier League Live on USA Network, followed by four matches on Peacock: Bournemouth v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal v. Aston Villa, Manchester City v. Nottingham Forest at 2:30 p.m. ET, and West Ham v. Tottenham at 2:45 p.m. ET. At 3 p.m. ET, Mohamed Salah and Liverpool host Newcastle on USA Network and Universo, followed by Goal Zone at 5 p.m. ET on USA Network. Goal Rush will stream live on Peacock at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Midweek action concludes Thursday as Manchester United visit Leicester City at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network and Universo. Drury and Graeme Le Saux will call the match live from King Power Stadium.

Ahmed Fareed hosts this week’s Premier League Live and Goal Zone shows alongside former Premier League player Danny Higginbotham and former USMNT and Premier League player Tim Howard.

This weekend’s coverage begins Saturday with Premier League Mornings live at 7 a.m. ET on USA Network, followed by Liverpool visiting Everton at 7:30 a.m. ET on USA Network and Universo.

Six matches will be presented live at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday: Brentford v. Leeds United (USA Network, Universo), Newcastle v. Crystal Palace (Peacock), Nottingham Forest v. Bournemouth (Peacock), Tottenham v. Fulham (Peacock), Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Southampton (Peacock) and Chelsea v. West Ham (Peacock). Andres Cantor will call the Wolves-Southampton match on Peacock in English, alongside Higginbotham. Goal Rush will stream live on Peacock at 10 a.m. ET.

At 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Premier League leading goal scorer Erling Haaland (six goals) and Manchester City visit Aston Villa on NBC, Peacock and Telemundo, followed by Goal Zone at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

On Sunday, Premier League Mornings begins at 8 a.m. ET on USA Network ahead of Leicester City visiting Brighton & Hove Albion at 9 a.m. ET on USA Network and Telemundo. Following Manchester United-Arsenal (11:30 a.m. ET on USA Network and Telemundo) is Goal Zone at 1:30 p.m. ET on USA Network.

Rebecca Lowe hosts Saturday’s and Sunday’s Premier League Mornings, Premier League Live and Goal Zone shows alongside former Premier League and Jamaica National Team player Robbie Earle and former Premier League player Robbie Mustoe.

This season, Peacock will once again stream all games airing on the NBC broadcast network live. In addition, Peacock will feature studio shows, full match replays and the Premier League TV channel. All matchdays and windows exclusively on Peacock will feature NBC Sports’ Premier League studio coverage.

EXTENSIVE TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY COVERAGE ON PEACOCK ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 AT NOON ET

This Thursday, Sept. 1, NBC Sports presents extensive coverage of the Premier League Transfer Deadline Day as Peacock will stream live Sky Sports News’ seven-hour Premier League Transfer Deadline Special beginning at Noon ET.

NBC SPORTS & PREMIER LEAGUE TO BRING “PREMIER LEAGUE MORNINGS LIVE” FAN FESTIVAL TO PHILADELPHIA ON OCTOBER 15-16

NBC Sports and the Premier League are traveling to Philadelphia for the next Premier League Mornings Live fan festival, on October 15-16.  The two-day fan festival will take place at Dilworth Park, located outside of Philadelphia’s City Hall in Center City, and features live action from nine Premier League fixtures presented across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, Telemundo and Universo.

Click here for more information.

THE 2 ROBBIES PODCAST

Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe discuss and dissect the top Premier League storylines after every matchweek on “The 2 Robbies” podcast. On the most recent episode, Earle and Mustoe discuss Arsenal staying perfect, Haaland’s hat trick for Manchester City, Liverpool scoring nine goals in their last match against Bournemouth, and more. The “2 Robbies” podcast is available anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Click here to listen to the podcast or click here to watch on YouTube.

PREMIER LEAGUE PICK ‘EM

NBC Sports’ Premier League Pick ‘Em returns on the free-to-play NBC Sports Predictor powered by PointsBet games app, available in the App Store and Google Play Store. Each match week, Premier League Pick ‘Em features a $50,000 jackpot prize for a “perfect score” – predicting the correct exact results of all featured matches in that contest (information on scoring, prizing, and Official Rules here).

Matches in Play for Premier League Pick ‘Em:

Date Time (ET) Match
Wed., Aug. 31 2:30 p.m. – Peacock Arsenal v. Aston Villa
Wed., Aug. 31 2:30 p.m.  – Peacock Manchester City v. Nottingham Forest
Wed., Aug. 31 2:45 p.m. – Peacock West Ham v. Tottenham
Wed., Aug. 31 3 p.m. – USA Network, Universo Liverpool v. Newcastle
Thurs., Sept. 1 3 p.m. – USA Network, Universo Leicester City v. Manchester United

NBC SPORTS PUB PASS

For commercial establishments looking to show Premier League, they can get the NBC Sports Pub Pass, the new customizable platform specifically for the retail pub/restaurant market in the USA. The NBC Sports Pub Pass offers Pubs, Bars, Clubs and Restaurants and commercial establishments nationwide all the Premier League matches and programming specifically for commercial establishments – Live, Commercial-Free and On-Demand. To subscribe or to find out more information about the NBC Sports Pub Pass go to https://www.nbcpubpass.com/.

STREAMING ON PEACOCK

Peacock’s expansive programming features live sports coverage including Premier League, MLB Sunday Leadoff, Sunday Night Football, Notre Dame Football, NASCAR, NTT IndyCar Series, golf, Olympic sports, and much more. Peacock also offers daily sports programming on the NBC Sports channel.

To learn more about how to watch Premier League on Peacock and how to sign up visit peacocktv.com/sports/premier-league.

Premier League games on NBC and USA Network will be streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app to desktops, mobile, tablets, and connected TVs via authentication, 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 is NBC Sports’ schedule for this week’s Premier League coverage (all times ET, subject to change):

Date Time (ET) Match Platform
Tues., Aug. 30 2 p.m. Premier League Live USA Network
Tues., Aug. 30 2:30 p.m. Crystal Palace v. Brentford Peacock
Tues., Aug. 30 2:30 p.m. Fulham v. Brighton & Hove Albion Peacock
Tues., Aug. 30 2:30 p.m. Goal Rush Peacock
Tues., Aug. 30 2:45 p.m. Southampton v. Chelsea Peacock
Tues., Aug. 30 3 p.m. Leeds United v. Everton USA Network, Universo
Tues., Aug. 30 5 p.m. Goal Zone USA Network
Wed., Aug. 31 2 p.m. Premier League Live USA Network
Wed., Aug. 31 2:30 p.m. Bournemouth v. Wolverhampton Wanderers Peacock
Wed., Aug. 31 2:30 p.m. Arsenal v. Aston Villa Peacock
Wed., Aug. 31 2:30 p.m. Manchester City v. Nottingham Forest Peacock
Wed., Aug. 31 2:30 p.m. Goal Rush Peacock
Wed., Aug. 31 2:45 p.m. West Ham v. Tottenham Peacock
Wed., Aug. 31 3 p.m. Liverpool v. Newcastle USA Network, Universo
Wed., Aug. 31 5 p.m. Goal Zone USA Network
Thurs., Sept. 1 Noon Premier League Transfer Deadline Day Special Peacock
Thurs., Sept. 1 2 p.m. Premier League Live USA Network
Thurs., Sept. 1 3 p.m. Leicester City v. Manchester United USA Network, Universo
Thurs., Sept. 1 5 p.m. Goal Zone USA Network
       
Sat., Sept. 3 7 a.m. Premier League Mornings USA Network
Sat., Sept. 3 7:30 a.m. Everton v. Liverpool USA Network, Universo
Sat., Sept. 3 9:30 a.m. Premier League Live USA Network
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Brentford v. Leeds United USA Network, Universo
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Newcastle v. Crystal Palace Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Nottingham Forest v. Bournemouth Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Tottenham v. Fulham Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Southampton Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Chelsea v. West Ham Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 10 a.m. Goal Rush Peacock
Sat., Sept. 3 12:30 p.m. Aston Villa v. Manchester City NBC, Peacock, Universo
Sat., Sept. 3 2:30 p.m. Goal Zone NBC, Peacock
Sun., Sept. 4 8 a.m. Premier League Mornings USA Network
Sun., Sept. 4 9 a.m. Brighton & Hove Albion v. Leicester City USA Network, Telemundo
Sun., Sept. 4 11 a.m. Premier League Live USA Network
Sun., Sept. 4 11:30 a.m. Manchester United v. Arsenal USA Network, Telemundo
Sun., Sept. 4 1:30 p.m. Goal Zone USA Network

–NBC SPORTS–

NBC SPORTS ATHLETE DIRECT AND READING PARTNERS LAUNCH COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETE NIL CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE EARLY LITERACY

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Fifty Student-Athletes will Participate in NIL Campaign by Highlighting their Summer Reading List on Social Media to Drive Community Engagement and Promote Literacy

STAMFORD, Conn. / OAKLAND, Calif. – August 30, 2022 — NBC Sports Athlete Direct, NBC Sports’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) platform, and  Reading Partners, a national early literacy nonprofit that recruits volunteer tutors to work one-on-one with thousands of students in under-resourced communities, are partnering on an NIL campaign to promote early literacy, it was announced today.

NBC Sports Athlete Direct is a platform which connects college student-athletes and advertisers through a trusted marketplace, enabling student-athletes to monetize their name, image and likeness. Student-athletes participating in the Reading Partners campaign will post messages on their Instagram feed encouraging reading and highlighting the work Reading Partners does with elementary students in communities across the country.

Student-athletes participating in the campaign, which is now live, will spotlight a book from their own summer reading list in a post on their Instagram feed, tagging the book directly in their post. Anyone viewing the student-athlete’s Instagram feed will be able to purchase the book by clicking on a link in the student-athlete’s Instagram bio. Book orders will be fulfilled by Bookshop.org, which sources from a network of local, independent bookstores. A portion of the proceeds from all book sales will go to Reading Partners.

NBC Sports Athlete Direct will also promote the opportunity for individuals to become a volunteer tutor with Reading Partners. For over 20 years, Reading Partners has helped empower students across the country to succeed in reading and beyond by engaging community volunteers to provide effective one-on-one literacy tutoring. Reading Partners offers in-person tutoring and launched an online tutoring program called Reading Partners Connects in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021-22 school year, Reading Partners delivered more than 138,000 individualized literacy tutoring sessions and since its founding in 1999, Reading Partners has provided over 2.5 million tutoring sessions to tens of thousands of students experiencing economic challenges.

“NBC Sports Athlete Direct is an innovator in the way they are using NIL to create both financial opportunities for student-athletes as well as awareness-building opportunities for nonprofits that are doing crucial work in communities across the country,” said Adeola Whitney, CEO of Reading Partners. “There are few foundational issues more important to our long-term individual and societal success than early literacy, so we are honored to partner with NBC Sports Athlete Direct on this initiative.”

“We are delighted to collaborate with Reading Partners on this important initiative to promote early literacy and volunteerism,” said Damon Phillips, SVP, Strategic Initiatives of NBC Sports. “This NIL campaign is an opportunity for college student-athletes to learn the importance of community service and how to use their voice and platform for causes that align with their personal value system.”

Community involvement will allow Reading Partners to maximize student support

Reading Partners’ past success has been fueled by the generous participation of thousands of community volunteers and donors. In the 2022-23 school year, Reading Partners will provide direct literacy tutoring and support to more than 9,000 students nationwide across its various learning environments.

To become a volunteer with Reading Partners, please visit readingpartners.org/volunteer and to financially support Reading Partners’ mission centered on educational equity and opportunity for all students, please visit readingpartners.org/donate.

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About Reading Partners

For over 20 years, Reading Partners has helped empower students to succeed in school and beyond by engaging community volunteers to provide proven, one-on-one literacy tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 75,000 community volunteers to provide more than 2.5 million individualized literacy tutoring sessions to more than 70,000 elementary school students in nearly 470 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit readingpartners.org to learn more about our program impact and our Reading Partners Connects online program innovation, or connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Reading Partners is a proud AmeriCorps service partner and has been endorsed by The New York Times.

 

About NBC Sports Athlete Direct

‘NBC Sports Athlete Direct,’ a platform linking college student-athletes and advertisers through a trusted marketplace, launched in April 2022 and enables student-athletes to monetize their name, image and likeness. Student-athletes from participating universities who opt-in to NBC Sports Athlete Direct are presented with name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities from advertisers that include monetizing their social media followings in various ways. Through NBC Sports Athlete Direct, NBC Sports collaborates with participating universities to create content for student-athletes focused on NIL best practices. In addition, NBC Sports and CNBC, the world leader in business and financial news, provide personal finance resources to assist student-athletes.

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Schedule Update: Chicago Cubs Host San Francisco Giants on September 11 Edition of Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell

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ESPN today announced its selection for the September 11 edition of Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell. The San Francisco Giants and Wilmer Flores will visit the Chicago Cubs and Willson Contreras in ESPN’s exclusive, national game of the week.

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