ABC, ESPN & ESPN2 Combine to Present 2015 Little League World Series From Williamsport, Pa.

• Six-time MLB All-Star and Two-Time Batting Champ Nomar Garciaparra Returns for LLWS Coverage alongside Karl Ravech and Jaymee Sire
• ESPN MLB Analysts and Former MLB Standouts Curt Schilling, John Kruk, and Aaron Boone Call Select Games in Williamsport
• David Belisle, Last Year’s Rhode Island Cumberland American LLWS Manager, Serves as an Analyst in Williamsport
• SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight On Site

ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 will combine to present all 32 games of the 2015 Little League World Series presented by Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes from Williamsport, Pa., August 20-30 at Lamade Stadium and Volunteer Stadium. ABC will broadcast five games from Williamsport, including the International Championship (at 12:30 p.m. ET) and the United States Championship (at 3:30 p.m.) on Saturday, Aug. 29. ABC will then broadcast the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 3 p.m. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise 28 Little League World Series games in Williamsport, beginning with four games Thursday, Aug. 20.

Commentators

• Six-time MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra returns in an analyst role to join Karl Ravech, analyst  Kyle Peterson, and reporter Jaymee Sire to provide coverage for all five ABC games, including the World Series Championship and International Championship;
• ESPN MLB analysts Curt Schilling, John Kruk, and Aaron Boone will serve as analysts during select games in Williamsport. This will be Schilling’s and Boone’s first time covering games in Williamsport;
• Ravech and Dave Flemming will rotate play-by-play duties throughout the Little League World Series with analysts Garciaparra, Peterson, and David Belisle— former Rhode Island Cumberland American Little League manager who gave his heartbroken team an emotional speech last year—and reporter Marysol Castro who recently joined ESPN last month;
• SportsCenter’s Jay Crawford will be the play-by-play voice alongside Garciaparra and Castro for Game 17 on Monday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. on ESPN.

SportsCenter

• SportsCenterwill air live from Williamsport, Pa. on Thursday, Aug. 20, Friday, Aug. 21, Monday, Aug. 24 and Tuesday, Aug. 25 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. hosted by Crawford and Chris McKendry;

• SportsCenter will also provide daily, on-site updates throughout the entire tournament with coverage led by Crawford, McKendry and Ravech.

Baseball Tonight

• Baseball Tonight will be on the road in Williamsport, Pa. on Friday, Aug 21 (10 p.m.), Saturday, Aug. 22 (10 p.m.), Sunday, Aug. 23 (8 p.m.), Tuesday, Aug. 25 (8 p.m. and 11 p.m.), Wednesday, Aug. 26 (7:30 p.m.), and Thursday, Aug. 27 (8 p.m. an 11 p.m.) on ESPN and ESPN2. Adnan Virk will host the show alongside analysts Schilling, Kruk, or Boone, and reporter Tim Kurkjian.

Additional Highlights

• League Web Gems/World Series by Subway will highlight the tournament’s best defensive play and preview the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. Sire will host the show with Garciaparra and Peterson;

• ESPN will debut a new Little League World Series telecast open, which features a summer camp theme set to the band 1985’s popular “Summer Forever” track;

• “Wired” segments with coaches and umpires will provide unique insight and instant reactions;

• A TrussCam will be positioned on a trolley beyond the outfield wall at Lamade Stadium to capture sweeping shots of action;

• com’s Little League World Series page will be updated with scores, results, and game stories;

• Viewers can join the conversation on social media platforms using #LLWS.

ESPN International will televise select Little League World Series games from Williamsport throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific Rim. Games airing in Latin America will be voiced in Spanish by ESPN Deportes commentators: Eduardo Varela, Fernando Alvarez, and Pablo Viruega.

WatchESPN and WatchABC Little League World Series games are available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox, Amazon, Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku via WatchESPN and WatchABC.

U.S. Teams will include teams who win their regional championships: Mid-Atlantic, West, Southeast, Great Lakes, New England, Midwest, Southwest, and Northwest.

International Teams will include teams who win their regional championships: Caribbean, Japan, Mexico, Europe/Africa, Australia, Latin America, Canada, and Asia Pacific.

These teams will all be announced next week because Little League World Series regional games are still in progress and will conclude on Sunday, Aug. 16.

Schedule

*Subject to change

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Gianina Thompson at 860-766-7022 or gianina.thompson@espn.com (@Gianina_ESPN).