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Action sports will make a triumphant return this Friday, January 29 with 17.5 hours of live content over the three days of competition on ESPN, ABC and ESPN2 and exclusive web content across @XGames social and XGames.com. ESPN’s Facebook and Twitter will also live stream competitions on Friday.
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Action sports content will make a triumphant return in January with 17.5 hours of live coverage of X Games Aspen 2021 on ESPN, ABC, the ESPN App and X Games social media, two preview shows in advance of the event as part of the World of X Games programming and exclusive web content across @XGames social pages and XGames.com.
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The tune-in schedule for the 20th consecutive X Games Aspen at Buttermilk Mountain is now available at XGames.com. After most major sporting events were put on hold following X Games Norway 2020, athletes will return to the world’s premier action sports competition from January 29-31, televised with live coverage on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and X Games digital channels. The world’s best will battle it out for a podium spot in Ski and Snowboard competitions.
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Women’s Slalom Live this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA; Same-Day Encore Presentations on NBC and NBCSN
Mikaela Shiffrin Aims to Move into Third Place in All-Time World Cup Victories (68) in Zagreb
Women’s Slalom and Men’s Downhill Encores on NBC this Sunday for Three Consecutive Hours, Beginning at 3 p.m. ET
Snowboard, Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, and Ski Jumping Coverage Also Featured This Month
Peacock Premium is New Streaming Home of Winter Olympic Sports, Including Exclusive Rights to Austria Events and the Hahnenkamm in January
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 30, 2020 – NBC Sports’ extensive coverage of Winter Olympic sports continues in January 2021 with the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup women’s slalom from Zagreb, Croatia, this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET live on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBC Sports digital platforms and Peacock Premium. An encore presentation of Sunday’s race will be presented later in the day at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC and at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
The winningest slalom skier in World Cup history and three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to compete in Zagreb, where she aims to move into sole possession of third place in all-time World Cup victories (68), behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Lindsey Vonn (82). Shiffrin is coming off a third-place finish in the slalom yesterday in Semmering, Austria, her 99th career World Cup podium.
NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) will call the women’s slalom alongside former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino (analyst).
In addition to alpine skiing, NBC Sports and Peacock Premium will offer extensive coverage of six additional skiing and snowboarding sports in January, including cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, Nordic combined, ski jumping and biathlon. Complete schedules can be accessed here.
In November, it was announced that NBC Sports’ exclusive streaming of winter Olympic sports has moved from NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” to Peacock Premium, which is available at https://www.peacocktv.com/snow. Peacock Premium is also the exclusive home to all FIS events held in Austria, including the Hahnenkamm held at Kitzbühel in January.
In addition to live alpine skiing coverage this weekend, NBC will air an encore presentation of the men’s downhill events from Bormio, Italy, this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET that took place earlier this morning. Highlights from Tuesday’s Super-G, in which American Ryan Cochran-Siegle won, will also be featured. Cochran-Siegle’s victory marked the first World Cup Super-G win by an American man since 2006.
Below is NBC Sports’ January telecast schedule for its 2020-21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup coverage (times and networks are subject to change):
| Date | Event | Time (ET) | Network |
| 1/3/2021 | Women’s Slalom – Zagreb, Croatia | 9:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy^ | 3 p.m. | NBC | |
| Women’s Slalom – Zagreb, Croatia* | 4:30 p.m. | NBC | |
| Women’s Slalom – Zagreb, Croatia* | 6:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/6/2021 | Men’s Slalom – Zagreb, Croatia | 9:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/8/2021 | Men’s Giant Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland | 7:15 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/9/2021 | Men’s Giant Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland* | 8 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/10/2021 | Men’s Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Slalom – Adelboden, Switzerland* | 2 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/15/2021 | Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland* | 11 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/16/2021 | Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia | 8 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 1/17/2021 | Women’s Giant Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia | 6:15 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Slalom – Wengen, Switzerland | 7:15 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 1/18/2021 | Women’s Giant Slalom – Maribor, Slovenia* | 1 a.m. | NBCSN |
| 1/22/2021 | Women’s Downhill – Crans Montana, Switzerland | 4 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/23/2021 | Women’s Downhill – Crans Montana, Switzerland | 4 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Downhill – Crans Montana, Switzerland* | 4:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/24/2021 | Women’s Super-G – Crans Montana, Switzerland | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Super-G – Crans Montana, Switzerland* | 6:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/26/2021 | Women’s Giant Slalom – Kronplatz, Italy | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Kronplatz, Italy* | 10:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/30/2021 | Women’s Downhill – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 5 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Slalom – Chamonix, France | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Downhill – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany* | 3 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 1/31/2021 | Women’s Super-G – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 5 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Slalom – Chamonix, France | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
*Same-day delay
^Encore from Dec. 30, 2020
Note: In addition to streaming on Peacock Premium, all television coverage will stream on NBC Sports digital platforms.
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Following are NBC Sports’ television schedules for other FIS and IBU disciplines in January:
For the snowboard schedule, click here.
For the freestyle skiing schedule, click here.
For the biathlon schedule, click here.
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Following is the 2020-21 winter Olympic sports schedule in January on Peacock Premium (organized by discipline, subject to change):
| EVENT | DATE |
|
ALPINE SKIING |
|
| Zagreb, CRO | Jan. 3 – 6 |
| Adelboden, SUI | Jan. 8 – 10 |
| St. Anton, AUT | Jan. 9 – 10 |
| Flachau, AUT | Jan. 12 |
| Wengen, SUI | Jan. 15 – 17 |
| Maribor, SLO | Jan. 16 – 17 |
| Kitzbühel, AUT | Jan. 22 – 24 |
| Crans Montana, SUI | Jan. 23 – 24 |
| Schladming, AUT | Jan. 26 |
| Kronplatz, ITA | Jan. 26 |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER | Jan. 30 – 31 |
| Chamonix, FRA | Jan. 30 – 31 |
| CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING | |
| Val Mustair, SUI | Jan. 1 – 3 |
| Toblach, ITA | Jan. 5 – 6 |
| Val di Fiemme, ITA | Jan. 8 – 10 |
| Falun, SWE | Jan. 30 – 31 |
| FREESTYLE SKIING | |
| Kreischberg, AUT | Jan. 8 |
| Yaroslavl, RUS | Jan. 16 |
| Idre Fjall, SWE | Jan. 20 – 24 |
| Moscow, RUS | Jan. 23 |
| Feldberg, GER | Jan. 30 – 31 |
| Raubichi, BLR | Jan. 30 |
| SNOWBOARD | |
| Scuol, SUI | Jan. 9 |
| Kreischberg, AUT | Jan. 9 |
| Bad Gastein, AUT | Jan. 12 – 13 |
| Laax, SUI | Jan. 22 – 23 |
| Chiesa in Valmalenco, ITA | Jan. 23 – 24 |
| Moscow, RUS | Jan. 30 |
| NORDIC COMBINED | |
| Val di Fiemme, ITA | Jan. 15 – 17 |
| Seefeld, AUT | Jan. 29 – 31 |
| BIATHLON EVENTS | |
| Oberhof, GER | Jan. 7 – 17 |
| Antholz-Anterselva, ITA | Jan. 21 – 24 |
| SKI JUMPING | |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER | Dec. 31 – Jan. 1 |
| Innsbruck, AUT | Jan. 2 – 3 |
| Bischofshofen, AUT | Jan. 5 – 6 |
| Titisee-Neustadt, GER | Jan. 8 – 10 |
| Zakopane, POL | Jan. 15 – 17 |
| Ljubno, SLO | Jan. 23 – 24 |
| Willingen, GER | Jan. 29 – 31 |
| Titisee-Neustadt, GER | Jan. 30 – 31 |
–NBC SPORTS–
X Games Aspen 2021 will return to Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass for the 20th-consecutive year January 29-31. Nearly 100 of the world’s-best winter athletes will descend upon the biggest stage in action sports, competing in 14 disciplines live on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, and presented across the globe through international syndication partners. Fans can also follow @XGames across digital and social media platforms for behind-the-scenes, athlete-curated and complementary content that enhance the X Games Aspen telecasts.
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Three-Time Olympic Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin Expected to Make Season Debut in Levi Next Weekend
NBC Sports to Televise Extensive Winter Olympic Sports Coverage This Season
Peacock Premium is New Streaming Home of Winter Olympic Sports, Including Exclusive Rights to Austria Events
STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 10, 2020 – NBC Sports’ presentation of the 2020-21 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season begins with the women’s slalom from Levi, Finland, next Saturday, Nov. 21, at 6:45 a.m. ET live on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app. An encore presentation of the race will be presented later in the evening at 12 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
The winningest slalom skier in World Cup history and three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to make her World Cup competition season debut in Levi. Shiffrin owns four career victories at the World Cup stop in Finland, including winning there in each of the last two seasons. NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) will call the action alongside former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino (analyst).
In addition to alpine skiing, NBC Sports will televise six additional skiing and snowboarding sports this season — cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, Nordic combined, ski jumping and biathlon.
Last week it was announced that NBC Sports’ exclusive streaming of winter Olympic sports has moved from NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” to Peacock Premium, which is available at http://www.peacocktv.com/sports. The first FIS event of the 2020-21 season to stream on Peacock Premium will be Ski Jumping from Wisla, Poland, taking place on Nov. 20. Peacock Premium will also become the exclusive home to all FIS events held in Austria, beginning with FIS Alpine Skiing from Lech/Zuers on Nov. 26-27.
Below is NBC Sports’ telecast schedule for the 2020-21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season in November-December (times and networks are subject to change):
| Date | Event | Time (ET) | Network |
| 11/21/2020 | Women’s Slalom – Levi, Finland | 6:45 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Slalom – Levi, Finland* | 12 a.m. | NBCSN | |
| 11/22/2020 | Women’s Slalom – Levi, Finland | 6:45 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 11/28/2020 | Women’s Slalom – Levi, Finland^ | 3 p.m. | NBC |
| 11/29/2020 | Women’s Slalom – Levi, Finland^ | 2:30 p.m. | NBC |
| 12/5/2020 | Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Val d’Isere, France | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 12/6/2020 | Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Val d’Isere, France | 7 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland* | 4:30 p.m. | NBC | |
| 12/12/2020 | Men’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 12/13/2020 | Men’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France | 6:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Giant Slalom – Courchevel, France* | 4:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/18/2020 | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Super-G – Val Gardena, Italy | 5:45 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 12/19/2020 | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | 4:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France* | 9:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/20/2020 | Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France | 5 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy | 7:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France* | 5:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/21/2020 | Men’s Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy | 7 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 12/22/2020 | Men’s Slalom – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | 2:30 p.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 12/28/2020 | Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy* | 3:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| 12/29/2020 | Men’s Super-G – Bormio, Italy | 5:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
*Same-day Delay
^Taped
Note: In addition to streaming on Peacock Premium, all television coverage will stream on NBC Sports digital platforms.
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Following are NBC Sports’ television schedules for other FIS disciplines in November-December:
For the World Ski Flying Championships schedule, click here.
For the freestyle skiing schedule, click here.
For the cross-country skiing schedule, click here.
For the snowboard schedule, click here.
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Following is the 2020-21 winter Olympic sports schedule in November-December on Peacock Premium (organized by sport, subject to change):
| EVENT | DATE |
|
ALPINE SKIING |
|
| Levi, FIN | Nov. 21 – 22 |
| Lech/Zuers, AUT | Nov. 26 – 27 |
| Val d’Isere, FRA | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| St. Mortiz, SUI | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| Courchevel, FRA | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Val d’Isere, FRA | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Val d’Isere, FRA | Dec. 18 – 20 |
| Val Gardena, ITA | Dec. 18 – 20 |
| Alta Badia, ITA | Dec. 20 – 21 |
| Madonna, ITA | Dec. 22 |
| Semmering, AUT | Dec. 28 – 29 |
| Bormio, ITA | Dec. 28 – 29 |
| CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING | |
| Lillehammer, NOR | Dec. 4 – 6 |
| Davos, SUI | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Dresden, GER | Dec. 19 – 20 |
| FREESTYLE SKIING | |
| Stubai, AUT | Nov. 21 |
| Val Thorens, FRA | Dec. 4 – 5 |
| Ruka, FIN | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| Montafion, AUT | Dec. 11 |
| Idre Fjall, SWE | Dec. 12 – 13 |
| Arosa, SUI | Dec. 15 |
| Copper Mountain, USA | Dec. 18 – 19 |
| Changchun, CHN | Dec. 19 |
| Innichen, ITA | Dec. 19 – 20 |
| SNOWBOARD | |
| Bannoye, RUS | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| Montafon, AUT | Dec. 12 |
| Cortina, ITA | Dec. 12 |
| Carezza, ITA | Dec. 17 |
| Copper Mountain, USA | Dec. 18 – 19 |
| Cervinia, ITA | Dec. 19 |
| NORDIC COMBINED | |
| Lillehammer, NOR | Dec. 4 – 5 |
| Ramsau, AUT | Dec. 19 – 20 |
| BIATHLON EVENTS | |
| Kontiolahti, FIN | Nov. 28 – Dec. 6 |
| Hochfilzen, AUT | Dec. 11 – 20 |
| SKI JUMPING | |
| Wisla, POL | Nov. 20 – 22 |
| Nizhny Tagil, RUS | Dec. 4 – 6 |
| Lillehammer, NOR | Dec. 5 – 6 |
| Planica, SLO | Dec. 10 – 13 |
| Engelberg, SUI | Dec. 18 – 20 |
| Oberstdorf, GER | Dec. 28 – 29 |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER | Dec. 31 – Jan. 1 |
–NBC SPORTS–