FOX Sports Programming Highlights: CBB, NASCAR, UFC & More

COLLEGE HOOPS: Bubble Teams Take Center Court on FOX & FOX Sports 1

NASCAR: Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Trucks Series Roll Into Atlanta

UFC: Full Coverage of UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano

ICYMI: Katie Nolan Gives a Tour of the Studio for Her New Show GARBAGE TIME WITH KATIE NOLAN: http://bit.ly/1ERiG7W

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STUDIO SHOWS

FOX SPORTS LIVE – NIGHTLY COLLEGE HOOPS HIGHLIGHTS AND ANALYSIS AS CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS NEAR; UFC 184 POSTFIGHT INTEGRATION SATURDAY; HONDA CLASSIC COVERAGE

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1, nightly (11:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Jay Onrait, Dan O’Toole, Charissa Thompson, Don Bell, Ryan Field, Jay Glazer, Casey Jacobsen, Joel Klatt, Petros Papadakis, Bill Reiter, Ephraim Salaam.
• This Week: FOX Sports 1’s flagship nightly highlight, news and opinion this week features extended highlights and analysis from across the spectrum of sports. As the college basketball postseason approaches, FOX Sports 1 insider Reid Forgrave and analysts Austin Croshere and Corey Maggette are in studio, recapping game highlights and forecasting the looming conference tournaments. Saturday night’s show includes post-fight integration with the UFC 184 crew live from Staples Center in Los Angeles following the much-anticipated card that sees UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey compete in the main event. Following its West Coast swing, the PGA Tour stops in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., this week for the Honda Classic. Rory McIlroy, currently the world’s No. 1-ranked player, makes his 2015 United State debut at the tournament, an event he lost in a playoff a year ago. FOX Sports 1 golf reporters Robert Lusetich and Holly Sonders are on-hand throughout the week, providing coverage on a field that also includes Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.

AMERICA’S PREGAME – NBA AND NHL PREVIEWS, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WRAPS, ROUSEY AND ZINGANO THURSDAY, PREEMPTED FRIDAY

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1, weekdays (5:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Mike Hill, Molly McGrath, Joel Klatt, Alexi Lalas, Casey Jacobsen, Corey Maggette, Eric Wynalda
• This Week: AMERICA’S PREGAME is up to speed on all of the day’s biggest games and stories during throughout the week. With Wednesday’s show coming out of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 match between Arsenal and AS Monaco FC on FOX Sports 1, soccer analysts Warren Barton, Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda are in studio to break down all of the action. Nightly NBA and NHL previews continue with local correspondents from around the country as the respective leagues enter their stretch runs and the playoff pictures come more clearly into view. Other items of note this week include a satellite interview on Thursday with the main event participants at this Saturday’s UFC 184 in Los Angeles: UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and contender Cat Zingano. On Friday, the show is preempted as FOX Sports 1 carries live coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Practice and Qualifying events for this weekend’s Atlanta race.

 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

BUBBLE TEAMS TAKE CENTER COURT THIS WEEK ON FOX & FOX SPORTS 1

• Network/When/Talent:

o   Wednesday, Feb. 25:

• Marquette at No. 23 Butler
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (8:00 PM ET)
• Cory Provus and Ron Thompson
• Texas Tech at TCU
• FOX Sports Regional Networks & FOX Sports GO (8:00 PM ET)
• Brian Estridge and John Denton

o   Thursday, Feb. 26:

• UTEP at LA Tech
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (8:00 PM ET)
• Justin Kutcher and Mike Jarvis
• Arizona State at No. 13 Utah
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (10:30 PM ET)
• Aaron Goldsmith and Sean Elliott

o   Friday, Feb. 27:

• Providence at Villanova (W)
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (8:30 PM ET)
• Tiffany Greene and LaChina Robinson

o   Saturday, Feb. 28:

• No. 6 Villanova at Xavier
• FOX & FOX Sports GO (2:00 PM ET)
• Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson
• No. 23 Butler at DePaul
• FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO (2:00 PM ET)
• Tim Brando and Dickie Simpkins
• Baylor at Iowa State (W)
• FOX Sports Regional Networks & FOX Sports GO (4:00 PM ET)
• Ron Thulin and Brenda VanLengen

o   Sunday, March 1:

• Marquette at No. 25 Providence
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (3:30 PM ET)
• Justin Kutcher and Steve Donahue
• Southern Miss at UTEP (W)
• FOX Sports Regional Networks & FOX Sports GO (4:00 PM ET)
• Ron Thulin and Clarissa Davis
• Oregon at Stanford
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (7:00 PM ET)
• Aaron Goldsmith and Casey Jacobsen
• Washington State at UCLA
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (9:30 PM ET)
• Kevin Burkhardt and Sean Elliott

o   Tuesday, March 3:

• Georgetown at No. 23 Butler
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (7:00 PM ET)
• Joe Davis and Bob Wenzel
• No. 6 Villanova at Creighton
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (9:00 PM ET)
• Tim Brando and Nick Bahe

o   Wednesday, March 4:

• No. 25 Providence at Seton Hall
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (7:00 PM ET)
• Justin Kutcher and Donny Marshall
• St. John’s at Marquette
• FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO (9:00 PM ET)
• Brian Anderson and Tarik Turner

This Week: As college basketball’s regular season winds down, FOX and FOX Sports 1 showcase several of the nation’s bubble teams, battling for a spot in the 68-team NCAA bracket. On Saturday, Feb. 28 (2:00 PM ET) on FOX, No. 6 Villanova, which just clinched a share of the BIG EAST title, heads to Cincinnati to face Xavier, which is looking for a signature win heading into the final stretch. On Sunday, March 1, a pair of Pac-12 bubble teams go head-to-head on FOX Sports 1, as Stanford hosts Oregon (7:00 PM ET). Check out FOX Sports college basketball insider Stewart Mandel’s latest Bracket Watch to see who appears to have an NCAA bid locked up, who needs to do work, and who’s on the outside looking in.

THE FALL AND RISE OF FORMER SETON HALL STAR LUTHER WRIGHT FEATURED ON THIS WEEK’S INSIDE THE BIG EAST

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, March 1 (3:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Kevin Burkhardt, Austin Croshere and Kevin O’Neill
• This Week: On this week’s INSIDE THE BIG EAST, former Seton Hall star Luther Wright fell on hard times and experienced homelessness before pulling himself up, now working for the city of Newark and with Seton Hall as its in-house DJ. INSIDE THE BIG EAST has an all-access pass with 37-year Villanova women’s basketball head coach Harry Perretta, and showcases the best behind-the-scenes audio of the week. Bill Raftery joins to unveil his “All-Onion” team, and Burkhardt, Croshere and O’Neill take a look at the top plays of the week.
  

NASCAR

FOX SPORTS AIRS 26 HOURS OF LIVE NASCAR PROGRAMMING FROM ATLANTA THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING UNIQUE DOUBLEHEADER ON SATURDAY

NASCAR heads to Atlanta this weekend, marking the first time in several years that teams race in the Southeast instead of on the West Coast the week following the DAYTONA 500. FOX Sports offers 26 hours of live coverage of the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, NASCAR XFINITY SERIES and NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES from Atlanta Motor Speedway, with a rare doubleheader on Saturday.

Atlanta provides the first look at the new rules package for intermediate tracks in the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, culminating with the 500-mile race live on FOX on Sunday, March 1 (1:00 PM ET), with pre-race coverage beginning at 12:30 PM ET on FOX NASCAR SUNDAY.

The packed weekend of racing kicks off Saturday, Feb. 28 on FOX Sports 1 with a unique, same-day doubleheader featuring the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES (2:00 PM ET) and NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES (5:30 PM ET) hitting the high backs of Atlanta Motor Speedway, one of the most storied tracks on the NASCAR circuit and a driver favorite. 2012 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES champion Brad Keselowski serves as guest analyst for FOX Sports 1’s NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race coverage on Saturday. Keselowski is one of five NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES drivers announced as part of a rotation in the FOX and FOX Sports 1 booths for the network’s coverage of the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES season.  Also scheduled as guest analysts this season are reigning NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES champion Kevin Harvick, who debuted in the booth last weekend at Daytona; four-time champion Jeff Gordon; Danica Patrick; and Clint Bowyer.  This season, FOX Sports adds coverage of the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES for the first 14 races of the year.  FOX Sports 1 telecasts 10 of the events while FOX broadcasts the races from Phoenix, Talladega, Charlotte and Dover.

FOX Sports 1 airs all NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, NASCAR XFINITY SERIES and NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES on-track sessions from Atlanta, beginning with XFINITY SERIES practice on Friday, Feb. 27 at 10:00 AM ET.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACING

• Network/When:  FOX & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, March 1 (1:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Play-by-play announcer Mike Joy; analysts Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds; reporters Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum

FOX NASCAR SUNDAY

• Network/When: FOX & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, March 1 (12:30 PM ET)
• Talent: Host Chris Myers; analysts Darrell Waltrip and Michael Waltrip

LARRY MCREYNOLDS SAYS ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY’S INSTALLATION OF TIRE BARRIERS & LATER EXPANSION OF SAFER BARRIERS IS THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO:  “Atlanta installing tire barriers for this weekend is as good as they can do right now. I was very vocal about this in our NASCAR XFINITY pre-race show on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday, but I meant every word.  We have been on this safety crusade for 15 years, and after 15 years, and I don’t want to hear any more about the cost of SAFER barriers, the studies regarding where cars are most likely to hit or the argument that venues must accommodate other series, hindering them from putting SAFER barriers all the way around. Those excuses are now inexcusable. In the short term, hopefully we won’t see a single wall without a tire barrier, and in the long term, hopefully we won’t see a wall without a SAFER barrier at any track. We got another wakeup call with Kyle Busch on Saturday, and shame on us if we don’t react 100 percent across the board at every single race track. If we can help keep drivers safe, shame on us if we don’t.”

MCREYNOLDS SAYS KURT BUSCH CAN RETURN TO NASCAR BUT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT:  “He absolutely can be reinstated by NASCAR at some point.  There will be a ‘road to recovery’ no different than if a driver violates a substance abuse policy… Busch must not only satisfy NASCAR and the management at Stewart-Haas Racing, but also the sponsors affiliated with the team. Will a sponsor ever look at him? The layers are endless given all the sponsors involved with that organization.”

JAMIE LITTLE PREDICTS KURT BUSCH WOULD BE SUPPORTED IF ALLOWED TO RETURN: “In general, people like to forgive others when they prove they’re working to better themselves. If Kurt goes through the proper channels and gets the help he needs, and if what he says when he returns is genuine, that he will change and it won’t happen again, then there’s no reason people won’t accept him.  The people who won’t accept him probably weren’t Kurt Busch fans to begin with.  We all have gone through certain issues in our lives, and we like to see people come through bad times better for it.  AJ Allmendinger is a perfect example of that.”

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES RACING

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Feb. 28 (2:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Play by-play announcer Adam Alexander; analyst Michael Waltrip and guest analyst Brad Keselowski; reporters Vince Welch, Jamie Little and Chris Neville

NASCAR RACEDAY-XFINITY

• Network/When:  FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Feb. 28 (1:30 PM ET)
• Talent: Host Danielle Trotta; analysts Larry McReynolds and Kenny Wallace; reporters Vince Welch, Jamie Little and Chris Neville
  

ADAM ALEXANDER HAS HIS EYE ON A FEW XFINITY SERIES FAVORITES HEADED INTO ATLANTA: “Heading to Atlanta, it’s hard to ignore the success Kevin Harvick has enjoyed there, and Cup regulars have won 11 of the last 12 XFINITY Series races at Atlanta. Ty Dillon is off to a great start this season and has a Truck Series win there. Defending champ Chase Elliott will be trying to bounce back and dig out of a hole that he never experienced last season on his way to winning the championship.”

ALEXANDER SAYS USING CUP SERIES DRIVERS AS GUEST ANALYSTS IN THE XFINITY SERIES BOOTH IS A HUGE PLUS: “The addition of Cup Series drivers as analysts for our NASCAR XFINITY Series coverage was a tremendous idea. Kevin Harvick was great at Daytona, and while his insight will be different, I expect Brad Keselowski to be great as well. It’s perfect to have drivers fresh off the track the same day in an analyst role.”

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACING

• Network/When:  FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Feb. 28 (5:30 PM ET)
• Talent: Play-by-play announcer Brian Till; analysts Phil Parsons and Todd Bodine; reporters Hermie Sadler and Matt Yocum

NCWTS SETUP

• Network/When:  FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Friday, Feb. 28 (5:00 PM ET)
• Talent:  Host John Roberts; analyst Ray Dunlap; reporters Hermie Sadler and Matt Yocum
• This Week:  A flashback to Ron Hornaday Jr.’s 2005 Truck Series win over Bobby Labonte at Atlanta; driver interviews regarding the Truck Series’ return to Atlanta; a feature on Kyle Busch Motorsports’ 2014 domination on mile-and-a-half tracks; an interview with two-time and reigning champ Matt Crafton, who won the only intermediate-track race Kyle Busch Motorsports didn’t win in 2014; a feature on Daytona winner Tyler Reddick; a package on the “big one” at Daytona and the points deficit in which it left Red Horse Racing to start the season.

NASCAR RACEDAY

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, March 1 (11:00 AM PM ET)
• Talent: Host Danielle Trotta; analysts Larry McReynolds and Kenny Wallace; reporters Kaitlyn Vincie and Vince Welch
• This Week: Interviews with DAYTONA 500 champion Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne and David Ragan (substitute driver for Kyle Busch); a feature with Doug Yates on tapered spacers and their effects on engines; a look at Jeff Gordon’s first NASCAR win – a NASCAR XFINITY SERIES win at Atlanta in 1992, credited with Rick Hendrick taking notice of the young driver; a feature with President Jimmy Carter regarding his Atlanta Motor Speedway ties; and a cartoon feature explaining the new rules package at intermediate tracks in 2015.

NASCAR RACE HUB & NASCAR RACE HUB WEEKEND EDITION

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Thursday, Feb. 26 (6:00 PM ET), Friday, Feb. 27 (11:00 AM ET), Monday, March 2-Thursday, March 5 (6:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Co-hosts Adam Alexander, John Roberts and Danielle Trotta; analysts Larry McReynolds, Jeff Hammond and Wally Dallenbach; reporters Alan Cavanna, Andrew Doud and Kaitlyn Vincie
• This Week: Highlights from Thursday’s Atlanta open test session on Thursday, Feb. 26; on Friday, Feb. 27, a feature on and interview with Daytona NASCAR XFINITY winner Ryan Reed; a feature with Kevin Harvick and Ricky Carmichael discussing Harvick giving Carmichael a NASCAR ride, and also featuring Carmichael attempting to teach Harvick how to ride on two wheels; and a package explaining the new rules package for intermediate tracks.
• Next Week: Guest analysts Chad Knaus on Monday, March 2, and Joey Logano on Tuesday, March 3

MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS

SUPERCROSS TAKES ON SECOND HALF OF ATLANTA DOUBLEHEADER WITH FIVE DIFFERENT WINNERS SO FAR IN 2015 #WHOSNEXT

• Network/When: FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Feb. 28 (7:00 PM ET); replay on FOX Sports 1 Sunday, Feb. 29 (3:00 AM ET)

• Talent: Ralph Sheheen, Jeff Emig, Jenny Taft

• This Week: Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, heads into the ninth race of the season, and second in a row from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta with five different winners in the first eight races. Former 450SX champion Chad Reed scored his first win of the season, followed by points leader Ryan Dungey and Trey Canard. It had been 11 years since Reed won his last Main Event at the Georgia Dome, but the former champ has now gone a record 11 seasons with at least one win. Dungey extended his points lead to 25 points over Canard and 31 over Ken Roczen.

UFC

ZINGANO BELIEVES SHE CAN PULL OFF THE UPSET VS. ROUSEY AT 184, SAYS UFC ON FOX ANALYST BISPING

The UFC returns to Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 28 for UFC 184: ROUSEY VS. ZINGANO, when the undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defends her crown for the fifth time against unbeaten No. 1 contender Cat Zingano. UFC on FOX analyst Michael Bisping is excited for the upset potential this weekend. “Ronda Rousey seems completely unbeatable,” he says. “She’s steamrolled all the competition. But Cat Zingano has no quit in her. She’s comeback and fought through adversity so many times in her career and a lot of people think this is the toughest fight Ronda will have. Zingano and her wrestling coach are very confident and have wanted this fight for a long time. They believe they’re going to pull off the upset.” FOX Sports 1 telecasts the WEIGH-IN, PRELIMS and POSTFIGHT SHOWS for UFC 184. Watch a complete breakdown of the main event here: http://foxs.pt/1zb1jKG

UFC TONIGHT PREVIEWS UFC 184, PLUS ROUSEY AND HOLM INTERVIEWS

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Wednesday, Feb. 25 (7:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Kenny Florian, Daniel Cormier, Karyn Bryant, Ariel Helwani
• This Week: Hosts Kenny Florian and Daniel Cormier preview UFC 184: ROUSEY VS. ZINGANO and interview women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey before she defends her title against Cat Zingano. They also catch up with Holly Holm, who makes her UFC debut in the co-main event. Plus, Karyn Bryant and Ariel Helwani add reports.

FOX SPORTS 1 UFC 184 WEIGH-IN

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Friday, Feb. 27 (7:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Jay Glazer, Daniel Cormier, Kenny Florian, Miesha Tate, Ariel Helwani
• This Week: The UFC 184 WEIGH-IN features host Jay Glazer, with analysts Daniel Cormier, Kenny Florian and Miesha Tate breaking down the fighters on the card as they attempt to make weight. Ariel Helwani interviews fighters during the show.                            

FOX SPORTS 1 UFC 184 PRELIMS FEATURE FOUR EXCITING BOUTS 

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Deportes & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Feb. 28 (8:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan, Jay Glazer, Daniel Cormier, Kenny Florian, Miesha Tate, Ariel Helwani (Victor Dávila and Fabricio Werdum on FOX Deportes)
• This Week: The two-hour FOX SPORTS 1 UFC 184 PRELIMS features four exciting fights, as No. 13 ranked Mark Munoz (13-5) faces Roan Carneiro (19-9) in a middleweight matchup. Roman Salazar (9-3) takes on Norifumi Yamamoto (18-6, 1NC) in a bantamweight bout. Dhiego Lima (11-2) and Tim Means (22-6-1) battle in a welterweight bout, while heavyweights Derrick Lewis (11-3, 1NC) and Ruan Potts (8-3) open the PRELIMS. Follow the link to watch the promo: http://foxs.pt/1akz0Vk
  

FOX SPORTS 1 UFC 184 POSTFIGHT SHOW RECAPS WOMEN’S BAMTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Feb. 28 (1:00 AM ET)
• Talent: Jay Glazer, Daniel Cormier, Kenny Florian, Miesha Tate, Ariel Helwani
• This Week: Watch the recap of UFC 184 with host Glazer and analysts Cormier, Florian and Tate breaking down the women’s bantamweight title fight between Ronda Rousey and Cat Zingano. The group interviews winners and highlights the most exciting action of the evening.

 UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER CEJUDO’S DREAM, PETTIS IN HIS PRIME, ESPARZA INTERVIEW, VELASQUEZ FULL BLAST

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, March 1 (6:30 PM ET)

• Talent: Jon Anik
• This Week: In 2008, UFC fighter Henry Cejudo became the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history. With his sights now firmly set on UFC gold, Cejudo recalls how he overcame a tough childhood to become an Olympic champion and undefeated MMA rising star. Then, witness UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis in his prime. From hometown hero, to entrepreneur and icon, the 28-year-old superstar gives his take on life at the top. The first-ever UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza joins host Jon Anik in studio for an interview. Plus, watch heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez’s play by play reaction to the showdown between his close friend Daniel Cormier and light heavyweight champion Jon Jones unfolds at UFC 183.
  

UFC UNLEASHED: PETTIS VS. MELENDEZ

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Monday, March 2 (10:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Anthony Pettis, Gilbert Melendez
• This Week: UFC UNLEASHED presents four exciting fights from 2014 showcasing the biggest stars from the lightweight and heavyweight divisions. With Rafael Dos Anjos, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis, Alistair Overeem, Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira and more.

BOXING

GOLDEN BOY BOXING FEATURES CANO VS. ABREU IN 10-ROUND WELTERWEIGHT BOUT, PLUS DE LA HOYA AND TAISHAN

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Deportes & FOX Sports GO, Friday, Feb. 27 (10:30 PM ET)
• Talent: Brian Custer, Paulie Malignaggi and Jessica Rosales
• This Week: The Golden Boy Live! broadcast on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes features Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano (28-4-1, 21 KOs) of Tlalnepantla, Mexico taking on the hard-punching Juan Carlos “Merengue” Abreu (18-1, 17 KOs) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in an explosive welterweight 10-round bout as the main event. Diego De La Hoya (8-0, 6 KOs) fights Manuel “Suavecito” Roman (17-3-3, 6 KOs) in an eight-round super bantamweight co-main event. Chinese heavyweight sensation Taishan (2-0, 2 KOs) faces Roy McCary (3-2, 3 KOs) in the opening four-round televised bout.

SOCCER

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS CONTINUE THURSDAY ACROSS FOX SPORTS NETWORKS; MULTIMATCH 90 RETURNS

The UEFA Europa League Round of 32, Leg 2 matches commence on Thursday, Feb. 26, highlighted by Liverpool against Besiktas (FOX Sports 1, 12:30 PM ET) and Tim Howard’s Everton against Switzerland’s Young Boys (FOX Sports 1, 3:00 PM ET). MULITMATCH 90, the live whip-around show that brings viewers every goal and big play in near-real time, also returns Thursday, Feb. 26 on FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go (12:50 PM ET), with four hours of coverage from 16 UEFA Europa League matches.

• Matchup/Network/When:

o   Besiktas vs. Liverpool, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Thursday, Feb. 26 (12:30 PM ET)

o   Fiorentina vs. Tottenham, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Thursday, Feb. 26 (12:30 PM ET)

o   MULTIMATCH 90, FOX Soccer Plus & FOX Soccer 2Go, Thursday, Feb. 26 (12:50 PM ET)

o   Everton vs. Young Boys, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Thursday, Feb. 26 (3:00 PM ET)

o   Feyernood vs. Roma, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Thursday, Feb. 26 (3:00 PM ET)

o   Inter Milan vs. Celtic, FOX Soccer Plus & FOX Soccer 2Go, Thursday, Feb. 26 (9:00 PM ET)

o   Napoli vs. Trabzonspor, FOX Soccer Plus & FOX Soccer 2Go, Thursday, Feb. 26 (11:00 PM ET)

• Talent: FOX Sports’ UEFA Europa League coverage begins each day with a 30-minute pregame show. Julie Stewart-Binks hosts pregame, halftime and postgame coverage alongside analysts Eric Wynalda, Warren Barton and Alexi Lalas and rules expert Dr. Joe Machnick.

MLS’s DC UNITED AND MONTREAL IMPACT HIGHLIGHT CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERFINALS NEXT WEEK

The region’s top club competition, the CONCACAF Champions League, resumes with the quarterfinals on FOX Sports 2, highlighted by MLS’s DC United and Montreal Impact.

• Matchup/Network/When:
  • Leg 1: Alajuelense vs. DC United, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Thursday, Feb. 26 (8:00 PM ET)
  • Leg 2: Montreal Impact vs. Pachuca, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Tuesday, March 3 (8:00 PM ET)
  • Leg 2: DC United vs. Alajuelense, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Wednesday, March 4 (8:00 PM ET)
  • Leg 2: Club America vs. Deportivo Saprissa, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Wednesday, March 4 (10:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Mark Rogondino and Cobi Jones call both Leg 1 and Leg 2 DC United matches. JP Dellacamera calls the Montreal Impact and Club America matches alongside Janusz Michallik.
  

CONCACAF MEN’S U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP AIRS LIVE ON FOX SPORTS 2 AND FOX SOCCER PLUS

The CONCACAF Men’s U-17 Championship kicks off Friday, Feb. 27 in Honduras, as 12 national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean battle for four qualifying spots in the FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup scheduled for later this year.

• Matchup/Network/When:
  • Group Stage, Match 1: USA vs. Cuba, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Friday, Feb. 27 (6:00 PM ET)
  • Group Stage, Match 2: Panama vs. Mexico, FOX Soccer Plus & FOX Soccer 2Go, Saturday, Feb. 28 (3:30 PM ET)
  • Group Stage, Match 3: Trinidad & Tobago vs. USA, FOX Sports 2 & FOX Sports GO, Monday, March 2 (6:00 PM ET)
  • Group Stage, Match 4: Mexico vs. Haiti, FOX Sports 2, FOX Soccer Plus & FOX Sports GO, Tuesday, March 3 (6:00 PM ET)
• Talent: Match 1: John Strong and Cobi Jones. Match 2: Mark Rogondino and Cobi Jones. Match 3: JP Dellacamera and Janusz Michallik. Match 4: John Shrader and Tony Meola.

RED BULL

RED BULL CRASHED ICE HEADS TO THE TRICKY AND STEEP HELSINKI TRACK

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Monday, March 2 (7:30 PM ET)
• Talent: Host Nicole Dabeau, play-by-play by Troy Manering and analysis by Doug Anderson
• This Week: After a record crowd of 140,000 people in Saint Paul, Minn., witnessed Canada’s Kyle Croxall take the opening race of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship, the series carves its way into Helsinki, Finland, with its unique 360-yard natural ice track with a vertical drop of more than 13 stories. Fans will be cheering familiar faces like reigning 2014 World Champion Marco Dallago of Austria as he looks to become the first rider ever to earn a repeat World Championship. The second and third place finishers from 2014 – Scott Croxall of Canada and Cameron Naasz of the USA – also look to make their move after subpar finishes in the first race of 2015 in Saint Paul. “The Helsinki track is super tricky and steep, so the racers will have to be on the ball,” says FOX Sports 1 host Troy Manering. “There are points at stake, plus if Kyle Croxall from Canada can pull off a win here, he will move ahead of Arttuu Pihlainen of Finland for the most Red Bull Crashed Ice wins of all time.”
  

RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 KICKS OFF IN ABU DHABI WITH BRITAIN’S NIGEL LAMB ATTEMPTING TO DEFEND HIS CROWN

• Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Monday, March 2 (8:30 PM ET)

• Talent: Host Nick Fellows and analyst Mike Mangold
• This Week: Now in its eighth season, Red Bull Air Race’s World Championship season kicks off in Abu Dhabi, with pilots flying over the Arabian Gulf’s sparkling blue waters on one of the fastest and most technical aerial tracks. 2014 champion Nigel Lamb and the world’s most highly skilled pilots attempt to navigate a predefined, low-level aerial racetrack of air-filled pylons (Air Gates). The aim is to finish in the fastest time possible, incurring as few penalties as possible – at speeds of up to 230 miles an hour, while enduring forces of up to 10g. “The wind is a variable in Abu Dhabi and whoever doesn’t pay attention to it will suffer,” says FOX Sports 1 analyst Mike Mangold. “You need to be a savvy pilot to find the perfect line, and staying on it with a strong wind is even harder.”