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08.21.15 Good morning. It’s Friday August 21, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
NBC Sports is running for history, announcing that the company, along with the USOC, USA Track & Field, and LA Marathon will bring the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon to NBC on Feb. 13 at 1p. The deal marks the first time in U.S. Olympic Team Trials history that the men’s and women’s marathons will be televised live nationally. “The Road to Rio will begin on the streets of Los Angeles as we start our U.S. Olympic Team Trials coverage with an unprecedented live presentation of the men’s and women’s marathons,” said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics. “This is a great start to our deepest U.S. Trials coverage ever.”
ESPN is poised to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with special week-long coverage across its platforms. The look back launches on Sunday with a special SC Featured on 10a on SportsCenter with “Dear New Orleans,” while ESPN The Magazine will for the first time feature a single writer on a single subject. as Wright Thompson puts the spotlight on the city on newsstands on Aug. 28. Additional content on digital platforms will see FiveThirtyEight explore a variety of Katrina-related topics through a data-driven lens; .Holly Anderson offering a look into Tulane’s football program, and more. On broadcast, New Orleans native Stan Verrett, whose childhood neighborhood was devastated by the effects of Katrina, will host afternoon segments of SportsCenter from his hometown on Aug. 28 while Outside the Lines will feature Hurricane Katrina-related content as well.
Speaking of ESPN, the company appears to have found its radio replacement for Colin Cowherd, with the Miami Herald writing that Dan Le Batard and co-host Jon “Stugotz” Weiner will take over the late morning slot at 10a, and out of late afternoon. The report also claims that Bomani Jones is now the favorite to move into Le Batard’s mid-afternoon slot.
The SEC unveiled its full 126-game conference television schedule for the upcoming 2016 men’s basketball season. Opening weekend will pit Kentucky/Ole Miss and Tennessee/Auburn on CBS. The conference schedule then runs through March 5, when with LSU/Kentucky on CBS and Alabama/Georgia in an ESPN contest. All of the games will be available nationwide on CBS, ESPN networks and the SEC Network. Overall, the SEC?Network will televise 71 games, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise 31 contests, ESPNU?will air 18 and CBS Sports will broadcast six. For the full slate, visit our GameGuide here.
This weekend will see NBC Sports Group and Universal Sports Network serve up the 2015 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, dedicating 14 hours of coverage to the event, including three hours of live television coverage on NBC, four hours on NBCSN, and seven hours on Universal Sports Network. Additionally, NBC Sports Live Extra will stream all NBC and NBCSN telecasts. Television coverage begins Saturday at 4:30p on NBC, and continues through Tuesday on NBC, NBCSN and Universal Sports Network. Chris Marlowe calls the action and will be joined by Kevin Wong and Dain Blanton.
SEC Network locked in a trio of new faces for its studio and game commentator roster for the 2015 season. Joining the channel will be Chris Doering, Jabari Greer and Clint Stoerner to provide in-studio analysis on Saturdays and throughout the week in SEC Now. The trio will join a rotation of studio commentators that includes returning analysts Booger McFarland and Matt Stinchcomb. The line-up will rotate throughout the week on SEC Now, and for halftime shows and wraps on football Saturdays.
Golf Channel will showcase 2015 U.S. Solheim Cup Captain Juli Inkster as she announces her two captain’s picks during a live, one hour Golf Central special on Aug. 24 from 7-8p. Inkster is scheduled to be joined in-studio by her captain’s picks for the announcement. Inkster then joins Morning Drive on Tuesday morning to break down the U.S. Solheim Cup team makeup and to unveil the U.S. team uniforms.
ESPN announced some new toys for its upcoming coverage of the US Open, running from Aug. 31-Sept. 13. The company announced that, for the first time at one of tennis’ four Majors, “freeD” replay technology will be employed, with a “RailCam” at one end of the court, and for the first time “SpiderCam” will go above the action every day of the tournament. The freeD replay technology has never been used before by any network at a tennis Major and freezes the action then “turns” to show any different angle. “We aim to present a US Open like never before, with camera and replay angles to cover every inch of the action on Ashe, supplementing and enhancing the analysis and storytelling from our roster of tennis voices,” said Jamie Reynolds, VP, Production. “As fans get invested in the great drama, athletes and personalities, we will reward them with a fresh and dynamic presentation to capture every nuance and moment on this grand stage, the largest in the sport.”
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FOX Sports formalized plans to hit the road for college football season via the FOX Sports 1 Opening Drive tour. The trip will see a full-sized tour bus wrapped in khaki fabric honoring the look made famous by Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh. The bus departs on Saturday from Ann Arbor and will hit eight more cities (Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, NYC, Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas and St. Louis) en route to its final destination of Salt Lake City for the showdown between Michigan/Utah which will be carried by FOX Sports 1 on Sept. 3 at 7p. “Iconic coaches and players have been immortalized in a variety of ways whether it’s a bronze bust, a statue or a plaque but rare is the man who is celebrated with a full-sized tour bus,” said Robert Gottlieb, FOX Sports Executive Vice President, Marketing. “We’re so excited to take this bus around the country, meet with fans and promote our great college football schedule.”
Following the announcement that Michael Waltrip Racing would not be fielding a full-time team for the Sprint Cup next year, longtime sponsor Aaron’s released a statement discussing the move. “We’ve had a great partnership with Michael Waltrip Racing for the past 15 years and they are like family to us,” the statement read. “We want to thank the MWR family for their hard work, passion and competitive spirit. They have played an important role in helping us build the Aaron’s brand over the years. NASCAR will be an important part of our future and we are evaluating options for 2016 and beyond. However, our first priority is on making the rest of the season a great one!”
DICK’s Sporting Goods is getting interactive with football fans, and will offer the DICK’S Sporting Goods’ Jersey Report throughout the season. The listing serves as “the only interactive resource that tracks real time jersey sales to see how they rise, fall and stack up against the competition.” Preseason numbers are showing some movement over last year’s jersey sales, and currently have the Browns’ Joe Haden atop the list, followed by the Eagles’ DeMarco Murray, the Colts’ Andrew Luck, the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson and the Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $50,000 to support the SportsManias Digital Media Summit, a one-day forum taking place today in Miami that spotlights how digital media is changing the sports industry. In addition to yours truly, speakers are set to include Pete Vlastelica, EVP of Fox Sports Digital Media; Woody Paige, sports columnist for The Denver Post and regular panelist on ESPN’s Around the Horn; Gerry Ahern, VP of Content for USA TODAY Sports Media Group; Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN2’s “His & Hers”; Noreen Gillespie, Deputy Managing Editor of the Associated Press; Jeffrey Gerttula, Sr. VP/GM of CBS Sports Digital; the Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan, and Robert Shaw, head of Global Sports Media for Facebook. Rick Horrow, CEO of Horrow Sports Ventures, hosts.
The Yahoo Sports/NBC Sports Network tandem ranked No. 2 among all sports digital sites in July. The companies report that they nabbed 52.8 million uniques during the period, according to comScore. NBC Sports Group’s digital properties delivered 29.1 million uniques, up 8% versus the prior year. In addition, GolfChannel.com delivered 2.9 million uniques in July, up 53% versus the prior year, and Rotoworld.com delivered 2.1 million uniques, up 12%.
Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced that FNTSY Sports Network launched a VOD content service for fantasy sports players on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The app offers “up-to-the-minute videos featuring the latest breaking news, rankings, projections and advice for all fantasy sports. FNTSY Sports Network is the world’s first and only television network specifically targeted towards the over 57 million people who play fantasy sports annually and on a daily basis.”
Ravens/Eagles on NFL Network on Saturday at 7p.
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