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MSC Sports announces 2023 College Football Schedule for first three weeks plus select other dates

MSC Sports revealed today their schedule and coverage plans for the first three weeks of the 2023 NCAA Division 1 College Football season, as well as select special date games. In 2023, MSC will air games from the American Athletic Conference, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Patriot League, Mountain West, Sun Belt Conference, and a select games directly from the NCAA.  This is the first year of deals for MSC Sports with the Big Ten, Big 12 and NCAA. MSC will air Big Ten games primarily in primetime on Saturday nights (branded as Big Saturday Night), MSC will air all Cincinnati, BYU, Houston and Tulane home games as part of their deal with the Big 12, MSC will air a monthly "game of the month" from the NCAA, as well as a special kickoff game revealed below. MSC will announce their full commentator and coverage plans at a later date The 2023 schedule announced today is as follows: Saturday, August 26th: NCAA Kickoff: Navy vs Notre Dame, 2:30PM, MSC Ohio at San Diego State, 7PM, MSC+ Thur...

MSC Sports announces NASCAR Schedule for June

Friday, June 2nd: Truck Practice, 6PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield) Truck Qualifying, 6:30PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield) Saturday, June 3rd: Cup Practice, 10AM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/McNight) Cup Qualifying, 10:40AM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/McNight) Truck WWTR, 1:30PM, MSC+ (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley/Mittifield) Sunday, June 4th: Cup World Wide Technology Raceway, 3:30PM, MSC (Bestwick/Gordon/McNight/Welch) Saturday, June 17th: ARCA Berlin, 8PM, MSC+2 (Bagley/Clinchfille/Mittifield) Friday, June 23rd: Truck Practice, 4PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Truck Qualifying, 4:30PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Xfinity Practice, 5:30PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Truck Nashville, 8PM, MSC+(Welch/Waltrip/Bagley/McNight) Saturday, June 24th: Xfinity Qualifying, 12PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 (Beswick/Gordon/McNight) Xfinity Nashville, 3:30PM, MSC or MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/McNight/Bagley) ARCA Elko, 9PM, MSC+2 (Bagley/Clinchfille/Mittifield)

MSC Sports announces June MLB coverage plans

Thursday, June 1st: Angels at Astros, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Sunday, June 4th: MLB Sunday Leadoff: Cardinals at Pirates, 11:30AM, MSC Sports Extra (Benetti, TBD, TBD) Tuesday, June 6th: Mets at Braves, 7PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas) Wednesday, June 7th: Mariners at Padres, 4PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Thursday, June 8th: Astros at Blue Jays, 6PM, MSC+ (Zaun/White) Cubs at Angels, 9:30PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Sunday, June 11th: MLB Sunday Leadoff: Diamondbacks at Tigers, 11:30AM, MSC Sports Extra (Benetti, TBD, TBD) Monday, June 12th: Marlins at Mariners, 9:30PM, MSC+2 (Lowhart/Scotty) Tuesday, June 13th: Yankees at Mets, 7PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas/Williams) Thursday, June 15th: Angels at Rangers, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Sunday, June 18th: MLB Sunday Leadoff: Orioles at Cubs, 1PM, MSC Sports Extra (Benetti, TBD, TBD) Monday, June 19th: Cardinals at Nationals, 4PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Tuesday, June 20th: Rockies at Reds, 7PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas) Wednesday, June 2...

MSC Sports announces coverage plans for 2023 Stanley Cup Finals in partnership with TNT

Today, MSC Sports announced their coverage plans for the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals between the Florida Panthers and the Vegas Golden Knights. MSC will air a simulcast of TNT's coverage of the games. MSC will also produce its own independent pregame show at 7PM ET prior to every game.  Dave Turnip, Steve Ryerzon and Mike Wilson will be featured on The Ultimate Stanley Cup Finals presented by Mountain Dew. Targeting NHL fans unfamiliar with the teams, the show will present in depth Stanley Cup Finals preview coverage targeted to the casual or new NHL fan.  The schedule of games is as follows: Saturday, June 3rd: Game 1: Panthers at Golden Knights, 8PM, MSC and TNT Monday, June 5th: Game 2: Panthers at Golden Knights, 8PM, MSC and TNT Thursday, June 8th: Game 3: Golden Knights at Panthers, 8PM, MSC and TNT Saturday, June 10th: Game 4: Golden Knights at Panthers, 8PM, MSC and TNT Tuesday, June 13th (if needed): Game 5: Panthers at Golden Knights, 8PM, MSC and TNT Friday, June 1...

MSC Sports presents a huge week in Soccer (May 22-May 28)

MSC Sports is excited to present a huge week of interntional soccer throughout MSC Sports which will include the second to last matchday in La Liga and Ligue 1, the Round of 16 of the U.S. Open Cup, the final matchday of the Bundesliga season and the final of Liga MX. Throughout the week, MSC Sports will present The Ultimate Soccer Show presented by Gatorade at 1PM ET on MSC+. Tuesday and Wednesday shows will feature Lara Jones, Juan Garcia, Mickey Johnson in Los Angeles, while the Thursday and Friday shows will feature Sara Nighting, Luke Toomy and Roger Rakenhouse in London.  U.S. Open Cup  MSC Sports's week of soccer gets into full swing on Tuesday, May 23rd with a U.S. Open edition of El Trafico between LAFC and LA Galaxy at 10PM ET on MSC+. Luego Jones and Steve Fillmore, with Nora Gomez pitchside will call the match. New York Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati will air at 7:30PM ET on MSC+2 with Sara Longherd and Curt Fieldman.  Coverage continues on Wed...

MSC Sports presents 2023 College Baseball tournaments

MSC Sports announced today their coverage plans for 2023 NCAA college softball tournaments. MSC Sports will present live coverage from the ACC, American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Ivy League, and Mountain West.  Ivy League: Friday, May 19th: Round 1: Harvard vs Princeton, 11AM, MSC Sports Extra Round 1: Penn vs Columbia, 3PM, MSC Sports Extra Saturday, May 20th: Round 2: LG1 vs LG2, 11AM, MSC Sports Extra Round 2: WG1 vs WG2, 3PM, MSC Sports Extra Sunday, May 21st: Round 3: LG4 vs WG3, 11AM, MSC Sports Extra Championship: WG4 vs WG5, 3:30PM, MSC+2 Monday, May 22nd: Championship (if needed): WG4 vs WG5, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra American Athletic Conference: Tuesday, May 23rd: Round 1: 5S vs 4S, 9AM, MSC Sports Extra Round 1: 8S vs 1S, 47 minutes after Game 1, MSC Sports Extra Round 1: 7S vs 2S, 4PM, MSC Sports Extra Round 1: 6S vs 3S, 47 minutes after Game 1, MSC Sports Extra Wednesday, May 24th: Round 2: G1L vs G2L, 3PM, MSC Sports Extra Round 2: G3L vs G4L,...

MSC Sports announces Round of 16 U.S. Open Cup Schedule and Commentator Plans

MSC Sports revealed today its coverage plans for the Round of 16 of the U.S. Open Cup. Luego Jones and Steve Fillmore, with Nora Gomez will call El Trafico. Josh Eastern and Shane Street will call Austin/Chicago, Sara Longherd and Curt Fieldman will call New York/Cincinnati. Lara Jones, Juan Garcia, Mickey Johnson will be live in Los Angeles on Tuesday and will be featured on Half Time coverage of all games on Tuesday. Nora Gomez and David Smith will handle studio duties live from the LA Studios on Wednesday. Tuesday, May 23rd: New York Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati, 7:30PM, MSC+2 Inter Miami CF vs Nashville SC, 7:30PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra Houston Dynamo vs Minnesota United FC, 8:30PM, MSC Sports Extra LAFC vs La Galaxy, 10PM, MSC+ Wednesday, May 24th: Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs Columbus Crew, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra Birmingham Legion vs Charlotte FC, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra Austin FC vs Chicago Fire FC, 9PM, MSC+2 (airs on MSC+ if no WCF game) Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake, 10PM, MS...

MSC Sports announces WNBA coverage plans and commentators for May and June

MSC Sports announced today their coverage plans for the 2023 WNBA season. Pam Ward and Carolyn Peck, with Mellisa Villa courtside will be the primary announcing team for the season. Terry Gannon and Debbie Antonelli will be the secondary commentary team, LaChina Robinson and Swin Cash will also call select games.  For the first time, MSC will brand select games as a WNBA Premier Matchup presented by Mountain Dew. Premier Matchup games will feature exclusive presentation elements to distinguish the games.  The Ultimate WNBA Show will preview select games. Sara Lawrence and Mary Murphy, with Swin Cash on select dates, will be featured on the program.  Every WNBA game will be avaliable on MSC Sports Extra for the second consecutive season. Local MSDN affiliates will carry select games in home markets. Check local listings for more information. Friday, May 19th: Sky at Lynx, 8PM, MSC+ (Robinson/Cash) Mercury at Sparks 11PM, MSC+ (Ward/Peck/Villa) Saturday, May 20th: Aces at ...

MSC Sports to announces three marquee Big Ten Saturday Night games,

MSC Sports announced today three marquee games airing on Big Ten Saturday Night at 7:30PM ET on MSC.  MSC Sports also announced that the all new Big Ten Saturday Night Pregame presented by Dr. Pepper would air at 7PM ET prior to every game. David Pernfield, Stewie Nichols and Ryan Rickly will be featured in the program live from the New York studios.  On Saturday, September 2nd, MSC will air a non-conference primetime game between West Virginia and Penn State, on September 23 MSC will air the Penn State's primetime "white out" game when they take on Iowa, finally on November 11 MSC feature two of the Big Ten's most well known teams Michigan State and Ohio State.  MSC's 2023 Big Ten College Football coverage will include weekly Saturday primetime games, as well as premier MSC games on Sunday, September 3rd and on Black Friday. MSC Sports will also air 9 additional games, mostly on MSC Sports Extra.  MSC will reveal the first three weeks of their College Football ...

MSC Sports announces coverage plans for 2023 NBA Western Conference Finals

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for its exclusive coverage of the Western Conference Finals presented by AT&T 5G. Games will feature the Los Angeles Lakers against the Phoenix Suns. The winner of series advances to the NBA Finals.  Mike Tirico, Paul Pierce, Curt Wright and Melissa Villa will form the announcing team for the series. Curt Wright will follow the Lakers, and Mellisa Villa will follow the Suns. They will stay in team hotels and provide exclusive team centric reports for Sports Center, The Ultimate Sports Show, and TWTN, along with their regular in game reports.  Sara Lauding, Ryan Derkey and Dave Pershfield will form the studio team for the series as part of The Ultimate NBA Show presented by Mountain Dew. They will be live from the stadium of each game of the series. Ryan Quickly and David Filborn will host live studio coverage and reports from the site of each Eastern Conference Final game. MSC Sports will also provide coverage of the 2023 NBA D...

MSC Sports announces 2023 National Football League Schedule and Coverage Plans

MSC Sports revealed today their schedule and coverage plans for the 2023 National Football League season. The 2023 is the fifth of MSC Sports's coverage of the National Football League and the first under their new 12 year deal signed in 2021.  As part of the deal, MSC Sports will continue to air two Sunday games each week on MSC, one of those games will be branded as NFL Game of the Week and be national, with the second game only avaliable in select markets. MSC will also air 3 Monday Night Football games produced in partnership with ESPN. As part of a simulcast agreement with NFL Network, MSC and NFL Network will simulcast Thursday Night Football games throughout the regular season (with one game exclusive to MSC Sports Extra), as well as all International Series games (with one game exclusive to MSC Sports Extra), and select Saturday games.  MSC Sports will air two wild card Weekend games and one Divisional series games. Those games will be determined at a later date. ...

MSC Sports announces International Series games on MSC Sports Extra, MSC and NFL Network

MSC Sports, in partnership with the National Football League, announced today the schedule of five International series games to air on MSC Sports Extra. Four of the five games will also air on MSC and NFL Network, while one game will be exclusive to MSC Sports Extra. All games will kickoff at 9:30PM ET. Announcers will be revealed at a later date.  The full schedule is as follows: Sunday, October 1st (Week 4): Falcons vs Jaguars (Wembley), 9:30AM, MSC Sports Extra Sunday, October 8th (Week 5): Jaguars vs Bills (Tottenham Hotspur), 9:30AM, MSC Sports Extra/MSC/NFL Network  Sunday, October 15th (Week 6) Ravens vs Titans (Tottenham Hotspur), 9:30AM, MSC Sports Extra/MSC/NFL Network  Sunday, November 5th (Week 9) Dolphins vs Chiefs (Frankfurt), 9:30AM, MSC Sports Extra/MSC/NFL Network  Sunday, November 12th (Week 10) Colts vs Patriots (Frankfurt), 9:30AM, MSC Sports Extra/MSC/NFL Network

MSC Sports and NFL Network to partner to air NFL schedule reveal

MSC+ and the NFL Network announced today their coverage plans for the 2023 NFL Schedule release powered by AWS. The two hour show will begin on both networks at 8PM ET.  Rich Eisen will host the show and will be joined by Ryan Wicky, David Turby and Maurice Jones-Drew.  MSC Sports will reveal the international game schedule on Wednesday, May 10th on a special edition of The Ultimate NFL Show at 5PM ET on MSC+. On Thursday, June 11th, MSC Sports will announce another exclusive game on the  This Is What's Trending Now Sports Report at 9AM ET on MSC. 

MSC Sports announces UEFA Champions League Semifinals coverage plans

MSC Sports announced today their coverage plans for the semifinal of the 2023 UEFA Champions League. All four of the semifinal matches will air live on MSC and MSC Sports Extra, with same day reruns in primetime on MSC+, MSC+2 and MSDN. At 2PM ET on every matchday, MSC and MSC Sports Extra will air The Ultimate UEFA Champions League Show presented by Toyota. Live from from MSC Sports's London studios, Lara Nighting, Luke Toomy, and Roger Rakenhouse will present the show. After the game, the team will wrap up the match on MSC+2 and MSC Sports Extra.  Luke Noomhouse and Ryan Ricky, with Nick Norman pitchside, will be the commentary team for Real Madrid/Manchester City. They will also provide commentary for the UEFA Champions League final, with Will Tucko also joining them pitchside. Sam Stern and Rick Lawn, with Will Tucko pitchside will be the commentary team for Milan/Inter. 

MSC Sports presents 2023 College Softball tournaments

MSC Sports announced today their coverage plans for 2023 NCAA college softball tournaments. MSC Sports will present live coverage from the ACC, American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Ivy League, Patriot League and Mountain West.  ACC: Saturday, May 13th: Championship, 1PM, MSC+ Announcers: S Michaels/Downahugh American Athletic Conference: Thursday, May 11th: First Round: Tulsa vs Houston, 11AM, MSC Sports Extra First Round: UCF vs Memphis, 2PM, MSC Sports Extra First Round: USF vs East Carolina, 5PM, MSC Sports Extra Saturday, May 13th: Championship, 11AM, MSC+ Announcers: Bruno/Dooby Conference USA: Wednesday, May 10th: First Round: MTSU vs LA Tech, 1PM, MSC Sports Extra First Round: WKU vs FIU, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Extra Second Round: North Texas vs MTSU/LA Tech, 6PM, MSC Sports Extra Second Round: Florida Atlantic vs WKU/FIU, 8:30PM, MSC Sports Extra Thursday, May 11th: Third Round: UAB vs TBD, 1PM, MSC Sports Extra Third Round: Charlotte vs TBD, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Extra G...

MSC Sports announces NBA coverage for Tuesday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 10

MSC Sports announced today their NBA coverage plans for Tuesday, May 9th and Wednesday, May 10th.  On Tuesday, May 9th MSC+ will air game 5 of the series between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets at 10PM ET. There will be no pregame coverage. Ryan Rouco, Chris Webber and Melissa Villa will call the game. Ryan Quickly and David Filborn will handle halftime studio coverage from MSC Sports's Long Island Studios.  On Wednesday, May 10th MSC+ will air game 5 of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. Sara Lauding, Ryan Derkey, Dave Pershfield will be featured on studio coverage beginning at 9PM ET on MSC+ with The Ultimate NBA Show presented by Mountain Dew, they will also handle halftime studio coverage. MSC Sports's lead announcing team of Mike Tirico, Paul Pierce and Curt Wright will call the game. MSC Sports also announced the following preiminary schedule for if needed games: Thursday, May 11th: Game 6: Nuggets at Suns, 9PM/10...

MSC Sports announces coverage plans for Round of 32 of U.S. Open Cup

MSC Sports announced today their coverage plans for the Round of 32 of the U.S. Open Cup. MSC Sports will air 5 games across their linear channels, with all remaining games streaming on MSC Sports Extra and MSC Sports Live.  Nora Gomez and David Smith will call FC Cincinnati/NYC FC, Josh Eastern and Shane Street will call Minnesota United FC/Philadephia Union, Sara Longhord and Curt Fieldman will call Nashville SC/FC Dallas, Nick Sampson will call call LA Galaxy/Seattle Sounders and Missy Smith-Jones will call Portland Timbers/Real Salt Lake.  Mitchell Jones and Don Johnson will handle studio coverage for all games. Linear Games: Tuesday, May 9th: Minnesota United FC vs Philadelphia Union, 8:30PM, MSC+2 Wednesday, May 10th: FC Cincinnati vs NYCFC, 7PM, MSC+ Nashville SC vs FC Dallas, 8:30PM, MSC+2 La Galaxy vs Seattle Sounders FC, 10:30PM, MSC+2 Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake, 10:30PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra Non Linear Games: Tuesday, May 9th: Inter Miami CF (MLS...

MSC Sports and MSC Outdoor reveal second round NHL coverage plans

MSC Sports in the United States and MSC Outdoor in Canada announced today their plans for the first week of round 2 coverage of the 2023 NHL Playoffs.  In Canada, coverage begins on Wednesday, May 3rd with Game 1 of the series between the Devils and Hurricanes. Coverage begins with The Ultimate NHL Show presented by Canada Goose with Lauren Sharon, William Mycholson and Stevie Jacobson in Toronto. William Axenrodhen and Ryan Cushmaker, with Scott Perry inside the glass, will call the game.  MSC Outdoor and MSC Sports will also present three games on Sunday, May 7th. MSC Outdoor will carry coverage of Game 3 between the Hurricanes and Devils at 3:30PM ET. Coverage again begins with  The Ultimate NHL Show  presented by Canada Goose with Lauren Sharon, William Mycholson and Stevie Jacobson in Toronto at 3PM ET. MSC Sports will carry a doubleheader of evening games on MSC+. First at 6:30PM ET, MSC+ will carry Game 3 of the series between the Maple Leafs an...

May NASCAR Coverage Plans

MSC Sports announced today their NASCAR coverage plans for the month of May. Note that networks are subject to air due to NBA and NHL playoff conflicts. Saturday, May 6th: Truck Practice, 12PM, MSC+2 (Bagley/Clinchfille) Truck Qualifying, 12:30PM, MSC+2 (Bagley/Clinchfille) ARCA Kansas, 2PM, MSC+ (Bagley/Clinchfille) Cup Practice, 5PM, MSC Sports Extra (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Cup Qualifying, 6PM, MSC+ (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Truck Kansas, 8PM, MSC+ (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Sunday, May 7th: Cup Series Kansas, 3PM, MSC (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip/McNight) Friday, May 12th: Truck Practice/Qualifying, 3PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield) Xfiinity Practice/Qualifying, 5PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield) Truck Darlington, 7:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield) Saturday, May 13th: Cup Practice, 10:30AM, MSC+2 (Bestwick/Gordon/Bagley) Cup Qualifying, 11:15AM, MSC+2 (Bestwick/Gordon/Bagley) Xfinity Darlington, 1:30PM, MSC or MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Bagley/McNight) Sunday, Ma...