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MSC Sports announces September soccer schedule

MSC Sports announced today its September soccer schedule on its linear networks.  Highlights include... A friendly match between Germany and Japan on Saturday, September 9th at 2:45PM ET on MSC2 with Luke Noomhouse and Ryan Ricky on the match call. A friendly match between Mexico and Australia on Saturday, September 9th at 10PM on MSC+2 with David Pasternak and Louis Rojas on the call. A friendly match between rivals Germany and France on Tuesday, September 12th at 3PM ET on MSC with Luke Noomhouse and Ryan Ricky on the match call. The Ultimate Soccer Show with  Lara Nighting, Luke Toomy and Roger Rakenhouse will air before the match at 2PM ET.  A powerful Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and Leverksun on Friday, September 15th at 2:30PM ET on MSC with Sam Stern and Rick Lawn on the call.  The Ultimate Soccer Show  with  Lara Nighting, Luke Toomy and Roger Rakenhouse will air before the match at 2PM ET.  UEFA Champions League matches re...

MSC Sports announces 2023 NBA Preseason schedule

MSC Sports announced today its 2023 NBA Preseason schedule: Saturday, October 7th: NBA Global Series: Timberwolves at Mavericks, 12PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 Sunday, October 8th: NBA Global Series: Kings at Raptors, 8PM, MSC+ Monday, October 9th: Celtics at Knicks, 7:30PM, MSC+ Tuesday, October 10th: NBA Global Series: Mavericks at Real Madrid, 3PM, MSC+2 Monday, October 16th: 76ers at Nets, 7:30PM, MSC+

MSC Sports announces 2023-24 NHL schedule in partnership with TNT

MSC Sports, in partnership with Waner Bros. Disovery Sports and MSC Outdoor, announced today its 17 game schedule for the 2023-24 NHL season. For the first time, MSC Sports will produce three games exclusively for its MSC Sports Extra streaming service. Every game is exclusive to its listed network(s).  MSC Sports and Warner Bros. Disovery partnered in 2021 to bring NHL games to more fans, with simulcasts on TNT and MSC and will continue to do so this year. Now MSC Sports Extra, for the first time, will be able to reach new fans as part of their partnership.  MSC Sports and MSC Outdoor in Canada have partnered with the National Hockey League to produce four games as part of the 2023 NHL Global Series in Stockholm, Sweden. MSC Sports's coverage plans for its MSC Sports Extra and international exclusive games will be announced in late October. Sunday, October 29th: 2023 Heritage Classic: Flames at Oilers, 7PM, MSC+ Tuesday, November 7th: Red Wings at Rangers, 7:30PM, MSC Sports ...

September NASCAR Coverage Plans

MSC Sports announced today its NASCAR coverage plans for September Saturday, September 2nd: Cup Practice, 12:30PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip) Cup Qualifying, 1PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip) Sunday, September 3rd: Cup Series Playoff, 6PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip/McNight) ARCA DuQuoin, 9PM, MSC+2 (Bagley/Clinchfille/Mittifield) Friday, September 8th: Truck Practice, 3PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/McNight) Truck Qualifying, 4PM, MSC+2  (Welch/Waltrip/McNight) ARCA Kansas, 6PM, MSC+ (Bagley/Clinchfille/McNight) Truck Playoff, 9PM, MSC+ (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield/Bagley) Saturday, September 9th: Practice, 10AM, MSC+2  (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip) Qualifying, 10:30AM, MSC+2 (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip) Xfinity Kansas, 3:30PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Waltrip/McNight) Thursday, September 14th: Truck Practice, 4PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield)) Truck Qualifying, 4:30PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Mittifield) ARCA Bristol, 6PM, MSC+ (Bagley/Clinchfille/Mc...

MSC announces September MLB schedule

MSC Sports announced today its September announcing and tv schedule for the 2023 MLB season Sunday, September 3rd: MLB Sunday Leadoff: Phillies at Brewers, 1PM, MSC  Thursday, September 7th: Dodgers at Marlins, 6:40PM, MSC+2 (Lowhart/Scotty) Mariners at Rays, 7PM, MSC+ (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Guardians at Angels, 10PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas) Monday, September 11th: Padres at Dodgers, 10PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Tuesday, September 12th: MLB Tuesday Night Regional (other game airs on MSC+): Braves at Phillies, 7PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Rangers at Blue Jays, 7PM, MSC (Zaun/White) Wednesday, September 13th: Angels at Mariners, 4PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) GOTM: Yankees at Red Sox, 7PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas/Williams) Monday, September 18th: Rockies at Padres, 9:40PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Tuesday, September 19th: (other game airs on MSC+) MLB Tuesday Night Regional: Red Sox at Rangers, 7PM, MSC (Rouco/Thomas/Williams) Orioles at Astros, 7PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Wednesday, ...

MSC Sports announces 2023 Men's NCAA College Soccer coverage plans

MSC Sports announced today its 2023 coverage plans for Men's soccer. Linear coverage in 2023 will include matches from the ACC and Big Ten conference. Other matches will air on MSC Sports Extra. Josh Eastern and Shane Street will be the lead broadcast team for matches. Sara Longhord and Curt Fieldman, as well as Sharon Wilson will also call select matches solo. Tuesday, September 5th: Marshall at Pittsburgh, 6PM, MSC+2 Kentucky at Louisville, 8PM, MSC+2 Friday, September 8th: Louisville at Syracuse, 8PM, MSC+2 Tuesday, September 12th: Michigan State at Notre Dame, 8PM, MSC+2 Friday, September 15th: Virginia Tech at Louisville, 8PM, MSC+ Tuesday, September 19th: Maryland at Penn State, 6PM, MSC+2 Northwestern at Wisconsin, 8PM, MSC+2 Friday, September 22nd: Clemson at Wake Forest, 6PM, MSC+2 Virginia at Notre Dame, 8PM, MSC+2 Tuesday, September 26th: Michigan at Indiana, 7PM, MSC+2 Tuesday, October 3rd: Rutgers at Maryland, 7PM, MSC+2 Friday, October 6th: Syracuse at North Carolina,...

MSC Sports announced its College Football Week 1 announcers

MSC Sports announced today its Week 1 announcing schedule for the 2023 College Football season. Games listed on the master college football sheet that aren't listed here will have their announcers chosen by the host team or conference.  Thursday, August 31st: Kent State at UCF, 7PM, MSC+ (Spaulding/Ford)     Friday, September 1st: Miami (OH) at Miami (FL), 7PM, MSC+2 (Mowins/Smith) Louisville vs Georgia Tech, 7:30PM, MSC+ (Kutcher/Papadakis) Stanford at Hawaii, 11PM, MSC+2 (Custer/Smith) Saturday, September 2nd: GOTM: Colorado at #17 TCU, 12PM, MSC (Eagle/Murray/Grier) East Carolina at #2 Michigan, 12PM, MSC+ (Kugler/Mason) Louisiana Tech at SMU, 12PM, MSC+2 (Brando/Dierdorf) Akron at Temple, 2PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Extra (Suarez/Wrights) Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati, 3:30PM, MSC+2 (Kurtfield/Rekon) California at North Texas, 4PM, MSC+ (Robinson/Parker) UTSA at Houston, 7PM, MSC+2 (LaMont/Rodgers) West Virginia at #7 Penn State, 7:30PM, MSC (Gaudin/Long/Johnson) Texas...

MSC Sports announces fall television plans on MSC+ and MSC+2

MSC Sports announced today its fall programming lineup beginning September 1st MSC+ Morning/Afternoon: 11PM: The Ultimate Sports Night Cap with Max Kellerman (1B) 12AM: The Ultimate Sports Show with Lemon Squeeze and Sara Wilson (4A) 1AM-7AM: The Ultimate Sports Night Cap with Max Kellerman (edited Re-Air, repeats every hour) (1B) 7AM: The Ultimate Sports Show with Will Friak (2B)  8AM-11AM: MSC Sports Wakeup with Nicholas Potum and Sarah Lawrence (3A) 11AM: MSC Sports Book Preview: Cherry Bennington (3B)  12PM: The Ultimate Sports Show with Will Friak (2B) 1PM: The Ultimate Soccer Show with  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: Lara Nighting, Luke Toomy, Roger Rakenhouse (5A) Tuesday, Friday: Lara Jones, Juan Garcia, Mickey Johnson (4B/4A) 2PM (until October): The Ultimate MLB Show with  Monday, Wednesday, Friday: David Shappel or Steve Lowhart/Sam Scotty or Ryan Rindwhistle (2A) 2PM (from October): The Jump with Rachel Nichols and Panel (4A) 3PM (until November): The ...

MSC Sports announces U.S. Open Cup Semifinal Coverage Plans

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for the semifinals of the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, August 23rd.  Semifinal number 1 features Lionel Messi and Inter Miami against FC Cincinnati. The game will become the first ever U.S. Open Cup game to air on broadcast televison when it airs on MSC at 7PM ET. MSC's number 1 U.S. commentary team, David Pasternak and Louis Rojas, with sideline reporter Josh Eastern, will call the game live from Cincinnati. MSC's studio team of Lara Jones, Juan Garcia and Mikey Johnson will be live in Cincinnati for The Ultimate Soccer Show at 1PM ET on MSC+, and for haltime and postgame coverage of Miami/Cincinnati.  At 9:30PM ET semifinal #2 kicks off between Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake. Luego Jones and Steve Fillmore, will be with sideline reporter Shane Street, for coverage of that game. Nora Gomez and David Smith will present halftime coverage live from the MSC Sports studio in Los Angeles.  The U.S. Open Cup Final ...

MSC Sports announces High School Football Spotlight

Through existing partnerships with MSDN, MSC Sports announced today a new High School Football series called High School Football Spotlight presented by AT&T airing Friday nights nationally on MSDN and MSC Sports Extra. Each Friday throughout the High School football season, MSC Sports will spotlight high level college football from across the nation. Select weeks, games will also air on MSC+ or MSC+2.   David Jones and Gene Williams will call High School Football Spotlight games all season long. Select games will also feature sideline reporters to be determined at a later date.  High  School Football Spotlight  presented by AT&T makes its debut on Friday, August 25th at 8PM ET on MSC+2 in a Texas battle when Waxahachie High School takes on Ennis High School. Along with Jones and Williams, college football sideline reporter Sean Murphy will also join the crew.  The schedule for future weeks will be updated here as the season goes on: Friday, Septemb...

2023 U.S. Open schedule and coverage plans

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for the 2023 U.S. Open presented by IBM. As part of MSC Sports's unprecedented coverage 24 hours of coverage will air over-the-air on MSC. MSC will also present 18 hours of alternate coverage on MSDN through the first fours days. MSDN is avaliable for free across the country on MSC Live, Samsung TV Plus, Tubi, Pluto TV and YouTube, as well as on 19 over-the-air stations across the country. Every hour of coverage, including times when cable coverage is exclusive to ESPN, will be avaliable on MSC Sports Extra. Bill Macatee and Mary Carillo will form MSC Sports's primary commentary team for the tournament. Ted Robinson, Brett Haber and Luke Warner will also provide hit by hit commentary, while Jim Courier, Jimmy Arias and Sara Wright will also provide color commentary. Mike Tirico, James Blake and Mike David will host studio programming.  MSC will once again partner with MSC Global and ESPN to provide extensive coverage. MSC and ESPN w...

MSC Sports announces 2023-24 NBA Schedule and coverage plans

MSC Sports announced today their schedule and coverage plans for the 2023-24 NBA season. Mike Tirico joins Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy, with Curt Wright as the sideline reporter, as the new lead NBA team. They will call the first Wednesday game, the primetime Christmas game, and all Saturday Night Basketball games. Ryan Rouco, Chris Webber and sideline reporter Melissa Villa return as the #2 play-by-play team. Other commentators will be announced prior to the start of the season.  Paul Pierce will join Sara Lauding and Dave Pershfield as the studio team for  NBA Tipoff Live  driven by Ford, 60 minutes before every MSC game. Steve Lowhart and Ryan Derkey (joined in select shows by Dave Pershfield) will be featured on The Ultimate NBA Show during weekday afternoons and before MSC+ games. 2023-24 NBA Schedule: Wednesday, October 25th:  Celtics at Knicks, 7PM, MSC and MSC+  Mavericks at Spurs, 9:30PM, MSC+  Monday, October 30th:  Bulls at Pacers, 7PM, ...

MSC Sports announces 2023 College Football coverage plans and Week 0 announcers

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for the 2023 NCAA Division 1 FBS College Football season. MSC Sports also revealed its Week 0 announcers.  Rich Waltz will return as the lead play-by-play announcer for the 2023 season. This year he will be joined by new MSC Sports face Todd Blackledge. Jenny Taft will continue to be the lead sideline reporter.  Noah Eagle will join color commentator Aaron Murray and new sideline reporter Willy Grier as MSC Sports's number 2 announcing team.  Other announcers can be found at MSC Sports's announcing team list.  MSC Sports also revealed an all new team for CFB Gametime Live presented by AT&T. Steve Willhops will host the show, along side former Miami Hurricane Frank Gore, and former USC Trojan Reggie Bush. Sam Picker and Nick Donson and Steve Gloomy will continue to be featured on The Ultimate College Football Show and College Football Weekday Kickoff presented by AT&T. Other studio announcers can be found  at ...

2023 FIBA Basketball Round 1 Coverage Plans

MSC Sports announced today its first round coverage plans for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. MSC Sports Extra will air every game from the tournament, one game each matchday will be upgraded to linear television.  Group H linear games will be called by Chuck Timsfield and Sara Nighthurst, while Group C linear games will be called by Ryan Rouco and Paul Pierce. Sara Lauding and Dave Pershfield will be featured on studio coverage from NYC, with the exception of the the final USMNT game, which will not have studio coverage.  After every matchday, MSC+ or MSC+2 will air The Ultimate FIBA Basketball World Cup Show with Lauding and Pershfield. The show will allow US viewers to have a full recap of the days event and a preview of the matchday to come and current tournament standings.  The schedule of live games is as follows: Friday, August 25th: Group A: Angola vs. Italy, 4:00AM, MSC Sports Extra Group D: Mexico vs. Montenegro, 4:30AM, MSC Sports Extra Group H: Latvia vs. ...

MSC Sports announces 2023 NCAA women's soccer schedule

MSC Sports announced today its 2023 NCAA Women's Soccer schedule.  Josh Eastern and Shane Street will be the primary commentary team for all events.  Sunday, September 3rd: Arkansas at UNC, 2PM, MSC+2 Sunday, September 10th: Florida at Florida State, 3:30PM, MSC+ Thursday, September 21st: Nebraska at Ohio State, 8PM, MSC+2 Pitt at Louisville 8PM, MSC+2 Thursday, September 28th: Rutgers at Nebraska, 8PM, MSC+2 Wednesday, October 4th; Brown at Yale, 5:30PM, MSC+2 Thursday, October 5th: Texas at UCF, 5:30PM, MSC+2 Northwestern at Wisconsin, 8PM, MSC+2 Sunday, October 8th; UNC at Duke, 4PM, MSC+ Sunday, October 15th: Penn State at Northwestern, 3PM Sunday, October 22nd: Big Ten Women's Soccer Wild Card, 12PM, MSC+ Pitt at Clemson, 2PM, MSC+ Thursday, November 2nd: ACC Semifinal 1, 5:30PM, MSC+2 Sunday, November 5th; ACC Championship, 1PM, MSC+

MSC Sports announces 2023 Women's Volleyball Schedule

MSC Sports announced today its schedule of Women's NCAA Volleyball during the 2023 season.  Dave Revshine and Louis Rick will be the primary commentary team for all events.  Sunday, September 10th: Penn State at Louisville, 1PM, MSC+ Tuesday, September 12th: Florida at Florida State, 6PM, MSC+2 Wednesday, September 13th: Kentucky at Louisville, 8PM, MSC+ Wednesday, September 20th: Houston at BYU, 9PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 Wednesday, September 27th: Louisville at Notre Dame, 7PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 Sunday, October 1st: Wichita State at SMU, 1PM, MSC+ Louisville at NC State, 4PM, MSC+ Wednesday, October 4th: Florida State at Miami, 7PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 Sunday, October 8th: Wake Forest at Syracuse, 1PM, MSC+  Friday, October 13th: Dartmouth at Brown, 5PM, MSC+2 Sunday, October 15th: Texas at Houston, 1PM, MSC+ Wednesday, October 18th: Virginia at Pitt, 7PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 Wednesday, October 25th: North Carolina at Duke, 7PM, MSC+ or MSC+2 Sunday, October 29th: Houston at Cincinnati, 1...

MSC Sports announces schedule for Western and Southern Open

MSC Sports's coverage of the leadup to the U.S. Open continues with the Western and Southern Open from Cincinnati, Ohio from August 14th through August 19th. MSC+ and Tennis Channel will carry linear coverage, while all matches will be streamed through MSC Sports Extra.  Ted Robinson and Jim Courier  will be the primary announcing team for the tournament. They will host all primetime MSC Sports coverage through the quarterfinals, as well as call the WTA Semifinals and three finals.  Luke Warner and Lauren Willville will also provide play-by-play, while Sara Wright and Nick Forceton will provide analysis.  Studio coverage thoroughout the tournament will be provided by Mike Smith and Roger Lickensty on-site throughout the tournament.  ( Note: Tennis Channel coverage will have its own studio team, however MSC Sports Extra during Tennis Channel coverage will utilize the team above, MSC Sports coverage is presented with assistance from MSC Sports Australia) Mond...

MSC Sports announces NASCAR Schedule and announcers for July and August

--> Unpublished from the 2023 B Archive<-- Saturday, July 1st: Practice, 11AM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/McNight)  Qualifying, 12PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/McNight)  Xfinity Chicago Streets, 5PM, MSC (Bestwick/Gordon/Mittifield/McNight) Friday, July 7th: Truck Practice, 4PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) Truck Qualifying, 4:30PM, MSC+2 (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley) ARCA Mid-Ohio, 6PM, MSC+ (Bagley/Clinchfille/McNight) Saturday, July 8th: Truck Mid-Ohio, 1:30PM, MSC (Welch/Waltrip/Bagley/Clinchfille) Cup Qualifying, 5:30PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Mittifield) Sunday, July 9th: Cup Series Atlanta, 7PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Mittifield/McNight) Saturday, July 15th: Cup Practice, 12PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Mittifield) Cup Qualifying, 12:45PM, MSC+ (Bestwick/Gordon/Mittifield) ARCA Iowa, 8PM, MSC+2 (Bagley/Clinchfille/Mittifeld) Sunday, July 16th: Cup Series New Hampshire, 2:30PM, MSC (Bestwick/Gordon/Mittifield/McNight) Friday, July 21st: Truck Practice, 1PM, MSC Sports Extra (Bagley/Clin...

MSC announces August MLB schedule and announcers

MSC Sports announced today its August MLB announcer and TV schedule.  As part of the announcement MSC revealed the return of MLB Tuesday Night Regional presented by Geico on August 22nd. The series features regional games and, as part of the production, shows off local quirks of the teams and the cities they play in to a more local audience. MLB Tuesday Night Regional games will also air on September 12th, 19th, and 26th.  Tuesday, August 1st: Angels vs Braves, 7PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas/Williams) Wednesday, August 2nd: Padres vs Rockies, 3PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Thursday, August 3rd: DBacks vs Giants, 3:30PM, MSC+2 (Lowhart/Scotty) Astros at Yankees, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Sunday, August 6th: MLB Sunday Leadoff: White Sox at Guardians, 12PM, MSC Sports Extra  Tuesday, August 8th: Twins vs Tigers, 7PM, MSC+ (Rouco/Thomas) Wednesday, August 9th: Padres vs Mariners, 9:30PM, MSC+2 (Shappel/Rindwhistle) Thursday, August 10th: Cardinals vs Rays, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Orti...

MSC Sports announces 2023 Club Soccer Coverage plans

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for the 2023 Club Soccer season. MSC Sports will air matches from UEFA Champions League, U.S. Open Cup, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Liga MX and the FA Cup during the 2023 season.  All matches from the UEFA Champions League, U.S. Open Cup, La Liga, Ligue 1 and FA Cup will also air on MSC Sports Extra. Luke Noomhouse and Ryan Ricky return as the lead commentary team for all European matches. Sam Stern and Rick Lawn, as well as Nick Norman and Will Tucko will also be on-site for select European matches. Lara Nighting, Luke Toomy and Roger Rakenhouse will continue to present The Ultimate Soccer Show presented by Pepsi live from London.  David Pasternak and Louis Rojas will expand their duties this year as the primary broadcast team for North American club matches. Juan Hernangomez and Sara Strade will be on-site for select Liga MX games, while Luego Jones and Steve Fillmore will also provide commentary, mostly for U.S....

MSC Sports announces coverage plans for 2023 NFL preseason

MSC Sports announced today their plans for the 2023 NFL preseason. MSC will present a game in every week of the preseason for the first time.  On Saturday, August 12th, MSC will air a clash between the Colts and the Bills at 1PM ET. Jonas Knox and Brady Quinn, with Gus Smith sideline, will call the game. At 12:30ET prior to the game, MSC will air a taped edition of The Ultimate NFL Preview Show, with Andrew Sicilliano and Rob Nickovich, which will include exclusive interviews with Jets QB Aaron Rodgers, #1 overall draft pick Bryce Young, and incoming Colts head coach Shane Steichen. Sicilliano and Nickovich will also be on the halftime show for the game.  On Saturday, August 19th, MSC will air the battle between the Broncos and 49ers at 8:30PM ET.  Joe Davis and Kurt Warner, with Sam Stern on the sidelines, will call the game. At 8PM ET prior to the game, Tina Tombola, Dan Pence and Liam Berko will preview the game live on The Ultimate NFL Show pr...

MSC Sports announces agreement with Big 12 Conference

MSC Sports announced today an agreement with Big 12 conference beginning with the 2025-26 season. As part of the agreement, MSC Sports has acquired the "C" rights package for the conference. The agreement for each sports is as follows: Football: MSC Sports has acquired the full digital football rights for the conference. MSC Sports will have the ability to elevate 5 games to linear television with simulcasts on MSC Sports Extra. MSC Sports will also air 4 weeknight football games.  Men's Basketball: MSC Sports will have the rights to 20 linear games on Tuesdays and 5 linear games on Sundays, as well as the digital rights to all games not selected for television on Tuesdays and Saturdays. MSC Sports will have the ability to elevate 10 Saturday games to linear television. MSC Sports will also air the first two rounds of the Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, and air the  Women's Basketballl, Volleyball, Baseball, Softball, Soccer and Gymnastics: MSC Sports will hav...