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MSC Sports announces coverage plans for 2025 NCAA Division 1 College Baseball tournament

MSC Sports revealed today the day one games and regional commentators for the 2025 NCAA Division 1 college baseball tournament. MSC Sports will air these games through a sublicense from ESPN. Commentators on a game will be on all MSC Sports telecasts for the assigned regional.  If Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals is not needed, Mississippi State/Northeastern will air at 8:30PM on MSC+. Friday, May 30th: Cincinnati vs Wake Forest (Knoxville), 12PM, MSC+2 (Eagle/Schnood) Nebraska vs Oklahoma (Chapel Hill), 5:30PM, MSC+ (Lowhart/Downahugh) Miami (OH) vs Tennessee (Knoxville), 6PM, MSC+2 (Eagle/Schnood) Mississippi State vs Northeastern (Tallahassee), 8:30PM, MSC+ (Zaun/Scotty) Creighton vs Kansas (Fayetville), 9PM, MSC+2 (Squeeze/Wilson) Houston Christian vs Texas  (Austin) , 1PM, MSC Sports Extra  (Suarez/Dooby)   North Dakota State vs Arkansas (Fayteteville), 3PM, MSC Sports Extra  (Squeeze/Wilson) Western Kentucky vs Georgia Tech (Oxford), 4PM, MSC Sports...

MSC Sports to present American Motorsports's Most Marquee Doubleheader

MSC Sports, in partnership with NASCAR and IndyCar, announced today its coverage plans for American motorsports most marquee doubleheader: the Indy 500 and CocaCola 600, on Sunday, May 25th. MSC Sports is proud to announce that because the Indy 500 is a sellout, there will be no local blackout of the race for the second consecutive year. All coverage will air on MSC and stream on MSC Sports Extra MSC's all day motorsports coverage will begin at 7AM ET with a special edition of This Is What's Trending Now with Dan Smith and Sammantha Smith live from Indianapolis Motorspeedway. The show will feature an exclusive interview with former President Joe Biden, his first one-on-one interview since the end of his Presidency.  Indy 500 coverage begins at 10AM ET with The Ultimate Indianapolis 500 Show presented by Goodyear. Kevin Lee, Nick Sames and James Clinchfille will present the show live from Indianapolis. The same team will present post-race coverage until around 4PM ET. (Coverage ...

MSC Sports to present 2025 College Baseball tournaments

MSC Sports revealed today its coverage plans for college baseball tournament games from the American Athletic Conference, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Ivy League, Ivy League, and Sun Belt Conference. Other college baseball tournament games airing on MSC Sports platforms will air on MSC Sports Live and be produced by the college or conference. Steve Lowhart and Shawn Downahugh will call all games from the ACC tournament, Frank Zaun and Sam Scotty will be on the call of all games from the Big Ten tournament, Noah Eagle and Will Schnood will be on the call of all games from the Big 12 tournament, the Ivy League championship and the Sun Belt Championship, Lemon Squeeze and Kara Wilson of the Missouri Valley Tournament, Jose Suarez and Sara Dooby will be on the call for all games from the West Coast Conference Tournament, Sara Roger-Gordan and Chang Rocker will be on the call for all games from the Mountain West Conference tournament. All wee...

MSC Sports to present exclusive coverage of the 2025 NBA Western Conference Finals

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for the 2025 Western Conference Finals presented by AT&T between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder. The series wil mark the final NBA games to air on MSC Sports networks for the immediate future.  For one final series, Mike Tirico, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, along with reporters Rodrigo Williams and Melissa Villa, will be the broadcast team throughout the series. Williams will follow the Timberwolves while Villa will follow the Thunder. Williams and Villa will contribute to coverage on This is What's Trending Now and The Ultimate Sports Show.  Sara Lauding, Dave Pershfield and Paul Pierce will lead studio coverage through  NBA Tipoff Live driven by Ford, The Ultimate NBA Show driven by Ford and the Ford Halftime Report. The team will be live from the site of each game. Steve Lowhart and Ryan Derkey will be featured on The Ultimate NBA Show on off-days live from the game sites of the Eastern Confe...

MSC Sports announces 2025 NFL Schedule and Coverage Plans

MSC Sports revealed today its schedule and coverage plans for the 2025 season. MSC Sports will once again present at least three games each week. An expanded amount games will be simulcast on NFL Network, with select games instead featuring NFL Network alternate telecasts. MSC is also increasing the amount of regional window games aired, thanks to fan support. All non GOTW games which are not simulcast on NFL Network will be regional games.  Mike Tirico, Greg Olson and sideline reporter Kathryn Tapyn as the lead broadcast team for the NFL on MSC. They will call all Thursday Night Football games and all Game of the Week national games. Joe Davis and Kurt Warner, with Sam Stern on the sidelines, will call the regional game on MSC each week. New this season, thanks to MSC Sports's new partnership with NFL Network, select games will be called by Chris Rose, Joe Thomas, and Steve Wyche.  NFL GameTime Live presented by AT&T returns. Every Sunday at 12PM ET on MSC, Jonas Knox, Bo...

MSC Sports announces key 2025 College Football games

MSC Sports, as part of its upfront event, announced today several key college football games that will air on its networks in 2025. Saturday, August 23rd: Iowa State vs. Kansas State (Dublin), 12PM, MSC Thursday, August 28th: Boise State at USF, 6PM, MSC+ Nebraska vs Cincinnati (Kansas City), 9:30PM, MSC+ Saturday, August 30th: Alabama at Florida State, 3:30PM, MSC LSU at Clemson, 7:30PM, MSC Idaho at Washington State, 10PM, MSC+2 Cal at Oregon State, 10:30PM, MSC+ Sunday, August 31st: South Carolina vs Virginia Tech (Atlanta), 3PM, MSC+ Notre Dame at Miami (FL), 7:30PM, MSC Monday, September 1st: TCU at North Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC Saturday, September 6th: Fresno State at Oregon State, 3:30PM, TBD San Diego State at Washington State, 10PM, MSC+ Saturday, September 20th: Washington at Washington State, 7:30PM, MSC Friday, September 26th: Houston at Oregon State, 10:30PM, MSC+ Saturday, October 11th: Wake Forest at Oregon State, 3:30PM, TBD Saturday, October 18th: Lafyatte at Oregon Stat...

MSC Sports announces key 2025 NFL games

MSC Sports, as part of its upfront event, announced today several key NFL games that will air on its networks in 2025. MSC Sports also announced today that MSC+ will air a special one-hour NFL schedule release special at 8PM ET on Wednesday, March 14th. The show will be hosted by Tina Tombola, Michael Irvin, and Deshawn McKnight. Coverage, including an exclusive second hour, will also air on NFL Network. Sunday, September 28th:  Vikings vs Steelers, 9:30AM, MSC and NFL Network (Dublin) Sunday, October 5th: Vikings vs. Browns, 9:30AM, MSC and NFL Network (London) Sunday, October 12th: Broncos vs Jets, 9:30AM, MSC and NFL Network (London) Sunday, October 19th: Chargers vs Jaguars, 9:30AM, MSC and NFL Network (London) Sunday, November 9th: Falcons vs Colts, 9:30AM, MSC and NFL Network (Berlin) Sunday, November 16th: Commanders vs Dolphins, 9:30AM, MSC Sports Extra (Madrid) Thursday, December 25th: Broncos at Chiefs, 8:15PM, MSC and NFL Network

MSC Sports announces NCAA Division I baseball tournament sublicense agreement with ESPN

MSC Sports, in partnership with the NCAA, announced today a seven-year sublicense agreement with ESPN which will allow the network to broadcast select games from the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.  ESPN will retain the exclusive rights to the College World Series, and first selection of games during all rounds. MSC Sports will hold the rights to at-least 3 super regional games, and at-least 16 regional games. MSC Sports will hold the exclusive rights to stream regiona games not selected for national television by ESPN on MSC Sports Extra.  Full coverage plans for this tournament will be announced at a later date.  MSC Sports partnership with the NCAA includes the rights to monthly premier college football and men's college basketball games, coverage of the College Football Playoff, exclusive coverage of the FCS college football playoffs, exclusive coverage of the Men's and Women's ice hockey tournament, first-tier rights to Women's March Madness, and select gam...

MSC Sports announces 2025 Roland Garros (French Open) coverage plans

MSC Sports revealed today its coverage schedule for the 2025 Roland Garros tournament. MSC Sports will exclusively present first ball to last ball coverage all tournament along. MSC Sports will present this coverage in partnership with MSC Sport in Australia and MSC Outdoor in Canada. To accomplish this, MSC Sports will utalize 12 on-site commentary crews on each court. Bill Macatee, Mary Carillo and reporter Lauren Stern will be the lead broadcast team. The lead studio team will be Max Kellerman, James Blake and Mike David. Mike Smith will be an alternate host, alongside alternate analysts Sam Stern and Duke Wilk. MSC Sports will present several distinct feeds across its networks. Every court, at every level, will stream individually all tournament long through MSC Sports Extra. These feeds will be distinct to the court, with one commentary team, and will simulcast whiparound coverage during match breaks. Court Philippe-Chatrier and Court Suzanne Lenglen will have these feeds...

MSC Sports to present 2025 College Softball tournaments

MSC Sports revealed today its coverage plans for college softball tournament games from the American Athletic Conference, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, and Sun Belt Conference.  Sasha DeLavi and Mikey Wilson will call all Big 12 games, Noah Eagle and Will Schnood will call ACC games, Jose Suarez and Sara Dooby will call Big Ten games, Lemon Squeeze and Kara Wilson will call Missouri Valley games, Sara Roger Gordon and Chang Rooker will call Sun Belt games, Norma Wilson and Zade Smith will call Mountain West games, Will Bruno and Lauren Hormanhood will call American Athletic Conference games.  All week long, Phillip Ryan-Jones and Devin White will provide studio coverage. American Athletic Conference: Wednesday, May 7th: Game 1, 10AM, MSC+2 Game 2, 1PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live Game 3, 4PM, MSC Sports Extra Game 4, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra Thursday, May 8th: Game 5, 12PM, MSC Sports Extra Game 6, 2:30PM, MSC Sports Extra Friday, May 9th...

Minor League Baseball on MSC Sports schedule

MSC Sports will continue present select Minor League Baseball games on MSC Sports networks. Games on MSC+ and MSC+2 will feature commentary from Lemon Squeeze and Will Schnood or Steve Lowhart and Shawn Downahugh. Thursday, April 10th: Gwinnett at Norfolk, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live Wednesday, April 16th: Tacoma at Oklahoma City, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live Wednesday, April 23rd: Syracuse at Worcester, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live Wednesday, April 30th: El Paso at Oklahoma City, 7PM, MSC+2

May MLB announcers

Thursday, May 1st: Athletics at Rangers, 3PM, MSC+ (Zaun/Thomas) Nationals at Phillies, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Tuesday, May 6th: Rangers at Red Sox, 6:30PM, MSC+ (Zaun/Thomas) Wednesday, May 7th: Dodgers at Marlins, 4:30PM, MSC+2 (Strong/Rindwhistle) Thursday, May 8th: Tigers at Rockies, 3PM, MSC+2 (Zarzour/Scotty) Reds at Braves, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Sunday, May 11th: Cubs at Mets, 11:35AM, MSC (Zaun/local commentator) Tuesday, May 13th: Brewers at Guardians, 6PM, MSC+ (Zaun/Thomas) Thursday, May 15th: Rays at Blue Jays, 3PM, MSC+2 (Zaun/Rindwhistle) Astros at Rangers, 8PM, MSC (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Sunday, May 18th: Astros at Rangers, 1PM, MSC or MSC Sports Extra (Benetti/local com) Monday, May 19th: Angels at Athletics, 10PM, MSC+2 (Zarzour/Scotty) Tuesday, May 20th: Mets at Red Sox, 7PM, MSC+* (Davis/Ortiz/Smith) Thursday, May 22nd: Phillies at Rockies, 3PM, MSC+2 (Zarzour/Scotty) Brewers at Pirates, 7PM, MSC+ (Benetti/Thomas) Sunday May 25th: Guardians at Tigers 11:30A...

MSC Sports announces 2025 WNBA Coverage Plans and May commentators

MSC Sports revealed today its 2025 schedule and coverage plans for its exclusive coverage of the Women's National Basketball Association. Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, and Melissa Villa will be the lead WNBA commentary team all season long. Terry Gannon and Debbie Antonelli, along with LaChina Robinson and Swin Cash, will call select games on MSC+ and MSC+2. Jason Benetti or Noah Eagle, alongside color commentators Brenda VanLangen or Mary Murphy, and sideline reporters Lauren McNight and Sara Strong, will call select games on MSC. The Ultimate WNBA Show will preview games on MSC, MSC+ and MSC+2. Sara Lawrence, Sara Antonelli and Swin Cash will be the primary studio team for games on MSC. Lawrence, with Brenda VanLangen and Mary Murphy will be the primary studio team for games on MSC+. Sara Strong and Sara Antonelli will be the primary studio team for games on MSC+2.  Sunday, May 4th (preseason): Brazil National Team at Indiana Fever, 6PM, MSC+2 (Ward/Peck/McNight) Friday, May 16th: Lynx...