(All times ET)
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THE PASS
Friday, November 1
4 p.m. on NBCSN – 2013 Breeders’ Cup
4:30 p.m. on Golf Channel - Charles Schwab Cup Championship
8 p.m. on NBCSN – College Hockey: Northeastern at Boston College
11 p.m. on Golf Channel - WGC-HSBC Champions
11:30 p.m. on NBCSN - Barclays Premier League Preview
Saturday, November 2
12 a.m. on NBCSN – CFL: Montreal at Toronto
8 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live
8:45 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Newcastle v. Chelsea
9 a.m. on CNBC - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Qualifying
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live
11 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Fulham v. Manchester United
11 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Hull City v. Sunderland
11 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Manchester City v. Norwich
11 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: Stoke City v. Southampton
11 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: West Bromwich Albion v. Crystal Palace
11 a.m. on Premier League Extra Time - Premier League: West Ham United v. Aston Villa
1 p.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live
1:30 p.m. on NBC - Premier League: Arsenal v. Liverpool
1:30 p.m. on NBCSN - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Qualifying (Encore)
3 p.m. on NBCSN - Countdown To Kickoff
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Notre Dame Football: Navy at Notre Dame
3:30 p.m. on NBCSN – 2013 Breeders’ Cup
4:30 p.m. on Golf Channel - Charles Schwab Cup Championship
8 p.m. on NBC – 2013 Breeders’ Cup
8 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS: New England v. Kansas City
10 p.m. on NBCSN – MLS: Seattle v. Portland
11 p.m. on NBCSN - Match of the Day
11 p.m. on Golf Channel - WGC-HSBC Champions
Sunday, November 3
12:30 a.m. NBCSN – Match of the Day
7 a.m. on NBCSN - Vettel/Andretti: One-on-One
7:30 a.m. on NBCSN - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
8 a.m. on CNBC – Premier
8:30 a.m. on CNBC – Premier League: Everton v. Tottenham Hotspur
10 a.m. on NBCSN - F1 Extra
10:30 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League Live
11 a.m. on NBCSN - Premier League: Cardiff City v. Swansea City
1 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Goal Zone
1:30 p.m. on NBC - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series: 2013 Cup of China
3:30 p.m. on NBC – MLS: Houston v. New York
4:30 p.m. on Golf Channel - Charles Schwab Cup Championship
6 p.m. on NBCSN - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Encore)
7 p.m. on NBC - Football Night in America
8 p.m. on NBC - Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Houston
8 p.m. on NBC – 2013 Breeders’ Cup
8:30 p.m. on NBCSN - F1 Extra (Encore)
11 p.m. on NBCSN – Premier League Match of the Day II
Live NBC Sports Group coverage of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships begins today from 4-8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, continues on Saturday from 3:30-8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and culminates with the live primetime broadcast of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, Saturday 8-9 p.m. ET on NBC.
The NBC Sports Group coverage of the Breeders’ Cup will feature host Tom Hammond, joined by Hall-of-Fame jockey Jerry Bailey; veteran horse racing analyst Randy Moss; contributing analysts/handicappers Mike Battaglia and Bob Neumeier; host/reporter Laffit Pincay, III; reporters Kenny Rice, Donna Brothers, Jay Privman and Nick Luck. NBC’s Triple Crown race caller Larry Collmus will call all of the Breeders’ Cup races.
Additionally, Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush will host the first half hour of the primetime show, which will focus on the spectacle and scene of the Breeders’ Cup, as well as contributing features and handling celebrity interviews. E! News’ Catt Sadler will contribute celebrity interviews and reports from the Breeders’ Cup “purple carpet.”
Golf Channel’s weekend coverage includes the WGC-HSBC Champions tonight and Saturday at 11 p.m. ET and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship today, Saturday and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel’s team of Mike Ritz (Studio Host), Ewen Murray (Play by Play), Frank Nobilo (Analyst), Curt Byrum (Analyst), Julian Tutt (On Course), and Wayne Riley (On Course) will call the action for the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China.
Brian Hammons (Play by Play), Lanny Wadkins (Analyst), John Mahaffey (Tower), Dave Marr (Tower), Billy Ray Brown (On Course), Billy Kratzert (On Course), and Tim Rosaforte (Interviews) will handle coverage of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship from TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California.
PREMIER LEAGUE COVERAGE
NBC Sports Group’s weekend Premier League coverage begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live immediately followed by Newcastle United v. Chelsea. Coverage continues at 11 a.m. ET with Fulham v. Manchester United on NBCSN, and the Hull City v. Sunderland; Manchester City v. Norwich; Stoke City v. Southampton; West Bromwich Albion v. Crystal Palace; and West Ham United v. Aston Villa matches on Premier League Extra Time. Tomorrow’s live coverage concludes with Arsenal v. Liverpool at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Sunday’s coverage features Premier League Live at 8:00 a.m. ET followed by Everton v. Tottenham Hotspur at 8:30 a.m. ET on CNBC. Coverage continues at 11 a.m. ET with Cardiff City v. Swansea City on NBCSN.
Lee Dixon and Steve Bower will call Saturdays’ Arsenal v. Liverpool match at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC, while Steve Bower and Graeme Le Saux will call Sunday’s Cardiff City v. Swansea City at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
The following games will be broadcast by the Premier League using the World Feed:
Saturday, November 2
8:45 a.m. on NBCSN – Newcastle United v. Chelsea: commentated by Steve Banyard and Jim Beglin
11 a.m. on NBCSN – Fulham v. Manchester United: commentated by Gary Taphouse and Tony Gale
11 a.m. on Extra Time – Hull City v. Sunderland: commentated by Joe Speight and Dean Sturridge
11 a.m. on Extra Time – Manchester City v. Norwich: commentated by Ian Crocker and Davie Provan
11 a.m. on Extra Time – Stoke City v. Southampton: commentated by David Stowell and Brian Little
11 a.m. on Extra Time – West Bromwich Albion v. Crystal Palace: commentated by Jonathan Beck and Barry Horne
11 a.m. on Extra Time – West Ham United v. Aston Villa: commentated by Tony Jones and Stewart Robson
1:30 p.m. on NBC – Arsenal v. Liverpool: commentated by Steve Bower and Lee Dixon
Sunday, November 3
8:30 a.m. on CNBC – Everton v. Tottenham Hotspur: commentated by Alan Parry and David Pleat
11 a.m. on NBCSN – Cardiff City v. Swansea City: commentated by Steve Bower and Graeme Le Saux
All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe.
Viewers can find Premier League Games on TV by using the Premier League Game Finder here.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: NAVY AT NOTRE DAME
College football’s longest uninterrupted intersectional series continues this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC, when the No. 25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the Navy Midshipmen in South Bend, Ind. Coverage begins with Countdown To Kickoff on NBCSN at 3 p.m. ET.
Dan Hicks, NBC Sports Group’s longtime and critically-acclaimed golf and Olympic commentator, leads NBC Sports’ Notre Dame Football coverage this season as its play-by-play voice. Hicks is joined by analyst Mike Mayock and sideline reporter Alex Flanagan for NBC’s 23rd season broadcasting Notre Dame Football home games.
Liam McHugh will host NBC Sports Group’s Notre Dame Pre-game show on the field at Notre Dame Stadium. He will be joined on-site by 1984 Heisman Trophy Winner Doug Flutie and two-time Super Bowl champion Hines Ward. McHugh, Flutie and Ward will also manage half-time coverage for the broadcasting.
MLS Conference Semifinals coverage begins Saturday on NBCSN at 8 p.m. ET as the New England Revolution host Sporting Kansas City, followed by the Portland Timbers traveling to face the Seattle Sounders FC at 10 p.m. ET. Coverage continues on NBC Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET when the New York Red Bulls take on the Houston Dynamo.
NBC Sports Group’s lead soccer play-by-play announcer Arlo White will call NBC’s match on Sunday. White will be joined by former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder and analyst Kyle Martino and host Russ Thaler. NBC Sports Group’s MLS play-by-play announcer John Strong will call NBCSN’s 10 p.m. ET match on Saturday and will be joined by Brian Dunseth.
Live coverage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix continues with qualifying on CNBC on Saturday at 9 a.m. ET. NBCSN will air Vettel/Andretti: One-on-One, a half-hour special hosted by F1 insider Will Buxton featuring in-depth interviews with Vettel and American F1 racing champion Mario Andretti Sunday at 7 a.m. ET. Live race coverage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix begins on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN. F1 Extra, NBC Sports Group’s half-hour post-race show, will air immediately following the conclusion of NBCSN’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix coverage.
Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island outside of Abu Dhabi.
NBC continues its coverage of the 2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series with the 2013 Cup of China. Coverage of the men’s and ladies’ free skate begins at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Terry Gannon will call the action alongside analysts Johnny Weir, a two-time Olympian and three-time U.S. champion, and Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski.
Sunday Night Football kicks off on Sunday, when the Indianapolis Colts travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to take on the Houston Texans. Coverage begins with Football Night In America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s famed Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday night. Patrick will be joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on NBCSN and NBCSports.com, and longtime NFL front office veteran and former NFL Executive of the Year Scott Pioli. Carolyn Manno will report from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. on the Steelers-Patriots game.
Football Night in America is hosted by 24-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Costas will be joined on site by Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, two-time Super Bowl winner Hines Ward.
Michaels (play-by-play), Collinsworth, and Michele Tafoya (analyst) will call Sunday’s match up from Minneapolis, Minn.
