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2011 NBA Finals TV schedule

Click here for the 2012 NBA Finals TV schedule Many of this saw this day coming in July of last year. Many of us dreaded it. “The Decision” gave most NBA fans outside of Miami a reason to hate the Heat, but it almost seemed like a foregone conclusion that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the Heat would be in the NBA Finals. Now, LeBron’s shot at a title enters the final phase as the Heat take on the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight in Miami. (Due to the short Conference Finals series, […]

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UEFA Champions League Final – Saturday, May 28 at 2pm ET on FOX

By Athena Voulgaropoulos Rooney! Messi! Chicharito! It all comes down to this. The two best teams in the world, English Premier League champions Manchester United  and La Liga champions FC Barcelona, take to the field at Wembley on Saturday, for the most prestigious title in soccer. In order to keep the drool from hitting the floor in a sloppy puddle of fan adoration and excitement, let’s move through this quickly. Barcelona is all about Messi. The team is fantastic (if a little too prone to diving, which caused me to turn off several of their games this season in a […]

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Where to watch the 2011 Indianapolis 500

Click here for the 2012 Indy 500 TV schedule The 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 (Note: It’s not the 100th running of the Indy 500, since the race was not held during World Wars I and II) takes place at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29. IndyCar’s best will compete on the 2.5-mile rectangular oval for the Borg-Warner Trophy, including popular drivers Will Power, Danica Patrick, Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti and last season’s Indy 500 and series champ Dario Franchitti. Canadian Alex Tagliani is at the pole […]

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FOX Soccer’s “Champions Week” celebration

via press release FOX SOCCER’S “CHAMPIONS WEEK” BRINGS THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL TO A FEVER PITCH Relive the Road to the Final Through Key Matches and Highlights of the 2010-11 Champions League Campaign Los Angeles – FOX Soccer builds excitement for the May 28 UEFA Champions League Final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United to a crescendo with “Champions Week,” a week-long programming celebration that kicks-off Monday, May 23 and concludes Sunday, May 29. Highlighting Champions Week are several rebroadcasts of 2010-11 UEFA Champions League matches involving either Barcelona or Manchester United from the group stage through the semifinals. […]

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Where to watch the 2011 Preakness Stakes

First off: All hail Kegasus, Lord of the InfieldFest! For the rest of us unable or unwilling to partake in the drunkenness and debauchery of the infield at Pimlico, we’ll be watching the Preakness Stakes on TV. NBC and Versus have 6.5 hours of coverage devoted to the two-minute race, including live coverage of the race itself on Saturday at 4:30pm ET on NBC. Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, listed as the early 2-1 favorite at the Preakness, will try to capture the second jewel of the Triple Crown. Other contenders include Dialed In, Mucho Macho Man, Shackleford, Flashpoint, Dance […]

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2011 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race live May 21 on SPEED

By Ryan Berenz (Twitter: @ChannelGuideRAB) The 27th NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race airs on SPEED Channel from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 21, at 7pm ET, with the winner receiving a $1 million prize. Drivers qualify by winning a race in 2010 or 2011, winning a past All-Star Race, winning a past Sprint Cup Series championship, finishing in the top two in the Sprint Showdown 40-lap preliminary race or by winning the Sprint Fan Vote. Last year, Kurt Busch held off Martin Truex Jr. to win his first All-Star Race. Other coverage surrounding All-Star week includes the NASCAR Sprint Pit […]

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Where to watch the 2011 French Open tennis tournament

Click here for the 2012 French Open TV Schedule [Update: We have NBC’s coverage of the French Open finals here.] The second Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year returns to the red clay courts of Roland Garros in Paris for the French Open. Spain’s Rafael Nadal goes for his sixth title (he has won five of the past six French Opens), but will face competition from Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling and longtime foe Roger Federer. The story heading into Roland Garros is Djokovic’s unbeaten streak of 39 matches (37 in 2011) and his two-straight wins over Nadal […]

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ESPN to present “HERoics” documentaries

Six Short Films on Women and Soccer During the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 ESPN will present HERoics, a series of six short documentaries chronicling women’s courage, perseverance, breaking through barriers, failure and redemption, as part of its unprecedented coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011, it was announced today. The series, an ESPN global content development project, will live on www.espnW.com, the company’s first dedicated content and digital hub designed to serve, inform and inspire female athletes and fans, beginning Saturday, June 25 – the eve of the Women’s World Cup. The short films will offer in-depth […]

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This Is ESPN: New tell-all book exposes the inside world of the Worldwide Leader

By Ryan Berenz (Twitter: @ChannelGuideRAB) When something gets this big, it needs to be viewed under a microscope. As they did with Saturday Night Live in their best-selling 2003 book Live From New York, authors James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales do with ESPN in Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN (Little, Brown and Company, $27.99) which hits bookshelves May 24. Having completed over 500 interviews for the book, including current and former ESPN presidents, chairmen, executives, on-air talent and employees, as well as athletes and other media personalities, Miller and Shales put together a […]

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FOX Sports provides exclusive U.S. coverage of Champions League Final

via press release FC Barcelona, who many argue is the best soccer club in the world, and Premier League champion Manchester United FC, perhaps the world’s most popular and valuable soccer franchise, meet on Saturday, May 28 at London’s legendary Wembley Stadium in the prestigious 2011 UEFA Champions League Final, and FOX Sports Media Group networks carry all the action in the U.S. FOX Sports, for the second consecutive year, is the exclusive over-the-air broadcast home for the UEFA Champions League Final, while FOX Deportes, the nation’s leading Hispanic sports network, delivers its exclusive live coverage in Spanish.  Pregame coverage […]