MLB
4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore » WTTG (Channel 5), WBFF (Channel 45), WBAL (1090 AM)
8:30 p.m. Washington at San Diego » WUSA (Channel 9), MASN, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM)

MLB: ALL
American League
Seattle at Cleveland — Root Sports Northwest/STO, 1 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — Rogers Sportsnet/YES, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Anaheim Angels — Fox, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Fox, 4 p.m.
Boston at Minnesota — NESN/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Texas — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland — Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.
National League
New York Mets at Chicago Cubs — WPIX/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia — Fox, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Miami — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta — KCAL/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.
Interleague
Houston at Pittsburgh — Comcast SportsNet Houston/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
MLB Player Poll — Fox, 3 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE
7 p.m. Chesapeake at Boston » Comcast SportsNet
10 p.m. Rochester at Denver » CBS Sports Network

ARENA FOOTBALL
Orlando Predators at Philadelphia Soul — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Collingwood Magpies vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 p.m.
Carlton Blues vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer, 11 p.m.

BOXING
Showtime Championship Boxing, Atlantic City, NJ
Jr. Welterweight Fight
Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Martin Matthysse — Showtime, 9:15 p.m.
All-Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero: Epilogue — Showtime, 9 p.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL
Central Florida at East Carolina — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 11 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Louisville — ESPNU, noon
Georgia Tech at Miami » Comcast SportsNet, 1 p.m.
Michigan at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Mississippi at LSU — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Baylor at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific, 1 p.m.
Texas A&M at Tennessee — Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Kentucky at Missouri — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
St. Mary’s at BYU — BYU TV, 3 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Indiana at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Notre Dame at Cincinnati — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Texas at TCU — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 4:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon — Pac-12 Network, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at Cal State-Fullerton — Fox College Sports Pacific, 9 p.m.

COLLEGE LACROSSE
NCAA Men’s Division I Tournament
Quarterfinals, College Park, MD
Ohio State vs. Cornell — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.
Yale vs. Syracuse — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Division I Tournament
Quarterfinal, Evanston, IL
Penn State at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

COLLEGE PAINTBALL
2013 National Collegiate Paintball Championship — CBS Sports Network, noon

COLLEGE SOFTBALL
NCAA Division I Tournament
Austin Regional, Austin, TX
Texas vs. South Carolina — Longhorn Network, noon
College Station Regional, College Station, TX
Texas A&M vs. Baylor — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Arizona vs. Penn — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Winner’s Bracket — ESPNews, 8 p.m.
Tempe Regional, Tempe, AZ
Arizona State vs. Georgia — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
San Diego State vs. San Jose State — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
Winner’s Bracket — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

CYCLING
Giro d’Italia
Stage 14: Derver to Bardonecchia — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.
Tour of California
Stage 7: Livermore to Mt. Diablo — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

GOLF
European PGA Tour
World Match Play Championship, Kavarna, Bulgaria
Round of 16 — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
PGA Tour
3 p.m. PGA Tour: Byron Nelson Championship » WUSA (Channel 9), WJZ (Channel 13)
Web.com Tour
BMW Charity Pro-Am, Greer, SC
Third Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
LPGA Tour
Mobile Bay Classic, Mobile, AL
Third Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

HOCKEY
2013 IIHF World Championships, Stockholm, Sweden
Semifinal
United States vs. Switzerland — NBC Sports Network, 1 p.m.

INDYCAR
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, IN
Qualifying Sessions — NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold-Prelims — Fuel, 6 p.m.
UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold-Main Event — FX, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
All-Star Race, Concord, NC
Race — Speed, 7 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Special Edition: All-Star Preview — Speed, 4 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: NASCAR All-Star Race — Speed, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: The All-Star Race — Speed, 11 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Game 6: New York at Indiana — ESPN, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Knicks/Pacers, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Game 2: Detroit at Chicago » WRC (Channel 4), WBAL (Channel 11), 1 p.m.
Game 3: Los Angeles at San Jose — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS, 9 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Plays of the Week: First Round — NHL Network, 9 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

TENNIS
WTA Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Italian Open), Rome, Italy
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m. & 8 a.m.
ATP Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Italian Open), Rome, Italy
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.

TRACK & FIELD
IAAF Diamond League, Shanghai, Communist China Shanghai — Universal Sports, 8 a.m.

MLB: ALL
American League
Seattle at Cleveland — Root Sports Northwest/STO, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — Sportsnet One/WWOR, 7 p.m.
Boston at Minnesota — NESN/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Texas — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/KTXA, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Anaheim Angels — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland — Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
National League
New York Mets at Chicago Cubs — SNY/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
Arizona at Miami — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/WPHL, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta — MLB Network/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN2/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.
Interleague
Houston at Pittsburgh — Comcast SportsNet Houston/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Essendon Bombers vs. Brisbane Lions — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL
Illinois at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Indiana at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Cincinnati — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Miami » Comcast SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
West Virginia at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Texas at TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s at BYU — BYU TV, 8 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at Cal State-Fullerton — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL
NCAA Division I Tournament
Austin Regional, Austin, TX
Army vs. Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
College Station Regional, College Station, TX
Arizona vs. Baylor — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Penn vs. Texas A&M — ESPN2. 6 p.m.
Tempe Regional, Tempe, AZ
San Diego State vs. Georgia — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
San Jose State vs. Arizona State — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

CYCLING
Giro d’Italia
Stage 13: Busseto to Cherasco — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.
Tour of California
Stage 6: San Jose (Individual Time Trial) — NBC Sports Network, 5 p.m.

GOLF
European PGA Tour
World Match Play Championship, Kavarna, Bulgaria
Day Two — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Web.com Tour
BMW Charity Pro-Am, Greer, SC
Second Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Championship, Irving, TX
Second Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
LPGA Tour
Mobile Bay Classic, Mobile, AL
Second Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
19th Hole — Golf Channel, midnight

HORSE RACING
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
NC Education Lottery 200, Charlotte, NC
Final Practice — Speed, 10:30 a.m.
Qualifying — Speed, 4 p.m.
Race — Speed, 8 p.m.
Sprint Cup Series
All-Star Race, Charlotte, NC
Practice — Speed, 1:30 p.m.
Qualifying — Speed, 6 p.m.
Sprint Cup Series
Showdown, Charlotte, NC
Practice — Speed, noon
Qualifying — Speed, 5 p.m.
Trackside At …: Charlotte — Speed, 3 p.m.
NCWTS Setup — Speed, 7:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Pre-Draft Camp — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
2013 NBA Combine — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 2: Ottawa at Pittsburgh — CBC/RDS/NBC Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.

TENNIS
ATP Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Italian Open), Rome, Italy
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m. & 3 p.m.
WTA Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Italian Open), Rome, Italy
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Game 4 of the Spurs/Warriors second round NBA playoff series drew a 3.4 final rating and 5.3 million viewers on ABC last Sunday afternoon, down 29% in ratings and 30% in viewership from Heat/Pacers Game 4 last year (4.8, 7.6M), and down 36% and 40%, respectively, from Lakers/Mavericks Game 4 in 2011 (5.3, 8.9M).

The game aired directly opposite coverage of Tiger Woods‘ victory at The Players Championship on NBC (5.0, 7.6M).

On Saturday, Game 3 between the Knicks and Pacers drew a 3.5 and 5.3 million on ABC — down 29% in ratings and 35% in viewership from Heat/Celtics Game 3 in 2011 (4.9, 8.2M). There was no game in the comparable window last year.

Knicks/Pacers Game 3 ranks as the lowest rated and least-viewed primetime playoff game on ABC since 2009, when Game 3 of the Cavaliers/Hawks second round series drew a 3.2 and 5.0 million. Last year’s Saturday night playoff game on ABC — Game 7 between the Sixers and Celtics — drew a 4.5 and 7.0 million.

Of the seven playoff games on ABC that can be compared to last year, five have had declines in both ratings and viewership, reports Sports Media Watch.

Pepper, a 17-time winner on the LPGA Tour during her career, will serve multiple roles on ESPN’s multiplatform golf coverage including analyst, on-course reporter and anchor during live play. She also will be an analyst on ESPN’s signature news and information program SportsCenter and will write for ESPN.com.

“Joining the ESPN golf team offers me the chance to cover the greatest golf events in the world,” said Pepper. “It’s a team of passionate and proven winners, dedicated to making the events they cover the best in the game.”

Pepper, who retired from the LPGA in 2004, worked for the past eight years as a golf commentator for NBC Sports and The Golf Channel and also was a contributing columnist for Sports Illustrated. She announced at the end of the 2012 season that she would be joining the PGA of America Board of Directors to work on developing junior golf in the United States.

ESPN’s championship golf schedule for 2013 includes the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship; the U.S. Women’s Open and Women’s British Open; and the U.S. Senior Open and Senior Open Championship.

“ESPN’s golf schedule is perfect for me,” said Pepper. “I love working in television and this schedule allows me to do that but also gives me time to continue my work with the PGA of America and junior golf. It’s an ideal situation.”

A three-time NCAA All-American golfer at Furman University, Pepper turned pro in 1987 and her 17 victories on the LPGA Tour included two of women’s golf’s major championships. She was LPGA Player of the Year in 1992, a six-time Solheim Cup team member and won more than $6.8 million during her career.

In addition to her work on television, Pepper also is co-author of the Bogey Tees Off and Bogey Ballton’s Night Before Christmas children’s books.

“We’re very pleased to have the opportunity for Dottie to join our team,” said Mike McQuade, ESPN vice president, production. “Her knowledge, experience and professionalism will bring another layer of strength to our golf coverage.”

ESPN will televise the first two rounds of the second men’s major championship of the season, the U.S. Open from Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., June 13-14. Coverage also will include six days ofSportsCenter specials from the event beginning Tuesday, June 11.

Listeners will hear wire-to-wire race call as Kentucky Derby-winner Orb attempts to take middle jewel of Triple Crown

NEW YORK – May 16, 2013 – Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) will offer listeners nationwide a live broadcast of the Preakness Stakes from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD, this Saturday, May 18, as Kentucky Derby-winner Orb and jockey Joel Rosario will attempt to take another step in their bid for the 12^th Triple Crown in thoroughbred racing history.

SiriusXM listeners will hear Horse Racing Radio Network’s broadcast starting at 5:00 pm ET on Sirius channel 93 and XM channel 209, and on channel 961 on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com.  The race broadcast will also air live on Mad Dog Radio, SiriusXM channel 86.

In addition to the live race broadcast, SiriusXM’s Dave Johnson and Bill Finley will host a special edition of Down The Stretch on Saturday (10:00 am – 1:00 pm ET).  Johnson and Finley will take calls from listeners and provide fans with race day news and analysis, plus interviews with jockeys, trainers and owners.

Leading up to the event, listeners can also get daily racing talk and an in-depth look at the field on At The Races with Steve Byk (weekdays, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET).

Listeners can also tune in every weekday afternoon to hear programming from HRTV and HRRN – including live race broadcasts and original shows.

SiriusXM airs live coverage of all three races of the 2013 Triple Crown.  Listeners get HRRN’s call of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes on June 8.

Horse racing programming airs on Sirius channel 93, XM channel 209, and on channel 961 on theSiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com.  Visit www.siriusxm.com for more information.

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ESPN Acquires Exclusive Rights to Tennis’ US Open Beginning in 2015

Adds Labor Day Weekend, the New Semis/Finals Format, plus Expanded Digital, International Rights in 11-Year Deal

ESPN will be the exclusive home in North and South America of the US Open from first ball through the women’s and men’s championships each summer from New York beginning in 2015, in a landmark agreement with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced today.  With this 11-year agreement, ESPN now will air the championship in three of the four tennis majors.

ESPN has televised approximately100 hours of live US Open matches annually since 2009, and now will air 130+  hours with the addition of day-long coverage of the “middle weekend” – Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day Monday – plus both the men’s and women’s semifinals and finals.  The new US Open schedule – previously announced to start in 2015 – places the women’s final on Saturday and the men’s on Sunday.  This creates new prime-time telecasts of the women’s semifinals on the second Thursday and the men’s semifinals the following day, giving a day of rest to the two players before each final.

“Certain sporting events become synonymous with when they are held, and there is no better – or bigger – way to celebrate the end of summer than at the US Open in New York,” said John Skipper, ESPN president.  “We look forward to capturing every match, every star, every championship and all the drama on this grand stage.”

Dave Haggerty, USTA Chairman of the Board and President, said, “This wide-ranging and broad relationship with ESPN positions tennis at the forefront of American sports.  By teaming with the world-wide leader in sports, the USTA will continue to ensure that tennis at every level thrives in the United States.”

In addition to ESPN and ESPN2, all telecasts will be available on WatchESPN.  In an expansion of offerings, over the term of the agreement ESPN will make every match on all 17 tournament courts available on ESPN3.  Presently, six of the 17 courts have coverage.  Also, ESPN3 will begin each day’s coverage the first Monday – Friday morning with two hours at 11 a.m. ET while SportsCenter on ESPN will have the right to do live cut-ins.  ESPN3 is available via WatchESPN for fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription via Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV, Midcontinent Communications, Cablevision, Cox, Charter or AT&T U-verse.

ESPN will continue to be the home of the entire US Open in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Canada on TSN, as it has since 2002.  The new agreement brings expanded rights and increased programming hours, as in the U.S. – both on the multiple linear TV channels throughout these regions and on digital platforms.

ESPN also will become the exclusive home to the US Open Series with 72 hours of action in the five-week summer series leading to the US Open.  In addition, ESPN will now present Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, the music and tennis festival geared to families that serves as the unofficial kick off of the two-week tournament, on the weekend prior to the main draw tournament’s Monday start.

MLB
10 p.m. Washington at San Diego » MASN, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM)

MLB: ALL
American League
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees — Root Sports/YES, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Texas — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Anaheim Angels — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
National League
New York Mets at St. Louis — SNY/Fox Sports Midwest, 1:45 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

COLLEGE BASEBALL
Illinois at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Mississippi at LSU — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Baylor at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Texas at TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Marshall at Rice — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Miami » Comcast SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s at BYU — BYU TV, 8 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
College Football Live — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.

CYCLING
Giro d’Italia
Stage 12: Longarone to Treviso — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.
Tour of California
Stage 5: Santa Barbara to Avila Beach — NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.

GOLF
European PGA Tour
World Match Play Championship, Kavarna, Bulgaria
Day One — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Web.com Tour
BMW Charity Pro-Am, Greer, SC
First Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Championship, Irving, TX
First Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
LPGA Tour
Mobile Bay Classic, Mobile, AL
First Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
19th Hole — Golf Channel, midnight

HOCKEY
2013 IIHF World Championships, Helsinki, Finland & Stockholm, Sweden
Quarterfinals
Russia vs. USA — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 8:30 a.m.
Slovakia vs. Finland — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m.
Canada vs. Sweden — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 2 p.m.

NFL
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
The Top 100 Players of 2013: 70-61 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
The Top 100 Players of 2013: Reactions — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 1: New York Rangers at Boston — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS, 7:30 p.m.
Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2: San Jose at Los Angeles — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS, 10 p.m.
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

TENNIS
ATP Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

Super Bowl Selection Show – Tuesday at 2:00 PM ET

On Tuesday, May 21 at 2:00 PM ET, Super Bowl Selection Show, a 90-minute special, will showcase the awarding of Super Bowl L and Super Bowl LI to their host cities live from the Spring Owners Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

Host Rich Eisen and NFL AM’s Steve Wyche anchor the coverage at the NFL Network studios while reporters Albert Breer, Jeff Darlington, and Desmond Purnell will be live from the Hyatt-Harborside in Boston covering the proceedings.

The San Francisco and South Florida Super Bowl Host Committees are eligible to host Super Bowl L, which will be awarded first. The committee which is not awarded Super Bowl L will then be eligible for Super Bowl LI along with the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee.

Breer will cover the San Francisco Super Bowl Host Committee, while Darlington covers South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee and Purnell the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee.

MOST-WATCHED WEEK EVER FOR THE PLAYERS ON GOLF CHANNEL

NBC’s Final Round Coverage Garnered 7.6 Million Viewers, Making It the Most-Watched Final Round at THE PLAYERS in more than 20 Years
Golf Channel’s LIVE FROM THE PLAYERS and Digital Content Post Record Numbers for THE PLAYERS Championship

ORLANDO, Fla. (May 14, 2013) – THE PLAYERS Championship’s coverage on NBC and Golf Channel last week caught the attention of America with record audiences for its tournament coverage and signature programming according to data released today by The Nielsen Company.

NBC Sports Group’s comprehensive coverage of THE PLAYERS experienced surges in viewership across the board, highlighted by:

• NBC’s final round coverage on Sunday garnering 7.6 million viewers (+59% YOY), 5.0 rating, making it the most-watched final round at THE PLAYERS in more than 20 years
• NBC’s third round coverage on Saturday pulling in 3.7 million viewers (+12%), 2.6 rating, which was the best since 2009
• Golf Channel’s first round coverage on Thursday posting the most-watched first round in the history of THE PLAYERS with 1.7 million viewers (+54% YOY)

Golf Channel posted its most-viewed week ever for THE PLAYERS on record as more than 11.5 million unique viewers (+23% YOY) tuned in to Golf Channel during the week. It also was

Golf Channel’s most-watched week ever for THE PLAYERS with 212,000 average viewers per minute for 24-hour Total Day (6AM-6AM), which represents a 25% increase year-over-year.  Contributing to this success was record numbers for Golf Channel’s news programming and digital content including:

• 96 hours of LIVE FROM THE PLAYERS – 160,000 average viewers (+50% YOY)

• Golf Channel’s LIVE FROM THE PLAYERS audience peaked on Sunday with 1.4 million average viewers for both the 15 minutes leading into and out of NBC’s coverage (1:15-1:30 PM and 7:15-7:30 PM)

• Most-watched LIVE FROM THE PLAYERS on Sunday from 8 AM to 1:30 PM – 679,000 average viewers (+20% YOY)

• Most-watched “Prime-time” LIVE FROM with Sunday’s night telecast (7:11 PM – 9:11 PM) delivering 646,000 average viewers (+339% YOY)

• GolfChannel.com drew 1.08 million unique visitors, 50% YOY, making it the website’s  most-clicked week ever for THE PLAYERS

• Golf Channel Mobile App drew 319K unique visitors, 69% YOY, making it the app’s most-clicked week ever for THE PLAYERS

MLB
12:30 p.m. San Diego at Baltimore » MASN, WTEM (980 AM), WBAL (1090 AM)
10 p.m. Washington at Los Angeles Dodgers » MASN, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM)

MLB: ALL
American League
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WGN America/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Houston at Detroit — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Houston/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Texas at Oakland — Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — ESPN/NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees — Root Sports Northwest/YES, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Anaheim — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
National League
Atlanta at Arizona — SportSouth/Fox Sports Arizona, 3:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
New York Mets at St. Louis — SNY/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Washington at Los Angeles Dodgers — MASN/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.
Interleague
San Diego at Baltimore — Fox Sports San Diego/MASN, 12:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Philadelphia — MLB Network/STO/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Toronto — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
College Football Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

CYCLING
Giro d’Italia
Stage 11: Cave del Predil to Erto — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.
Tour of California
Stage 4: Santa Clarita to Santa Barbara — NBC Sports Network, 5 p.m.

GOLF
On the Range: Byron Nelson Championship — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

MLS
Philadelphia vs. LA Galaxy — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1: Detroit at Chicago — NBC Sports Network/CBC/RDS, 8 p.m.
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 11 p.m.

TENNIS
ATP Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy
3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Final, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Benfica vs. Chelsea — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Soccer, 2 p.m.

WRESTLING
The Rumble on the Rails, Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY
United States vs. Iran — NBC Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.
United States vs. Russia — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.