By Ryan

ESPN will have coverage of Tiger Woods’ first public statement since the events of last Thanksgiving and the media firestorm surrounding his alleged marital infidelity. Woods is expected to release a statement on Friday, Feb. 19 at 11am ET — possibly announcing his return to competitive golf — but not field any questions from reporters. Here is the release from ESPN, and the release from GOLF CHANNEL after the jump:

Tiger Woods Statement Live on ESPN Media Platforms

ESPN’s SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, First Take (ESPN2), ESPN.com (streaming live), ESPN Radio (during The Herd with Colin Cowherd) and ESPN Mobile (streaming live) will present live coverage of Tiger Woods statement Friday, 11 a.m. ET at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., home of the PGA Tour.

Reporter Tom Rinaldi and ESPN golf host Mike Tirico will be in Florida, while Colleen Dominguez will be in Marana, Ariz., site of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, for player reaction. ESPN.com golf writer Bob Harig will provide on-site coverage from Florida.

Additionally, Woods-related pieces scheduled to run include:

Tiger Woods Timeline – Jeremy Schaap
Tiger Woods Impact on the Game – Tom Rinaldi
What to Expect from the Galleries – T.J. Quinn
How tabloids covered the story – Chris Connelly

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By Ryan

We covered the exclusion of women’s ski jumping from the Winter Olympics earlier, and now this Sunday ESPN’s Outside the Lines takes a deeper look at at the controversy. From ESPN:

Outside the Lines (Sunday, Feb. 14, 9am ET ESPN)
Ski jumping, an Olympic sport for men since the first Games in 1924, is the only sport other than Nordic Combine at the 2010 Vancouver Games that doesn’t include women. While the International Ski Federation says more than 150 women from 17 countries compete at an elite level, women jumpers, led by American Lindsey Van, have unsuccessfully fought for inclusion at the Olympics for the past decade. David Amber reports.

“I definitely think it’s sexist because they’re leaving out a group of great athletes that can perform at a very high level. I think they’re leaving us out because they don’t know how to deal with us quite yet.” — Lindsey Van, Gold medalist at the first Women’s Ski Jumping World Championships last March
“To become an Olympic sport, a sport must be widely practiced around the world and have a big appeal. This is not the case for women’s ski jumping. There is no discrimination whatsoever.” — Jacques Rogge, IOC President

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By Ryan

ESPN’s many media outlets are all over Super Bowl week, with content across 18 platforms. From ESPN:
ESPN AT SUPER BOWL XLIV

Super Bowl XLIV week in South Florida will kick off Sunday, Jan. 31, with the 2010 Pro Bowl on ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN Deportes at 7:20 p.m. ET from Sun Life Stadium. ESPN’s week-long comprehensive coverage of the Indianapolis Colts-New Orleans Saints matchup will continue across its multimedia platforms through Sunday, Feb. 7. Highlights:

·         Super Bowl-related content across 18 ESPN platforms: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, ESPNEWS HD, ESPNU HD, ESPN International, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio, ESPNRadio.com, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNdeportes.com, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Mobile properties;

·         More than 80 hours of Super Bowl-related programming on domestic television from South Florida;

·         More than 55 hours of Super Bowl-related programming on ESPN Radio from South Florida;

·         ESPN International will bring live coverage of the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl to more than 51 million households in 140 countries and territories throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Rim, and much of Europe;

·         More than 30 on-air commentators (hosts, analysts, reporters and contributors) covering on-site;

·         ESPN’s coverage will peak with more than 16 hours of TV and radio coverage on Super Bowl Sunday (Sunday, Feb. 7), beginning with Mike & Mike in the Morning at 6 a.m. (ESPN Radio/ESPN2).

·         ESPN’s weeklong television and radio coverage (Feb. 1 – Feb. 7) will originate from Lummus Park on Miami Beach (12th Street and Ocean Drive).
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The NBA regular season tips off Oct. 27, with the Celtics at the Cavaliers and the Clippers at the Lakers, both on TNT. Here’s the entire NBA regular-season TV schedule for games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV:

2009-10 NBA National TV Schedule

All Times Eastern. Additional NBA Games Televised In Your Area. Check Local Listings. Schedule Subject To Change.

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct. 27
Boston at Cleveland, 7:30pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)

Wednesday, Oct. 28
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8pm (ESPN)
Utah at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 29
San Antonio at Chicago, 8pm (TNT)
Denver at Portland, 10:30pm (TNT)

Friday, Oct. 30
Chicago at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
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By Ryan

The NFL is playing a game tonight, and it actually counts for something! The Tennessee Titans take on the Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers in Heinz Field. It’s the first regular-season game for NBC’s new broadcast team of Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, following the retirement of John Madden. Other national TV games of note is the Sunday night matchup at Lambeau Field with Jay Cutler playing in his first regular-season game as a Chicago Bear, taking on the Green Bay Packers. And on Monday night, ESPN has a doubleheader with Terrell Owens making his Buffalo Bills debut against Tom Brady, returning from a season-ending knee injury, and the New England Patriots, followed by LaDainian Tomlinson and the San Diego Chargers taking on the Oakland Raiders, who are probably going to be bad.

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By Ryan

Prepared for some collegiate pigskin? There are 28 games over the next five days on all of ESPN/ABC’s TV, radio, web and mobile media properties. Fifteen of the top 25 teams are in action on ESPN networks this weekend, including No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 8 Mississippi.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU And ABC College Football Kickoff Week Schedule Sept. 3-7

Thursday, Sept. 3

South Carolina at N.C. State, 7pm ET, ESPN

North Texas at Ball State, 7:30pm ET, ESPNU

Oregon at Boise State, 10:15pm ET, ESPN

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Features on the Tuesday, Aug. 25 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60:

Plaxico Burress — Former N.Y. Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, will talk in detail with correspondent Jeremy Schaap in an exclusive E:60 interview, Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. ET, about the early morning hours of Nov. 29, when he accidentally shot himself in the leg with his own gun at the Latin Quarter nightclub in Midtown N.Y., and about the two-year jail sentence he now faces. Burress pleaded guilty Thursday, Aug. 20, to the weapons charge and avoided what would have been a mandatory minimum sentence of three years for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He will head to prison when he is officially sentenced Sept. 22, and will be eligible for release after serving a little more than 20 months. The NFL has suspended Burress but will reinstate him once he completes his sentence. Burress previously had a license to carry the gun in Florida, but it had expired nearly seven months before the shooting.

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Features on the Tuesday, Aug. 18 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60:

Larry Fitzgerald E:60 profiles acrobatic and unstoppable wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who helped the Arizona Cardinals reach Super Bowl XLIII. E:60 follows Fitzgerald through his rigorous offseason workouts, as well as jet skiing, and playing basketball games with NFL stars. E:60 also looks at his relationship with his mother. Rachel Nichols reports.

Davonte Kelly E:60 tells the story of 11-year-old Davonte Kelly, a Brooklyn, N.Y., baseball player who survived being shot in the head while awaiting his turn on team picture day. Just two weeks after doctors found a 9 mm bullet lodged in his skull, Kelly threw out the first pitch at a Mets game, and has since returned to the field playing second base. Lisa Salters reports.

Pat Venditte When Pat Venditte was 3 years old, his father thought: If baseball has switch hitters, why not switch pitchers? Hence, the first ambidextrous pitcher in the history of modern professional baseball, baffling hitters this year with both his right and left arms as a reliever in the New York Yankees’ farm system, was created. Tom Farrey reports.

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By Ryan

Two news series this week will interview sports figures who’ve been in a heap of legal trouble lately.

From ESPN:

Suspended Cleveland Browns Wide Receiver Donte Stallworth Speaks Exclusively to E:60 Tuesday, August 11, at 7pm ET

Suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, in an exclusive E:60 interview, will talk in detail with correspondent Michael Smith on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 7pm ET, about the early morning hours of March 14, when Stallworth killed a man while driving under the influence in Miami.

A plea deal was reached in June, and Stallworth was sentenced to 30 days in jail for DUI manslaughter. After serving 24 days of his sentence, Stallworth was released and is under an indefinite suspension from the NFL after meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Aug. 5. It is not known when Goodell will rule on Stallworth’s request to return to the NFL.

Critics have expressed outrage that Stallworth is just another example of a rich athlete buying his way out of hard time. E:60 will air the complete interview with Smith on Tuesday. Stallworth talks for the first time about the morning he killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes, lessons learned while in jail and how he hopes to make a positive impact in the future, on and off the football field.

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E:60, ESPN’s prime-time sport newsmagazine program, returns Tuesday, July 28, at 7pm, the first of five new shows to be aired weekly through Aug. 25. Tuesday’s program includes:

Vince Young - In his first sit-down interview about the murder of his longtime mentor, Steve McNair, Vince Young tells E:60’s Michael Smith he is ready to lead the Tennessee Titans again, and discusses the emotional impact of the murder and how he will honor is father-figure’s legacy. Young also provides details on the September 2008 night teammates feared he was missing and contemplating suicide after a game against Jacksonville in which he played poorly, was heavily booed by fans and left with a knee injury.

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