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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 13, 2014 FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS – 3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NFL on FOX: NFL Preseason Coverage Opens with Chiefs vs. Panthers NASCAR: Chase Window Closing; Two Truck Races in Five Days SOCCER: UEFA Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League Action Opens on FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2 ICYMI: FOX Sports “Apologizes” for Filling Saturdays with Even More Great College Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6x_TODukQw ************************************************************************************************************* NFL ON FOX FOX BEGINS PRESEASON NFL COVERAGE WITH CHIEFS-PANTHERS ON SUNDAY Network/When: FOX, FOX Sports GO, Sunday, August 17 (8:00 PM ET) Talent: Play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, analyst John Lynch and sideline reporter Pam Oliver This Week: Only a few months removed from broadcasting the most-watched television event in U.S. history, Super Bowl XLVIII, FOX Sports resumes its award-winning NFL coverage with its first preseason game of 2014, as the Carolina Panthers host the Kansas City Chiefs. STUDIO SHOWS FOX SPORTS’ PANEL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL EXPERTS GETS FANS READY FOR 2014 SEASON WITH FOX SPORTS 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKOFF Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO, Tuesday, August 19 (7:00 PM ET) Talent: Host Rob Stone with analysts Joel Klatt and Dave Wannstedt and insiders Bruce Feldman, Stewart Mandel and Clay Travis This Week: This one-hour college football preview show gets fans ready for kickoff of the 2014 season by tackling hot topics such as the inaugural College Football Playoff, Charlie Strong’s biggest challenge at Texas, if UCLA has what it takes to overtake Oregon in the Pac-12 and if the SEC is truly the best conference in the game. In addition, insider Bruce Feldman sits down with reigning Heisman Trophy winner and quarterback of the defending national champion Florida State Seminoles, Jameis Winston, and FOX Sports 1 kicks it to BTN’s panel to dish on who will win the new-look Big Ten and why. FOX SPORTS LIVE – CONTINUED NIGHTLY EMPHASIS ON FOOTBALL, MLB HIGHLIGHTS, USMNT FIBA ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT, ICYMI: 1994 EXPOS FEATURE AIRED TUESDAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO, nightly (11:00 PM ET) Talent: Jay Onrait, Dan O’Toole, Charissa Thompson, Ryan Field, Gabe Kapler, Joel Klatt, Will Leitch, Donovan McNabb, Petros Papadakis, Bill Reiter, Cole Wright. This Week: With the NFL preseason underway, and the dawn of the college football season on the horizon, FOX SPORTS LIVE’S focus continues on football with enhanced nightly reporting and analysis of all the day’s news from the gridiron. Nightly reports from team training camps are followed by analysis from the in-house panel that includes former six-time Pro Bowl QB Donovan McNabb. With the college season even closer, Monday night’s show also includes a 1-on-1 sitdown interview with defending national champion Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher, conducted by FOX Sports 1 college football insider Bruce Feldman. On Friday, FOX Sports correspondent Colleen Dominguez reports from the Team USA Men’s Basketball National Team camp as head coach Mike Krzyzewski is expected to make his final roster selections in advance of the FIBA World Cup that begins Aug. 30. The team and its upcoming tournament have received increased scrutiny in the wake of Indiana Pacers’ star Paul George’s gruesome injury during an exhibition game two weeks ago. On Tuesday night, FOX SPORTS LIVE aired a feature commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Montreal Expos, a talent-laden team that saw its season cut short by Major League Baseball’s work stoppage that prematurely ended the 1994 season. Voiced by Jon Paul Morosi, the piece covers the disappointment of never getting to compete for a championship and the quest to bring professional baseball back to Montreal. Clip: http://foxs.pt/1nPD8f7. AMERICA’S PREGAME – NFL TRAINING CAMP SITE HITS, COVERAGE OF MLB PLAYOFF RACES AND NEW COMMISSIONER VOTE, ICYMI: PEYTON MANNING INTERVIEW FROM TUESDAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO, weekdays (6:00 PM ET) Talent: Mike Hill, Molly McGrath, Royce Clayton, Kirk Morrison, Ephraim Salaam, Frank Thomas This Week: Mike and Molly wrap what has been a star-studded week on AMERICA’S PREGAME, which has included guests like Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Troy Aikman and UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in studio, in addition to a satellite interview with five-time NFL Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos. Mike’s interview with Manning from Tuesday’s show can be seen here: http://foxs.pt/Y55vko. With the NFL preseason schedule taking shape and teams also engaging in mixed practices, the show continues to be an early-evening source for NFL coverage with daily site reports and talkback interviews from correspondents at camps across the country. FOX Sports 1 MLB insider Jon Paul Morosi joins the show on Wednesday to provide a report on the heels of the Major League Baseball owners’ first vote to elect the league’s next commissioner with Bud Selig set to retire at season’s end. MLB MLB ON FOX SPORTS 1 DOUBLEHEADER THIS SATURDAY Network: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO, Saturday, August 16 o New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays: Tom Davis & C.J. Nitkowski (4:00 PM ET) o San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals: Eric Collins & Mark Grant (7:00 PM ET) MLB WHIPAROUND Network/When/On-air Talent: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO, weekdays o Thursday, August 14 (10:00 PM ET) – Greg Wolf, Frank Thomas & Mark Sweeney o Friday, August 15 – (10:00 PM ET) – Greg Wolf, Frank Thomas & Mark Sweeney o Monday, August 18 (10:00 PM ET) – TBD o Tuesday, August 19 (12:00 AM ET) – TBD o Wednesday, August 20 (12:00 AM ET) – TBD What: This MLB-centric program expands FOX Sports 1’s commitment to baseball coverage with quick-turnaround highlights of in-progress games, MLB news and analysis. The hour-long program originates from Studio A in Los Angeles. NASCAR TRUCK SERIES COMPETES TWICE IN FIVE DAYS AS PRESSURE INCREASES TO WIN IN SPRINT CUP SERIES/QUALIFY FOR THE CHASE THIS WEEKEND AT MICHIGAN -- Action in the NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES heats up this week as teams compete twice in a span of five days, kicking off the quick turnaround Saturday, Aug. 16 at Michigan International Speedway alongside the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES before heading to the half-mile bullring at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Heading into Saturday’s NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES race, the 12th of the 22- race season, only 12 points separate the top three drivers. Ryan Blaney, who charged from ninth to first in six races, leads Johnny Sauter (-7), reigning champ Matt Crafton (-12), four- time champ Ron Hornaday Jr. (-20) and Darrell Wallace Jr. (-31). With one more first-time NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES winner, and thus an additional contender added to the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup following last week’s race at Watkins Glen, the series heads to the two-mile oval of Michigan this weekend. Four races remain for another driver to nab a victory and a place in the 16-driver Chase, NASCAR’s version of the playoffs. While the championship picture starts to take shape, FOX Sports 1 continues to follow the latest in the aftermath of the sprint-car accident last Saturday at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in New York that claimed the life of Kevin Ward Jr. and involved Tony Stewart. FOX Sports 1 offers live coverage of all of Friday’s Sprint Cup and Truck Series activities, beginning at 12:00 PM ET. FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports GO offer live coverage of Saturday’s Truck Series race (12:30 PM ET), as well as live shoulder programming surrounding both series from Michigan. NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE FROM MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO, Saturday, Aug. 16 (12:30 PM ET) Talent: Steve Byrnes, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler NCWTS SETUP FROM MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO; Saturday, Aug. 16 (12:00 PM ET) Talent: Krista Voda, Steve Byrnes, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler This Week: A feature on Brad Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation, which strives to support individuals who have sacrificed greatly -- including military members, veterans, first responders and their families -- and the group’s partnership at Michigan this weekend with Cooper Standard and Michigan International Speedway sponsoring the Truck Series race and raising awareness of the importance of hiring military veterans; a feature on Kyle Busch making his 500th Toyota start in Saturday’s Truck Series race, detailing the timeline of his remarkable career; a feature on on-track issues between German Quiroga Jr. and Tyler Reddick, who wrecked each other twice at Pocono; and a flashback to last year’s Michigan race, in which James Buescher passed Kyle Busch for the win, leaving Busch with his fourth runner-up finish at Michigan and zero Truck Series wins. (Note: See below for NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE from Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 20) NASCAR RACE HUB Network/When: FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO; Monday through Thursdays (5:00 PM ET; pre-empted on Wednesday, Aug. 20 due to live NCWTS coverage) Talent: Co-hosts Steve Byrnes, Danielle Trotta and Adam Alexander; Matt Clark, Ray Dunlap, Bob Dillner, Jeff Hammond and Larry McReynolds This Week: A sit-down feature with Watkins Glen winner AJ Allmendinger in which he discusses the turn his life took when he failed a random drug test and the doubts he had regarding his future in racing during the days that followed; and a sit-down feature with Kyle Busch Motorsports’ three NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES drivers, Kyle Busch, Erik Jones and Darrell Wallace Jr., “Let It Ride” odds segment and “Crunching the Numbers” segment for Michigan on Thursday, Aug.