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Fox Sports Highlights – 3 Things You Need to Know FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS – 3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW MLB: BOSTON RED SOX AND DETROIT TIGERS FACE OFF ON BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA ON FOX UFC: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV HEADLINES BIG NIGHT OF FIGHTS ON FOX SPORTS 1 AMERICA’S PREGAME & FOX SPORTS LIVE: NBA AND NHL FINALS COVERAGE COMMENCE MLB FOX SPORTS 1 GAME OF THE WEEK: INDIANS AT RANGERS; PRIMETIME BASEBALL COMING TO FOX SPORTS SATURDAY NIGHT · Network: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (4:00 PM ET) · Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers: Justin Kutcher & Mark McLemore · Network/When: FOX Broadcast Network, Saturday, June 7 (7:00 PM ET). · Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers: Joe Buck, Tom Verducci, Harold Reynolds & Ken Rosenthal · New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals: Kenny Albert & Eric Karros · Oakland Athletics at Baltimore Orioles: Gary Thorne & Bill Ripken MLB WHIPAROUND CONTINUES ON FOX SPORTS 1 · Network/When/On-air Talent: FOX Sports 1, Weekdays · Thursday, June 5 (12:00 AM ET) – Ryan Field, C.J. Nitkowski & Gabe Kapler · Monday, June 9 (10:00 PM ET) – Chris Myers & C.J. Nitkowski · Tuesday, June 10 (10:00 PM ET) – Chris Myers & C.J. Nitkowski · Wednesday, June 11 (12:00 AM ET) - TBD · What: MLB WhipAround – This nightly MLB program expands FOX Sports 1’s commitment to baseball coverage this season with quick-turnaround highlights of in- progress games, MLB news and analysis. The hour-long program originates from Los Angeles. NASCAR ON FOX SPORTS 1 FROM POCONO RACEWAY & TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY • FOX Sports 1 continues exclusive, live coverage of the entire 2014 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES season at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday (9:00 PM ET), as well as shoulder programming surrounding the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES and NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES throughout the year. FOX Sports 1 broadcasts NASCAR RACEDAY and NASCAR VICTORY LANE, the network’s pre-and post-race shows for the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, from this weekend’s race at Pocono Raceway. FOX Sports GO offers live streaming of the race, as well as all practice and qualifying sessions and shoulder programming broadcast on FOX Sports 1. NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE FROM TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY • Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO on Friday, June 6 (9:00 PM ET) • Talent: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler NCWTS SETUP • Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Friday, June 6 (8:30 PM ET) • Talent: Krista Voda, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler • This Week: This week’s pre-race show examines the remarkable no-DNF streak of reigning champion Matt Crafton, which ended with a DNF last week at Dover and extended back to the second race of the 2012 season; a look at the good start to 2014 for German Quiroga, who is the only Truck Series driver to score a top-10 finish in every race this year; a day-in-the-life of 18-year-old driver Erik Jones, who graduates from high school this week and hops into the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports entry that Busch took to Victory Lane in all of the four races he has entered this season; an introduction to Tyler Young; and an interview with Gateway Motorsports Park owner and president, Curtis Francois, regarding the Truck Series’ return to his track next weekend for the first time since 2010. NASCAR RACE HUB • Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Monday through Thursdays (5:00 PM ET) • Talent: Co-hosts Steve Byrnes, Danielle Trotta and Adam Alexander; Matt Clark, Bob Dillner, Jeff Hammond and Larry McReynolds • This Week: “Crunching the Numbers” with Danielle Trotta and “Let it Ride” odds segment on Thursday, June 5 NASCAR RACEDAY • Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, June 8 (11:00 AM ET) • Talent: John Roberts, Jeff Hammond, Kenny Wallace, Bob Dillner and Krista Voda • This Week: Sit-down feature interview with six-time and reigning champion Jimmie Johnson; live interview with Denny Hamlin ARCA RACING SERIES KYLE LARSON SIGNS UP FOR DOUBLE DUTY IN ARCA RACE AT POCONO • Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, June 7 (1:00-3:00 PM ET) • Talent: Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, Jim Tretow and Wendy Venturini • This Week: The ARCA Racing Series heads to Pocono Raceway this weekend for its seventh race of the 2014 season and 58th series appearance at Pocono. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES rookie Kyle Larson is entered in Saturday’s event, as is Justin Allison, grandson of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison and teammate to points leader Grant Enfinger. Enfinger, who won the season’s first three events, leads Mason Mitchell, 10-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel, Tom Hessert III and John Wes Townley in the championship standings heading to the “Tricky Triangle.” UFC KHABILOV LOOKS TO DISRUPT HENDERSON’S RHYTHM AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT, SAYS STANN: Former UFC lightweight champion and current No. 2-ranked Benson Henderson returns to action against rising star and the No. 11-ranked Rustam Khabilov at UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV live on FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (10:00 PM ET). Fresh off a January win against Josh Thomson, Henderson (20-3, fighting out of Glendale, Ariz.) hopes that a win against Khabilov (17- 1, fighting out of Albuquerque, N.M.), will put him in line for a chance to regain his title. The 27-year-old Khabilov trains at the famed Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA gym in Albuquerque and has reeled off three straight wins to start his UFC career. Now he’ll meet the toughest test of his young career against the former UFC lightweight champion. “Ben Henderson is a great mixed martial artist and longtime champ at 155 pounds, but Rustam Khabilov is a legit threat,” says UFC ON FOX analyst Brian Stann. “Henderson likes to fight at that smooth rhythm where he controls the pace and the space of the fight. Khabilov is not that kind of dance partner. He’s going to disrupt that rhythm. It’s a really intriguing matchup.” Watch UFC ON FOX announcer Jon Anik and Stann preview Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov: http://foxs.pt/1pNsyZ6 UFC TONIGHT – UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV PREVIEW, HENDERSON, SANCHEZ, FABER AND HENDRICKS INTERVIEWS • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Wednesday, June 4 (8:00 PM ET) • Talent: Kenny Florian, Chael Sonnen, Karyn Bryant, Ariel Helwani and guest host Gilbert Melendez • This Week: On UFC TONIGHT, Florian and Sonnen are joined in the studio by guest host and lightweight No. 1 contender Gilbert Melendez. They preview UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV and interview former lightweight champion Benson Henderson and Diego Sanchez before their Saturday fights. Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks joins the team in studio and updates them on his next title defense. Plus, they’ll also interview Urijah Faber. Helwani and Bryant add reports. THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER – KING AND GORDON BATTLE FOR SEMIFINAL SPOT • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Wednesday, June 4 (10:00 PM ET) • Talent: BJ Penn, Frankie Edgar • This Week: On this episode of THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER, Team Penn’s number-one middleweight Mike King takes on the powerful underdog Eddie Gordon of Team Edgar for a spot in the semifinals. Plus, BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar make a splash in this season’s coaches’ challenge. UFC FROM ALL ANGLES: CHRIS WEIDMAN • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Thursday, June 5 (7:00 PM ET) • Talent: Karyn Bryant, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman • This Week: Host Karyn Bryant sits down with UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman to discuss his remarkable rise from Long Island obscurity to the most monumental upset in mixed martial arts history. UFC FROM ALL ANGLES offers an unprecedented look at the life of an athlete determined to leave his mark. UFC WEIGH-IN SHOW: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV – MELENDEZ, CRUZ AND BISPING SERVE AS ANALYSTS • Network/When: FOX Sports 2, Friday, June 6 (6:00 PM ET) • Talent: Karyn Bryant, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi • This Week: The UFC WEIGH-IN SHOW features Karyn Bryant, UFC lightweight title contender Gilbert Melendez, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and middleweight Michael Bisping as the fighters attempt to make weight. Megan Olivi interviews fighters during the show. UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV PREVIEW • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (7:00 PM ET) • Talent: Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi • This Week: Host Jay Glazer and analysts Melendez, Cruz and Bisping preview the main card and prelim fights at UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV. UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS FEATURE FOUR EXCITING MATCHUPS • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (8:00 PM ET) • Talent: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian, Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi • This Week: The UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS feature four exciting fights, kicking off with a lightweight clash between Jon Tuck (7-1) and the undefeated Jake Lindsey (9-0). No. 15-ranked flyweight Scott Jorgensen (14-8) faces Danny Martinez (17-5), while Bobby Voelker (24-11) faces Lance Benoist (6- 2) in a welterweight bout. Bantamweights Yaotzin Meza (19-9) and Sergio Pettis (10-1) round out the PRELIMS. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV HEADLINE THREE HOURS OF ACTION • Network/When: FOX Sports 1/FOX Deportes, Saturday, June 7 (10:00 PM ET) • Talent: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian, Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi (FOX Deportes: Víctor Dávila and Fabricio Werdum) • This Week: In the five-round main event, former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson (20-3) takes on the No. 11-ranked Rustam Khabilov (17- 1).
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