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MLB: RED SOX AND FACE OFF ON NIGHT IN AMERICA ON FOX

UFC: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV HEADLINES BIG NIGHT OF FIGHTS ON

AMERICA’S PREGAME & : 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) · at Rangers: & Mark McLemore · Network/When: FOX Broadcast Network, Saturday, June 7 (7:00 PM ET). · at Detroit Tigers: , , & · Yankees at : & · at Orioles: & 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 & · Monday, June 9 (10:00 PM ET) – & 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 .

NASCAR ON FOX SPORTS 1 FROM & • 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

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 , 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 , who graduates from high school this week and hops into the No. 51 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, , 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 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 is entered in Saturday’s event, as is Justin Allison, grandson of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison and teammate to points leader . Enfinger, who won the season’s first three events, leads , 10-time ARCA champion , Tom Hessert III and 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 champion and current No. 2-ranked 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 , 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 . “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: , , Karyn Bryant, and guest host • 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 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 . 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, • This Week: On this episode of , Team Penn’s number-one Mike King takes on the powerful underdog 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: • 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 obscurity to the most monumental upset in 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: , Friday, June 6 (6:00 PM ET) • Talent: Karyn Bryant, , Gilbert Melendez, , Megan Olivi • This Week: The UFC WEIGH-IN SHOW features Karyn Bryant, UFC lightweight title contender Gilbert Melendez, former UFC 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 (14-8) faces (17-5), while Bobby Voelker (24-11) faces Lance Benoist (6- 2) in a 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/, 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). In the night’s co-main event, Diego Sanchez (26-7) competes in a potential Fight of the Year candidate against (17-6, 1NC). Plus, flyweight sensation and No. 1-ranked (16-6) looks to secure a title shot when he collides with No. 5 flyweight contender (14-2). (20-7) faces Jason High (19-4) in an exciting lightweight bout, while veteran (42-20-1, 1NC) fights Piotr Hallmann (14-2) in another lightweight clash. Mexican bantamweight star Erik “Goyito” Perez (14-5) takes on No. 14-ranked Bryan Caraway (18-7).

FOX SPORTS LIVE RECAPS UFC FIGHT NIGHT BOUTS • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (1:00 AM ET) • Talent: Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi • This Week: Host Glazer and analysts Cruz, Melendez and Bisping recap the UFC FIGHT NIGHT main bout between Benson Henderson and Rustam Khabilov, plus the other exciting fights on the card.

UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER: SCHAUB IN STUDIO, WOODLEY’S HARD STREETS, PENN’S PRAISE AND SWANSON’S TAKEDOWN • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Sunday, June 8 (7:30 PM ET) • Talent: Jon Anik • This Week: Dangerous Brendan Schaub doesn’t pull any punches with host Jon Anik as he describes how he intends to welcome former champion back to the Octagon. Plus, St. Louis native Tryon Woodley revisits the hard streets that he left behind to become an All-American wrestler and rising UFC contender. As BJ Penn gets set to fight in the fourth weight class of his remarkable career, the UFC’s biggest stars give praise to The Prodigy. Finally, entering the prime of his career and nearing a shot at the UFC title, gives a candid Takedown on the state of the 145 pound division.

UFC COUNTDOWN UFC 174: JOHNSON VS. BAGAUTINOV • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Sunday, June 8 (8:00 PM ET) • Talent: , • This Week: UFC Countdown takes you behind the scenes before UFC 174, as six stars try to redefine their divisions on Saturday, June 14. Undefeated at flyweight, Demetrious Johnson makes his fourth title defense against surging Russian Ali Bagautinov. Top-five welterweights Rory MacDonald and clash for the chance to climb the 170-pound ladder, plus The Ultimate Fighter season 8 winner faces former Strikeforce champion Rafael Feijao at light heavyweight.

BOXING

UNBEATEN GONZALEZ FACES FARMER IN LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT AT GOLDENBOY • Network/When: FOX Sports 1/FOX Deportes, Thursday, June 5 (8:00 PM ET) • Talent: Brian Custer, Daniel Jacobs • This Week: Unbeaten New Yorker Emmanuel Gonzalez (14-0, 7 KOs) faces ’s 23-year-old Tevin “American Idol” Farmer (15-4-1, 3 KOs) in a 10-round junior lightweight bout at the Golden Boy Live! main event live from the House of Blues in Boston. Plus, unbeaten rising heavyweight star Alexis Santos (13-0, 11 KOs) of Lawrence, Mass. faces Daniel Martz (10-1-1, 7 KOs) of Clarksburg, WV for the vacant NABF Junior Heavyweight Title. Also on the card, 23-year-old Dublin native Jamie “The Nuisance” Kavanagh (16-1-1, 7 KOs) faces veteran lightweight Michael “Cold Blood” Clark (44-10-1, 18 KOs) in an eight-round showdown.

MOTOCROSS

JAPAN’S HIGASHINO LOOKS TO SLOW POINTS LEADER SHERWOD AT RED BULL X-FIGHTERS’ SECOND STOP, SAYS ANALYST MANERING • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Monday, June 9 (7:00 PM ET) • Talent: Andy Bell, Troy Manering, Ronnie Renner • This Week: The 2014 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, featuring the world’s top freestyle (FMX) riders, makes its second stop of the season in Osaka, , where hometown hero Taka Higashino looks to win on his home turf for the second year in a row. But ’s Levi Sherwood has the momentum on his side after winning the season-opener in , while defending champion Thomas Pagès of France looks to revive his title hopes after a disappointing fifth place in the first of five 2014 stops. “Stop number two of Red Bull X-Fighters will be an interesting one," says FOX Sports 1 host Troy Manering. “World Tour Champion Thomas Pagès and a hometown Japanese contingent is ready to amaze the locals, while trying to stop current points leader Levi Sherwood from cementing his lead before they head to the next stop in Madrid."

FOX SPORTS LIVE – COVERAGE EXPANDS AS NBA AND COMMENCE DURING THE WEEK • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, nightly (11:00 PM ET) • Talent: Jay Onrait, Dan O’Toole, , Ryan Field, Cole Wright, Gabe Kapler, Donny Marshall, Petros Papadakis, , Bill Reiter, Andy Roddick, • This Week: For the rematch of last year’s NBA Finals series, FOX SPORTS LIVE reporter Colleen Dominguez will provide nightly wraps following games, in addition to off-day coverage of the Heat. Regular FOX SPORTS LIVE NBA analysts Jim Jackson and Gary Payton will provide nightly commentaries and insights from the respective venues. FOX Sports 1 NBA insider Bill Reiter will serve as a roving contributor throughout the series, hosting the segments that feature Jackson and Payton, in addition to those that include fellow FOX Sports 1 NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski. • For the Stanley Cup Finals, reporter Julie Stewart-Binks follows both the and throughout the bi-coastal series, and will be joined for postgame analysis by FOX Sports 1 hockey contributor and retired 9-year NHL veteran . Veteran NHL analyst Darren Pang remains in- studio nightly to provide insights and reaction on the show.

AMERICA’S PREGAME – DAILY ON-SITE FINALS REPORTS, INTERVIEW WITH 49ERS TE VERNON DAVIS THIS WEEK • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, weekdays (6:00 PM ET), preempted Friday, May 30 • Talent: Mike Hill and Molly McGrath • This Week: Mike and Molly are joined by FOX Sports 1 analysts Raja Bell, Royce Clayton, Jim Fox, Donny Marshall, Kirk Morrison, Darren Pang, Andy Roddick, Ken Rosenthal, and Frank Thomas. The show will feature extensive coverage of both the NBA and NHL Finals as various FOX Sports 1 contributors and correspondents will be on-site covering the action. On Wednesday, the show will also feature a satellite interview with 49ers’ two-time Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis.

ORIGINALS

PAST & PRESENT MLB LEGENDS HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE SHOP THIS WEEK • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Tuesday, June 10 (8:30 PM ET) • Talent: The of Anaheim’s and Erick Aybar, and MLB legend Gary all take their turn with Jordan the barber. • This Week: A new series from FOX Sports Originals and Relativity Media, BACK OF THE SHOP showcases some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment as they talk smack, let their opinions fly and share hilarious stories. In this week’s episode, MLB legend welcomes Angels’ slugger Albert Pujols to MLB’s 500 home club, the players talk about their families and more.

TRIGGERS’ OFF-DAY COMES WITH A SONG • Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Tuesday, June 10 (9:30 PM ET) • Talent: Trinidad Triggers manager JD Droddy and John Sullivan • This Week: Far Removed from the glamorous life of , Pecos League players are given a jersey, a hat and $50 a week to keep their big league dreams alive. FOX Sports 1 examines what it’s like to play in the lowest rung of professional baseball in the original series THE PECOS LEAGUE. On this week’s episode, manager JD Droddy starts to lose control of the team, and the players try to enjoy their only off-day of the season. Pitcher John Sullivan uses the time to write a song for the team that may help the Triggers re-focus as they head toward the playoffs.