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For Immediate Release
ESPN PR
November 1 , 2007
860-766-2000

2008 Arena Football League TV Schedule

18 Nationally Televised Regular Season and 11 Postseason Games; Consistent
Monday Night Prime Time Schedule on ESPN2; All Games in High Definition;
Dallas Desperados at Georgia Force Opener March 1 on ABC

              The second season of Russell Athletic ESPN Arena Football will kick off when the Eastern Division champion Dallas Desperados face the Southern Division champion Georgia Force Saturday, March 1, at 1 p.m. ET on ABC.   Prime-time coverage will kick off with the defending ArenaBowl champion San Jose SaberCats against the Central Division champion Chicago Rush Monday, March 3, at 9 p.m. on ESPN2.  ESPN’s 2008 Arena Football League coverage will include a total of 29 nationally-televised games -- 18 regular-season and 11 playoff games -- culminating with ArenaBowl XXII on Sunday, July 27, at 3 p.m. on ABC. 

              All Arena Football League games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will be in high definition in 2008, and all games televised on the ESPN networks will also be available on ESPN360.com, ESPN’s signature live sports broadband network.  ESPN2 will have 10 weeks of consecutive Monday primetime games beginning Monday, April 14, continuing to establish Monday night as a “football night” for fans.

 

ESPN’s Arena Football commentator teams for will be announced closer to the kick off of the 2008 season.  ESPN’s entire 2008 Arena Football television schedule follows.

 

2008 Arena Football League

ESPN TV Schedule:

 

Date

Teams

Network

Time (ET)

Regular season

 

 

 

Sat., March 1

Dallas at Georgia

ESPN on ABC

1 p.m.

Mon., March 3

San Jose at Chicago

ESPN2

9 p.m.

Sun., March 9

Philadelphia at Chicago

ESPN2

1 p.m.

Mon., March 10

Los Angeles at Arizona

ESPN2

11 p.m.

Mon., March 17

Colorado at Dallas

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Sat., March 29

Tampa at Philadelphia

ESPN2

2 p.m.

Sun., April 6

Chicago at Orlando

ESPN2

2 p.m.

Mon., April 14

Chicago at Kansas City

ESPN2

8:30 p.m.

Mon., April 21

Philadelphia at Columbus

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Mon., April 28

Dallas at Philadelphia

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Mon., May 5

Chicago at Tampa

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Mon., May 12

Philadelphia at Georgia

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Mon., May 19

Los Angeles at Chicago

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Mon., May 26

Georgia at New Orleans

ESPN2

8 p.m.

Mon., June 2

New York at Colorado

ESPN2

10:30 p.m.

Mon., June 9

Los Angeles at Utah

ESPN2

10 p.m.

Mon., June 16

Colorado at Arizona

ESPN2

10 p.m.

Sun., June 22

Dallas at Chicago

ESPN2

4 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Postseason

 

 

 

Fri., June 27

Wildcard

TBD

7:30 p.m.

Sat., June 28

Wildcard

TBD

1 p.m.

 

Wildcard

TBD

4 p.m.

Sun., June 29

Wildcard

TBD

3 p.m.

Fri., July 4

Playoff

TBD

7:30 p.m.

Sat., July 5

Playoff

TBD

3 p.m.

 

Playoff

TBD

8 p.m.

Sun., July 6

Playoff

TBD

8 p.m.

Sat., July 12

Conference Championship

TBD

12 p.m.

 

Conference Championship

TBD

3 p.m.

Sun., July 27

ArenaBowl XXII

ESPN on ABC

3 p.m.

 

All games available in HD

All games televised on ESPN networks will also be available on ESPN360.com

 

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