ESPN At Super Bowl XLII

ESPN will provide week-long comprehensive coverage of Super Bowl XLII in Arizona across its multimedia assets Monday, Jan. 28 – Monday, Feb. 4, including:

• Super Bowl-related content across 16 ESPN platforms: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, ESPN International, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio, ESPNRadio.com, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNdeportes.com, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Mobile properties;
• More than 90 hours of Super Bowl-related programming on domestic television from Arizona;
• More than 65 hours of Super Bowl-related programming on ESPN Radio from Arizona;
• ESPN International will bring the Super Bowl to some 10 million households in 99 countries;
• More than 25 on-air commentators (hosts, analysts, reporters and contributors) covering on-site;
• Live programming kicks off from Arizona Monday, Jan. 28 at 6 a.m. ET with Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio (simulcast on ESPN2).  ESPN’s coverage will peak with more than 21 hours of TV and radio coverage on Super Bowl Sunday, beginning with a special edition of Mike & Mike in the Morning at 6 a.m. (simulcast on ESPN2).  Television coverage that day will be highlighted by two hours of SportsCenter Special shows and a special three-hour Sunday NFL Countdown (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.). Post-game coverage will include four hours of SportsCenter and NFL Primetime beginning at 10 p.m.
• ESPN’s week-long coverage will originate from the main set location at The Mix at Southbridge in Scottsdale.  Select ESPN Radio programs will also originate from downtown Phoenix (outside Hyatt Regency) and from the Westgate City Center in Glendale.  

ESPN INTERNATIONAL

ESPN International will air the Super Bowl live on ESPN Africa, ESPN New Zealand and 19 European countries on NASN.  Super Bowl will also air delayed on Orbit ESPN (Middle East and North Africa) and ESPN Israel.  Overall ESPN will bring the Super Bowl to some 10 million households in 99 countries.

Spanish language coverage will feature reporters John Sutcliffe and Ciro Procuna along with analysts Raul Allegre (former N.Y. Giants Super Bowl-winning kicker) and Alvaro Martin to serve audiences in Latin America.  They will report from Arizona on daily Spanish language editions of SportsCenter and Radio Formula programs throughout Super Bowl week.  The reporters will also be featured in NFL Semanal on Friday, Feb. 1 and NFL Semanal: Super Bowl Review Special on Monday, Feb. 4. International editions of SportsCenter in Australia/New Zealand and Africa will also feature daily Super Bowl reports.

ESPN – ESPN2 – ESPNEWS

ESPN’s primary host location throughout Super Bowl Week in Arizona will be an outdoor set -- open for public viewing -- at The Mix at Southbridge, a new shopping and dining district in Scottsdale (located at 6th and Stetson Streets).  Highlights:

• SportsCenter, Monday, Jan. 28-Sunday, Feb. 3 will feature anchors Steve Levy, Stuart Scott and Scott Van Pelt, who will be joined by reporters Chris Mortensen, Rachel Nichols, Sal Paolantonio and Ed Werder;
• Berman, joined by a bevy of analysts and reporters, will host a special three-hour Super Bowl XLII preview edition of Sunday NFL Countdown Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. Tirico and Jaworski will report live from University of Phoenix Stadium with Kornheiser joining via satellite from Washington, DC;
• Trey Wingo will host a daily 30-minute SportsCenter Special followed by a 30-minute NFL Live with ESPN NFL analysts (M–F, 3:30-4:30 p.m., ESPN);
• State Farm NFL Matchup, hosted by Paolantonio, with Merril Hoge and Jaworski (Sunday, Feb. 3 at 8:30 a.m., ESPN);
• Sports Reporters hosted by John Saunders (Feb. 4 at 10 a.m., ESPN);
• ESPNEWS will televise daily team news conferences with analysts Eric Allen and Qadry Ismail; as well as a two-hour Super Bowl block on Football Friday (Feb. 1, 8 p.m.).  In addition, the network will present the first annual Fantasy Insider Awards Show (Feb. 3, 11 a.m.);
• Around the Horn (M-F, 5 p.m., ESPN) will feature host Tony Reali with some of the show’s daily panelists opining from Arizona;
• Pardon the Interruption (M-F, 5:30 p.m., ESPN) will feature co-host Michael Wilbon and some ‘Five Good Minutes’ guests in Arizona, as well as Kornheiser in-studio in Washington, D.C.;
• ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning, simulcast live on ESPN2 (M-F, 6-10 a.m.) and featuring Greenberg and Golic, will originate from ESPN’s main set in Scottsdale with live guests, entertaining discussions of the day’s sports news and analysis.
• First Take (M-F, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., ESPN2) will present significant portions of the live morning show from Arizona with co-host Jay Crawford and commentator Skip Bayless on-site all week;
• 1st and 10 host Crawford will moderate Bayless and daily guest commentators as they debate the emergent Super Bowl XLII topics and other issues in sports;
• Rome is Burning (M-F, 4:30 p.m., ESPN) will air live from Arizona as current and former NFL players join host Jim Rome to discuss Super Bowl XLII.

ESPN CLASSIC

ESPN Classic’s Super Bowl Marathon line-up will feature 17 consecutive hours of NFL-related programming (Sat., Feb. 2, 1 p.m. - Sun., Feb. 3, 6 a.m.) that will get fans ready for the biggest game of the year by celebrating the top players, teams and moments in Super Bowl history. The kickoff show in primetime will be Third and a Mile: History of the Black Quarterback, followed by Who’s #1: Best NFL Postseason Performances, four episodes of Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame …, Who’s #1: Best Super Bowls and wrapping up with 12 back-to-back SportsCentury episodes culminating with a profile of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at 5 a.m.  ESPN Classic will also air In the Books: Super Bowl XLII (Feb. 4, 7 and 11 p.m.; Feb. 5, 10 p.m.), the latest installment of the signature series which places important current sports events into historical context.

ESPN RADIO

Mike & Mike in the Morning (M-F, 6-10 a.m., simulcast on ESPN2) on Monday, Jan. 28 will kickoff ESPN Radio’s on-site coverage at Super Bowl XLII.  Joining Morning co-hosts Golic and Greenberg all week in Arizona will be Cowherd (The Herd, M-F, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., streamed on espnradio.com); Tirico and Van Pelt (The Mike Tirico Show, M-F, 1-3 p.m., simulcast on ESPN2); and Erik Kuselias and John Seibel (Super Bowl Countdown, W-F, 4-10 p.m., streamed on espnradio.com).  Additionally, Marc Kestecher will provide live reports on Media Day (Jan. 29), ESPN Radio SportsCenter updates throughout the week, and interviews from the stadium during the special three-hour post-game show hosted by Tirico (Feb. 3, 10 p.m.). ESPN Radio plans will also include a first-of-its-kind one-hour Super Bowl Roundtable (Jan. 31, 3 p.m.) with Cowherd, Golic, Greenberg and Tirico.   

“Super Sunday” will include a special lineup featuring Mike & Mike in the Morning (6 a.m.) and The Herd (10 a.m.) from Bristol, Conn., as well a special five-hour pre-game (1 p.m.) hosted by Kuselias and three-hour post-game with Tirico, both live from Arizona.  www.espnradio.com will offer live web-streaming throughout Super Bowl Week.

ESPN.COM - ESPNRADIO.COM

ESPN.com will provide complete coverage of the game, teams, players, coaches and the entire week-long Super Bowl scene from Arizona.  The site will feature ESPN video, live streaming on ESPNRadio.com, ESPN podcasts, photo galleries, blogs and contributions from more than 20 writers, columnists and contributors.

ESPN’s award-winning roster of contributors to Super Bowl coverage will include: Wright Thompson, John Clayton, Jeff Chadiha, Len Pasquarelli, Gregg Easterbrook, Greg Garber, Jemele Hill, Elizabeth Merrill, Bill Simmons, Mike Sando, sports business writer John Helyar, NFL blogger Matt Mosley; ESPN Insider writers Jeremy Green, Gary Horton, K.C. Joyner, Mortensen; and the professionals from ESPN Scouts Inc., who will breakdown all facets of the match-up.  Other highlights:

• Extensive video features, interviews, news and analysis on the ESPN Video hub  http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/;
• ESPNRadio.com will feature a live Web cam from all ESPN Radio programs, as well as live audio 24/7 audio streaming of ESPN Radio's national feed, as well as five owned stations in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and New York.

ESPN DEPORTES – ESPN DEPORTES RADIO – ESPNDEPORTES.COM
ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s 24-hour, Spanish-language network in the U.S., will have a team in Arizona all week, providing nightly segments for its edition of SportsCenter.  NFL Semanal, ESPN's signature Spanish-language NFL news and analysis program, hosted by Eduardo Varela will also be produced from Bristol,  Friday, Feb. 1 (1 p.m.) with on-site contributions from Super Bowl-winning N.Y. Giants kicker and ESPN Deportes analyst Raul Allegre, Spanish-language Emmy nominee Álvaro Martín, NFL expert John Sutcliffe and SportsCenter anchor Ciro Procuna .  

ESPN Deportes Radio, the only around-the-clock national Spanish-language sports radio network in the U.S., will feature an on-site production of Jorge Ramos y Su Banda (Wed., Jan. 30, 4–7 p.m.). ESPNdeportes.com, the company's Spanish-language Web site, will provide complete coverage all week, including chats with ESPN Deportes experts, daily blogs and ESPN Motion video.

ESPN MOBILE PRODUCTS

As a supplement to ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN’s 24-hour mobile TV channel, ESPN, Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA will for the first time offer ESPN Radio Arizona, a dedicated, week-long mobile television channel featuring live full-length video coverage of ESPN Radio shows Mike & Mike in the Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd and The Mike Tirico Show. 

In addition, ESPN Mobile TV's Molly Qerim will have features on activities and events surrounding Super Bowl XLII.  ESPN’s WAP site will have a dedicated area offering one-click access to expert analysis from John Clayton, Len Pasquarelli, Matt Mosley and Michael Smith.  Subscribers to ESPN MVP (available at no cost to all Verizon V CAST subscribers) will have all-encompassing coverage of the big game, including video previews, post-game analysis and columns from espn.com favorites and the ability for fans to track the action no matter where they are.

ESPN THE MAGAZINE

To celebrate its annual NEXT issue, featuring who and what to watch in 2008, ESPN The Magazine is hosting the NEXT Big Weekend in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale at the Scottsdale Performing Arts Center, Friday, February 1 and Saturday, February 2.  The NEXT Big Weekend will showcase what's NEXT in sports, music, technology, fashion, lifestyle and, of course, all things NEXT from ESPN. The Magazine’s annual NEXT event is Friday, February 1 - featuring a special live performance by Grammy Award-winning artist Ludacris.  The Magazine’s NEXT Big Weekend will continue Saturday, February 2 from noon-6 p.m. with an open-to-the-public event. It will feature a performance by Grammy Award nominee Soulja Boy Tell'Em and the newest innovations in sports from pro batter simulators to future concept cars over 21 acres of land at the Scottsdale Performing Arts venue.

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