UNIVERSAL
SPORTS TO BROADCAST WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Women’s Events Start Sunday from South Korea;
Men’s Events Start April 4
LOS ANGELES – March 18, 2009 – After winning at the U.S. Olympic Trials a few
weeks ago, Debbie
McCormick and her U.S. teammates will try to head into the Vancouver Games as world champions. Universal Sports, in partnership with the World Curling Federation
(WCF) will offer broadcast and webcast coverage of the Women’s World Curling
Championships, March 22–29, from Gangneong, South Korea, and the Men’s
Championships on April 4–12, 2009.
Universal Sports’ broadcast team includes former U.S. National Curling
Champion Patti Lank and play-by-play commentator Danny Lee for the women’s
tournament.
COVERAGE ON
UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal
Sports, available in 45 million homes, will present same-day coverage of the
women’s semifinal and medal matches.
Date Events Time (all times ET)
MAR. 28 Game #4 USA
vs. Canada 7 – 10 PM
Game #12 USA vs. Sweden 11 PM – 2 AM
MAR. 29 Semifinal
or Bronze Medal Match 7 – 10 PM
Final and Gold Medal Ceremony 11 PM – 2 AM
COVERAGE ON
UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM: UniversalSports.com
will cover the following women’s competitions, as well as the playoffs,
semifinals and all medal matches on-demand.
More information, as well as highlights, full-length
videos, photos, breaking news and more available at UniversalSports.com/curling.
Date Events
MAR. 22 Game # 4
Canada vs. USA
Game # 5 USA vs. China
MAR. 23 Game # 8
USA vs. Germany
MAR. 25 Game # 12
USA vs. Sweden
MAR. 26 Game # 16
TBA
Game # 17 TBA
MAR. 27 Playoff
Game # 1
MAR. 28 Semifinal
Bronze Medal
Playoff Game # 2
MAR. 29 Final and
Gold Medal Ceremony
TEAM USA: Debbie McCormick will try to skip her team to the top, giving the United States its first
– and only – world title since 2003. Debbie McCormick with teammates Allison
Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson and Tracy Sachtjen hope to
improve their seventh-place finish from the 2008 World Curling Championships.
MEN’S WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
COMING SOON: Universal Sports will offer broadcast and
webcast coverage of the Men’s World Curling Championships, April 4-12 from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Visit UniversalSports.com/Curling for up-to-date schedule information.
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For more
information, please contact:
Melisa Mowry
Universal Sports
240.396.1906