UNIVERSAL
SPORTS TO BROADCAST COVERAGE OF 2010 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR CURLING
12
Hours of Live Coverage Starts 6 p.m. ET This Friday; UniversalSports.com
Webcast Available Worldwide
LOS ANGELES –
February 25, 2009 – Top curlers will take to the ice in a pressure-packed
competition in Broomfield, Colo., as they seek a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team.
Universal Sports presents 12 hours of live broadcast and webcast coverage of
the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Curling this Friday and Saturday.
Coverage begins
with the women’s semifinal on Friday at 6 p.m. ET followed by the men’s
semifinal at 10 p.m. ET. Coverage
continues on Saturday at 12 noon ET with the women’s final followed by the
men’s final at 5 p.m. ET.
The winning men’s
and women’s teams will be nominated to represent the United States at the 2010
Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Universal Sports’
broadcast team of Andrew Catalon (play by play) and
former Canadian curling champion and 2002 and 2006 NBC Olympics curling
commentator Don Duguid (analyst) will call the action from the Broomfield
Events Center.
COVERAGE ON
UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal
Sports, available in 45 million homes, will present 12 hours of live coverage
starting Friday (all times ET):
Fri., Feb. 27
Women’s Page
Playoff semifinal
6 – 9 p.m.
Men’s Page Playoff
seminal
10 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Sat., Feb. 28
Women’s final
12 – 3 p.m.
Men’s final
5 – 8 p.m.
COVERAGE ON
UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM: UniversalSports.com
will offer a worldwide simulcast of the Universal Sports TV coverage. Each event will be available for on-demand
viewing.
2009 WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Universal Sports will offer broadcast and
webcast coverage of the Women’s World Curling Championships March 22 -29 from
Gangneong, South Korea, and Men’s World Curling Championships April 4-12 from
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
CURLING GROWTH SINCE TORINO WINTER
GAMES ON NBC: Curling’s exposure on NBC’s networks during
the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, greatly contributed to the
upward growth of the sport in the U.S.
ABOUT
UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal
Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, serves as the
preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related and lifestyle sports
programming available on television and online. Universal Sports is a 24-hour
television channel available in 45 million television households in markets
including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington
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arts. UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live and
on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes through blogs and
in-depth access to Olympic sports news and information year round. For more
information on the availability of the Universal Sports 24-hour television
channel, please visit UniversalSports.com
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For more
information, please contact:
T.K. Gore
Universal Sports
240.396.1907
Melisa Mowry
Universal Sports
240.396.1906