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ESPN to
Cover Pan American Games in Rio
For Immediate
Release
Friday, July 06, 2007
ESPN to Offer Multimedia Coverage of the XV Pan American Games Rio
2007
Coverage Across 7 ESPN Platforms; Three Weeks of Daily Coverage
Begins Friday, July 13
Using a full collection
of its multimedia assets, ESPN will provide unmatched, daily coverage
of the 15th edition
of the Pan American
Games live from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friday, July 13 – Sunday,
July 29. Coverage of the Pan American Games will be featured on ESPN,
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN360.com, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNdeportes.com
and ESPN Deportes La Revista. ESPN Brasil, the company’s Portuguese-language
network, will also televise the event. The Pan American Games will
be held in 16 different venues throughout Rio de Janeiro.
ESPN Deportes, the company’s Spanish-language network in the
U.S., will offer at least 10 hours of daily coverage starting with
Opening Ceremonies July 13 at 3 p.m. ET. Spanish-language coverage
will begin at noon and conclude at 10 p.m. ET on weekdays and 9 a.m. – 10
p.m. ET on weekends. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com will simulcast some
of ESPN Deportes’ Spanish-language coverage.
Highlights include:
Pan American Games content across 7 ESPN platforms: ESPN, ESPN2,
ESPN Deportes, ESPN360.com, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNdeportes.com
and ESPN Deportes La Revista.
More than 160 hours of Pan American Games-related programming – the
most ever televised in the U.S.
Spanish-language simulcast of the Men’s Basketball semi-finals
on ESPN and boxing finals on ESPN2.
At least 20 on-air commentators (hosts, analysts, reporters and contributors).
Each day will begin with a preview show and conclude with a one-hour
live edition of SportsCenter at 10 p.m., ET.
Coverage will feature a wide range of competitions
including men’s
basketball, men’s soccer, boxing, baseball, beach volleyball,
track and field, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming, women’s
soccer, futsol and tennis. Occurring once every four years and during
the year prior to each Olympic Games, the Pan American Games is a
multi-sport, quadrennial event for the Americas. The 15th edition
of the Pan American Games will feature approximately 5,500 athletes
from 42 countries. This year the U.S. delegation will include approximately
650 athletes competing in 35 sports. Pan American Games-related programming
will begin airing on the 6:30 p.m. edition of SportsCenter with a
series of long-form feature that will take an in-depth look at some
of the athletes and most storied teams competing.
2007 XV PAN AMERICAN GAMES RIO 2007 WEEK-BY-WEEK SCHEDULE
(All times are Eastern; Subject to change; S indicates short-turn-around;
JP indicates join in progress.)
AZ Region: We have only
included the volleyball portions of the schedule for
your
interest. For the full schedule of programming go to ESPN.com
| DATE |
EVENT |
TIME |
| Friday, July 13 |
Opening Ceremonies |
3:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 14 |
Women’s Volleyball:
Puerto Rico vs. Cuba |
6:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, July 15 |
Women’s Volleyball:
Puerto Rico vs. USA |
12:00 p.m. |
| Monday, July 16 |
Women’s Volleyball: Puerto
Rico vs. Costa Rica |
12:00 p.m. |
| Monday, July 16 |
Beach Volleyball |
5:00 p.m. |
| Monday, July 16 |
Women’s Volleyball:
Cuba vs. USA |
6:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 17 |
Beach Volleyball |
1:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 17 |
Beach Volleyball |
5:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 17 |
Beach Volleyball |
7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, July
18 |
Beach Volleyball |
7:30 p.m. |
| Thursday, July 19 |
Beach Volleyball |
12:00 p.m. |
| Thursday, July 19 |
Women’s Volleyball
FINAL |
2:00 p.m. |
| Friday, July 20 |
Beach Volleyball |
1:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 21 |
Beach Volleyball
( Women’s Final) |
7:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, July 22 |
Beach Volleyball
(Men’s Final) (Live) |
12:00 p.m. |
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