Saturday and Sunday
The Men’s and Women’s World Cup.
NBC and Universal Sports
Skate America
Saturday
Original Dance (Live) – 2-3:30 p.m. ET
Pairs Free (Live) - 4-5:30 p.m. ET
Ladies Short (Live) – 7-9 p.m. ET
Men's Free (Live) - 9-11 p.m. ET
Sunday
Dance Free (Live) – 4:30-6 p.m. ET
Ladies Free – 7-9 p.m. ET Repeat of NBC Sports show
Broadband will be on NBCSPORTS.COM and UNIVERSAL SPORTS.COM
NBC and Universal Sports offer winter sports fans a great weekend of entertainment.
Lets start with the Skate America schedule.
NBC Sports and Universal Sports present 14 hours of LIVE coverage this weekend of the 2009 Cancer.net Skate America, the fifth stop the 2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series this Sunday from Lake Placid, NY. Skaters from Team USA will compete against athletes from 18 other countries, all vying for points and prize money and ultimately spots representing their country at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Coverage on NBC Sports begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET and coverage on Universal Sports begins Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports' broadcast will feature live coverage of the Ladies free skate and next-day coverage of the Men's free skate. Universal Sports will carry live coverage of the Men's, Pairs and Dance finals and the Men's, Ladies, Pairs and Dance short programs.
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Olympic figure skating broadcast team of Tom Hammond, Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic, and Andrea Joyce will call the action.
LADIES: Competing from Team USA are 2008 World Junior Champion and two-time U.S. silver medalist Rachael Flatt, 2008 U.S. junior champion Alexe Gilles and 2007 U.S. silver medalist Emily Hughes. Flatt finished fourth at last year's Skate America and this is Gilles debut on the Grand Prix circuit. This is the fourth appearance at Skate America for Hughes, who came in fourth at this event in 2007.
MEN: Two-time U.S. and reigning World Champion, Evan Lysacek, will attempt to win his first Skate America title in six tries. Lysacek won the bronze medal at last year's event. Joining Lysacek is 2007 U.S. silver medalist Ryan Bradley, who's making his third appearance at the event, and 2009 U.S. silver medalist Brandon Mroz.
PAIRS: Reigning two-time U.S. champions Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker have medaled at every Junior Grand Prix and Grand Prix event they have entered and will look to continue the trend at Skate America, where they won silver last year. 2007 U.S. champions and 2008 U.S. bronze medalists Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski return to the Grand Prix Series for the first time since 2005.
ICE DANCING: Five-time U.S. champions and reigning World silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto will look to claim their fourth Skate America victory in Lake Placid. Competing alongside Belbin and Agosto will be 2009 U.S. bronze medalists Kimberly Navarro and Bren Bommentre and 2009 World Junior, U.S. junior and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champions Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein.
Time to hit the slopes....
In the lead-up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games next February, Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn, Ted Ligety and the best skiers in the world will appear on NBC Sports and Universal Sports all winter long as the networks present coverage of the 2009-10 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup. The season continues this weekend with the Men’s and Women’s World Cup stop in Levi, Finland. Coverage on Universal Sports starts with the women’s slalom on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. ET, and continues Sunday with the men’s slalom at 10 a.m. ET. There will be an encore presentation of each day’s races at 1 p.m. ET.
Universal Sports will offer coverage of the entire World Cup season while NBC Sports airs key events from Aspen and Beaver Creek. Former Canadian Ski Team member Todd Brooker and former U.S. Ski Team members Steve Porino, Christin Cooper and Doug Lewis will serve as Universal Sports’ on-air broadcast team for the season.
COVERAGE ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, available in 56 million homes, will offer coverage of the entire alpine World Cup season on its 24-hour television network, with simulcast streaming available on UniversalSports.com. Key events in the schedule include stops in Aspen and Beaver Creek, as well as Lake Louise, Val d’Isere, St. Moritz, Val Gardena, Adelboden, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Kitzbuhel, Schladming, Garmisch Partenkirchen, and Åre. In addition, fans can visit the skiing channel on UniversalSports.com/skiing for updated schedules, news, video highlights, special features, photo galleries, sweepstakes and more.
COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS: NBC will broadcast coverage of the Aspen Winternational Women’s Giant Slalom on Sunday, November 29 at 3 p.m. ET, as well as Birds of Prey Men’s Downhill on Sunday, December 6 at 3 p.m. ET..
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