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Wimbledon Rolls on ESPN2 HD & ESPN360.com…so do Federer & Williams Sisters Contact: dave.nagle@espn.com Play continues at Wimbledon for another week with extensive coverage on ESPN2 HD and broadband ESPN360.com. For the first time, action is in 720p high definition. Coverage is highlighted by one Ladies’ and one Gentlemen’s semifinal and continues through Sunday with a recap of the Gentlemen’s final. ESPN360.com will offer the Wimbledon Finals on demand the morning following competition. Serena and Venus Williams each won today and will play matches tomorrow; Roger Federer also advanced to the quarterfinals Wednesday.
Dick Enberg is working his 26th Wimbledon, 30 years removed from his first, the first live broadcast of the Gentlemen’s final. He shares play-by-play duties with Cliff Drysdale – the two-time Wimbledon semifinalist who has been with ESPN since its first tennis telecast nearly 30 years ago (September 14, 1979). Chris Fowler, ESPN’s studio host for Grand Slam tennis since 2003, shares host duties with Suzy Kolber and he also calls select matches. Analysts include Darren Cahill, Mary Carillo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Patrick McEnroe and Pam Shriver, plus Hall of Fame tennis journalist Bud Collins. Shriver will frequently be utilized as a roving reporter covering play in “outer courts” and as a sideline reporter.
* - Alternate programming from 1 - 4 p.m. ET in Pacific Time Zone (10 a.m. - 1 p.m. PT) NASCAR Nationwide Series on ESPN in Prime Time from Daytona contact: andy.hall@espn.com or george.mcneilly@espn.com A high-speed Friday night shootout in prime time is expected when the NASCAR Nationwide Series makes its second visit of the season to Daytona International Speedway this weekend. ESPN will have a live, high definition telecast of the Subway Jalapeno 250 on Friday, July 3, at 7:30 p.m. Also this weekend, live coverage of NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying airs Friday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2, while coverage of final practice airs Thursday, July 2, at 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Jerry Punch will call the race with analysts Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. The pre-race NASCAR Countdown program will be hosted by Allen Bestwick with analyst Brad Daugherty. IndyCar Series at Watkins Glen, Live on ABC contact: andy.hall@espn.com or george.mcneilly@espn.com The IndyCar Series goes road course racing at one of America’s historic venues this weekend when it hits Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y. ABC will have live coverage of the event on Sunday, July 5, at 1 p.m. Marty Reid and analyst Scott Goodyear will be in the ESPN on ABC booth. WNBA Tuesday: Minnesota at Atlanta on ESPN2 HD contact: tilea.coleman@espn.com WNBA Tuesday continues on ESPN2 HD with Minnesota at Atlanta June 30 at 7 p.m. No. 1 WNBA Draft pick Angel McCoughtry of the Atlanta Dream will make her national television debut against the Minnesota Lynx. Terry Gannon and Carolyn Peck will call the game from Phillips Arena. Fresh Mayne Street Hits the Web(Tues. 9 a.m.): Kenny Experiences the Economic Wrath contact: alison.lazar@espn.com This week, ESPN.com’s original scripted series Mayne Street (Tuesdays at 9 a.m.) features Kenny and his crew dealing with the current recession. Fans also learn the fate of Kenny’s boss Evan Mintz. ESPN personality Kenny Mayne stars as himself in a fictionalized version of life at a sports television network.
Mayne, known for his dry wit and offbeat sensibilities, maneuvers through each of the three- to five-minute Webisodes, six overall, in the clever and entertaining style that has made him one of ESPN’s most popular personalities. Mayne’s reoccurring foils consist largely of his fictional production crew, which includes his producer Sarah (Alison Becker); Video Cowboy (Jon Glaser); production assistant Chris (Chris Smith); network executive Evan Mintz (Ben Schwartz), as well as ESPN personalities Jeremy Schaap, Linda Cohen and others.
Mayne Street joins a lineup of video that is among the most popular online. ESPN.com captures nearly 50 percent of the total minutes spent by users viewing online sports video. In April, ESPN.com came in No. 1 in the Sports category with 72.3 million total streams, 59 percent more than the closest competitor for the month. Photos and Trailer Rugby: USA vs. Canada in World Cup Qualifier, Live, Saturday on ESPN HD, ESPN360.com contact: Kimberly.jessup@espn.com USA Rugby’s Men’s National Team will take on rival Canada in a Rugby World Cup Qualifier match Saturday, July 4, from Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, S.C. The match will air live at 4 p.m. on ESPN HD and ESPN360.com. The match is the first of a two-legged North American Qualification Playoff between USA and Canada (the second is July 11 in Edmonton, Alberta). The winner of the series will claim a spot in Pool A of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. 2009 FIVB World League: USA vs. Netherlands on ESPN Tuesday Contact: kimberly.jessup@espn.com ESPNOutdoors.com Debuts Newly Redesigned Site Contact: doug.grassian@espn.com or kristie.chong@espn.com ESPNOutdoors.com today unveiled its newly redesigned site, featuring the cleaner, simpler design and navigation experience of ESPN.com and a richer 16:9 video presence on the main index page. New advertising integrations and flexibilities have also been added to the site.
In keeping with the successful overall redesign of ESPN.com, the new ESPNOutdoors.com provides cleaner, simpler user experience, easier navigation to top stories, greater integration of video, tournament coverage with live Webcams, real-time leaderboards, tournament news from the Bassmaster Elite Series, tips, product reviews, techniques, Pro Angler Blogs, ESPN Outdoors Saltwater Series Coverage, Duck Trek, sweepstakes and much more.
ESPNOutdoors.com, one of the largest outdoors media websites in the country, has grown more than 15 percent in average monthly unique visitors in 2009 (January-March) compared to the same time period last year (comScore). In 2008, the site averaged nearly 325,000 unique visitors and almost 5 million minutes of time spent per month -- up 32% and 44%, respectively compared to the prior year, (Nielsen Online).
Outdoors enthusiasts can experience the new site at www.ESPNOutdoors.com.
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