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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Indianapolis-500 ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indianapolis 500, Celtics-Heat NBA Playoffs: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 27-29) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services ]]>
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                                <p>The lineup of live TV sports events set for the <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/memorial-day">Memorial Day</a> weekend stars on the racetrack as  the 107th<a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/indianapolis-500"> Indianapolis 500</a> revs up on Sunday.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/nbc">NBC</a> will televise the annual flagship IndyCar Series auto race Sunday afternoon from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Nine former Indy 500 champions will compete in the race, including last year’s champion Marcus Ericsson. </p><p>Also on Sunday, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/fox">Fox </a>will air the NASCAR Cup Coca-Cola 600 race, while <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/espn">ESPN</a> carries the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix event. </p><p>On the basketball court, the Miami Heat will look to close out the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/nba">NBA</a> Eastern Conference Finals series on <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/tnt">TNT</a>. If the Celtics win, TNT will televise Game 7 of the series on Memorial Day.</p><p>On the ice, the Vegas Golden Knights will look to advance to the <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/nhl">NHL</a> Stanley Cup finals with a win against the Dallas Stars in Game 5 of their Western Conference Finals series on <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/abc">ABC</a>. If Dallas extends the series to a Game 6, ESPN will televise the action on Memorial Day. </p><p>In WNBA action, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/cbs">CBS</a> on Saturday will televise the Connecticut Sun-New York Liberty game. </p><p>On the pro football field, Fox Saturday will air the <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/usfl">USFL</a> game between the Birmingham Stallions and the New Orleans Breakers and <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/fs1">FS1 </a>will televise the Philadelphia Stars-Pittsburgh Maulers contest. On Sunday, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/usa-network">USA</a> Network televises the Houston Gamblers-Memphis Showboats game, while FS1 offers the Michigan Panthers-New Jersey Generals game. </p><p>On the links, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/cw">CW</a> will air final round coverage of the Trump National LIV pro golf tournament, while <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/cbs">CBS</a> airs the Charles Schwab Challenge PGA tournament and NBC televises the Senior PGA Tournament.</p><p>On the soccer field, USA Network, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/bravo">Bravo</a>, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/cnbc">CNBC</a>, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/syfy">Syfy</a> and Peacock will team to carry all 10 of the Premier League&apos;s “Championship Sunday” schedule of games. </p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indianapolis 500, PPV Boxing: What's On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 28-30) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services ]]>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NBC will televise the 106th edition of the venerable Indianapolis 500. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Helio Castroneves of Brazil drives his # 06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda to victory the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.]]></media:text>
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                                <p>The Indianapolis 500 revs up the lineup of TV sports events airing over the Memorial Day weekend.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/nbc">NBC</a> on Sunday will televise the 106th running of the venerable auto race from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This year’s event will be highlighted by the appearance of <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/nascar">NASCAR</a> great <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/hbo-sports-revs-247-series-nascars-johnson-363895">Jimmie Johnson</a>, who will compete in the IndyCar race for the first time.</p><p>Also on Sunday, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/fox">Fox </a>will televise the NASCAR Cup Coca-Cola 600 race, while <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/espn">ESPN</a> airs the Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix race.</p><p>In the ring, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/showtime">Showtime</a> on Saturday will distribute a pay-per-view boxing card headlined by the Gervonta Davis-Rolando Romero lightweight championship fight. </p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/ppv-boxing-canelo-alvarez-gennady-golovkin-trilogy-bout-set-for-september-showtime-laces-up-for-gervonta-davis-rolando-romero-fight">Also: Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin Trilogy Bout Set for September; Showtime Laces up for Gervonta Davis-Rolando Romero Fight </a></p><p>On the ice, the <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/nhl-playoffs">NHL Playoffs</a> continue Saturday on ESPN as the Carolina Panthers look to close out the New York Rangers in game 6 of their second-round Eastern Conference Playoff series.</p><p>ESPN’s <em>Sunday Night Baseball </em>telecast originates from New York as the Mets host the Philadelphia Phillies. <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/comcast-peacock">Peacock</a>’s Sunday-morning baseball game features the Cincinnati Reds hosting the San Francisco Giants.</p><p>On the links, NBC and the <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/golf-channel">Golf Channel</a> will air final round coverage of the Senior PGA Championship, while <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/cbs">CBS </a>and Golf Channel will offer weekend coverage of the PGA Charles Schwab Challenge. On the tennis court, NBC and <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/tennis-channel">Tennis Channel</a> will provide weekend coverage of the French Open.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/abc">ABC</a> on Saturday will offer <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/wnba">WNBA</a> coverage as the Las Vegas Aces meet the Chicago Sky, while CBS on Sunday will televise the Phoenix Mercury-Atlanta Dream game.  </p><p>The USFL heads into its seventh week with three weekend games, including Saturday’s New Jersey Generals-Tampa Bay Bandits (<a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/usa-network">USA Network</a>) and New Orleans Breakers-Michigan Panthers (<a href="https://www.nexttv.com/tag/fs1">FS1</a>) contests, as well as Sunday’s Birmingham Stallions-Pittsburgh Maulers (Fox) game. ■</p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 29-31) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Indianapolis 500, NBA & NHL Playoffs top holiday weekend TV sports events ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 20:00:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 May 2021 22:02:00 +0000</updated>
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                                <p><a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/NBC">NBC</a>&apos;s telecast of the Indianapolis 500 race Sunday afternoon leads a busy Memorial Day weekend TV Sports schedule. </p><p>NBC will begin its Indy 500 coverage at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 11 a.m. (ET) as more than 135,000 people are expected to attend 105th running of the auto race. Also from the motor track, Fox will televise the NASCAR Cup: Coca-Cola 600 race Sunday night. </p><p>In other sports, <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/Fox">Fox</a> will take to the baseball field Saturday night with a primetime telecast of the Atlanta Braves-New York Mets game, while ESPN will offer Sunday’s Braves-Mets game as its <em>Sunday Night Baseball</em> telecast.</p><p><a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/TNT">TNT</a>, <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/ABC">ABC</a> and <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/ESPN">ESPN</a> will continue its NBA Playoffs first round coverage over the three-day weekend. On Saturday, TNT will offer the Milwaukee Bucks-Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets-Portland Trailblazers games, while ESPN will air the Philadelphia 76&apos;ers-Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz-Memphis Grizzlies contests. </p><p>On Sunday, ABC takes over with doubleheader coverage of the New York Knicks-Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns-L.A. Lakers series, while TNT offers coverage of the Brooklyn Nets-Boston Celtics and LA Clippers-Dallas Mavericks games. TNT will also televise Monday&apos;s 76&apos;ers-Wizards and Jazz-Grizzlies games.</p><p>The NHL playoffs move into the second round Saturday with NBC’s coverage of the New York Islanders-Boston Bruins game, as well as Sunday’s Colorado Avalanche game against the winner of the Vegas Golden Knights-Minnesota Wild series. </p><p>On Saturday night, DAZN will stream the Devin Haney-Jorge Linares lightweight championship fight while Showtime airs the Nordine Oubaali-Nonito Donaire bantamweight championship fight.  </p><p>On the golf front, NBC and CBS will air weekend coverage of the Senior PGA Championship and the PGA Charles Schwab Challenge, respectively. </p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (May 22-23) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NBA, NHL playoffs, Soccer highlight live sports events ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 21:57:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 24 May 2021 16:52:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[LeBron James, #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers, shoots the ball during the third quarter against the Houston Rockets in Game One of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Sept. 4, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[LeBron James, #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers, shoots the ball during the third quarter against the Houston Rockets in Game One of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Sept. 4, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.]]></media:text>
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                                <p>This weekend&apos;s live TV sports telecasts tip off Saturday with a full slate of <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/NBA">NBA</a> playoffs games tipping off on ESPN and ABC. <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/ESPN">ESPN</a> will televise the Miami Heat-Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas Mavericks-LA Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers-Denver Nuggets games, while <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/ABC">ABC</a> airs the Boston Celtics-Brooklyn Nets game in primetime.</p><p>NBA first round playoffs coverage continues on Sunday, with <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/TNT">TNT</a> airing the Washington Wizards-Philadelphia 76’ers and the Atlanta Hawks-New York Knicks contests, while ABC televises the Los Angeles Lakers-Phoenix Suns game.</p><p>Major League Soccer games will air Saturday on ABC (LA Galaxy at Portland) and Sunday on Fox (Atlanta at Seattle) and <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/FS1">FS1</a> (Austin at Nashville SC), while Premier League soccer games will air Sunday on <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/NBC">NBC</a>, USA Network and NBCSN. </p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/nba-launches-thats-game-campaign-during-playoffs">Also Read: NBA Launches &apos;That Game&apos; Campaign During Playoffs</a></p><p>ESPN and CBS will feature weekend coverage of the prestigious PGA Championship golf tournament. The tournament is the second of golf&apos;s four major championship events. </p><p>NBC will continue its coverage of the NHL Playoffs with a Saturday doubleheader featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins-NY Islanders and Vegas Golden Knights-Minnesota Wild games. </p><p>NBC will take to the track on Sunday with coverage of the USATF: Boost Boston Games track and field event. On the auto racing front, NBC and NBCSN on Saturday will telecast Indianapolis 500 qualifying races.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/features/bellators-scott-coker-looks-to-strike-a-blow-with-showtime-deal">Also Read: Bellator&apos;s Scott Coker Looks to Strike A Blow with Showtime Deal</a></p><p>ESPN will offer ring action Saturday night with a fight card headlined by the Jose Ramirez-Josh Taylor undisputed junior welterweight championship fight. Also on Saturday, <a href="https://www.nextv.com/tag/showtime">Showtime</a> will offer the Bellator MMA 259 fight card featuring the Chris Cyborg-Leslie Smith featherweight championship rematch. </p><p>ESPN’s <em>Sunday Night Baseball </em>contest features the Oakland A’s against the Los Angeles Angels.  </p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NBC Sports Secures Rights to Indianapolis 500 Race ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NBC Sports Secures Rights to Indianapolis 500 Race ]]>
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                                <figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="CJcZ5XBUj9WiypjshBP6Uj" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJcZ5XBUj9WiypjshBP6Uj.png" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJcZ5XBUj9WiypjshBP6Uj.png" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>NBC Sports has secured the rights to the Indianapolis 500 auto race as part of a new, multi-year, multi-platform rights agreement with Indycar.</p><p>The deal, which begins in 2019, calls for broadcast network NBC to carry the Indianapolis 500 race, which has aired on ABC since 1965. In addition, NBC Sports will carry seven additional Verizon IndyCar Series races on NBC ,with all remaining races televised on NBCSN, said NBC Sports.</p><p>NBC Sports will also offer an IndyCar-based direct-to-consumer product through its NBC Sports Gold OTT franchise, said company officials.</p><p>“We’re excited to have NBC Sports serve as the exclusive home of IndyCar, which represents the most competitive open-wheel racing in the world,” said Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports and NBCSN in a statement. We’re honored to bring the Indianapolis 500, one of the most prestigious events in all of sports, to NBC, further enhancing NBC Sports’ <em>Championship Season.”<br/><br/></em>RELATED -- Fox Sports Strikes Multi-Platform Deal With Pro Bowlers Association </p><p>ESPN executive vice president of programming and scheduling Burke Magnus said in a statement: “We have had a wonderful and rewarding relationship with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis 500 and INDYCAR and it has been our distinct honor to be partners for so many years. We look forward to the rest of our events this season and wish them all the best in the future.”</p>
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