ESPN has increased its originally announced schedule of events and studio shows for Friday-Sunday, June 22-24 featuring women in sports across its networks – ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN Classic and Longhorn Network – highlighted by a full day of programming Saturday, June 23. The offering culminates the company’s three-month multiplatform initiative, The Power of IX, recognizing the 40th anniversary of Title IX, signed June 23, 1972.
More than 180 hours of women in sports programming will be aired, including 11 live hours on ESPN beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET with the WNBA’s Chicago Sky at defending champion Minnesota Lynx, the first of two WNBA games on ESPN that day.
Highlighting Saturday’s coverage will be the historic Battle of the Sexes: 1973 Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs Match at 9 p.m. on ESPN Classic. The event was last aired in 2003. Additional highlights include:
· Two WNBA games on ESPN – Chicago Sky at Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury at 9 p.m. – featuring some of the top current women basketball players in the world in Chicago’s dynamic duo of Epiphanny Prince and Sylvia Fowles, former UConn star Maya Moore of Minnesota and L.A.’s Candace Parker;
· Sporting Chance presented by Northwest Mutual is a one-hour documentary produced by the NCAA in conjunction with ESPN and Creative Street Entertainment Group. Airing at noon, it tells the story of the passage of Title IX and explores how this law has increased educational opportunities and athletic participation, specifically for women, over the past 40 years.
· USA Soccer: Leveling the Field, an original 30-minute special on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. showcasing the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup Gold-Medal winning team;
· Honda Sports Awards, the annual awards program that honors the accomplishments of top NCAA female athletes, live on ESPNU at 3 p.m. from ESPN’s Los Angeles Production Center.
The June 23 multi-network programming will be tied together, beginning at 12:30 p.m., through studio segments from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., headquarters. ESPN soccer analyst and espnW contributor Julie Foudy will host with former collegiate and WNBA women’s basketball star Sheryl Swoopes. The studio set will be Title IX-themed using set colors based on the animation and The Power of IX logo. ESPN anchor Sara Walsh will report from the AAU Girls’ National Volleyball Championship from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla.
Schedule and program summaries by Network for Title IX Programming (Schedules subject to change)
Full Day’s Schedule
ABC
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
ESPN3
ESPN Classic
Longhorn Network
ESPN Deportes
ESPN Network’s Title IX – June 23 Programming (subject to change)
(Check individual network schedule’s below for additional weekend programming)
Time (EST)/Network Show
8 a.m. on ESPNU 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal: Connecticut vs. Notre Dame (reair)
ESPN Classic Her Story: Ten Times Over
8:30 a.m. on ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Nancy Lopez
9 a.m. on ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
9:30 a.m. on LHN Basketball: Tennessee vs. Texas (2002-03)
10 a.m. on ESPNU 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal: Stanford vs. Baylor (reair)
ESPN Classic Schaap One on One: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
ESPN3 AAU Girls’ National Volleyball Championship
10:30 a.m. on ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Florence Griffith-Joyner
11 a.m. on ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Zina Garrison
11:30 a.m. on ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Steffi Graf
LHN Basketball: Purdue vs. Texas (2006-07)
Noon on ESPN2 Sporting Chance presented by Northwestern Mutual
12:30 p.m onESPN/ESPN3 WNBA Game: Chicago Sky at Minnesota Lynx
ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Mia Hamm
1 p.m. on ESPN2 E:60 Women’s Special
ESPNU Sporting Chance presented by Northwestern Mutual
ESPN3 National Pro Fastpitch: Florida at Carolina
LHN Basketball: Oklahoma vs. Texas (2006-07)
1:30 p.m. on ESPN Classic Heart of the Game
ESPN3 AAU Girls’ National Volleyball Championship
2 p.m. on ESPNU SEC Storied: Lolo Jones
3 p.m. on ESPN NASCAR Countdown
ESPNU/ESPN3 Honda Sports Award (ESPN’s Los Angeles Production Center)
LHN Softball: Oklahoma vs. Texas (2003)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN NASCAR Nationwide: Road America 200 (Elkhart Lake, Wis.)
ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Chris Evert
ESPN3 AAU Girls’ National Volleyball Championshionship
4 p.m. on ABC SEC Storied: Lolo Jones
ESPNU NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship: UCLA vs. Illinois (reair)
ESPN3 National Pro Fastpitch: Florida at Carolia
ESPN Classic 30 for 30: Unmatched
5 p.m. on ABC Sports Saturday: Week in Review
ESPN2 USA Soccer: Leveling The Field
ESPN Classic SportsCentury: Martina Navratilova
LHN Softball: Texas vs. Texas A&M (2006)
5:30 p.m. on ESPNU 2012 Women’s College World Series Finals: Clinching Game (reair)
5:45 p.m. on ESPN3 AAU Girls’ National Volleyball Championship
6 p.m. on ESPN Classic Schaap One on One: Billie Jean King
6:30 p.m. on ESPN Classic USA Soccer: Leveling The Field
7 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN3 USA National Softball vs. Canada (Oklahoma City)
ESPNU SEC Storied: Lolo Jones
ESPN Classic E:60 Women’s Special
LHN Basketball: Georgia vs. Texas (2003-04)
8 p.m. ESPNU Sporting Chance presented by Northwestern Mutual
ESPN Classic On the Basis of Sex: The Battle of Title IX
ESPN3 AAU Girls’ National Volleyball Championship
8:30 p.m. on LHN Softball: Texas vs. Oklahoma (2006)
9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN3 WNBA Game: Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury
ESPNU 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship Game: Notre Dame vs. Baylor (reair)
ESPN Classic Battle of the Sexes: 1973 Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs Match
10:30 p.m. on ESPN Classic Sporting Chance presented by Northwestern Mutual
LHN Basketball: Tennessee vs. Texas (2002-03)
11 p.m. on ESPNU SEC Storied: Lolo Jones
11:30 p.m. on ESPN Classic Her Story: Ten Times Over
Midnight on ESPN Classic On the Basis of Sex: The Battle of Title IX
ESPNU 2012 Women’s College World Series Finals: Game 1 (reair)
1 a.m. on ESPN Classic Sporting Chance presented by Northwestern Mutual
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