Well this little schedule looks familiar doesn't it? I'm sorry to say it Baseball fans but you're stuck with the Red Sox and New York and Chicago teams for just about the rest of the Summer. ESPN is even going the whole month of July with either a New York team or Boston on Sunday Night Baseball! Well you do get to see the stellar Rockies take on the Mets on July 13th. So you've got that going for you.....which is nice.

I'm sure Joe Buck will be extra prepared this weekend, so enjoy the games.....

Saturday:

Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees- Joe Buck & Tim McCarver (Fox, 3:55pm, 78%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals- Kenny Albert & Eric Karros (FOX, 3:55pm, 22%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Tulsa

Sunday:

Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals- Chip Caray & Buck Martinez (TBS, 1pm)

Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)
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No AA Friday folks but I'll be here sporadically throughout the weekend and moreso if someone gets hit in the nuts. Enjoy your 4th people. Cheers!

He's baaaaaack! We all knew it was too good to be true folks. Joe Buck is back with his good pal Tim McCarver and they're calling a Yankees game. Kill me now. Also, I know it's tough to work out schedules with other networks ahead of time, but could we get a little variety? Good lord...it's New York and Chicago all the time these days.

Saturday:

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox- Thom Brennaman & Mark Grace (Fox, 3:55pm, 58%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Austin, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tulsa

New York Yankees at New York Mets- Joe Buck & Tim McCarver (FOX, 3:55pm, 42%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Dallas, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Jacksonville, Miami, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Tampa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Sunday:

New York Yankees at New York Mets- Chip Caray & Ron Darling (TBS, 1pm)
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)

Everyone who likes the Red Sox raise your hand! Okay you can keep reading. Everyone else....just click away. It's all Cards and Sawx this weekend. Here's your schedule....

Saturday:

St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox- Thom Brennaman, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal (Fox, 3:55pm, 88%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Dodgers- Matt Vasgersian & Eric Karros (FOX, 3:55pm, 11%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Los Angeles, San Diego

Sunday:

St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox- Chip Caray & Buck Martinez (TBS, 1pm)
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)

I really thought that Healey and Gray were the "A-Team" during this tournament but I guess I was wrong. You only get two more games with the duo before the give way to Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth in the Quarterfinals. Here's you Euro 2008 announcing schedule for the rest of the week....

Tuesday 6/17

Netherlands vs. Romania- Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth (ESPN Classic, 2:30pm)
France vs. Italy- Adrian Healey and Andy Gray (ESPN, 2:30pm)

Wednesday 6/18

Greece vs. Spain- Adrian Healey and Andy Gray (ESPN, 2:30pm)
Russia vs. Sweden- Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth (ESPN, 2pm)

Quarterfinals

Thursday 6/19 2:30 p.m. - Portugal vs. Germany- Adrian Healey and Andy Gray (ESPN, 2:30pm)
Friday 6/20 2:30 p.m. - Croatia vs. Turkey- Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth (ESPN, 2:30pm)
Saturday 6/21 2:30 p.m. - Netherlands vs. 2D- Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth (ABC, 2:30pm)
Sunday 6/22 2:55 p.m. - Spain vs. 2C- Adrian Healey and Andy Gray (ESPN, 2:55pm)

It's a Remdawg weekend folks! Jerry Remy will be joining Brennamania for interleague play this weekend and once again we're blessed with no Buck and McCarver. We do have to deal with a lot of Red Sox games, but I'll take that deal any day. Here's the schedule....

Saturday:

Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds- Thom Brennaman & Jerry Remy (FOX, 3:55pm, 56%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Louisville, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals- Kenny Albert & Mark Grace (FOX, 3:55pm, 26%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Tulsa

Los Angeles Dodgers at Detroit Tigers- Dick Stockton, Eric Karros & Ken Rosenthal (FOX, 3:55pm, 17%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego

Sunday:

Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds- Chip Caray & Buck Martinez (TBS, 1pm)
Atlanta Braves at Anaheim Angels- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)

Fox Baseball Regional Schedule: Saturday June 14 (HD Sports Guide)

I know how kindly you all responded to the Softball schedule which is why I've decided to put up the College Baseball World Series announcing schedule as well. Unlike the Softball set of games ESPN has decided to throw a cavalcade of announcers at this College Championship and even add a theme song!

"The single This Town from popular band O.A.R.’s new album All Sides (released July 15) will be utilized throughout the coverage."

Yes! Actually I'm not even going to make fun of that one because A) A ton of you College whippersnappers love the band and B) Anything other than 3 Doors Down on ESPN these days is fine by me. Here are your teams and while I was enjoying the recent absence of Mike "I Wonder What Britney's Doing" Patrick, I'm ready for him to come back and give us some more "Deep Thoughts". Add Erin Andrews, Sean McDonough, Karl Ravech, a wily Barry Larkin, and Robin Ventura....and we're looking at a fun week or so.

Here's the schedule.....

Sat., 6/14

2 p.m.- Stanford vs. Florida State: Sean McDonough, Robin Ventura and Kyle Peterson (ESPN)
7 p.m.- Georgia vs. Miami: Mike Patrick, Orel Hershiser and Erin Andrews (ESPN)

Sun., 6/15
2 p.m.- Fresno State vs. Rice: Karl Ravech, Ventura and Andrews (ESPN)
7 p.m.- LSU vs. North Carolina: McDonough, Barry Larkin and Peterson (ESPN2)

Mon., 6/16

2 p.m.- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2: Ravech and Ventura (ESPN2)
7 p.m.- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2: Patrick, Hershiser and Andrews (ESPN2)

Tue., 6/17

2 p.m.- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4: Ravech and Ventura (ESPN2)
7 p.m.- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4: McDonough, Larkin and Peterson (ESPN2)

Wed., 6/18

7 p.m.- Loser Game 6 vs. Winner Game 5: Patrick, Hershiser and Andrews (ESPN2)

Thu., 6/19

7 p.m.- Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 7: McDonough, Larkin and Peterson

Fri., 6/20

2 p.m.- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 6: Patrick, Hershiser and Andrews (ESPN2)
7 p.m.- Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 8: McDonough, Larkin and Peterson (ESPN)

Sat., 6/21

2 p.m.- If necessary: Patrick, Hershiser and Andrews (ESPN2)
7 p.m.- If necessary: McDonough, Larkin and Peterson (ESPN)

Mon., 6/23

7 p.m.- Series Final: Patrick, Hershiser, Andrews and Peterson (ESPN2)

Tue., 6/24

7 p.m.- Series Final: Patrick, Hershiser, Andrews and Peterson (ESPN)

Wed., 6/25

7 p.m.- Series Final: Patrick, Hershiser, Andrews and Peterson (ESPN)

Squeezing 40 hours of coverage into a two-day period has to be near impossible given the fact there's only 48 hours to fit it in. This is why ESPN is starting things up tomorrow and Wednesday with two hour long Sports Center Specials. The rest of the coverage will come fast and furious from Torrey Pines Golf Club starting at 11am on Thursday and finishing up on early Monday morning with a highlight package of the Final Round.

Mike Tirico and Chris Berman will be your hosts and they'll deal with a cavalcade of reporters out on the course. Here's the breakdown:

Hosts: Mike Tirico and Chris Berman
Analysts: Curtis Strange, Andy North, Roger Maltbie Gary Koch
Hole Announcers: Bob Murphy, Mark Rolfing, Terry Gannon and Jimmy Roberts
On-course Reporters: Tom Rinaldi, Judy Rankin, Dottie Pepper and Bill Kratzert
Sports Center Hosts: Karl Ravech, Scott Van Pelt, and North

You can also prepare yourself for a ton of Rick Reilly over the weekend as well. He'll be providing commentary and essays much along the lines of the Belmont one he did this past weekend.

Here's the whole schedule if you're interested....

Tue., June 10

1-2 p.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN, Live)

Wed., June 11

1-2 p.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN, Live)

Thu., June 12

11 a.m.-1 p.m.- U.S. Open Extra Presented by Titleist (ESPN, Live)
1-3 p.m.- U.S. Open – First Round (ESPN, Live)
5-10 p.m.- U.S. Open – First Round (ESPN, Live)
5-9:25 p.m.- U.S. Open – First Round (ESPN Deportes, Live)

Fri., June 13

12- 1 a.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN2, Live )
2 a.m.-5 p.m.- U.S. Open – Best of First Round (ESPN2, Delay)
11 a.m.-1 p.m.- U.S. Open Extra Presented by Titleist (ESPN, Live)
1-3 p.m.- U.S. Open – Second Round (ESPN, Live)
5-10 p.m.- U.S. Open – Second Round (ESPN, Live)

Sat., June 14

12 a.m.- 1 a.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN2, Live)
3-6 p.m.- U.S. Open – Best of the Second Round (ESPN, Delay)
1-2 p.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN, Live)

Sun., June 15

12- 1 a.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN2, Live )
3-5:30 a.m.- U.S. Open – Best of Third Round (ESPN, Delay)
1-2 p.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN, Live)

Mon., June 16
1:30-2:30 a.m.- SportsCenter Presented by American Express at the U.S. Open (ESPN2, Live)
2:30- 5 a.m.- U.S. Open – Best of Final Round (ESPN2, Delay)

TBL broke a story yesterday on the new Sports Center teams and today it appears that the rumored teams are as follows below. Here's a look at who's with who for the new Sports Center format starting August 11th....

6-9 am: John Buccigross, Steve Berthiaume
9 am-12 pm: Hannah Storm, Josh Elliott
12-3 pm: Chris McKendry, Robert Flores
6 pm: Jay Harris, Brian Kenny
11 pm: Stuart Scott, Scott Van Pelt, Neil Everett, Linda Cohn
1 am: John Anderson, Steve Levy

The Storm-Elliott team was confirmed by USA Today and word on the street is that the rest of that list is correct as well. If we're breaking down the teams they actually look pretty good. I'm rather upset about Buccigross and Van Pelt splitting up, but that move could be like a teacher splitting up disruptive students in a classroom. I've never really been a Hannah Storm "fan", but pairing her with a good up-and-comer like Elliott is also a good move.

Hopefully this new format will allow newer stories to be brought into the coverage throughout the day (rather than just repeating the 6AM showing), and if they only got rid of the 4:30-5:30 hour....I could probably watch all day.

ESPN Juggles It’s Sportscenter Lineup (TBL)

Detroit News is breaking the news that the Detroit Lions might be looking towards one Gus Johnson to call their preseason games this August. It's not rare for teams to bring on familiar broadcasters to ramp up the season but Channel 62 in Detroit is looking to replace the team from last year....

The Lions will at least sound different in the exhibition season, with a new broadcast crew scheduled to do play-by-play and analysis on local telecasts of the team's four exhibition games on WWJ-TV (Channel 62).

Gus Johnson, a Detroit native who has done NFL games for the CBS network since 1998, is the top candidate for the play-by-play man. An announcement on the full crew is expected soon by Channel 62.

Trey Fabacher, vice-president and general manager of Channel 62, would not confirm the hiring of Johnson, but Lions sources confirmed Johnson has been the No. 1 choice for play-by-play. The Lions and Channel 62 recently signed a three-year contract for the CBS-owned station to televise the exhibition games. Channel 62 is not retaining the previous broadcast team, which had Frank Beckmann doing play-by-play and former Lions quarterback Erik Kramer doing color.

I would never disapprove of Gus on any broadcast (although the MMA heads may disagree), but for a team that needs a spark, this maybe the guy to push them over the edge. Wait this is the push for the Playoffs right? Oh it's the Preseason??? Okay, well let's get drunk, watch some Kitna, and then listen to Gus get excited about some fourth stringers! Ain't nothing wrong with that.

Ch. 62's Lions telecasts change (Detroit News)

ESPN gave us the first look at their early CFB games this afternoon with its release of the early ACC and SEC schedules. Obviously there are no announcers yet, but I figured you all could start marking some dates down.

Thu., Aug. 28

7 p.m.- Vanderbilt at Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU)
8 p.m.- N.C. State at South Carolina (ESPN)

Sat., Aug. 30

3:30 p.m.- USC at Virginia (ABC)
3:45 p.m.- Delaware at Maryland (ESPNU)
5 p.m.- Appalachian State at LSU (ESPN)
6:45 p.m.- Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech (ESPN2)
8 p.m.- Alabama vs. Clemson (ABC, From Atlanta)

Sun., Aug. 31

3:30 p.m.- Kentucky at Louisville (ESPN)

Mon., Sept. 1

8 p.m.- Tennessee at UCLA (ESPN)

Thu., Sept. 4

8:30 p.m.- South Carolina at Vandy (ESPN)

Sat., Sept. 6
3:30 p.m.- Mississippi at Wake Forest (ABC)
3:45 p.m.- Richmond at Virginia (ESPNU)
8 p.m.- Miami at Florida (ESPN)

Sat., Sept. 13

Noon- California at Maryland (ESPN or ESPN2)
Noon- Navy at Duke (ESPNU)
3:30 p.m.- Arkansas at Texas (ABC)
3:30 p.m.- Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (ABC)
3:45 p.m.- Chattanooga at Florida State (ESPNU)
7 p.m.- Auburn at Mississippi State (ESPN2)

Sat., Sept. 20

8 p.m.- Georgia at Arizona State (ABC)

Thu., Oct. 23

7:30 p.m.- Auburn at West Virginia (ESPN)

There are some great games in there and ESPN continues to show why their College Football programming is probably the best thing they do as a network each year.

Update: Sorry about the asterisks. They just meant that the game was previously announced. Not really important at all.

SS Reporters did some sleuthing and came up with the Announcing Schedule for the first seven days of Euro 2008. The good news is that Andy Gray will be getting a ton of games and while Robbie Mustoe was mentioned in the original release, he may not even get a game in the first week. Here's the schedule....

Saturday 6/07

11:50 a.m.- Switzerland vs. Czech Republic A (ESPN Classic) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Portugal vs. Turkey A (ESPN Classic) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Sunday 6/08

11:50 a.m.- Austria vs. Croatia B (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Germany vs. Poland B (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Monday 6/09

11:50 a.m.- Romania vs. France C (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Netherlands vs. Italy C (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Tuesday 6/10

11:50 a.m.- Spain vs. Russia D (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Greece vs. Sweden D (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Wednesday 6/11

11:50 a.m.- Czech Republic vs. Portugal A (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Switzerland vs. Turkey A (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Robbie Mustoe

Thursday 6/12

11:50 a.m.- Croatia vs. Germany B (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Austria vs. Poland B (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Friday 6/13

11:50 a.m.- Italy vs. Romania C (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Netherlands vs. France C (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Saturday 6/14

11:50 a.m.- Sweden vs. Spain D (ESPN2) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth
2:30 p.m.- Greece vs. Russia D (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray

Sunday 6/15

2:30 p.m.- Switzerland vs. Portugal A (ESPN2) - Adrian Healey and Andy Gray or Robbie Mustoe
2:30 p.m.- Turkey vs. Czech Republic A (ESPN) - Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth

Euro 2008 ESPN Assignments (SS Reporters)

Last season ESPN needed a backup team to call the late opener between the 9ers and Cards, and this year the "Leader" is bringing back that same team for the Broncos and Raiders. Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and Mike Ditka are back on the call....

The familiar trio of Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will call the West Coast game for the second consecutive year in ESPN’s season-opening Monday Night Football doubleheader -- Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders on September 8 at 10:15 p.m. ET. The game will follow the Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers telecast at 7 p.m.

“Greenberg, Golic and Ditka made a great team last fall, and we look forward to reuniting them in the Monday Night Football booth to kick off the 2008 season,” said Norby Williamson, executive vice president, production, ESPN. “They have great familiarity with one another and all three have their own passionate opinions about the NFL, which translates well to fans.”

I don't know what game Norby was watching, but that was probably one of the worst games ever called on Monday Night Football. Some of the problems weren't the trios fault, with the levels at a point where you could barely hear them, but overall it was a terrible choice last year. Mike Ditka's voice gave out after kickoff and Golic and Greenie spent the rest of the game kissing his ass. Hopefully they're better this go around (not likely) and Ditka doesn't do anymore grabbing (see above).

(Via ESPN PR)

Our extended break of no Buck and McCarver is over, but to tell you the truth I was kinda starting to miss them. My weekends just weren't the same without McCarver's nonsense and Buck's smugness. Here's the rest of the schedule....

Saturday

Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets- Joe Buck, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal (FOX, 3:55pm, 65%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Myers, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, New York, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Providence, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds- Thom Brennaman & Leo Mazzone (FOX, 3:55pm, 22%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Greensboro, Greenville, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond

Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners- Kenny Albert & Eric Karros (FOX, 3:55pm, 12%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle

Sunday

Florida Marlins vs Philadelphia Philies- Chip Caray & Buck Martinez (TBS, 1pm)
LA Dodgers vs New York Mets- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)

I know you've been anxiously awaiting this release, and here it is. ESPN even decided to bring on an extra analyst that you maybe very familiar with. English Premier League and England Men’s National Team television analyst Andy Gray will be brought on for the Tournament and he'll be both in the booth and in the studio during the 31 Match Tourney.

Here the rest of your players....

Studio Team: Rece Davis, Rob Stone and Julie Foudy
Play by Play: Derek Rae and Adrian Healey
Analysts: Andy Gray, Tommy Smyth, and Robbie Mustoe
Reporter: Pedro Gomez

It's good to see Pedro Gomez finally getting work now that Barry Bonds is out of the Majors isn't it (I kid, I kid). All in all it looks like a pretty good set of individuals. In the studio, Rece Davis did a pretty good job during the 2006 World Cup and Rob Stone and Julie Foudy are great analysts.

I'm not sure of the announcing teams and who's calling which games, but I'll pass that along as soon as I get word.

(Via ESPN PR)

I am an unabashed fan of College Softball. For some reason 200 foot fences and players high-fiving at the mound after every out is extremely exciting. Anywho, the Women's College World Series is starting up this Thursday and none other than John Kruk will be an analyst for most of the games on ESPN.

ESPN’s coverage of the entire Women’s College World Series – up to 17 games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com beginning Thursday, May 29 – will feature ESPN’s John Kruk as a game analyst on 10 games, including the best-of-three Championship. Kruk, an analyst on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight studio show and select MLB games, will work with Beth Mowins and analyst Jessica Mendoza, a 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the U.S. team headed for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

ESPN’s 27th consecutive year of televising the event will also include Eric Collins and analyst Michele Smith, a two-time U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist (2000 and 1996), calling games. Smith will work as a field-level pitching reporter on the best-of-three Championship. Holly Rowe will serve as the field reporter on every game.

That's a very interesting collection of announcers, but it could be pretty fun. Here's the schedule if you care about that sort of thing.....

Thursday, May 29

1 p.m.- Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Florida- Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN)
3 p.m.- Virginia Tech vs. Texas A&M-Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN)
7 p.m.- Arizona State vs. Alabama- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN)
9 p.m.- Arizona vs. UCLA- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN)

Friday, May 30

7 p.m.- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner- Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN2)
9 p.m.- Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN2)

Saturday, May 31

Noon- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser- Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN)
2 p.m.- Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser- Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN)
7 p.m.- Game 6 loser vs. Game 7 winner- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN)
9 p.m.- Game 5 loser vs. Game 8 winner- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN)

Sunday, June 1

1 p.m.- Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner- Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN)
3 p.m.- Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN)
7 p.m.- Game 13* - If Necessary- Collins, Smith, Rowe (ESPN2)
9 p.m.- Game 14* - If Necessary- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Rowe (ESPN2)

Monday, June 2

8 p.m.- Championship – Game 1- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Smith, Rowe (ESPN2)

Tuesday, June 3

8 p.m.- Championship – Game 2- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Smith, Rowe (ESPN2)

Wednesday, June 4

8 p.m.- Championship – Game 3*- Mowins, Mendoza, Kruk, Smith, Rowe (ESPN2)

* If necessary

(Via ESPN PR)

Here's you MLB Announcing Schedule for the weekend and ONCE AGAIN no Buck and McCarver! I'm not sure what's going on, but keep it up FOX. Also, a Curt Menafee sighting.....that's special.

Saturday

Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves- Daron Sutton & Mark Grace (FOX, 3:55pm, 48%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Houston, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington

Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox- Curt Menefee & Jose Mota (FOX, 3:55pm, 27%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle

New York Mets at Colorado RockiesDick Stockton, Eric Karros & Ken Rosenthal (FOX, 3:55pm, 24%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Hartford, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Salt Lake City, West Palm Beach

Sunday

New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners- Chip Caray & Ron Darling (TBS, 1pm)
LA Angels vs Chicago White Sox- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)

(FOX schedule via HD Sports Guide)

Amazing news for MMA fans this evening as it turns out that the announcer that will be calling the broadcast television debut of the Sport on CBS is none other than Gus Johnson. From MMA Rated via Five Ounces Of Pain....

Officials from CBS and EliteXC held a press conference and autograph signing in Studio City, Calif. earlier this afternoon in anticipation of the first mixed martial arts event to be broadcast on live primetime television on Saturday, May 31.

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned from those attending the press conference that Gus Johnson has been announced as the lead play-by-play announcer for the historic event.

Johnson will be joined in the booth by Showtime announcer Mauro Ranallo and former UFC middleweight champion Frank Shamrock for CBS' first broadcast two Saturdays from now. Gus has called many a Boxing match in his day, so this should be a great fit.

I'm not sure about the fighters themselves (because I'm not up on my Elite XC), but he gets a couple of stars in Kimbo Slice and American Gladiator Gina Carano (Crush), and a title bout as well.

CBS EliteXC Card For 5/31

Gus & Mauro: A Match Made In Heaven (MMA Rated)
Gus Johnson to call play-by-play during EliteXC: Primetime on CBS (Five Ounces Of Pain)

Obviously the Announcing Teams won't be changing for the Conference Finals, but I figured I'd give you the schedule anyway and throw in the ESPN Radio schedule as well. Here it is....

Monday, May 19:

8:35 p.m.- San Antonio Spurs @ New Orleans Hornets- Game #7 (TNT)
Announcers: Marv Albert, Reggie Miller, Craig Sager

Tuesday, May 20:

8 p.m.- NBA Draft Lottery (ESPN)
Announcers: Mark Jones, Jay Bilas, Doris Burke
8:35 p.m.- Eastern Conference Final, Game 1: Detroit at Boston (ESPN)
TV Anouncers: Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Michele Tafoya
Radio Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown (ESPN Radio)

Wednesday, May 21:

8:35 p.m.- Western Conference Final, Game 1: San Antonio/New Orleans at L.A. Lakers (TNT)
Announcers: Marv Albert, Doug Collins, Craig Sager
Radio Announcers: Jim Durham, Dr. Jack Ramsay (ESPN Radio)

Thursday, May 22:

8:35 p.m.- Eastern Conference Final, Game 2: Detroit at Boston (ESPN)
Announcers: Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Tafoya
Radio Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown (ESPN Radio)

Friday, May 23:

8:35 p.m.- Western Conference Final, Game 2: San Antonio/New Orleans at L.A. Lakers (TNT)
Announcers: Marv Albert, Doug Collins, Craig Sager
Radio Announcers: Jim Durham, Dr. Jack Ramsay (ESPN Radio)

Saturday, May 24:

8:35 p.m.- Eastern Conference Final, Game 3: Boston at Detroit (ABC)
Announcers: Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Michele Tafoya
Radio Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown (ESPN Radio)

Sunday, May 25:

8:35 p.m.- Western Conference Final, Game 3: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio/New Orleans (TNT)
Announcers: Marv Albert, Doug Collins, Craig Sager
Radio Announcers: Jim Durham, Dr. Jack Ramsay (ESPN Radio)

Here's you MLB Announcing Schedule for the weekend and I really have just one question. When did ex-MLBer and Indians announcer Rick Manning begin working for FOX? Also, another weekend without Joe Buck. What did we do to deserve such a gift?

Saturday

Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox- Kenny Albert, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal (FOX, 3:55pm, 72%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Los Angeles Angels- Thom Brennaman & Rick Manning (FOX, 3:55pm, 20%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Alburquerque, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle

Cleveland Indians vs Cincinnati Reds- Dick Stockton & Eric Karros (FOX, 3:55pm, 7%)

MARKETS INCLUDE: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Detroit, Louisville

Sunday

Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox- Chip Caray & Ron Darling (TBS, 1pm)
New York Mets vs New York Yankees- Jon Miller & Joe Morgan (ESPN, 8pm)

(FOX schedule via HD Sports Guide)

Here's your NBA Playoffs announcing schedule for this week. There are a lot of holes for the ESPN games (actually it's all of the games) because times and "if necessary" games haven't been decided yet. I'll fill that info in as the games play out and it becomes available.

Update: Here's the schedule with the ESPN crews filled in.

Mon., May 12

8:15 p.m.- Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers, Game #4 (TNT)
Announcers: Kevin Harlan and Doug Collins

Tue., May 13

7:15 p.m.- Orlando Magic @ Detroit Pistons, Game #5 (TNT)
Announcers: Dick Stockton and Mike Fratello
9:30 p.m.- San Antonio Spurs @ New Orleans Hornets, Game #5 (TNT)
Announcers: Marv Albert and Reggie Miller

Wed., May 14

8:15 p.m.- Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics, Game #5 (TNT)
Announcers: Dick Stockton and Mike Fratello
10:30 p.m.- Utah Jazz @ Los Angeles Lakers, Game #5 (TNT)
Announcers: Kevin Harlan and Doug Collins

Thu., May 15

TBD- Detroit at Orlando, Game #6 (ESPN, if nec.)
Announcers: Dave Pasch, Doris Burke, Ric Bucher
TBD- New Orleans at San Antonio, Game #6 (ESPN)
Announcers: Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Michele Tafoya

Fri., May 16

TBD- Boston at Cleveland, Game #6 (ESPN)
Announcers: Dan Shulman, Doris Burke, Ric Bucher
TBD- L.A. Lakers at Utah, Game #6 (ESPN)
Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown, Lisa Salters

Sun., May 18

3:30 p.m.- Orlando at Detroit, Game #7 or Cleveland at Boston, Game #7 or Eastern Conference Final Game 1 (ABC)