2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR 2016-17 Sports Calendar 7 Days a week, 52 weeks a year, look no further for your sports needs. Comcast Spotlight delivers more sports opportunities for your media needs than anyone in Chicago!
Home Teams…We have them! Cubs/White Sox: Majority of Each Teams’ Regular Season Games Cubs/Sox Playoffs: Exclusive Wildcard, NLDS, ALDS, NLCS and ALCS Blackhawks ’16-17: 56 of the 82 Regular Season Games Blackhawks Playoffs: Exclusive Round 1 thru Stanley Cup Finals Bulls ’16-17: 58 of the 82 Regular Season Games (incl. TNT/ESPN Broadcasts) Bulls Playoffs: Exclusive Round 1 thru Conference Finals Bears: Monday/Thursday Night Football Games Big 10 Football: Regular Season and Bowl Games Big 10 Basketball: Regular Season and Big Ten Tournament Games
Any way you look at it, from baseball and basketball to billiards and bass fishing to regular season and post season, we can deliver your sports needs.
The Big Leagues & Games…We have those too! NBA: 125+ Games, 50+ games in Playoffs, Eastern and Western Conference Finals and Draft NHL: 100+ Games, 50+ games in Playoffs, 2x in Stanley Cup Finals NFL: 21 Monday Night Football Games, 18 NFL Network Games and the NFL Draft MLB: 150+ Games, Extensive coverage of all Divisional Series Championship Series NCAA Football: 200+ Games, 30+ Bowl/College Football Playoff Games including exclusive College Football Playoff NCAA Basketball: 300+ Games, Championship Week, Big Ten Tournament, NCAA Tournament: Extensive coverage of the NCAA Tournament from the First Four through the Elite 8
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q3 2016 Highlights
Q3 - 2016 Home Teams Cubs/White Sox Baseball Big Ten Football Chicago Bears Regular Season
July-September August-September September
All Sports MLB Homerun Derby Tennis Majors (Wimbledon, US Open) Tour de France British Open NASCAR Xfinity.com Microsites (MLB, NFL) MLB Regular Season PGA Golf 2016 Summer Olympics NFL Preseason PGA Championship Little League World Series NFL Monday Night Football NFL Thursday Night Football NCAA Football NASCAR Chase for the Championship And more…
July July-September July July July-September July -September July-September July-September August August August August September September September September
Cubs/White Sox 2nd half • Home of Cubs and White Sox baseball with game coverage across Comcast SportsNet and ESPN
Football, Football, Football • Monday Night Football on ESPN • Thursday Night Football on NFL Network • NCAA Football on ESPN, ESPN2, BTN, and FS1 • Bears MNF 9/19
2016 Summer Olympics • 641 Hours of Olympics coverage across 6 NBCU cable networks
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q4 2016 Highlights
Q4 - 2016 Home Teams Cubs/White Sox Baseball Cubs/White Sox Playoffs Chicago Bulls Preseason Big Ten Football Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bears Mon/Thurs Football Chicago Bulls Basketball Big Ten Basketball Big Ten Bowl Games
October October October October - November October - December October - December November - December November - December December
All Sports MLB Playoffs NBA Preseason NASCAR Chase for the Championship PGA Golf NFL Monday Night Football NFL Thursday Night Football NCAA Football NHL English Premier League Soccer NBA NCAA Basketball NCAA Bowl Games And more…
October October October - November October - November October - December October - December October - December October - December October - December November - December November - December December
Blackhawks & Bulls • Coverage on Comcast SportsNet • Exclusive Bulls games on ESPN and TNT • Exclusive Hawks games on NBC Sports Network
So Much Football • • • •
Monday Night Football on ESPN Thursday Night Football on NFL Network NCAA Football on ESPN, ESPN2, and BTN Bears MNF 10/31; Bears TNF 10/20
MLB Playoffs • Exclusive coverage of the AL and NL Wild Card on ESPN and TBS • Exclusive Coverage of the NLDS and NLCS on FS1 • Exclusive Coverage of the ALDS and ALCS on TBS
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q1 2017 Highlights
Q1 - 2017 Home Teams Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bulls Big Ten Basketball Big Ten Basketball Tournament
January - March January - March January - March March
All Sports NCAA Bowl Games College Football Playoffs NHL All-Star Weekend Winter X Games NHL Regular Season NBA Regular Season NCAA Basketball Regular Season PGA Golf English Premier League Soccer NBA All-Star Weekend NASCAR MLS Regular Season NCAA Basketball Championship Week NCAA Tournament And more…
January January January January January - March January - March January - March January - March January - March February February-March March March March
College Football Playoff • Exclusive home to 35 Bowl Games (Dec-Jan) • Exclusive home of the “New Year’s Six”, including both National Semifinal games as well as the National Championship game
Bulls, Hawks, and NBA • Coverage on Comcast SportsNet • Exclusive Bulls games on ESPN and TNT • Exclusive Hawks games on NBC Sports Network • NBA All-Star Weekend coverage on TNT • NHL All-Star Weekend coverage on NBC Sports Network
NCAA Tournament • Exclusive home to 43 of the 67 Tournament games in 2017!
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q2 2017 Highlights
Q2 - 2017 Home Teams Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bulls Chicago Blackhawks Playoffs Chicago Bulls Playoffs Cubs/White Sox Baseball
April April April - June April - June April - June
All Sports NHL Regular Season NBA Regular Season NFL Draft English Premier League Soccer NHL Playoffs NBA Playoffs PGA Golf NASCAR Mixed Martial Arts MLB Regular Season NBA Draft College World Series US Open (golf) Summer X Games And more…
April April April April-May April - June April - June April - June April - June April - June April - June June June June June
NBA & NHL Playoffs • Coverage of the Hawks playoff run from the 1st round through the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC Sports Network! • Coverage of the Bulls playoff run from the 1st round through the Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN and TNT! • Over 100 NBA/NHL Playoff games in total
Cubs/White Sox •
Home of Cubs and White Sox baseball with game coverage across Comcast SportsNet and ESPN
NFL and NBA Draft • •
Exclusive coverage of every round of the NFL Draft on ESPN and NFL Network Exclusive coverage of the entire NBA Draft on ESPN
Home Teams…We have them! Cubs/White Sox: Majority of Each Teams’ Regular Season Games Cubs/Sox Playoffs: Exclusive Wildcard, NLDS, ALDS, NLCS and ALCS Blackhawks ’16-17: 56 of the 82 Regular Season Games Blackhawks Playoffs: Exclusive Round 1 thru Stanley Cup Finals Bulls ’16-17: 58 of the 82 Regular Season Games (incl. TNT/ESPN Broadcasts) Bulls Playoffs: Exclusive Round 1 thru Conference Finals Bears: Monday/Thursday Night Football Games Big 10 Football: Regular Season and Bowl Games Big 10 Basketball: Regular Season and Big Ten Tournament Games
Any way you look at it, from baseball and basketball to billiards and bass fishing to regular season and post season, we can deliver your sports needs.
The Big Leagues & Games…We have those too! NBA: 125+ Games, 50+ games in Playoffs, Eastern and Western Conference Finals and Draft NHL: 100+ Games, 50+ games in Playoffs, 2x in Stanley Cup Finals NFL: 21 Monday Night Football Games, 18 NFL Network Games and the NFL Draft MLB: 150+ Games, Extensive coverage of all Divisional Series Championship Series NCAA Football: 200+ Games, 30+ Bowl/College Football Playoff Games including exclusive College Football Playoff NCAA Basketball: 300+ Games, Championship Week, Big Ten Tournament, NCAA Tournament: Extensive coverage of the NCAA Tournament from the First Four through the Elite 8
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q3 2016 Highlights
Q3 - 2016 Home Teams Cubs/White Sox Baseball Big Ten Football Chicago Bears Regular Season
July-September August-September September
All Sports MLB Homerun Derby Tennis Majors (Wimbledon, US Open) Tour de France British Open NASCAR Xfinity.com Microsites (MLB, NFL) MLB Regular Season PGA Golf 2016 Summer Olympics NFL Preseason PGA Championship Little League World Series NFL Monday Night Football NFL Thursday Night Football NCAA Football NASCAR Chase for the Championship And more…
July July-September July July July-September July -September July-September July-September August August August August September September September September
Cubs/White Sox 2nd half • Home of Cubs and White Sox baseball with game coverage across Comcast SportsNet and ESPN
Football, Football, Football • Monday Night Football on ESPN • Thursday Night Football on NFL Network • NCAA Football on ESPN, ESPN2, BTN, and FS1 • Bears MNF 9/19
2016 Summer Olympics • 641 Hours of Olympics coverage across 6 NBCU cable networks
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q4 2016 Highlights
Q4 - 2016 Home Teams Cubs/White Sox Baseball Cubs/White Sox Playoffs Chicago Bulls Preseason Big Ten Football Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bears Mon/Thurs Football Chicago Bulls Basketball Big Ten Basketball Big Ten Bowl Games
October October October October - November October - December October - December November - December November - December December
All Sports MLB Playoffs NBA Preseason NASCAR Chase for the Championship PGA Golf NFL Monday Night Football NFL Thursday Night Football NCAA Football NHL English Premier League Soccer NBA NCAA Basketball NCAA Bowl Games And more…
October October October - November October - November October - December October - December October - December October - December October - December November - December November - December December
Blackhawks & Bulls • Coverage on Comcast SportsNet • Exclusive Bulls games on ESPN and TNT • Exclusive Hawks games on NBC Sports Network
So Much Football • • • •
Monday Night Football on ESPN Thursday Night Football on NFL Network NCAA Football on ESPN, ESPN2, and BTN Bears MNF 10/31; Bears TNF 10/20
MLB Playoffs • Exclusive coverage of the AL and NL Wild Card on ESPN and TBS • Exclusive Coverage of the NLDS and NLCS on FS1 • Exclusive Coverage of the ALDS and ALCS on TBS
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q1 2017 Highlights
Q1 - 2017 Home Teams Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bulls Big Ten Basketball Big Ten Basketball Tournament
January - March January - March January - March March
All Sports NCAA Bowl Games College Football Playoffs NHL All-Star Weekend Winter X Games NHL Regular Season NBA Regular Season NCAA Basketball Regular Season PGA Golf English Premier League Soccer NBA All-Star Weekend NASCAR MLS Regular Season NCAA Basketball Championship Week NCAA Tournament And more…
January January January January January - March January - March January - March January - March January - March February February-March March March March
College Football Playoff • Exclusive home to 35 Bowl Games (Dec-Jan) • Exclusive home of the “New Year’s Six”, including both National Semifinal games as well as the National Championship game
Bulls, Hawks, and NBA • Coverage on Comcast SportsNet • Exclusive Bulls games on ESPN and TNT • Exclusive Hawks games on NBC Sports Network • NBA All-Star Weekend coverage on TNT • NHL All-Star Weekend coverage on NBC Sports Network
NCAA Tournament • Exclusive home to 43 of the 67 Tournament games in 2017!
2016-17 SPORTS CALENDAR Q2 2017 Highlights
Q2 - 2017 Home Teams Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bulls Chicago Blackhawks Playoffs Chicago Bulls Playoffs Cubs/White Sox Baseball
April April April - June April - June April - June
All Sports NHL Regular Season NBA Regular Season NFL Draft English Premier League Soccer NHL Playoffs NBA Playoffs PGA Golf NASCAR Mixed Martial Arts MLB Regular Season NBA Draft College World Series US Open (golf) Summer X Games And more…
April April April April-May April - June April - June April - June April - June April - June April - June June June June June
NBA & NHL Playoffs • Coverage of the Hawks playoff run from the 1st round through the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC Sports Network! • Coverage of the Bulls playoff run from the 1st round through the Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN and TNT! • Over 100 NBA/NHL Playoff games in total
Cubs/White Sox •
Home of Cubs and White Sox baseball with game coverage across Comcast SportsNet and ESPN
NFL and NBA Draft • •
Exclusive coverage of every round of the NFL Draft on ESPN and NFL Network Exclusive coverage of the entire NBA Draft on ESPN
