Press Release|09Nov13

REIGNING WORLD CUP CHAMPION LINDSEY VONN HITS THE SLOPES AS NBC SPORTS & UNIVERSAL SPORTS BROADCAST ENTIRE ALPINE SKI SEASON

Universal Sports, UniversalSports.com Offers Season-long Coverage; Action Continues this Weekend with Men’s and Women’s World Cup from Levi, Finland

NBC Sports Coverage Kickoffs Nov. 29 with Women’s Winternational Giant Slalom from Aspen and Continues Dec. 6 with Men’s Birds of Prey Downhill from Beaver Creek

NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES – November 13, 2009 – In the lead-up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games next February, Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn, Ted Ligety and the best skiers in the world will appear on NBC Sports and Universal Sports all winter long as the networks present coverage of the 2009-10 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup. The season continues this weekend with the Men’s and Women’s World Cup stop in Levi, Finland. Coverage on Universal Sports starts with the women’s slalom on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. ET, and continues Sunday with the men’s slalom at 10 a.m. ET. There will be an encore presentation of each day’s races at 1 p.m. ET.

Universal Sports will offer coverage of the entire World Cup season while NBC Sports airs key events from Aspen and Beaver Creek. Former Canadian Ski Team member Todd Brooker and former U.S. Ski Team members Steve Porino, Christin Cooper and Doug Lewis will serve as Universal Sports’ on-air broadcast team for the season.

COVERAGE ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, available in 56 million homes, will offer coverage of the entire alpine World Cup season on its 24-hour television network, with simulcast streaming available on UniversalSports.com. Key events in the schedule include stops in Aspen and Beaver Creek, as well as Lake Louise, Val d’Isere, St. Moritz, Val Gardena, Adelboden, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Kitzbuhel, Schladming, Garmisch Partenkirchen, and Åre. In addition, fans can visit the skiing channel on UniversalSports.com/skiing for updated schedules, news, video highlights, special features, photo galleries, sweepstakes and more.

COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS: NBC will broadcast coverage of the Aspen Winternational Women’s Giant Slalom on Sunday, November 29 at 3 p.m. ET, as well as Birds of Prey Men’s Downhill on Sunday, December 6 at 3 p.m. ET.

UPCOMING ALPINE WORLD CUP PROGRAMMING ON NBC AND UNIVERSAL SPORTS:
(All times Eastern)

Nov. 14 Women’s Slalom – Levi, Finland 10 a.m. USTV

Nov. 15 Men’s Slalom – Levi, Finland 10 a.m. USTV

Nov. 28 Men’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada 1:30 p.m. USTV

Nov. 29 Men’s Super G – Lake Louise, Canada 1 p.m. USTV

Nov. 29 Women’s Giant Slalom – Aspen, Colo. 3 p.m. NBC

Dec. 4 Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada 2:30 p.m. USTV

Dec. 5 Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada 2:30 p.m. USTV

Dec. 6 Women’s Super G – Lake Louise, Canada 1 p.m. USTV

Dec. 6 Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colo. 3 p.m. NBC

Dec. 6 Women’s Giant Slalom – Aspen, Colo. 7 p.m. USTV

Dec. 11 Men’s Super Combined – Val d’Isere, France 10 a.m. USTV

Dec. 12 Men’s Super G – Val d’Isere, France 10 a.m. USTV

Dec. 12 Women’s Giant Slalom – Åre, Sweden 12:30 p.m. USTV

Dec. 13 Men’s Giant Slalom – Val d’Isere, France 10 a.m. USTV

Dec. 13 Women’s Slalom – Åre, Sweden 12:30 p.m. USTV

Dec. 13 Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colo. 5 p.m. USTV

Dec. 18 Women’s Super Combined – Val d’Isere, France 10 a.m. USTV

Dec. 18 Men’s Super G – Val Gardena, Italy 2:30 p.m. USTV

Dec. 19 Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France 10 a.m. USTV

Dec. 19 Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy 12:30 p.m. USTV

Dec. 20 Women’s Super G – Val d’Isere, France 10 a.m. USTV

Dec. 20 Men’s Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy 12:30 p.m. USTV

*Schedule subject to change. Visit UniversalSports.com for up-to-date television and online event schedules and availability of Universal Sports’ 24-hour network.

BODE’S DIARY ON UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM: Bode Miller, 2008 World Cup overall champion and the most successful U.S. ski racer with 31 World Cup victories, continues his weekly diary on UniversalSports.com. In addition, UniversalSports.com features blogs from Julia Mancuso (Alpine), Kaylin Richardson (Alpine), Resi Stiegler (Alpine), Casey Puckett (Ski Cross), Scott McCartney (Alpine) and Tyson Bolduc (Freestyle).

COUNTDOWN TO VANCOUVER: Vignettes highlighting Olympic hopefuls will run daily on Universal Sports and UniversalSports.com. Starting Dec. 1, Universal Sports will present a nightly show—Countdown to Vancouver—that will continue through Feb. 12, 2010, the day of the Opening Ceremony in Vancouver. Airing nightly at 8 p.m. ET, the program will originate from Universal Sports’ Los Angeles studio and will include Winter Olympic sport news and highlights, as well as analysis, features, interviews and guests. The program will provide highlights of the more than 300 Olympic sporting events airing across NBC Sports, Universal Sports and UniversalSports.com from now until the start of the Winter Games in Vancouver.   A Countdown to Vancouver sweepstakes will also run on Universal Sports and UniversalSports.com during the shows.

WORLD CUPS ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports is the home of the entire 2009-10 FIS Alpine World Cup season. In addition, FIS Cross Country, Ski Jumping, Freestyle, and Nordic Combined World Cup events are all available on the network. Universal Sports will be delivering coverage of many prestigious winter sporting events leading up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, including speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, short track, luge, bobsled and skeleton.

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For more information, please contact:
Adam Freifeld
NBC Sports
adam.freifeld@nbcuni.com

Universal Sports
Melisa Mowry
(240) 396-1906
mmowry@universalsports.com

Amy Sorrells
(404) 550-4885
amyssorrells@comcast.net

Greg Hughes
(404) 394-3700
ghughes5425@gmail.com