New York, NY–(HISPANIC PR WIRE – BUSINESS WIRE)–August 30, 2005–ESPN DEPORTES
will kickoff its fifth consecutive season of La NFL Dominical, the network’s
exclusive, national Spanish-language Sunday Night Football production, on Sunday,
Sept. 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET., with live coverage of the Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore
Ravens.
ESPN Deportes will offer weekly telecasts of La NFL Dominical with 18 regular
season games. Veteran ESPN Deportes commentator Alvaro Martin (play-by-play)
and former NFL player Raul Allegre (analyst) will return for their fifth consecutive
season together on La NFL Dominical. John Sutcliffe will join the team as sideline
reporter. ESPN Deportes will announce all games from the stadium.
Throughout the season, ESPN Deports will also air NFL Semanal, ESPN’s weekly
studio show in which Martin and Allegre will analyze upcoming games. NFL Semanal
will air every Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
Live Coverage from Mexico City on October 2
ESPN Deportes will provide live, on-site coverage as the Arizona Cardinals
take on the San Francisco 49ers at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City – the first
regular-season NFL game to be played outside of the U.S.
Additional NFL Coverage from ESPNdeportes.com, ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN
Deportes La Revista.
ESPN Deportes will also utilize its other platforms to provide unmatched coverage
of the NFL
— ESPNdeportes.com, the company’s Spanish-language website, will offer comprehensive
NFL news and information throughout the season. Highlights will include real-time
scores and statistics, game re-caps and box scores and pre-game and post-game
analysis of ESPN Deportes telecasts. ESPNdeportes.com will also feature
weekly chats sessions hosted by Raul Allegre and Alvaro Martin. The site will
also offer a weekly column by commentators Alvaro Martin and Eduardo Varela.
In addition, ESPNdeportes.com will host two fantasy football games, as well
as SportsCenter interviews on ESPN Motion.
— ESPN Deportes Radio, the first around-the-clock, national Spanish-language
sports radio network in the United States (launching in the Fall), will provide
the latest NFL news and information throughout the season.
— ESPN Deportes La Revista, a Spanish-language edition of the award-winning
ESPN The Magazine, will feature a monthly NFL column with contributions from
ESPN Deportes football experts.
$10 Million More Reasons to Love Football:
In addition, as part of its outreach to Latino football fans, earlier this
month ESPN unveiled "Futbol a Football," a consumer promotion featuring
a $10 million cash giveaway- potentially one of the largest prizes ever awarded
in a cable television promotion.
What is Futbol a Football?
Futbol a Football is a three month, major multi-market consumer promotion centered
around soccer and football–two of the most popular programs on ESPN Deportes,
ESPN’s Spanish-language television network. Chosen at random from a national
sweepstakes, a winner will have the opportunity during halftime of the Rams
vs. Cowboys NFL game in Dallas on New Year’s Day to score an empty-net soccer
goal from mid-field, followed by a 40-yard field goal. If the contestant can
hit the net and split the uprights on only one attempt each, he/she will take
home $10 million. If only one of the kicks is successful, the contestant will
receive $25,000. If neither kick is successful, the contestant will receive
$10,000 just for trying and being a good sport. Participants can fill out a
sweepstakes entry form on http://www.espnportes.com, http://www.futbolafootball.com,
or call 1-800-Deportes to register for the promotion.
ESPN DEPORTES SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 2005 SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME TEAM
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Indianapolis Colts vs.
September 11
Baltimore Ravens
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Kansas City Chiefs vs.
September 18
Oakland Raiders
Sunday,
8:30 PM
New York Giants vs.
September 25
San Diego Chargers
Sunday,
8:30 PM
San Francisco 49ers vs.
October 2
Arizona Cardinals
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Cincinnati Bengals vs.
October 9
Jacksonville Jaguars
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Houston Texans vs.
October 16
Seattle Seahawks
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Buffalo Bills vs.
October 30
New England Patriots
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Philadelphia Eagles vs.
November 6
Washington Redskins
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Cleveland Browns vs.
November 13
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Kansas City Chiefs vs.
November 20
Houston Texans
Sunday,
8:30 PM
New Orleans Saints vs.
November 27
New York Jets
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Oakland Raiders vs.
December 4
San Diego Chargers
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Detroit Lions vs.
December 11
Green Bay Packers
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Atlanta Falcons vs.
December 18
Chicago Bears
Saturday,
8:30 PM
Denver Broncos vs.
December 24
Buffalo Bills
Sunday,
8:30 PM
Minnesota Vikings vs.
December 25
Baltimore
Ravens
Saturday,
8:30 PM
New York Giants vs.
December 31
Oakland Raiders
Sunday,
8:30 PM
St. Louis Rams vs.
January 1
Dallas Cowboys
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CONTACT:
ESPN
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212-456-0252
