IndyCar Firestone 600 Live, Formula One Canadian Grand Prix Highlight More than 40 Hours of Motorsports Coverage Across NBC and NBCSN This Week

INDYCAR FIRESTONE 600 Live, FORMULA ONE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHT MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE ACROSS NBC AND NBCSN THIS WEEKLive Presentation of IndyCar Firestone 600 Airs Saturday Night at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN; Qualifying Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

F1 Canadian Grand Prix Airs Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC; Coverage Begins with F1 Extra at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

KURT BUSCH: 36, Documentary Featuring Busch’s Attempt at Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600, Debuts Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC
NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra Present Live Coverage of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Thunder Valley National on Saturday

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 4, 2014 – NBC Sports Group will present more than 40 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend, highlighted by live coverage of the IndyCar Firestone 600 Live on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. NBC Sports Live Extra – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets – will provide streaming coverage of both the Firestone 600 and Canadian Grand Prix this weekend. Additional motorsports coverage this week includes the debut of KURT BUSCH: 36 on NBC, and Lucas Oil Pro Motocross coverage from the Thunder Valley National on Saturday on NBCSN.

INDYCAR FIRESTONE 600 – SATURDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

Beginning this weekend, NBCSN will provide exclusive coverage of the final 11 races of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season, culminating with the MAVTV 500 in Fontana, Calif. on August 30 on NBCSN. Team Penske teammates Will Power (326) and Helio Castroneves (307) currently sit first and second in the championship points standings, followed closely by Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay (299), who took the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago. Power and Castroneves each won at the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit doubleheader last week, and Castroneves is a four-time winner at Texas Motor Speedway, including a victory last year.Coverage of the Firestone 600 begins on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET with qualifying, followed by live race coverage Saturday on NBCSN at 8 p.m. ET. Brian Till (play-by-play) will call the action alongside former drivers Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy. Reporters Marty Snider, Kelly Stavast, Jon Beekhuis and Kevin Lee will report from the pits.

FORMULA ONE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. ET ON NBC

NBC’s Formula One coverage continues with the Canadian Grand Prix live from Montreal. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) earned his second victory of the season with a win at Monaco two weeks earlier, continuing Mercedes’ dominance with its six victory in six tries in 2014. Rosberg overtook teammate Lewis Hamilton with the victory, and the two sit more than 50 points clear of Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), who is a distant third with 61 points. Hamilton is a three-time winner in Montreal, and finished third last year, while Rosberg finished fifth.

Coverage begins Friday on NBC Sports Live Extra at 10 a.m. ET with Practice 1, followed by NBCSN’s coverage of Practice 2 at 2 p.m. ET. Live Extra will stream coverage of Practice 3 on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET, prior to NBCSN’s live coverage of qualifying at 1 p.m. ET. F1 Extra, NBC Sports Group’s pre-race show, will air Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, leading into live race coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix at 2 p.m. ET on NBC.

NBC Sports Group’s lead F1 broadcast team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett, and F1 insider Will Buxton will call the action on-site from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.

KURT BUSCH: 36, an all-access look into the intense preparation, 200+ MPH competition and extreme logistics surrounding Kurt Busch’s racing in IndyCar’s famed Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day just two weeks ago, will debut this Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC. NBC Sports’ Emmy Award-winning NASCAR production team, led by Executive Producer Sam Flood, teams with the Emmy Award-winning NASCAR Productions to create KURT BUSCH: 36, featuring in-depth interviews, on-track footage, team communications and a seat right next to Busch throughout his races against drivers from IndyCar and NASCAR.A 60-minute “director’s cut” of KURT BUSCH: 36 will air the following day, Monday, June 9, at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.In addition, NBCSN will present episodes of NASCAR AMERICA, NBC Sports Group’s new 30-minute daily show dedicated to speed and stock car racing, today and tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET.

LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL – SATURDAY AT 5 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra will present six hours of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships coverage this weekend from the Thunder Valley National in Lakewood, Colo. in the third round of the 12-race championship series. Rookie Ken Roczen swept the 450 Class at the GoPro Hangtown Motocross Classic last week, while Jeremy Martinswept the 250 Class.Coverage begins on NBC Sports Live Extra with practice at 12:30 p.m. ET, followed by pre-race coverage on Live Extra at 2:30 p.m. ET. 1st Motos coverage begins live from Thunder Valley at 3 p.m. ET on Live Extra, followed by 2nd Motos on NBCSN at 5 p.m. ET.Veteran play-by-play voice Jason Weigandt, analyst and two-time AMA Pro Motocross Champion Grant Langston, and pit reporter Georgia Lindsay will call the action from Thunder Valley on Saturday.

Following is this week’s motorsports coverage schedule on NBCSN:

Date Program Time (ET) Network

Wed., June 3 Off The Grid: Barcelona (Encore) 4:30 p.m. NBCSN

  NASCAR AMERICA 5 p.m. NBCSN

  NASCAR: The List 6:30 p.m. NBCSN

  Auctions America: Auburn (Encore) 8 p.m. NBCSN

  Auctions America: Auburn (Encore) 11:30 p.m. NBCSN

Thu., June 4 NASCAR AMERICA 5 p.m. NBCSN

  Mecum Auctions: Kansas City (Encore) 6:30 p.m. NBCSN

  Mecum Auctions: Houston (Encore) 8:30 p.m. NBCSN

  Mecum Auctions: Indianapolis (Encore) 11:30 p.m. NBCSN

Fri., June 5 F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Practice 1 10 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra

  F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Practice 2 2 p.m. NBCSN

  Mecum Auctions: Indianapolis (Encore) 3:30 p.m. NBCSN

  IndyCar Firestone 600 – Qualifying 6:30 p.m. NBCSN

Sat., June 6 F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore) 2 a.m. NBCSN

  F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Practice 3 10 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra

  AMA Motocross Thunder Valley – Practice 12:30 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra

  F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 p.m. NBCSN

  AMA Motocross Thunder Valley – Pre-Race 2:30 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra

  AMA Motocross Thunder Valley – 1st Motos 3 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra

  AMA Motocross Thunder Valley – 2nd Motos 5 p.m. NBCSN

  IndyCar Firestone 600 8 p.m. NBCSN

Sun., June 7 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying 1:30 a.m. NBCSN

  F1 Extra 1:30 p.m. NBCSN

  F1 Canadian Grand Prix 2 p.m. NBC

  Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour 4 p.m. NBCSN

  RACER TV 5 p.m. NBCSN

  TORC: Las Vegas 5:30 p.m. NBCSN

  F1 Canadian Grand Prix – Encore 7 p.m. NBCSN

  “1” – F1 Documentary 9:30 p.m. NBCSN

 MOTORSPORTS ON NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA: NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will provide live streaming coverage of the Firestone 600, Canadian Grand Prix, and AMA Motocross races this weekend. The vast majority of coverage will be streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of home and on multiple platforms.

For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.Coverage will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.

MOTORSPORTSTALK: MotorSportsTalk (@MotorSportsTalk) on NBCSports.com brings racing fans up-to-the-minute news, video and information on the Formula One, Verizon IndyCar Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and all other motorsports racing from around the world. The site also serves as the destination for all news, analysis and video from NBC and NBCSN productions of IndyCar and F1, including contributions from on-air commentators.

UFC 199 live stream : 'Rockhold vs Bisping 2' play-by-play in Online

After a short pit prevent on FOX sports 1, ultimate preventing Championship (UFC) returns to the pay-in step with-view (PPV) market this Saturday night time (June 4, 2016) with UFC 199: "Rockhold vs. Bisping 2," taking area within the discussion board in los angeles, California.that is in which UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will make the primary defense of his 185-pound identify in a brief-note rematch towards Michael Bisping, as the result of a past due harm to former champ Chris Weidman.inside the UFC 199 PPV co-foremost occasion, UFC 199 Live Stream bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will collide with longtime nemesis Urijah Faber in a one hundred thirty five-pound rubber fit to be able to (with any luck) settle their score once and for all.

MMAmania.com will deliver live spherical-with the aid of-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the complete UFC 199 combat card below, starting with the fight skip "Prelims" matches online, that are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET, and then the closing undercard stability on FOX sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET, earlier than the PPV foremost card start time at 10 p.m. ET.

a lot of our readers check-in before, throughout and after the televised fisticuffs to proportion their thoughts on all the exciting action. therefore, feel loose to depart a remark (or 199) before you split and chat with all of the different Maniacs during the display -- it usually seems to be a high-quality discussion.
both pairs of warring parties engaged in lengthy arguments as the trash talk flowed freely beforehand of their respective world title bouts at UFC 199 this weekend.both bouts characteristic huge-name rematches, with Rockhold and Bisping set to meet for 2d time, at the same time as Cruz and Faber renew associates for a 3rd bout.And if the bouts even come close to matching the clicking conference, we’re in for two notable name fights on Saturday night time.la -- It has taken him almost precisely 10 years to get right here, but Michael Bisping will sooner or later stroll to the Octagon as a No. 1 contender on Saturday.

His road to a UFC identify shot (which encompasses 25 professional fights) has been tough, to say the least, and it absolutely may not get any easier when the cage door shuts. The 37-12 months-antique has spent the better part of his existence preventing for this possibility, and now right here it's far: a quick-observe matchup against an opponent, Luke Rockhold, who already beat him decisively 18 months in the past.

firstly from the U.ok. but now preventing out of Orange County, California, Bisping (28-7) formally debuted with the UFC in 2006, as a finalist on the third season of "The closing Fighter" truth series. He boasts an general document of 18-7 inside the UFC 199 Live and came tantalizingly close to a identify shot on several events, however by no means quite crossed the finish line till this 12 months.

several of his key losses came to fighters who later examined superb for performance-improving tablets. In a poetic twist, the victory that ultimately did propel him into this name fight got here in February in opposition to Anderson Silva -- the lengthy-reigning middleweight champion who also examined advantageous for more than one banned materials in 2015.it's a quite terrific story, quite frankly. however, most assume it to stop (convincingly) on Saturday. Oddsmakers have pegged Rockhold, who changed into at first imagined to face Chris Weidman in a rematch, as a big favorite. Rockhold (15-2) submitted Bisping inside the 2d round of a combat in November 2014 and has promised a good more devastating finish this time around.

UFC 199 takes vicinity this weekend, and  identify belts are on the line. inside the most important event, middleweight champion Luke Rockhold places his strap on the line towards Michael Bisping. within the co-fundamental event, Dominick Cruz places his bantamweight belt on the line against Urijah Faber, the 0.33 time the men will have fought.

The event is being held on the discussion board in Inglewood, California. All 4 men in the principal event live in California as nicely.remember the fact that we can also be the spot for the today's news, recaps and publish-fight analysis after "Rockhold vs. Bisping 2."

with out similarly put off, see beneath for the modern-day UFC 199 consequences. (observe: this can go from the bottom up; consequently, scroll closer to the bottom for the modern-day exact round-by means of-round motion.)"you'll need to start with winning 'The closing Fighter.' this is where all of it commenced. I went in there and attempted out in December 2005. I got a few tv time, manifestly, and went on to win the entirety. this is when a lot of factors modified in my lifestyles. I knew i was doing the proper things. I knew I could make a residing out of being a expert fighter.

"The UFC turned into keeping open auditions in London and that they had been after  men from the U.k. -- one middleweight and one mild heavyweight. i was combating mild heavyweight at the time. I went to the audition and people were kind of laughing a touch bit. I heard a few say it was laughable to name it an audition due to the fact I had knocked out all the other mild heavyweights attempting out. I had knocked all of them out inside the first round, preventing in England. I made sure to tell [UFC president Dana White] that. There were a decent range of people there. It became a fitness center, pretty full. however there had been most effective five or six guys there who had been legitimate threats, and that i had knocked them out.

no matter their 9 years of tiresome trash talk, bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber proportion a bond that must discover closure on Saturday of their 0.33 assembly at UFC 199.
"We did the tryout and flew to Vegas the following day. I had a few video interviews, and the relaxation is history, as they are saying. i was a hundred percent looking at combating as a way to make a dwelling. I had a master plan with my antique supervisor, Paul Davies. I had end work. i used to be residing in any other metropolis and going domestic to see my family on the weekend. I used to DJ lots back then, and i'd scrape collectively just enough cash on the weekend to continue to exist and train Monday via Friday."
"one of the largest moments of my career came quite quickly after winning TUF. It changed into simplest the second time the UFC went to the U.ok. Rockhold vs Bisping 2  the gang become splendid. I had no concept it become going to be like that. i was only a man who went on a fact television show. I got here back and fought in the front of my u . s . and the noise within the arena was honestly deafening. I don't forget a number of boxing journalists have been there and that they stated they'd seen [British boxing star] Ricky Hatton and Mike Tyson stay and had never heard noise like that. It genuinely blew my thoughts and that become the first time I realized the guide I had within the U.k.

"The UFC changed into aggressively targeting the european demographic and they were using my face all over London. I wasn't even aware of it because I lived on this small, sleepy city in north England. however the media obligations have been insane. I sort of giggle while a few humans have a touch bitching and whining about media due to the fact I used to fly all over Europe, meeting with board contributors, educating human beings what the UFC became. i'd spend a whole day in a restaurant, meeting 20 to 30 journalists. i used to be constantly flying to Las Vegas. It was crazy, however I enjoyed it. I used to paintings for minimum salary, then all of a unexpected i used to be doing some thing I cherished, spreading mixed martial arts and the UFC across Europe. To me, it felt very privileged."

"It we're speaking instrumental moments, i'd have to mention the knockout to Dan Henderson. i have said it generally: That [loss], in lots of methods, is one of the best things to ever appear to me. i used to be too skinny. I knew not anything about weight cutting. when I went all the way down to the 185-pound division from 205, i was dieting right down to 189. i might best take a pair pounds off at some stage in fight week. i used to be too light."i was vastly over-educated. The humans i used to be schooling with on the time have been all about, 'more, extra, more.' closer to the stop of that camp, I may want to rarely stroll into the fitness center. I know it feels like excuses however it is the reality. i used to be blanketed in sores all over my body. it might take an hour of light moving just to get my frame to move fluidly due to the fact i was education so hard. And of course, I misplaced the fight. I found out I had to alternate a few things after that. I failed to change camps right away, I must have, but I began working with a strength and conditioning coach and employed a nutritionist to cut weight well.

"I additionally found out I might be knocked out. previous to that, I had by no means been knocked out. I had my manner, pretty much. The simplest loss on my document was a split selection to Rashad Evans. I thought i used to be invincible, without a doubt. I idea I should move into a ring with absolutely everyone and now not get knocked out. i'd have loved to have a rematch with Dan. permit's consider, he was the inception of testosterone-alternative remedy. I failed to even recognise this type of factor existed at that point, and it later got here up, which was information I must have been privy to.

"I took a few seconds and composed myself. I went to my corner and, of path, blood changed into streaming anywhere. That knee broke my nostril. It turned into a beautiful knee, God bless him. i used to be nice, however i used to be annoyed at myself for making such a rookie mistake and permitting him to get returned in the combat like that.""i have had lots of wonderful recollections. I assume a pivotal time has been understanding, in my mature age, the mental factor of the combat sport. Of route, UFC 199 Live Stream fighting is a totally physical game, but the thoughts controls the whole thing. As experienced as i'm in fighting, the last 18 months or so i have truely made quite a few changes in that area. [Boxing coach] Jason Parillo and i take a seat and speak for hours after sparring.