IF SPORTS IS YOUR GIG?

If your a sports NUT like I am then you'll love the Sports Programming that XM has to offer! With XM's sports category they provide the most sports talk and live sports coverage in radio. The overall lineup features Major League Baseball , National Hockey League,Indy Racing League,college sports from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Pacific-10 Conference, Big Ten Conference and Big East Conference, PGA Tour, US Open Tennis, XM Deportivo including the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and is complemented by ESPN Radio,ESPN News,Fox Sports,and XM’s own XM Sports Nation (XMSN). ESPN Radio offers coverage of certain NBA play-by-play. XM also broadcast the 2007 college football Bowl Championship Series play-by-play.

At XM they are the Official Satellite Radio Network of Major League Baseball(“MLB”) and offer a full 24x7 MLB Home Plate channel(175), as well as play-by-play channels, and Spanish-language broadcasts. Through the 2012 baseball season, XM will carry both the regular season and the post-season MLB schedule of games, including the World Series. You won't want to miss MLB Home Plate channel(175) which features live call-in programs hosted by former players and personalities such as Cal Ripken, Kevin Kennedy, and Rob Dibble. MLB Home Plate provides an inside look at teams, players, the league, classic MLB games and other archived MLB material, as well as XM-produced MLB specialty programming, including our Baseball Confidential series.

XM Satellite Radio has a multi-year agreement with the National Hockey League(“NHL”) to broadcast NHL games live and to become the Official Satellite Radio provider of the NHL. XM is the exclusive satellite radio network of the NHL beginning with the 2007-2008 season. In addition to providing live play-by-play coverage of more than 1,000 games per season, XM features Home Ice channel(204), a 24x7 hockey talk channel dedicated to providing an inside look at teams, players and the league.

XM'S coverage of the ACC, PAC-10, SEC, and Big Ten channels offer college football and basketball games. In February 2006, XM made an agreement with the Big East to provide coverage of men’s and women’s Basketball Championships as well as select regular season basketball and football games.

On August 28, 2006, XM launched XM Sports Nation (XMSN) channel (144), an XM-produced 24x7 sports news and talk channel dedicated to college sports, motorsports, fantasy sports and more. Programming on XMSN includes existing XM-produced series as well as popular content from Sporting News Radio. XM Sports Nation is an XM Original 24-hour sports channel. Featuring shows with Dan Patrick, Tony Kornheiser, James Carville, Coach K, Michael Waltrip, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Topics included are Sports Talk, College Football, College Basketball, and Racing which includes the Indy Racing on XM The Indy Racing League races(“IRL”) channel (145.

XM Deportivo, is a 24x7 Hispanic sports channel (147), which provided exclusive coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

XM also offers terrific coverage of the PGA Tour and Majors golf play-by-play and analysis on our PGA Tour on channel(146) Network channel,including 2006 Ryder Cup coverage.

Also when it comes on down the pipe don't forget about ESPN Radio channel(140)Sports news,information,and play-by-play from the worldwide leader in sports. ESPN Xtra (141)ESPN Xtra features three of ESPN Radio's premier talk programs: The Michael Kay Show, Kellerman and Kenny, and Galloway and Company from New York and Dallas. Additionally, ESPN Xtra airs Bill Simmons popular podcast The BS Report. ESPN Xtra will also produce content by ESPN exclusively for XM throughout the year. Such content will include live coverage from the X Games and the ESPYS.

No matter where you live or where you travel, your favorite team is only as far as your XM Radio.


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Here's the current XM sports lineup:
ESPN Radio 140
ESPN Xtra 141
FOX Sports Radio 142
XM Sports Guide 143
XM Sports Nation 144
IndyCar Series Racing 145
The PGA TOUR Network 146
XM Deportivo 147

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