ESPN at Super Bowl 50

Allie Stoneberg

PHOTOS: ESPN at the Super Bowl

SCHEDULE: Super Bowl-related programming for Feb. 1-7 

ESPN’s weeklong coverage of Super Bowl 50 – Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos vs. Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers – kicks off Monday, February 1, from the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., and continues in the Bay Area through the post-Super Bowl NFL PrimeTime and SportsCenter shows on Sunday, February 7.

ESPN will make its Super Bowl home at Marina Green in San Francisco, where signature shows SportsCenter, NFL Insiders, NFL Live, Postseason NFL Countdown and PTI will originate. All shows are free and open for public viewing.

ESPN’s Super Bowl commentator team includes former NFL players, coaches and team executives with a combined 30 Super Bowl appearances and 17 championship rings. The roster of television hosts, analysts, insiders and reporters includes: Michelle Beisner, Chris Berman, Tedy Bruschi, John Buccigross, Cris Carter, Lindsay Czarniak, Trent Dilfer, Mike Ditka, Herm Edwards, Merril Hoge, Tom Jackson, Ron Jaworski, Keyshawn Johnson, Suzy Kolber, Steve Levy, Ray Lewis, Wendi Nix, Sal Paolantonio, Bill Polian, Louis Riddick, Adam Schefter, Mark Schlereth, Hannah Storm, Jim Trotter, Ed Werder, Trey Wingo and Steve Young.

ESPN TV Shows Originating from San Francisco:

Super Bowl Sunday

§  NFL Matchup (6:30 a.m. and 8:30 ET, ESPN2) with Trey Wingo, Ron Jaworski and Merril Hoge, and The Sports Reporters (9:30 a.m. ET, ESPN2), hosted by John Saunders, will originate from Marina Green.

§  NFL Insiders: Sunday Edition (10 a.m. ET, ESPN): Trey Wingo hosts with Insiders Bill Polian, Louis Riddick and Adam Schefter.

§  Postseason NFL Countdown (11 a.m. ET, ESPN): Hosts Chris Berman and Suzy Kolber preview the Denver Broncos-Carolina Panthers matchup from Marina Green and Levi’s Stadium, respectively. Co-host Wendi Nix, NFL analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson, and NFL Insider Adam Schefter join Berman from the Marina District, while Trent Dilfer, Ray Lewis and Steve Young join Kolber from Santa Clara. Bureau reporters Sal Paolantonio (Broncos), Ed Werder (Panthers) and Jim Trotter provide team updates.

§  ESPN Deportes will televise Super Bowl 50 in Spanish. ESPN Deportes’ MNF commentator team of Alvaro Martin, Super Bowl champion kicker Raul Allegre and John Sutcliffe has the call. Release.

§  NFL PrimeTime and SportsCenter: After Super Bowl 50, Chris Berman, Tom Jackson and Steve Young will have highlights, interviews and more on NFL PrimeTime (10:30 p.m. ET) from Levi’s Stadium and Steve Levy and John Buccigross will anchor the post-game SportsCenter (11:30 p.m. ET) from Marina Green.

ESPN Radio Shows Originating from San Francisco
ESPN Radio will broadcast 38 hours of live, on-site coverage from San Francisco, beginning Wednesday, Feb. 3 – Saturday, Feb. 6.

ESPN Deportes
For the first time ever, ESPN Deportes will televise the Super Bowl in Spanish live from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., thanks to an agreement reached with CBS – the home of Super Bowl 50. Leading into the game, ESPN Deportes will present daily editions of NFL Live beginning Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. ET and daily live segments from San Francisco across all studio programming throughout the day. The lineup on Super Bowl Sunday features nine hours of pregame coverage, including a 90-minute NFL Super Bowl Pregame special at 4:30 p.m. ET and a postgame show.

Coverage will be led by a team of 12 reporters/analysts in San Francisco: Alvaro Martin (play-by-play), Super Bowl-winning kicker Raul Allegre (analyst) and John Sutcliffe (sideline reporter) call the Super Bowl, while Ciro Procuna, Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, former Bears center Roberto Garza, Sergio Dipp, Kary Correa, Mauricio Pedroza, Sebastian Martinez Christensen, and Carlos Nava will contribute daily reports and segments. In addition, Martin, Allegre and Sutcliffe will contribute to ESPN’s English-language coverage with special segments on SportsCenter and Mike & Mike.

ESPN Deportes Radio also broadcasts the game live with Kenneth Garay calling the action alongside Sebastian Martinez Christensen and Eduardo Martell reporting from the field. Additionally, the Spanish-language radio network complements the game telecast with over 40 hours of news and information programming leading up to Sunday, including weekday editions of Firma ESPN (6-9 a.m. ET), Zona ESPN (12-2 p.m. ET), and Zona NYC (2-4 p.m. ET). Saturday’s lineup includes Zona Sabatina special from San Francisco at 9 a.m. ET and Super Bowl Sunday’s coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET with Ultimo Paso SB50 Special, followed by a pregame special at 5 p.m. ET.

ESPNDeportes.com provides complete reporting and highlights throughout the week, including bilingual video analysis with commentators to be featured on both ESPN.com and ESPNDeportes.com, daily live streaming segments, video features and updates, press conferences, breaking news, updates and highlights. Reporters Carlos Nava and Sebastian Martinez Christensen are on site covering both teams.

ESPN International
ESPN International will present Super Bowl 50 live to more than 59 million households in 60 countries and territories throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Canada. Commentary and analysis is provided in four languages — English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Highlights:

ESPN Digital and Print
ESPN Digital and Print coverage of Super Bowl 50 includes analysis, commentary, breaking news and more across ESPN.com and the ESPN App leading up to the game and in-depth game coverage. ESPN.com’s roster of journalists includes NFL senior writers John Clayton, Ian O’Connor, Elizabeth Merrill and Seth Wickersham, analyst Bill Barnwell, NFL Nation reporters, and more. Coverage highlights:

ESPN The Magazine
ESPN The Magazine’s Super Bowl 50 Issue, on newsstands today, focuses on the Super Bowl as a cultural phenomenon. Editor-in-chief Chad Millman notes, “As the Super Bowl turns 50, ESPN The Magazine looks at how the game went from ‘good idea’ to ‘unofficial national holiday.’” The issue features Bryan Curtis on the NFL’s success in branding more than just the big game in “All That Glitters.” Danyel Smith writes about how Whitney Houston soothed a nation on the 25th anniversary of her national anthem performance, and David Fleming plays detective, piecing together the best Super Bowl party of all time in “Joey Fatone, Miss February 1999 and One Epic Chocolate Fountain.” This all leads up to the Super Bowl preview, anchored by Tim Keown’s examination of why Cam Newton continues to be a lightning rod of controversy, as well as breakdowns of whether the Panthers or Broncos hold the competitive edge, from blitz schemes and passing when pressured to red zone success and players to watch.

ESPN The Party
ESPN hosts its 12th annual Super Bowl event, ESPN The Party, on Friday, Feb. 5, in San Francisco. In conjunction with the release of ESPN The Magazine’s Super Bowl issue, the invitation-only event features a special live performance by multi-platinum selling GRAMMY–nominated singer/songwriter Nick Jonas, along with music by D-Nice. ESPN takes over the Festival Pavilion in Fort Mason, which in 1941 was home to over a million military men and women as they boarded ships to sail the Pacific to begin Hawaiian relief efforts after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Follow the action via social channels using #ESPNTHEPARTY.

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