NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer subscribers extensive coverage of NBA All-Star 2015 -
February 12-15 - with more than 30
hours of programming from New York
on the SiriusXM NBA Radio channel, plus the live broadcasts of the
64th NBA All-Star Game from Madison Square Garden and
other All-Star Weekend events.
Highlighting the weekend will be a special SiriusXM Town Hall
program featuring Hall of Famers Clyde
Drexler, Isiah
Thomas and Dominique
Wilkins, and hosted by Mad Dog Sports Radio host
Stephen A. Smith.
Drexler, Thomas, Wilkins and Smith will sit down in the SiriusXM
studios on Friday, February 13, from
3:30 to 4:30 pm ET, where they will
answer questions from the in-studio audience and discuss the
All-Star Game and other headline topics from the NBA. The
broadcast will air on SiriusXM NBA Radio (Sirius channel 207, XM
channel 86) on Friday at 7:00 pm ET,
Saturday at 5:00 pm ET and Sunday at
6:00 pm ET, and on Mad Dog Sports
Radio (SiriusXM channel 85) on Saturday at 1:00 pm ET and Sunday at 7:00 am ET.
On Friday, February 13,
Orlando Magic rookie forward
Aaron Gordon will host a
special edition of his SiriusXM NBA Radio show, Year One,
live from the media center at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City from 6:00
to 7:00 pm ET. He will be joined by Portland
Trailblazers guard C.J.
McCollum, who hosted the show during his rookie season
in 2013-14.
"As we go into one of the premiere showcase events in all of
sports, SiriusXM listeners will hear from the people who know the
game best, including NBA Legends, players and league insiders,"
said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's
President and Chief Content Officer. "We're excited to
celebrate NBA All-Star 2015 with their insight and analysis, plus
live event coverage, to bring our subscribers closer to everything
happening on and off the court in New
York."
SiriusXM NBA Radio's coverage throughout NBA All-Star 2015 will
feature analysis by Hall of Famer Nancy
Lieberman, Jerry
Stackhouse, Mateen
Cleaves, Penny
Hardaway and Charles
Oakley, along with hosts Frank Isola, Jason Jackson, Justin Termine,
Joel Meyers, Gerald Brown and Howie Cowart.
The channel will broadcast live from 7:00
am to 7:00 pm ET from the Sheraton Hotel on Thursday, February 12, and Friday, February 13, and will present shows from
All-Star practice at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, February 14, and from the NBA Legends
Brunch at the Javits Center on Sunday, February 15.
Subscribers will also get ESPN Radio's broadcasts of the
64th NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden on
Sunday, February 15 (8:30 pm ET), the State Farm All-Star Saturday
Night events at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday,
February 14 (8:30 pm ET), and
the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge at Barclays Center on
Friday, February 13 (9:00 pm ET). These broadcasts will air on
both ESPN Radio (SiriusXM channel 83) and on SiriusXM NBA Radio
(Sirius channel 207, XM channel 86).
SiriusXM NBA Radio Schedule – NBA All-Star Weekend: (All times
ET)
Thursday, Feb. 12 – Sheraton
Hotel, NY
- 7 – 11 am: The Starting
Lineup with Frank Isola and
Mateen Cleaves
- 11 am – 3
pm: Off the Dribble with Jason Jackson, Joel
Meyers and Jerry
Stackhouse
- 3 – 6 pm: NBA Today with
Justin Termine and Nancy
Lieberman
- 6 – 7 pm: The Bottom Line
Sports Show with Gerald Brown,
Howie Cowart and Charles Oakley
Friday, Feb. 13 – Sheraton Hotel,
NY
- 7 – 11 am: The Starting
Lineup with Frank Isola and
Mateen Cleaves
- 11 am – 3
pm: Off the Dribble with Jason Jackson, Joel
Meyers and Nancy
Lieberman
- 3 – 5 pm: NBA Today with
Justin Termine and Nancy
Lieberman
- 3:30 – 4:30 pm: SiriusXM Town
Hall with Clyde Drexler,
Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins and Stephen A. Smith (taped in studio for later
airing)
- 5 – 6 pm: The Bottom Line
Sports Show with Gerald Brown,
Howie Cowart and Penny Hardaway
- 6 – 7 pm: Year One with
Aaron Gordon, C.J. McCollum and Justin Termine
- 7 – 8 pm: Broadcast of
SiriusXM Town Hall with Clyde
Drexler, Isiah Thomas,
Dominique Wilkins and Stephen A. Smith
Saturday, Feb. 14 – All-Star
Practice, Madison Square Garden, NY
- 10 am – 1
pm: Off the Dribble with Justin Termine and
Mateen Cleaves
Sunday, Feb. 15 – NBA Legends
Brunch, Javits Center, NY
- 10 am – 1
pm: Off the Dribble with Frank Isola and Jerry
Stackhouse
SiriusXM NBA Radio brings fans closer to the game with 24 hour
coverage of the sport, 365 days a year. The channel showcases
a daily schedule of NBA-focused news and talk, expert analysis,
interviews with the biggest names in the game, plus more than a
dozen live NBA game broadcasts each week. NBA fans can call
in to discuss the latest headlines and weigh in with their opinions
on the issues of the day. For more info visit
www.SiriusXM.com/NBA. Follow the channel on Twitter
@SiriusXMNBA.
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