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NBC Sports Groups To Provide More Than 200 Hours Of World Curling Championships Coverage
By: Tori Hartshorn Mar. 21, 2018
NBC Sports Group will present more than 200 hours of coverage from the 2018 World Women's and Men's CURLING Championships over the next month across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA., NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, and OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
The World Women's CURLING Championship will take place through March 25 in North Bay, Ontario, while the World Men's CURLING Championship will be held in Las Vegas, Nev., and will take place March 31 - April 8. Live coverage of the World Women's CURLING Championship on NBCSN continues today at 2 p.m. ET with Team USA vs. China.
Jason Knapp (play-by-play), 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Pete Fenson (analyst), and 2010 Olympic gold medalist Kevin Martin (analyst) will combine to provide commentary throughout the 2018 World CURLING Championships.
All coverage that airs on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will be streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, while streaming-only coverage can be found on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of the Olympic Channel, Home of Team USA.
WORLD WOMEN'S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP - THROUGH MARCH 25
Team USA is led by skip Jamie Sinclair, a two-time U.S. champion who recently served as an analyst on NBC Olympics' CURLING coverage, along with Alex Carlson (vice skip), Vicky Persinger (second), Monica Walker (lead), and Jenna Martin (alternate). Last year, Team USA finished in fifth place at the World Women's CURLING Championship in Beijing, China.
Following is NBC Sports Group's World Women's CURLING Championship coverage:
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) |
| Wed., March 21 | Pool Play - Team USA vs. China | NBCSN | 2 p.m. |
| Pool Play - Japan vs. Italy | Streaming* | 7 p.m. | |
| Thur., March 22 | Pool Play - Sweden vs. Japan | Streaming* | 9 a.m. |
| Pool Play - China vs. Italy | Streaming* | 2 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - South Korea vs. Japan | Streaming* | 7 p.m. | |
| Fri., March 23 | Pool Play - Japan vs. Canada | Streaming* | 9 a.m. |
| Pool Play - Japan vs. Czech Republic | Streaming* | 2 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Canada | NBCSN | 7 p.m. | |
| Sat., March 24 | Playoff Round | Streaming* | 9 a.m. |
| Playoff Round | Streaming* | 9 a.m. | |
| Semifinal Round | NBCSN | 2 p.m. | |
| Semifinal Round | Olympic Channel | 7 p.m. | |
| Sun., March 25 | Bronze Medal Game | Olympic Channel | 10 a.m. |
| Gold Medal Game | NBCSN | 3 p.m. |
*OlympicChannel.com and Olympic Channel app
WORLD MEN'S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP - MARCH 31 - APRIL 8
The U.S. men's team at the World Men's CURLING Championship will be led by skip Greg Persinger along with Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, and Phil Tilker, after winning the 2018 USA CURLING National Championships earlier this month. John Shuster's rink, which finished fourth last year, did not compete at the National Championships following their historic Olympic gold medal victory in PyeongChang in February.
Following is NBC Sports Group's World Men's CURLING Championship coverage:
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) |
| Sat., March 31 | Pool Play - China vs. Switzerland | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. |
| Pool Play - Russia vs. Canada | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Canada vs. Scotland | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Japan | NBCSN | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Sun., April 1 | Pool Play - Team USA vs. Netherlands | Olympic Channel | 11:30 a.m. |
| Pool Play - Japan vs. South Korea | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. South Korea | Olympic Channel | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Japan vs. Norway | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Canada vs. Switzerland | Olympic Channel | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - China vs. Germany | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Mon., April 2 | Pool Play - Japan vs. Netherlands | Streaming* | 11:30 p.m. |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Norway | NBCSN^ | 12 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Scotland | Olympic Channel | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Italy vs. Canada | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Russia vs. Norway | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - China vs. Japan | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Tues., April 3 | Pool Play - Japan vs. Russia | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. |
| Pool Play - South Korea vs. Canada | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Sweden | Olympic Channel | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Canada vs. Japan | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Sweden vs. Norway | Olympic Channel | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - China vs. Italy | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Wed., April 4 | Pool Play - Norway vs. Canada | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Russia | NBCSN^ | 12 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Germany | Olympic Channel | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Japan vs. Italy | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Netherlands vs. Canada | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Scotland vs. Japan | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Thur., April 5 | Pool Play - Norway vs. Scotland | Olympic Channel | 11:30 a.m. |
| Pool Play - Sweden vs. China | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. | |
| Pool Play - Germany vs. Japan | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Canada vs. China | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Switzerland vs. Japan | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Canada | NBCSN^ | 10:30 p.m. | |
| Fri., April 6 | Pool Play - Team USA vs. China | Olympic Channel | 11:30 a.m. |
| Pool Play - Canada vs. Sweden | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. | |
| Pool Play - Japan vs. Sweden | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - China vs. Scotland | Streaming* | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Team USA vs. Switzerland | Olympic Channel | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Pool Play - Germany vs. Canada | Streaming* | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., April 7 | Playoff Round | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. |
| Playoff Round | Streaming* | 11:30 a.m. | |
| Semifinal Round | Olympic Channel | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Semifinal Round | Olympic Channel | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Sun., April 8 | Bronze Medal Game | Olympic Channel | 3 p.m. |
| Gold Medal Game | NBCSN | 8 p.m. |
^same-day delay
*OlympicChannel.com and Olympic Channel app
NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs - will stream World CURLING Championships coverage airing on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. The NBC Sports app will stream coverage via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. Powered by Playmaker Media, the NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Win10, and Xbox.
ABOUT OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal. The TV network offers fans year-round programming of Olympic Sports from around the world, highlighting their favorite American athletes and teams. Programming emphasizes live events from a broad portfolio of summer and winter Olympic Sports. It also includes Olympic-themed original content produced by all three parties, such as original programs produced by filmmakers from around the world commissioned by the global Olympic Channel; rich archival footage from the IOC and NBCU's libraries of Olympic features and documentaries; and original Team USA programming produced by the USOC that provides authentic, wide-ranging and athlete-focused coverage of the Olympic Movement in the United States. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights are available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.
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