COMCAST SPORTSNET TO PROVIDE EXPANDED PRE GAME COVERAGE OF CELTICS VS. LAKERS
Boston Globe Columnist Bob Ryan and Celtics Owner Wyc Grousbeck Interview Highlight Special Pre-Game Coverage Beginning at 6:30 p.m.
BURLINGTON, MA – Comcast SportsNet, the home for Boston Celtics basketball, will provide expanded pre game coverage of the Celtics-Lakers game featuring Bob Ryan and Wyc Grousbeck beginning with a one-hour special edition of Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight at 6:30 p.m. and Celtics Pre-Game Live at 7:30 p.m.
During the one-hour special, Ryan, the legendary Boston Globe columnist and basketball writer, will make his return to Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight with hosts Gary Tanguay and Michael Felger. Ryan will talk Celtics-Lakers, past and present, during the show. CSN’s pre-game coverage will also feature Celtics managing partner Grousbeck and live reports from the TD Banknorth Garden by courtside reporter Greg Dickerson and Celtics Hall of Famer Tommy Heinsohn.
Following the Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight special, Tanguay and NBA analyst Donny Marshall will breakdown the game and Dickerson will go one-on-one with a Laker on Celtics Pre-Game Live at 7:30 p.m. Celtics Now host and WEEI personality Michael Holley will participate in the three-man weave with Tanguay and Marshall.
Tanguay and Marshall will return for Celtics Post Game Live immediately after the nationally televised Celtics-Lakers game concludes.
Comcast SportsNet reaches more than 4 million households in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Comcast SportsNet’s programming includes the Boston Celtics, Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight, Celtics Now, New England Tailgate, and Net Impact. Comcast SportsNet’s partnership with the 17-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics is the longest team-regional sports network relationship in New England and the fourth longest in professional sports. Comcast SportsNet New England is owned and managed by Comcast Sports Group. Visit www.comcastsportsnet.com for more information.
Comcast Sports Group operates 10 sports networks that cover more than 2,400 live sporting events annually and deliver comprehensive sports news and analysis to 40 million cable and satellite homes. Comcast Sports Group’s networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, SNY, The Mtn. – Mountain West Sports Network, and CSS. These networks provide live game coverage 18 professional teams, as well as college, minor league and other sports. For more information, see ComcastSportsNet.com.
