NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio
(NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that it will launch a special
year-end pop up channel dedicated to reviewing the year that was in
the world of sports. Launching Wednesday, December 26, and airing through
Thursday, January 3, the channel will
offer sports fans a look back at the biggest sports stories and
events from 2012 with highlights, interviews and commentary from
SiriusXM's many experts.
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"The Year in SiriusXM Sports" channel will be available to
subscribers nationwide on channel 142 on satellite radios and on
channel 962 on SiriusXM.com and on the SiriusXM Internet Radio
App for smartphones and other mobile devices.
Sports fans can relive the New York Giants' Super Bowl XLVI
victory; the San Francisco Giants' World Series title; the Los
Angeles Kings' first Stanley Cup championship; LeBron James' first title with the NBA Champion
Miami Heat; the National Championship titles for the Alabama
Crimson Tide football team and the Kentucky Wildcats Men's
Basketball team; Bubba Watson's
emotional Masters victory; Brad
Keselowski's run to the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Championship; Europe's
come-from-behind victory in the Ryder Cup, the U.S. Women's Soccer
Team's Olympic gold medal victory and many more of the year's top
moments.
"At the end of every calendar year sports fans find themselves
looking back on the moments - both the highs and the lows -
that defined the year in sports," said Steve Cohen, SiriusXM's SVP of Sports
Programming. "SiriusXM's across-the-board lineup of sports
channels and live sports coverage has covered it all, delivering
our listeners interviews with key figures and the experienced
perspectives of our hosts, while giving fans a place to call in and
voice their feedback. 'The Year in SiriusXM Sports' brings it
all together on one channel for an in-depth, comprehensive look
back at the year that was."
Listeners will hear highlights from interviews over the past
year with many of the sports figures and others who made headlines
in 2012, including:
- NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell, who sat down for an exclusive SiriusXM Town
Hall with SiriusXM listeners
- Super Bowl winning NY Giants QB Eli
Manning, coach Tom
Coughlin and owner John
Mara; star NFL rookies Robert
Griffin III and Andrew
Luck; and New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees
- Minnesota Vikings RB Adrian
Peterson, the NFL's leading rusher in 2012, who was
interviewed by SiriusXM NFL Radio host and 2006 NFL MVP
LaDainian Tomlinson
- MLB Commissioner Bud
Selig's interview with MLB Network Radio hosts
Cal Ripken Jr. and
Bill Ripken at the MLB
All-Star Game.
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Brad Keselowski; Daytona 500 winner
Matt Kenseth; Indy 500
Champion Dario Franchitti;
and NASCAR's most popular driver, Dale
Earnhardt Jr.
- Notre Dame head football coach
Brian Kelly; Texas A&M QB and Heisman Trophy winner
Johnny Manziel; Alabama QB
A.J. McCarron; Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer; Kentucky Men's Basketball coach
John Calipari; and legendary
former UConn coach Jim
Calhoun, who retired after 40 years as a head coach and
three National Championships
- Golf legend Arnold
Palmer; World #1 ranked golfer Rory McIlroy; Masters Champion
Bubba Watson; US Open
Champion Webb Simpson; Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter; and World #3 Tiger
Woods
- LA Kings goalie and Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Jonathan Quick
- US Women's Soccer Team goalkeeper and Olympic gold medallist
Hope Solo
- New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie, who joined
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo to discuss the aftermath of Hurricane
Sandy
The channel will also feature commentary from many of SiriusXM's
hosts as they discussed the biggest sports stories of 2012 and how
they unfolded – from the championships, to the standout
performances of new stars and established veterans, to the year's
scandals and lowlights.
SiriusXM hosts contributing their insights include:
- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, host of SiriusXM's
Basketball & Beyond with Coach K
- Hall of Famer and 16-time Emmy Award winner John Madden, host of Madden Football
on SiriusXM NFL Radio
- 2006 NFL MVP LaDainian
Tomlinson, 2002 NFL MVP Rich
Gannon, former NFL QB Jim
Miller and Adam
Schein of SiriusXM NFL Radio
- Mad Dog Radio's Chris
Russo, Evan Cohen
and Steve Phillips
- Jaguars RB Maurice
Jones-Drew of SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio
- Heisman Trophy winners Tim
Brown and Eddie
George of SiriusXM College Sports Nation
- SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio's Matt
Adams
- Casey Stern and former GM
Jim Bowden of MLB Network
Radio
- Former U.S. Men's Soccer Team captain John Harkes of SiriusXM FC
- SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's Mike
Bagley and Pete
Pistone
- Justin Termine, host of SiriusXM's NBA show, Off the
Dribble
- Boxing expert Randy
Gordon, host of SiriusXM's Friday Night at the
Fights
- MMA analyst and fighter R.J.
Clifford, host of SiriusXM Fight Club
- Pro wrestling expert Dave
LaGreca, host of SiriusXM's Busted Open
For more info visit www.siriusxm.com
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