The Flyers will take on the New Jersey Devils tonight outdoors at MetLife Stadium, the latest implementation of the NHL's annual Stadium Series. But don't expect to watch NBC Sports Philadelphia.
In fact, don't expect Flyers games to be broadcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia for some time.
Tonight's game will be broadcast on 6ABC starting at 8 p.m. in Philadelphia, beginning a four-game series in which the Flyers will take to the ice in front of a nationally televised audience. In the coming weeks, the Flyers will play the Devils and New York Rangers on ABC TV, while TNT will have Flyers games against the Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Flyers fans will likely hear some familiar voices at some of these games. NBC Sports Philadelphia analyst Brian Boucher, a former Flyers first-round pick who will replace Keith Jones in the booth, will call both upcoming games on TNT along with veteran play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert. It's planned.
This is the third season of a seven-year agreement between ESPN and TNT to broadcast NHL games, and the Flyers have appeared in games on both networks for the third year in a row as their contracts allow. In his last two seasons, he had 8 games on the ESPN network and 5 games on the TNT network, a total of 13 games. The rest should be broadcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
The flyer schedule until the end of this month is as follows.
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Saturday: Flyers at the Devils, 8 p.m., ABC (Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan, Kevin Weeks)
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Wednesday: Flyer at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m., TNT (Kenny Albert, Brian Boucher, Darren Pan)
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Saturday, February 24th: Rangers at Flyers, 3 p.m., ABC (Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan)
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Sunday February 25th: Flyers at Penguins, 3:30 p.m., TNT (Kenny Albert, Brian Boucher, Shane Hnidy)
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Tuesday, February 27th: Lightning at Flyers, 7 p.m., NBC Sports Philadelphia (Jim Jackson, Brian Boucher)
The revelation comes as the Flyers seek their first playoff appearance since 2020. The Flyers enter Saturday's game against the Carolina Panthers in a tie for second place in the Metropolitan Division, and both teams head into Saturday's game with 65 points. It's a surprising reversal from last year, when they finished the season in 7th place with 75 points and were eliminated from playoff contention by April 1st.
“At the end of the day, it's still a hockey game and we have to treat it like a big game for us.” [against a] Defenseman Nick Seeler told the Inquirer. “So we're excited about it, but obviously we know what's at stake.”
This will be the Flyers' third appearance in the NHL's Stadium Series, which began as an annual event in 2014. It's worth noting that the league has two additional series of outdoor games outside of the Stadium Series — the annual NHL Winter Classic, the Seattle Kraken's victory over the Las Vegas Golden Knights on New Year's Day, and the October featured the Canada-centered NHL Heritage Classic in which the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames.
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Tyrese Maxey will be in the spotlight at tonight's NBA All-Star Game
Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey will make his debut as an NBA All-Star tonight when he competes in the “Team All-Star” skill contest with Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young. Among the players Maxey will face tonight are San Antonio Spurs rookie sensation Victor Wembaneyama and Orlando Magic power forward Paolo Banchero, last season's Rookie of the Year.
The skills contest is basically an appetizer to the three-point contest and slam dunk contest, and this year there's an added bonus, a special three between Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry and New York Liberty sharpshooter Sabrina Ionescu. A points contest will be held. leads the WNBA in shooting 44.8% from beyond the arc this season.
Coverage is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on TNT and TBS and will be executive produced by Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Kenny Smith. It also streams on Max via the B/R Sports add-on. This add-on costs $9.99 per month but is currently offering a free promotional trial.
TNT host and Philadelphia native Adam Lefkow will host an alternate broadcast on truTV featuring Vince Carter, Carmelo Anthony, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and other guests throughout the night. is.
The NBA hopes to draw a bigger audience for All-Star Saturday than last season, when just 3.4 million people watched former Sixers guard Mac McClung rescue the slam dunk contest. McClung, who is averaging 25.4 points per game this year for the NBA G League affiliate Orlando Magic, returns tonight looking to become the first back-to-back slam dunk champion since Zach LaVine in 2015 and 2016.
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JJ Redick's first game as part of ESPN's top NBA broadcast crew will be the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks on February 24th on ABC. The former Sixers shooter will be called up alongside Mike Breen and Doris Burke for the NBA Finals, Eastern Conference Finals and other big games, filling the spot vacated by Doc Rivers, who is now the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. .
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A number of sports media personalities have signed contract extensions in recent days. Reggie Miller signed with TNT, and Shannon Sharpe and Mike “Mad Dog” Russo signed with ESPN. Notably, Ryan Clark, ESPN's versatile NFL analyst whose contract expired earlier this week, is not on that list. The Super Bowl champion and former Pittsburgh Steelers defender has been with ESPN since 2015, but said in a video shared on social media that his recent contract with the network was too low. “I felt like I was being played with,” he said. “I felt like I deserved something that they didn't deserve,” Clark said.
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NBA Hall of Famer and current TNT analyst Shaquille O'Neal is less optimistic about the Sixers' chances this season with Joel Embiid injured. “It's over,” O'Neal told his colleague Gina Mizell on Thursday night.
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Is NBA Insider Shams Charania dating FanDuel TV's Kay Adams? Speculation ran rampant on social media, but Charania was asked directly about their relationship by Pat McAfee on Friday to put the rumors to rest. did not take much action. “I don't want to classify myself as anyone,” said a evasive Charania.
