CBS agrees to 15-year extension with SEC

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MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE UNVEILS 58-TELECAST PACKAGE FOR 2008-09
October 7, 2008

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Valley Conference, in its 102nd year of competition, will produce a 36-telecast, in-house television package on FS Midwest in 2008-09, league Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today. An additional 22 telecasts will be shown on the ESPN family of networks -- ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU -- and CBS Sports.
The Valley, with Metro Sports of Kansas City serving as its production company, has worked in conjunction with FS Midwest -- along with its sister regional cable outlets FS Indiana and FS Kansas City -- and Comcast SportsNet Chicago to clear telecasts.

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October 20, 2008
Horizon League, ESPNU announce Friday night basketball
game-of-the-week schedule

INDIANAPOLIS --- The Horizon League’s fi rst national basketball game-of-the-week package highlights
the League’s 2008-09 broadcast schedule on ESPN networks, Commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone announced
Monday (Oct. 20).
Seven Horizon League match-ups featuring all 10 men’s teams and two women’s on Fridays in January and
February on ESPNU are part of 17 games involving League teams scheduled to be shown on ESPN networks
during the coming season.
“We are excited to expand our ESPN partnership with our fi rst national basketball game-of-the-week,” said
LeCrone. “More fans will now be able to follow our teams on a regular basis during the regular season. This is
another important step in the growth of the League.”
The Friday night game-of-the-week schedule will tip-off Jan. 9 with an intrastate battle when the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee plays host to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay at 9 p.m. ET.
“Showcasing the Horizon League in a consistent Friday primetime window is a great addition to ESPN’s
college basketball schedule,” said Rosalyn Durant, vice president and general manager, ESPNU. “This agreement
also allows us to enhance the number of live events we offer on ESPNU with quality intra-conference
competition.”
The following Fridays in January will feature Wright State University at the University of Detroit Mercy
on Jan. 16 (9 p.m.), preseason League favorite Cleveland State University at Youngstown State University
on Jan. 23 (9 p.m.) and Valparaiso University at defending champion Butler University on Jan. 30 (7 p.m.).
February’s Horizon League game-of-the-week schedule on ESPNU starts with a women’s match-up when
Wright State plays at Butler on Feb. 6 (9 p.m.). Men’s action resumes with Butler playing host to the University
of Illinois at Chicago on Feb. 13 (7 p.m.), followed by UIC at cross-town rival Loyola University Chicago
on Feb. 27 (9 p.m.). There will be no scheduled League game on Feb. 20 due to all 10 teams participating in
the annual ESPNU BracketBusters that weekend.
ESPN2 will televise two regular-season men’s games, including Butler at UIC on Saturday, Jan. 17 (2
p.m.). Again this season, the fi nal Saturday of the regular season (Feb. 28, 12 p.m.) will feature a men’s wildcard
game that will be selected in early February. Games scheduled that day are Green Bay at Wright State,
Milwaukee at Detroit, Cleveland State at Butler and Youngstown State at Valparaiso. Both ESPN2 games also
will be streamed live on ESPN360.com.

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