POSTED: Friday March 20th 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UNIVERSAL SPORTS TO BROADCAST WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Women’s Events Start Sunday from South Korea; Men’s Events Start April 4

       LOS ANGELES – March 20, 2009 – After winning at the U.S. Olympic Trials a few weeks ago, Debbie McCormick and her U.S. teammates will try to head into the Vancouver Games as world champions. Universal Sports, in partnership with the World Curling Federation (WCF) will offer broadcast and webcast coverage of the Women\‘s World Curling Championships, March 22–29, from Gangneong, South Korea, and the Men\‘s Championships on April 4–12, 2009.
Universal Sports\’ broadcast team includes former U.S. National Curling Champion Patti Lank and play-by-play commentator Danny Lee for the women\‘s tournament.
COVERAGE ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS:  Universal Sports, available in 45 million homes, will present same-day coverage of the women\‘s semifinal and medal matches.

Date          Events                                                          Time (all times ET)

MAR. 28    Game #4 USA vs. Canada                                  7 – 10 PM
         Game #12 USA vs. Sweden                                 11 PM – 2 AM


MAR. 29    Semifinal or Bronze Medal Match
          7  – 10 PM
          Final and Gold Medal Ceremony                         11 PM – 2 AM

COVERAGE ON UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM:  UniversalSports.com will cover the following women\‘s competitions, as well as the playoffs, semifinals and all medal matches on-demand.  More information, as well as highlights, full-length videos, photos, breaking news and more available at UniversalSports.com/curling.

Date           Events

MAR. 22     Game # 4 Canada vs. USA
Game # 5
USA vs. China

MAR. 23     Game # 8 USA vs. Germany

MAR. 25
Game # 12 USA vs.Sweden

MAR. 26     Game # 16 TBA
                  Game # 17 TBA
MAR. 27     Playoff Game # 1
MAR. 28     Semifinal
                  Bronze Medal
                  Playoff Game # 2

MAR. 29    Final and Gold Medal Ceremony

TEAM USA: Debbie McCormick will try to skip her team to the top, giving the United States its first – and only – world title since 2003. Debbie McCormick with teammates Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson and Tracy Sachtjen hope to improve their seventh-place finish from the 2008 World Curling Championships.

MEN\‘S WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING SOON:  Universal Sports will offer broadcast and webcast coverage of the Men\‘s World Curling Championships, April 4-12 from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.  Visit UniversalSports.com/Curling for up-to-date schedule information.

ABOUT UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, serves as the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related and lifestyle sports programming available on television and online. Universal Sports is a 24-hour television channel available in 45 million television households in markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Reno and Omaha. Major world championship and Olympic qualifying events found on Universal Sports range from track and field, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, marathons and cycling, to volleyball, rowing, triathlon, fencing, speed skating and martial arts. UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live and on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes through blogs and in-depth access to Olympic sports news and information year round. For more information on the availability of the Universal Sports 24-hour television channel, please visit UniversalSports.com


       Members of the media can get more information about NBC Universal and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at www.nbcumv.com.

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