The NFL Returns to TSN in August with Six Pre-Season Games

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TORONTO (July 30, 2013) – TSN and TSN2 get fans geared up for the return of the NFL regular season with six NFL pre-season games throughout the month of August. The gridiron action returns with TSN’s coverage of this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, featuring the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. ET on TSN (see below for full broadcast schedule).

Fans can also listen to TSN Radio 1050 Toronto as Dave Naylor, host of TSN Drive with Dave NAYLOR, delivers coverage of the Hall of Fame weekend with live broadcasts from Canton, Ohio on Friday, Aug. 2 from 4-7 p.m. ET and on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 3-7 p.m. ET.

NFL on CTV, TSN, and TSN2
CTV, TSN, and TSN2 combine to deliver the biggest – and most prestigious – NFL schedule in Canada.  CTV has exclusive Canadian coverage of the Sunday early-afternoon game package at 1 p.m. ET, along with every NFL playoff game and the SUPER BOWL. TSN is home to SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL all season long. TSN2 complements CTV’s early-afternoon football package with a marquee national game at 1 p.m. ET on Sundays – giving viewers a choice between two different NFL games every Sunday of the regular season.

Additional information regarding CTV, TSN, and TSN2’s coverage of the 2013-14 NFL season will be announced in the coming weeks.

TSN and TSN2’s NFL pre-season broadcast schedule is as follows:

Sunday, August 4

• Dallas vs. Miami – Pro Football Hall of Fame Game – 8 p.m. ET on TSN

Thursday, August 8

• Cincinnati @ Atlanta – 8 p.m. ET on TSN2

Thursday, August 15

• San Diego @ Chicago – 8 p.m. ET on TSN

Monday, August 19

• Pittsburgh @ Washington – 8 p.m. ET on TSN

Thursday, August 22

• Carolina @ Baltimore – 8 p.m. ET on TSN2

Sunday, August 25

• Minnesota @ San Francisco– 8 p.m. ET on TSN

TSN is Canada’s Sports Leader and #1 specialty network. With a broad portfolio of multimedia sports assets, TSN delivers world-class content across industry-leading platforms including TSN2, TSN.ca, TSN Radio and TSN Mobile TV. Official broadcaster of the Grey Cup, IIHF World Junior Championship and FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015, TSN’s slate of live sports coverage includes NHL, CFL, NFL, NBA, MLS, Season of Champions Curling, UEFA Euro 2016, MLB Sunday Night Baseball, Barclays Premier League, Golf’s Majors, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Canadian Tire Series, F1, Grand Slam Tennis, NCAA March Madness, and Skate Canada events. TSN is a part of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.

 
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