The Monday Lineup: SportsCenter’s new home unveiled today on ESPN3 PLUS: 11 ESPN moments from the weekend
(Joe Faraoni/ESPN Images/Illustration by Hannah Worster)
A special event will be held this morning at ESPN’s Bristol, Conn. headquarters to mark the ceremonial opening of the company’s 194,000 square foot, five-studio media facility, Digital Center 2. ESPN3 will air the event – including a special first look at the studio that will soon be the new home of SportsCenter – beginning at 10:45 a.m. ET. (Select portions of this Thursday’s #SCMediaDay will also air on ESPN3, beginning at 11:15 a.m.)
Scheduled to be on hand for today’s “Fiber Cutting” (replacing the traditional ribbon cutting with some of the 1,100 miles of fiber optic cable used in the building) are Connecticut governor, Dan Malloy; ESPN President John Skipper, Congressman John Larson (D-CT) and emcee for the event, SportsCenter anchor Sara Walsh. She recently agreed to a long-term extension with the network.
DC-2 will not only be home to SportsCenter, it will also make room later this summer for all of ESPN’s NFL studio programming, including including Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, NFL Live, NFL Insiders and NFL PrimeTime.
And now some of what you may have missed over the weekend:
1. Mark Jackson returned to a familiar spot on Sunday.
It's kinda cool to hear @MarkJackson13 back on the sidelines calling games. #HeatvsPacers
— Greg Jennings (@GregJennings) May 18, 2014
Lebron shows Mark Jackson respect https://t.co/sYGPZqAi2U
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) May 18, 2014
Weird hearing Mark Jackson doing games again, but normal at the same time..#nba
— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) May 18, 2014
Mark Jackson adds so much to the broadcast. Good to have him back. @ESPNNBA #MIAvsIND
— Wally Szczerbiak (@wallyball) May 18, 2014
2.
S/O to @DickieV for keeping his promise to raise $250,000 for @adorablelacey
He is a special person..#DickyV
— Ryan Barrett (@Harbsy33) May 16, 2014
Sharp-dressed ESPN president john skipper talks to local media @dickiev gala for @vfoundation #dvgala pic.twitter.com/s9dJ42HJME
— Josh Krulewitz (@jksports) May 16, 2014
3.
If she watches Sunday Night Baseball with you, then she's a keeper.
— Baseball Legacy™ (@BaseballLegacy_) May 19, 2014
LOVED John Kruk calling out Victorino and Ortiz for not hustling. Wish our "Manager of the Year" would do the same.
— Phil Davidson (@PhilDavidson31) May 19, 2014
Good off day in RI. Our friends at ESPN will handle things tonight. Best to my colleagues Dan Shulman and John Kruk. pic.twitter.com/cVij0K0PtJ
— Don Orsillo (@DonOrsillo) May 18, 2014
4.
Not a bad day when you see horse racing as one of the featured headlines on @espn. #CaliforniaChrome #Preakness pic.twitter.com/v8bcWAG2vg
— Candice Hare (@chare889) May 18, 2014
5.
Graduation party tonight with a "This Is Your Life" dessert theme. #The26YearPlan pic.twitter.com/PMAnqnrUqG
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) May 18, 2014
#VanWilder RT @AlexiLalas As so #The26YearPlan comes to an end. Rutgers University, class of 2014. Onward and upward. pic.twitter.com/gi69DV0f1J
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) May 18, 2014
6.
That was a hell of an @ESPNMcGee piece on Outside the Lines just now on NASCAR owner Felix Sabates and fleeing Cuba after Castro took over
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) May 18, 2014
7.
Turn the channel to ESPN 2. Right now! One of the best college lacrosse games I've ever seen. Albany v. Notre Dame. #Postseason #NCAALax
— Perry Landers (@perrylanders) May 17, 2014
ESPN nailed the open video for their lacrosse coverage in May. Worth a watch: http://t.co/s1nqpBrEfK #SportsBiz
— Jessica Smith (@WarJessEagle) May 18, 2014
8.
Imus talks to @HannahStormESPN about Barbara Walters: http://t.co/GlCMy4DqQY
— Imus in the Morning (@TheImusShow) May 16, 2014
9.
#ESPN @ESPNDari waking up and driving to work listening to boys here on Sacramento! Pacers in 7! Spurs in 6! #Pacers win iall ! #HugsKipe
— Nick (@IronCity17) May 17, 2014
10.
Channel hopping all this Great Softball espn2 espnu
— Lets Play Ball (@iLetsPlayBall) May 19, 2014
11.
@espn thank you for such an awesome article about me and my best buddy @MichaelDelZotto
— Liam Traynor (@sledhockeyboy) May 18, 2014
Awesome!!!! Just saw @hayliemac8 diving catch from today's game on @ESPN Top 10- it was #3! Definitely deserved to be on there!
— Leah O'Brien-Amico (@leah20usa) May 17, 2014
