ICYMI: The week on Front Row PLUS X Games coverage features GoPro technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFqMRdpputM

ESPN’s X Games Austin coverage, continuing this weekend across many network platforms, incorporates GoPro camera technology to give viewers incredible perspectives on the action.

In the video above, Phil Orlins, X Games senior coordinating producer, and Todd Ballard, director, GoPro’s global sports marketing, explain how the production partnership works.

Video produced by Dave Williams and Tonya Malinowski

• SportsNation celebrates 2 million Facebook likes with a 90-second video you’ll have to see to believe. Here’s a look inside the “Rube Goldberg machine” set up.

• ESPN New York 98.7FM’s Don La Greca was ready to call play-by-play for the Rangers-Kings Game 1 Stanley Cup Final.

• X Games Austin provides the laboratory for Sport Science host John Brenkus to provide “instant live analysis” of the competition.

• Soccer commentator Ian Darke is preparing to call his second FIFA World Cup for ESPN. What challenges are ahead? Which match is he anticipating the most? Find out here.

1. A new TISC spot:

Walking onto the pitch with your favorite player is every kid’s dream. Unless… #ThisIsSC http://t.co/ndIh6L4Rqy

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 6, 2014

2. Men in Blazers World Cup preview:

3. X Games Social View – See more here

4. Enjoy an array of photos from the ESPN Images’ Images of the Week.