| | Outdoor enthusiasts looking for an exciting and unique vacation this summer
now can make their plans -- the ESPN Great Outdoor Games, a first-of-its
kind "Olympic style" event for outdoor sports, will take place July 20-23 in
Lake Placid, N.Y. More than 200 of the world's best competitors in outdoor
sports as varied as bass fishing, chain sawing and retriever trials will vie
for nearly $300,000 in prize money. The ESPN Great Outdoor Games, created
and organized by ESPN, will encompass 20 events in four sport categories -
Fishing, Timber Events, Sporting Dogs and Target Sports.
ESPN/ESPN2 coverage will begin in July and will
include a total of 17 hours of original programming starting Thursday, July
27, including primetime telecasts July 27-30 and weekend afternoon coverage
July 29-30. In addition, ESPN2 will air one-hour compilation shows the
following week, July 31 - August 4 at 11 a.m. ET with an extensive schedule
of reairs.
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ESPN/ESPN2 Great Outdoor Games broadcast schedule
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Date
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Network
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Time (Eastern)
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Content
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July 27
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ESPN2
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8:30-10 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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July 28
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ESPN2
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12-1:30 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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ESPN
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8 -10 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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July 29
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ESPN
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7-8:30 a.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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ESPN
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8:30-10:30 a.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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ESPN
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12-2:30 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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ESPN
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8-10 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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July 30
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ESPN2
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7:30-10 a.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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ESPN
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3-5:30 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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ESPN2
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9-11:30 p.m.
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Event coverage, highlights
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July 31
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ESPN2
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12-1 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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5-6 p.m.
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Highlights
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August 1
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ESPN2
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1-2 a.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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12-1 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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5-6 p.m.
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Highlights
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August 2
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ESPN2
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1-2 a.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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12-1 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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5-6 p.m.
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Highlights
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August 3
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ESPN2
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12-1 a.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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12-1 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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5-6 p.m.
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Highlights
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August 4
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ESPN2
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1-2 a.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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12-1 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN2
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6-7 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN
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7:30-8:30 p.m.
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Highlights
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August 5
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ESPN2
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1-2 a.m.
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Highlights
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August 6
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ESPN
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3-4 p.m.
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Highlights
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ESPN
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4-5 p.m.
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Highlights
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Like the successful ESPN X Games and Winter X Games, the ESPN Great Outdoor
Games will bring together world-class competitors in related fields to
create compelling programming for participants in these activities and
non-participants alike. The ESPN Great Outdoor Games will include 20 events
in four sport categories:
Target Sports
Archery Targets
Rifle Targets
Shotgun Grid
Fishing
Bass Fishing
One-Fish (largest fish caught; seeding by fly casting round)
Timber Events
Two-Board Jigger (timed event as participants chop into vertical pole, place block into pole and climb)
Men's Endurance (cumulative time for three events: Underhand Chop, Standing Chop, Single Buck)
Women's Endurance (cumulative time for three events: Underhand Chop, Single Buck, Ax Throw)
Super Modified Hot Saw (timed chain sawing)
Men's Hard Hit (fewest axe hits to cut through a log)
Speed Climbing (head-to-head bracketed event)
Team Relay (five events, three-person male/female teams)
Tree Topping (climbers ascend pole and saw top off in timed event)
Men's/Women's Run, Roll and Drive (cumulative score from three events: Log Rolling, Boom Run and River Drive)
Sporting Dogs
Agility (timed obstacle course, large and small dog divisions)
Fly Ball (four-dog team relay race)
Big Air (long jump into lake)
Retriever Trials
Great Outdoor Games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN.com
ESPN/ESPN2 outdoor programming is previewing the ESPN Great Outdoor Games
taking place next July in Lake Placid, N.Y. The segments - ESPN Great
Outdoor GameBook -- are aired during ESPN's Saturday morning block of
outdoors programming (7 - 10 a.m.) and during ESPN2's Sunday morning block
(up to four hours, usually beginning at 6 or 9 a.m.). They preview the
events, rules, venues and likely competitors. They will continue until the
inaugural ESPN Great Outdoor Games next July. The segments can also be
viewed via the ESPN Outdoors section of ESPN.com. | |
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