The schedule includes for the first time six pre-season matches, ‘Monday Night Football’ each week, an additional game every Sunday night, plus coverage of the historic Miami Dolphins clash with the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium on 28th October.
The unprecedented coverage for the 2007-2008 NFL season on Sky Sports comprises:
*Pre-season: For the first time, six live pre-season games during August
*Sunday: Live Sunday evening ‘triple-headers’ throughout the regular season
*Monday: For the first time on Sky, ‘Monday Night Football’ live each week
*Interactive: Two extra live Sunday night regular season games via the red button
*Playoffs: Every game exclusively live from the post-season
*Super Bowl: Live coverage of the big game from Arizona on 3rd February 2008
*Extra matches: Pro Bowl, Thanksgiving Day, Thursday and Saturday night matches live
*Support: Including ‘NFL Total Access’ show six nights a week, a weekly highlights show, Sky season preview plus ‘America’s Game’ Super Bowl series
Coverage will be presented by Kevin Cadle and Nick Halling, who will be joined by a host of studio guests throughout the season.
Karl Baumann, Sky Sports’ producer for American Football, said: “With a record number of live games on Sky, plus the historic clash between the Dolphins and Giants at Wembley, there’s never been a better time to be an NFL fan in the UK and Ireland.”
Sky’s coverage begins with the six games from the NFL pre-season as teams make final preparations for the new season. The fixtures include the traditional Hall of Fame curtain-raiser between the Steelers and Saints, a Super Bowl re-match between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears and a chance to see early-Super Bowl favourites the New England Patriots against Carolina Panthers.
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| Sky's NFL anchor: Kevin Cadle | |
Sky’s regular season coverage begins with the annual NFL ‘Kick-off’ match between Super Bowl champions Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints on Thursday 6th September.
Throughout the regular season a ‘triple-header’ of live games will be screened from 6pm with an additional two games available (6pm and 9pm) via the red button on the Sky digital remote. These games are part of Sky’s enhanced coverage each Sunday, which will include rolling highlights and match stats plus live scores from around the league for those with Sky digital.
Monday Night Football, featuring the NFL’s popular commentary duo of John Madden and Al Michaels, will make its debut on Sky Sports on Monday 10th September. Sky will also show live coverage of the three ‘Thanksgiving Day’ matches in November, additional games scheduled on Thursday and Saturday nights plus the all-star Pro Bowl match in Hawaii one week after the Super Bowl.
Viewers will also be able to enjoy exclusively live coverage of every playoff match together with Super Bowl XLII, which this season will be played at the $450m University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on 3rd February 2008.
For those that wish to keep up to date on daily news, views and analysis, Sky will be screening extensive support programming including ‘NFL Total Access’ six nights a week, a weekly highlights show plus ‘America’s Game’ Super Bowl documentary series.
| NFL 2007-2008 Preseason exclusively live on Sky Sports | ||
| Date | Match | On-air |
| Sun Aug 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers vs New Orleans Saints | 12.30am |
| Fri Aug 10 | Atlanta Falcons vs New York Jets | 12.00am |
| Sat Aug 18 | San Diego Chargers vs St Louis Rams | 1.00am |
| Mon Aug 20 | Chicago Bears vs Indianapolis Colts | 1.00am |
| Fri Aug 24 | New England Patriots vs Carolina Panthers | 1.00am |
| Fri Aug 31 | Indianapolis Colts vs Cincinnati Bengals | 12.30am |
