Sports Media Digest- June 29, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ ESPN Radio To Once Again Host V Foundation Auction- ESPN Radio will once again be hosting the 8th Annual “Don’t Give Up ESPYS V Foundation Auction”. The auction will take place beginning July 1st an run through July 11th. The online and on-air public auction will feature hundreds of items and experiences for bid to raise money and awareness for The V Foundation for Cancer Research. A majority of the nearly 250 experiences and items in the auction will be available online via www.espnradio.com or www.ebay.com while a total of 18 fan “experiences” will be auctioned live on air across ESPN Radio’s national shows on Wednesday, July 11, beginning at 6 a.m. ET until 12 a.m. ET. Listeners can call 1-800-4JimmyV or log ontowww.jimmyv.org to both donate and bid on items and experiences in the radio-thon. NBC to Air America’s Cup Pre-Races from Newport, RI- NBC will provide coverage this weekend of the America’s Cup World Series event from Newport, RI. Action begins this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET. The broadcast will feature the match racing final and fleet racing final, and will be the first U.S. network broadcast of America’s Cup racing in 20 years. Todd Harris will serve as the play-by-play commentator for the telecast, and will be joined in the booth by legendary sailor and author Gary Jobson. CBS Sports Presents Special on Athleticism on PGA Tour- CBS Sports will produce a one-hour special entitled PGA Tour 2012: The Sport of Golf Presented by Allegheny Sports Medicine, which will look at how today’s golfers use strength and conditioning techniques to improve their performance on the course. The program will air tomorrow at 2:00p.m. prior to the network’s coverage of the PGA AT&T National golf tournament.