Sports Media Digest- June 6, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ Kings Can Wrap-Up Stanley Cup in Game Four Tonight- The NBC Sports Network has Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight, with the Los Angeles Kings one win away from the title. Coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live with Liam McHugh Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Eddie Olczyk and Pierre McGuire will call the action. SiriusXM Radio Has Coverage of the Belmont Stakes- SiriusXM Radio will be the radio home of this weekend’s Belmont Stakes. SiriusXM listeners will hear the live race call (post time: 6:40 pm ET) on Sirius channel 93, Sirius channel 94 and XM channel 209. The broadcast will also air on the SportsZone channel (860) on SiriusXM.com and on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices. SiriusXM will offer 10 hours of live on-site coverage from Belmont Park as the exclusive horse racing program, Down The Stretch, will broadcast live from the venue from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm ET on Sirius channel 93 and XM channel 209. Jason Taylor Joins ESPN as Football Analyst- The ESPN stable of football analysts continues to grow with the hiring today of former All-Pro defensive lineman Jason Taylor as a NFL studio analyst. Taylor will appear on NFL Live, NFL32 and SportsCenter, in addition to contributing to Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown. Scheduled to start later this offseason, Taylor will also make regular appearances on ESPN Radio. ESPN Announces Studio Team for Euro 2012- ESPN has announced its studio announcing team for Euro 2012. Bob Ley, Rebecca Lowe and SportsCenter anchor and Max Bretos will combine to host English-language studio programming for the event. Veteran Spanish-language television journalist Jose Ramon Fernandez will be primary host for ESPN Deportes. Analysts include Mario Kempes, Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller, Andres Agulla, José Hernández, Richard Méndez, Fernando Palomo, Tommy Smyth and Taylor Twellman. NBATV To Televise NBA Social Media Awards- NBATV will be the home for the the first-ever NBA Social Media Awards. The event celebrates NBA players, teams and fans for their social engagement throughout the 2011-12 NBA regular season. The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 20th at 9:00p.m. ET. Rick Fox will host the show, joined by TNT and NBA TV analyst Shaquille O’Neal and SLAM magazine’s social maven Lang Whitaker, along with contributions from The Basketball Jones’ JE Skeets and Tas Melas. NBC Sports Network Begins Coverage of Tour de Suisse This Weekend- The final race before the Tour de France, the Tour de Suisse, will be telecast beginning this weekend on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). The nine stage race begins this Saturday at 12:30a.m. ET on NBCSN and runs daily through Sunday, June 17th.