CBS Sports Network to Air Coverage of the Winter World University Games

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Starting tonight, the CBS Sports Network will air same day coverage of the Winter World University Games from Trentino, Italy. The Games officially run from December 11 through December 21 and will award medals in 12 winter sports of which the United States is sending teams for six.

CBS Sports Network will air ten days of competition including gold medal finals in men’s hockey, snowboarding and skiing. The first event to air from Trentino will be a men’s hockey game tonight against Sweden. It will face off at 9 p.m. ET on CBSSN.

We have the CBS Sports Network press release which includes the schedule of events from the Winter World University Games.

CBS SPORTS NETWORK AIRS 10 DAYS OF WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES COVERAGE BEGINNING TUESDAY, DEC. 10

Coverage Includes Hockey, Snowboarding, Skiing, Figure Skating and Curling

December 9, 2013- Seattle, WA-  CBS Sports Network airs the 2013 World University Games from Trentino, Italy beginning on Tuesday, Dec. 10 (9:00 PM, ET) featuring the world’s best college-aged athletes, many of whom are bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, competing in hockey, snowboarding, skiing, figure skating and curling. CBS Sports Network’s schedule features nine men’s hockey games including the Bronze and Gold Medal games on Saturday, Dec. 21 (4:30 and 7:00 PM, ET), as well as the Gold Medal finals in various snowboarding and skiing events.

Trentino is located in the heart of the Alps, on a mountainous territory that has always been a link between the Mediterranean area and Central Europe.

The complete World University Games schedule on CBS Sports Network is listed below.

CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158.  For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

Find out more info, results, and behind the scenes at the World University Games and USA Teams at wugusa.com.

The Winter Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival, which is staged every two years in a different city. It is only second to the Olympic Games. The program of the Winter Universiade currently includes 6 compulsory sports (10 compulsory disciplines) and 1 or 2 optional sports chosen by the host country. It gathered a record of 2,511 participants in Torino, Italy, in 2007 and a record number of 52 countries in Erzurum, Turkey, in 2011.

Embracing FISU’s motto of ‘Excellence in Mind and Body’, the Winter Universiade incorporates educational and cultural aspects into 11 days of sports competitions, allowing university student-athletes worldwide to celebrate with the host city in a true spirit of friendship and sportsmanship.

CBS SPORTS NETWORK WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Dec. 10 (Tuesday)	Men’s Hockey USA vs. Sweden	9:00 PM
Dec. 11 (Wednesday)	Snowboarding Men’s & Women’s SBX	10:00 PM
Dec. 12 (Thursday)	Snowboarding Men’s & Women’s SBX Gold Finals	8:30PM
	Men’s Hockey Russia vs. Great Britain	10:00 PM
Dec. 14 (Saturday)	Men’s Hockey USA vs. Latvia	5:30 PM
Dec. 15 (Sunday)	Freestyle Skiing Gold Finals	2:00 PM
	Men’s Hockey USA vs. Italy	3:30PM
Dec. 17 (Tuesday)	Snowboarding Men’s & Women’s Half-pipe	9:00 PM
	Alpine Skiing Men’s Giant Slalom	10:00 PM
Dec. 18 (Wednesday)	Alpine Skiing Women’s Giant Slalom	5:00 PM
	Men’s Hockey Quarterfinal Game	6:30 PM
	Freestyle Skiing Men’s & Women’s Slope Style Gold Finals	10:30PM
Dec. 19 (Thursday)	Alpine Skiing Men’s Slalom Combined	5:00 PM
	Snowboarding Men’s & Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Finals	7:00PM
	Men’s Hockey Quarterfinal Game	9:00PM
Dec. 21 (Saturday)	Curling Men’s Gold Final	11:00 AM
	Men’s Hockey Semifinal Game	2:00PM
	Men’s Hockey Bronze Medal Game	4:30PM
	Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Game	7:00PM
	Men’s & Women’s Slope Style Gold Finals	9:30PM

And that will do it.

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