ESPN, ESPN2 & Longhorn Network To Air Little Legue World Series Regional Games; Wait, Longhorn Network?

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Three ESPN networks will air 34 Little League World Series Regional games starting on Friday. The networks utilized will be ESPN, ESPN2 and the Longhorn Network.

One can argue about ESPN exploiting children by airing the Little League World Series tournament, but the games seem to do well for the Family of Networks.

Longhorn Network which is hardly seen in Texas will have 12 Southwest Region games. ESPN and ESPN2 will have the 22 other games spread across the country.

We have the schedule plus the announcing assignments for all 34 regional games. Check it out.

ESPN, ESPN2 & Longhorn Network Combine to Televise 34 Little League World Series Regional Games

ESPN, ESPN2 and Longhorn Network will combine to televise 34 regional games of the 2012 Little League World Series. The regional games will lead into ESPN’s multiplatform coverage of the Little League World Series from Williamsport, Pa. Aug 16-26. ESPN’s total Little League World Series commitment is 75 Little League World Series games, including 32 from Williamsport and nine additional Little League World Series games across several divisions.

ESPN’s regional coverage will begin with 12 Southwest region games on Longhorn Network Aug. 3-6. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise the remaining 22 regional games Aug. 7-12. All ESPN and ESPN2 games will also be available via ESPN3 and WatchESPN with most games available on ESPN Mobile TV.

Commentators
Former Major League pitcher Danny Graves will serve as a guest analyst for all Longhorn Network telecasts, working alongside play-by-play commentator Tommie Hart. In addition, former Major League catcher Paul Lo Duca will return for his second year of Little League coverage, working as an analyst for ESPN’s Bristol-based regional games with Karl Ravech. Here is the full list of commentator pairings (play-by-play/analyst): Tommie Hart/Danny Graves; Carter Blackburn/Kyle Peterson; Clay Matvick/Chris Singleton; Mark Neely/Aaron Boone; Karl Ravech/Paul Lo Duca.

Additional Little League World Series Games
In addition to the 34 regional games and the 32 Williamsport games, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise nine more World Series games – featuring seven championship games – across several divisions, including Big League Baseball, Big League Softball, Senior League Softball, Junior League Softball, Senior League Baseball, Junior League Baseball and Little League Softball.

Little League World Series in Williamsport
ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present all 32 Little League World Series games from Williamsport, Pa., beginning Thursday, Aug. 16, and concluding with the World Series Championship game on ABC Sunday, Aug. 26. Full coverage details will be announced soon.

Little League World Series Regions/Locations
Great Lakes (Indianapolis, Ind.); Mid-Atlantic (Bristol, Conn.); Midwest (Indianapolis, Ind.); New England (Bristol, Conn); Northwest (San Bernardino, Calif.); Southeast (Warner Robins, Ga.); Southwest (Waco, Texas); West (San Bernardino, Calif.). For a list of all teams per region, visit LittleLeague.org.

ESPN’s Little League World Series Regional Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network(s)
Fri, Aug. 3	2 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool A: Mississippi vs. Arkansas Tommie Hart, Danny Graves	Longhorn Network
	6 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool A: Louisiana vs. New Mexico Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	9:30 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool B: Oklahoma vs. Texas East Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
Sat, Aug. 4	2 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool A: Arkansas vs. New Mexico Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	6 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool A: Mississippi vs. Louisiana Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	9:30 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool B: Colorado vs. Texas West Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
Sun, Aug. 5	2 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool B: Oklahoma vs. Colorado Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	6 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool B: Texas East vs. Texas West Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	9:30 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool A: Mississippi vs. New Mexico Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
Mon, Aug. 6	2 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool B: Oklahoma vs. Texas West Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	6 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool B: Colorado vs. Texas East Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
	9:30 p.m.	Southwest Region Pool A: Arkansas vs. Louisiana Hart, Graves	Longhorn Network
Tues, Aug. 7	5 p.m.	Southwest Regional Semifinal # 1 First Place Pool A vs. Second Place Pool B Hart, Graves	ESPN2, ESPN3, Watch ESPN
	8 p.m.	Southwest Regional Semifinal # 2 First Place Pool B vs. Second Place Pool A Hart, Graves	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
Wed, Aug. 8	11 a.m.	Great Lakes Regional Semifinal # 1 Carter Blackburn, Kyle Peterson	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	1 p.m.	Southeast Regional Semifinal #1 Clay Matvick, Chris Singleton	ESPN, ESPN3, WatchESPN
	2 p.m.	Great Lakes Regional Semifinal # 2 Blackburn, Peterson	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	6 p.m.	Southeast Regional Semifinal # 2 Matvick, Singleton	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
Thurs, Aug. 9	2 p.m.	Midwest Regional Semifinal # 1 Blackburn, Peterson	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	Northwest Regional Semifinal # 1 Mark Neely, Aaron Boone	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	7 p.m.	Midwest Regional Semifinal # 2 Blackburn, Peterson	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	9 p.m.	Southwest Regional Final Hart, Graves	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	11 p.m.	Northwest Regional Semifinal # 2 Neely, Boone	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
Fri, Aug. 10	11 a.m.	Mid-Atlantic Regional Semifinal # 1 Karl Ravech, Paul Lo Duca	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	1 p.m.	Great Lakes Regional Final Blackburn, Peterson	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	3 p.m.	Mid-Atlantic Regional Semifinal # 2 Ravech, Lo Duca	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	West Regional Semifinal # 1 Neely, Boone	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	7 p.m.	Southeast Regional Final Matvick, Singleton	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	9 p.m.	West Regional Semifinal # 2 Neely, Boone	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
Sat, Aug. 11	2 p.m.	Midwest Regional Final Blackburn, Peterson	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	4 p.m.	Northwest Regional Final Neely, Boone	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	6 p.m.	New England Regional Final Ravech, Lo Duca	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
	8 p.m.	West Regional Final Neely, Boone	ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN
Sun, Aug. 12	5 p.m.	Mid-Atlantic Regional Final Ravech, Lo Duca	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, WatchESPN

Additional Little League World Series Coverage Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network(s)
Wed, Aug. 1	8 p.m.	Big League Baseball Final Matvick, Doug Glanville	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN
Wed, Aug. 8	4 p.m.	Big League Softball Final Cara Capuano, Michele Smith	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN
Sat, Aug. 11	12 p.m.	Sr. League Softball Final Pam Ward, Smith	ESPN, ESPN3, WatchESPN
Tues, Aug. 14	7 p.m.	Little League Softball Semifinal # 1 Ward, Smith, Holly Rowe	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN
	9:30 p.m.	Little League Softball Semifinal # 2 Ward, Smith, Rowe	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN
Wed, Aug. 15	10 p.m.	Little League Softball Final Ward, Smith, Rowe	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN
Sat, Aug. 18	11 a.m.	Junior League Baseball Final Blackburn, Ben McDonald	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN
	2 p.m.	Senior League Baseball Final Matvick, Glanville	ESPNU, ESPN3, WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	Junior League Softball Final Ward, Cheri Kempf	ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN

That’s all.

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