MASN to Sponsor and Televise Shriver's 24th Annual BCF Tennis Challenge

MASN to Sponsor and Televise Shriver's 24th Annual BCF Tennis Challenge
(Baltimore, MD) -- MASN, the local leader in live sports entertainment, will televise Pam Shriver's 24th Annual BCF Tennis Challenge at 1st Mariner Arena on December 9th. MASN's exclusive production will air on December 15th at 8:00 p.m. in high definition on MASN HD with six additional replays throughout December. The annual BCF Tennis Challenge showcases the sport's brightest stars as they compete in men's and women's singles, men's and mixed doubles, and a special Orioles Challenge...

MASN to Televise FCS Playoffs on Saturday

MASN to Televise FCS Playoffs on Saturday
MASN, the local leader in live sports entertainment, will televise the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs on Saturday, December 5th. The Division 1-AA Quarterfinals will include a noon game between William & Mary and Southern Illinois and an evening matchup between Appalachian State and Richmond at 7 p.m. Both games will be carried live on MASN. In his 30th season with William & Mary, head coach Jimmye Laycock leads the 6th ranked Tribe into the quarterfinals for the first time since...

MASN To Launch MASN2 HD for 2010

MASN To Launch MASN2 HD for 2010
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles, will launch a high definition overflow channel beginning in the spring of 2010, the network announced today. The launch of MASN2 HD will allow the network to televise every Orioles and Nationals game live and in high-def throughout the season. The majority of MASN's cable and satellite affiliates will be prepared to carry the channel for the 2010 MLB campaign throughout the network's seven-state television...

Statement from MASN on the Departure of Buck Martinez

Statement from MASN on the Departure of Buck Martinez
Statement from MASN spokesman Todd Webster on Buck Martinez leaving MASN: "MASN appreciates Buck's years of service to MASN and the Orioles, and we wish him the best in Toronto. He is a true professional whose insights and experiences have enlightened and entertained Orioles fans for seven years. While we will miss his energy and expertise during our broadcasts, we recognize his unique opportunity to not only return to the team for whom he played, managed, and broadcast for two decades,...

MASN to televise Nationals press conference live at 1 pm

MASN to televise Nationals press conference live at 1 pm
(Washington, D.C.) -- MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals, will carry the team's Friday press conference announcing the signing of Ivan Rodriguez. Coverage begins live at 1 pm from Nationals Park. Fans can also check MASNsports.com in the afternoon for video highlights and interviews from the conference.

MASN to televise Nationals press conference live at 2:30 pm Tuesday

MASN to televise Nationals press conference live at 2:30 pm Tuesday
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals, will carry the team's Tuesday afternoon press conference announcing the signing of Jason Marquis. Coverage begins live at 2:30 pm from Nationals Park with MASN's Johnny Holliday, host of Nats Xtra. Fans can also check MASNsports.com in the afternoon for video highlights and interviews from the conference.

Ben Goessling Joins MASN as Nationals Reporter

Ben Goessling Joins MASN as Nationals Reporter
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals, has announced that well-known Washington sports journalist and personality Ben Goessling has joined the network as a full-time reporter, blogger and on-air contributor. Goessling will cover the Nationals for MASNsports.com, the premier online destination for Nationals fans, beginning on January 11th. A trusted and reliable source for the most up-to-date Nationals news, Goessling will continue writing about the team on a daily basis,...

Baltimore Ravens Playoff Coverage Continues on MASN

Baltimore Ravens Playoff Coverage Continues on MASN
With the Ravens decisive win over the Patriots yesterday, MASN will continue televising prime-time Ravens programming each night, Coach Harbaugh's day after press conference each week, and Ravens Xtra after each game. Viewers can tune in today to watch Coach Harbaugh's press conference at 3:45 p.m. live on MASN. Leading up to Saturday's game in Indianapolis, MASN will televise Ravens prime-time programming each evening featuring: 1 Winning Drive: Monday at 7 pm and 10 pm; Tuesday at 1:30...

MASN Announces 2010 Baseball Television Schedule

MASN Announces 2010 Baseball Television Schedule
(Washington D.C.) -- MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles, announced today its Major League Baseball programming schedule for the 2010 season. With the April launch of MASN2 HD, MASN will carry every game and every play -- 320 MLB games -- in high definition throughout the season. The Nationals will have 95 live games on MASN and MASH HD and an additional 67 on MASN2 and MASN2 HD. Washington DC-area viewers will also be able to watch nearly every...

Statement from MASN on the departure of Anita Marks from CBS Radio

Statement from MASN on the departure of Anita Marks from CBS Radio
As Anita Marks departs CBS Radio to pursue new opportunities, MASN wishes her the very best. Since the network's 24x7 launch in July of 2006, Anita has been an afternoon staple on MASN. She has brought sharp analysis, informed opinion and strong perspective on local, regional and national sports to MASN's audience. We appreciate her three and a half years of service to sports fans in Baltimore and throughout the country. We wish her the very best with her future endeavors and have every...

MASN Televising Orioles Press Conference LIVE at 3:00 p.m. Today

MASN Televising Orioles Press Conference LIVE at 3:00 p.m. Today
MASN will televise today's Baltimore Orioles press conference live at 3 p.m. from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles are expected to announce the signing of former All-Star Miguel Tejada. Roch Kubatko and Jim Hunter will host the MASN production.

MASN to Televise Ravens Press Conference

MASN to Televise Ravens Press Conference
The television home of the Baltimore Ravens, MASN will televise the team's Season-Ending Press Conference on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m live from Owings Mills. The press conference will feature owner Steve Bisciotti, president Dick Cass, general manager and executive vice president Ozzie Newsome and head coach John Harbaugh. Video highlights from the press conference will also be available in MASN's Media Lounge.

MASN Announces 2010 Spring Training Schedule

MASN Announces 2010 Spring Training Schedule
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles, announced today its spring training schedule for the 2010 season. The network will televise eight spring training games total -- all of which will appear on MASN's flagship dedicated high-definition channel, MASN HD. Kicking off the baseball season on MASN, the Nationals will take on the World Series Champion Yankees on March 12th in Viera and again on March 24th in Tampa. MASN's pre-season Nationals schedule will...

MASN to televise Stephen Strasburg's Spring Training Debut

MASN to televise Stephen Strasburg's Spring Training Debut
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals, will televise Stephen Strasburg's first spring training appearance on March 9th live at 1 p.m. on MASN and MASN HD from Space Coast Stadium. The network will also televise the replay at 7 p.m. on MASN and MASN HD. Strasburg is expected to pitch two innings for the Nationals, but MASN will televise the entire game. Strasburg, the top selection in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, is hailed as one of the greatest pitching prospects of all...

Programming Note for Sunday, March 7th

Programming Note for Sunday, March 7th
Because of a solar outage, viewers of MASN's broadcast of the Sunday afternoon Orioles-Red Sox game may experience a temporary disruption in the broadcast around 3:30 p.m. A solar outage is a phenomenon that occurs when the sun crosses the equator and traces an arc that places it directly behind the broadcast satellites used for transmitting the baseball game. The sun's powerful solar radiation interferes with the microwave frequencies used to communicate with the satellites, essentially...

Strasburg Debut on MASN

Strasburg Debut on MASN
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals, will televise Stephen Strasburg's first spring training appearance on Tuesday, March 9th live at 1 p.m. on MASN and MASN HD. MASN's coverage will feature Bob Carpenter, Rob Dibble and Debbi Taylor. The network will also televise the replay at 7 p.m. on MASN and MASN HD.

Mike Flanagan Joins MASN's Orioles Broadcast Team

Mike Flanagan Joins MASN's Orioles Broadcast Team
MASN, the television home of the Baltimore Orioles, announced that Mike Flanagan will join the Orioles broadcast team as a color analyst for the 2010 season. Flanagan will make his MASN debut in the broadcast booth for the Orioles game against the Oakland Athletics on April 15th. Flanagan, 59, has spent more than thirty years with the Orioles as a player, coach, front office executive and broadcaster, and brings a comprehensive knowledge of the game of baseball and the Orioles franchise to...

MASN Teams Up with Mike Rizzo

MASN Teams Up with Mike Rizzo
MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals, has teamed up with General Manager Mike Rizzo to host his exclusive blog on MASNsports.com, just in time for Opening Day. "National Matters" is one of the first GM blogs in baseball with inside analysis and expert insight on the game and the Nationals. As part of the partnership, Rizzo will write a weekly blog and answer fan questions each week. Rizzo will also discuss the development of key prospects, the performance of the Major...

MASN Launches on Comcast in Harrisburg-Lebanon Area March 31st

MASN Launches on Comcast in Harrisburg-Lebanon Area March 31st
MASN, the television home of the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals, will launch on Comcast in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area just in time for Major League Baseball's Opening Day. Starting March 31, MASN will be televised on Comcast systems in Harrisburg, Lykens, Lebanon, Hershey, Millersburg and Elizabethtown in central Pennsylvania. Comcast will also carry MASN 2, MASN HD and MASN 2 HD, additional channels which allow MASN to televise every game of two Major League teams in...

MASN Teams Up with Oriole Greats for Unique Color Analysis

MASN Teams Up with Oriole Greats for Unique Color Analysis
MASN, the television home of the Baltimore Orioles, announced today that four former Orioles will join the broadcast booth for selected Orioles games during the 2010 season. The former Orioles stars include Eddie Murray, Brady Anderson, Mike Boddicker and Ben McDonald, all of whom will assist with color analysis during game broadcasts, radio broadcasts and on the network's exclusive pre and post game show, O's Xtra, in 2010. The four former Orioles will rotate as color analysts in an...