FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS 3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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1 FOX SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS 3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW MLB: BOSTON RED SOX AND DETROIT TIGERS FACE OFF ON BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA ON FOX UFC: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV HEADLINES BIG NIGHT OF FIGHTS ON FOX SPORTS 1 AMERICA S PREGAME & FOX SPORTS LIVE: NBA AND NHL FINALS COVERAGE COMMENCE MLB FOX SPORTS 1 GAME OF THE WEEK: INDIANS AT RANGERS; PRIMETIME BASEBALL COMING TO FOX SPORTS SATURDAY NIGHT Network: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (4:00 PM ET) Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers: Justin Kutcher & Mark McLemore Network/When: FOX Broadcast Network, Saturday, June 7 (7:00 PM ET). Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers: Joe Buck, Tom Verducci, Harold Reynolds & Ken Rosenthal New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals: Kenny Albert & Eric Karros Oakland Athletics at Baltimore Orioles: Gary Thorne & Bill Ripken MLB WHIPAROUND CONTINUES ON FOX SPORTS 1 Network/When/On-air Talent: FOX Sports 1, Weekdays Thursday, June 5 (12:00 AM ET) Ryan Field, C.J. Nitkowski & Gabe Kapler Monday, June 9 (10:00 PM ET) Chris Myers & C.J. Nitkowski Tuesday, June 10 (10:00 PM ET) Chris Myers & C.J. Nitkowski Wednesday, June 11 (12:00 AM ET) - TBD What: MLB WhipAround This nightly MLB program expands FOX Sports 1 s commitment to baseball coverage this season with quick-turnaround highlights of inprogress games, MLB news and analysis. The hour-long program originates from Los Angeles. NASCAR ON FOX SPORTS 1 FROM POCONO RACEWAY & TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOX Sports 1 continues exclusive, live coverage of the entire 2014 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES season at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday (9:00 PM ET), as well as shoulder programming surrounding the NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES and NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES throughout the year. FOX Sports 1 broadcasts NASCAR RACEDAY and NASCAR VICTORY LANE, the network s pre-and post-race shows for the NASCAR SPRINT CUP

2 SERIES, from this weekend s race at Pocono Raceway. FOX Sports GO offers live streaming of the race, as well as all practice and qualifying sessions and shoulder programming broadcast on FOX Sports 1. NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE FROM TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO on Friday, June 6 (9:00 PM ET) Talent: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler NCWTS SETUP Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Friday, June 6 (8:30 PM ET) Talent: Krista Voda, Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler This Week: This week s pre-race show examines the remarkable no-dnf streak of reigning champion Matt Crafton, which ended with a DNF last week at Dover and extended back to the second race of the 2012 season; a look at the good start to 2014 for German Quiroga, who is the only Truck Series driver to score a top-10 finish in every race this year; a day-in-the-life of 18-year-old driver Erik Jones, who graduates from high school this week and hops into the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports entry that Busch took to Victory Lane in all of the four races he has entered this season; an introduction to Tyler Young; and an interview with Gateway Motorsports Park owner and president, Curtis Francois, regarding the Truck Series return to his track next weekend for the first time since NASCAR RACE HUB Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Monday through Thursdays (5:00 PM ET) Talent: Co-hosts Steve Byrnes, Danielle Trotta and Adam Alexander; Matt Clark, Bob Dillner, Jeff Hammond and Larry McReynolds This Week: Crunching the Numbers with Danielle Trotta and Let it Ride odds segment on Thursday, June 5 NASCAR RACEDAY Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Sunday, June 8 (11:00 AM ET) Talent: John Roberts, Jeff Hammond, Kenny Wallace, Bob Dillner and Krista Voda This Week: Sit-down feature interview with six-time and reigning champion Jimmie Johnson; live interview with Denny Hamlin ARCA RACING SERIES KYLE LARSON SIGNS UP FOR DOUBLE DUTY IN ARCA RACE AT POCONO Network/When: FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Saturday, June 7 (1:00-3:00 PM ET) Talent: Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, Jim Tretow and Wendy Venturini This Week: The ARCA Racing Series heads to Pocono Raceway this weekend for its seventh race of the 2014 season and 58 th series appearance at Pocono. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES rookie Kyle Larson is entered in Saturday s

3 event, as is Justin Allison, grandson of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison and teammate to points leader Grant Enfinger. Enfinger, who won the season s first three events, leads Mason Mitchell, 10-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel, Tom Hessert III and John Wes Townley in the championship standings heading to the Tricky Triangle. UFC KHABILOV LOOKS TO DISRUPT HENDERSON S RHYTHM AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT, SAYS STANN: Former UFC lightweight champion and current No. 2-ranked Benson Henderson returns to action against rising star and the No. 11-ranked Rustam Khabilov at UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV live on FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (10:00 PM ET). Fresh off a January win against Josh Thomson, Henderson (20-3, fighting out of Glendale, Ariz.) hopes that a win against Khabilov (17-1, fighting out of Albuquerque, N.M.), will put him in line for a chance to regain his title. The 27-year-old Khabilov trains at the famed Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA gym in Albuquerque and has reeled off three straight wins to start his UFC career. Now he ll meet the toughest test of his young career against the former UFC lightweight champion. Ben Henderson is a great mixed martial artist and longtime champ at 155 pounds, but Rustam Khabilov is a legit threat, says UFC ON FOX analyst Brian Stann. Henderson likes to fight at that smooth rhythm where he controls the pace and the space of the fight. Khabilov is not that kind of dance partner. He s going to disrupt that rhythm. It s a really intriguing matchup. Watch UFC ON FOX announcer Jon Anik and Stann preview Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov: UFC TONIGHT UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV PREVIEW, HENDERSON, SANCHEZ, FABER AND HENDRICKS INTERVIEWS Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Wednesday, June 4 (8:00 PM ET) Talent: Kenny Florian, Chael Sonnen, Karyn Bryant, Ariel Helwani and guest host Gilbert Melendez This Week: On UFC TONIGHT, Florian and Sonnen are joined in the studio by guest host and lightweight No. 1 contender Gilbert Melendez. They preview UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV and interview former lightweight champion Benson Henderson and Diego Sanchez before their Saturday fights. Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks joins the team in studio and updates them on his next title defense. Plus, they ll also interview Urijah Faber. Helwani and Bryant add reports. THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER KING AND GORDON BATTLE FOR SEMIFINAL SPOT Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Wednesday, June 4 (10:00 PM ET) Talent: BJ Penn, Frankie Edgar This Week: On this episode of THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER, Team Penn s number-one middleweight Mike King takes on the powerful underdog Eddie Gordon of Team Edgar for a spot in the semifinals. Plus, BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar make a splash in this season s coaches challenge. UFC FROM ALL ANGLES: CHRIS WEIDMAN Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Thursday, June 5 (7:00 PM ET) Talent: Karyn Bryant, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman This Week: Host Karyn Bryant sits down with UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman to discuss his remarkable rise from Long Island obscurity to the

4 most monumental upset in mixed martial arts history. UFC FROM ALL ANGLES offers an unprecedented look at the life of an athlete determined to leave his mark. UFC WEIGH-IN SHOW: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV MELENDEZ, CRUZ AND BISPING SERVE AS ANALYSTS Network/When: FOX Sports 2, Friday, June 6 (6:00 PM ET) Talent: Karyn Bryant, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi This Week: The UFC WEIGH-IN SHOW features Karyn Bryant, UFC lightweight title contender Gilbert Melendez, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and middleweight Michael Bisping as the fighters attempt to make weight. Megan Olivi interviews fighters during the show. UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV PREVIEW Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (7:00 PM ET) Talent: Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi This Week: Host Jay Glazer and analysts Melendez, Cruz and Bisping preview the main card and prelim fights at UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV. UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS FEATURE FOUR EXCITING MATCHUPS Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (8:00 PM ET) Talent: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian, Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi This Week: The UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS feature four exciting fights, kicking off with a lightweight clash between Jon Tuck (7-1) and the undefeated Jake Lindsey (9-0). No. 15-ranked flyweight Scott Jorgensen (14-8) faces Danny Martinez (17-5), while Bobby Voelker (24-11) faces Lance Benoist (6-2) in a welterweight bout. Bantamweights Yaotzin Meza (19-9) and Sergio Pettis (10-1) round out the PRELIMS. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HENDERSON VS. KHABILOV HEADLINE THREE HOURS OF ACTION Network/When: FOX Sports 1/FOX Deportes, Saturday, June 7 (10:00 PM ET) Talent: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian, Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi (FOX Deportes: Víctor Dávila and Fabricio Werdum) This Week: In the five-round main event, former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson (20-3) takes on the No. 11-ranked Rustam Khabilov (17-1). In the night s co-main event, Diego Sanchez (26-7) competes in a potential Fight of the Year candidate against Ross Pearson (17-6, 1NC). Plus, flyweight sensation and No. 1-ranked John Dodson (16-6) looks to secure a title shot when he collides with No. 5 flyweight contender John Moraga (14-2). Rafael dos Anjos (20-7) faces Jason High (19-4) in an exciting lightweight bout, while veteran Yves Edwards ( , 1NC) fights Piotr Hallmann (14-2) in another lightweight clash. Mexican bantamweight star Erik Goyito Perez (14-5) takes on No. 14-ranked Bryan Caraway (18-7).

5 FOX SPORTS LIVE RECAPS UFC FIGHT NIGHT BOUTS Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Saturday, June 7 (1:00 AM ET) Talent: Jay Glazer, Dominick Cruz, Gilbert Melendez, Michael Bisping, Megan Olivi This Week: Host Glazer and analysts Cruz, Melendez and Bisping recap the UFC FIGHT NIGHT main bout between Benson Henderson and Rustam Khabilov, plus the other exciting fights on the card. UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER: SCHAUB IN STUDIO, WOODLEY S HARD STREETS, PENN S PRAISE AND SWANSON S TAKEDOWN Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Sunday, June 8 (7:30 PM ET) Talent: Jon Anik This Week: Dangerous heavyweight Brendan Schaub doesn t pull any punches with host Jon Anik as he describes how he intends to welcome former champion Andrei Arlovski back to the Octagon. Plus, St. Louis native Tryon Woodley revisits the hard streets that he left behind to become an All-American wrestler and rising UFC contender. As BJ Penn gets set to fight in the fourth weight class of his remarkable career, the UFC s biggest stars give praise to The Prodigy. Finally, entering the prime of his career and nearing a shot at the UFC featherweight title, Cub Swanson gives a candid Takedown on the state of the 145 pound division. UFC COUNTDOWN UFC 174: JOHNSON VS. BAGAUTINOV Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Sunday, June 8 (8:00 PM ET) Talent: Demetrious Johnson, Ali Bagautinov This Week: UFC Countdown takes you behind the scenes before UFC 174, as six stars try to redefine their divisions on Saturday, June 14. Undefeated at flyweight, Demetrious Johnson makes his fourth title defense against surging Russian Ali Bagautinov. Top-five welterweights Rory MacDonald and Tyron Woodley clash for the chance to climb the 170-pound ladder, plus The Ultimate Fighter season 8 winner Ryan Bader faces former Strikeforce champion Rafael Feijao at light heavyweight. BOXING UNBEATEN GONZALEZ FACES FARMER IN LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT AT GOLDENBOY BOXING Network/When: FOX Sports 1/FOX Deportes, Thursday, June 5 (8:00 PM ET) Talent: Brian Custer, Daniel Jacobs This Week: Unbeaten New Yorker Emmanuel Gonzalez (14-0, 7 KOs) faces Philadelphia s 23-year-old Tevin American Idol Farmer (15-4-1, 3 KOs) in a 10-round junior lightweight bout at the Golden Boy Live! main event live from the House of Blues in Boston. Plus, unbeaten rising heavyweight star Alexis Santos (13-0, 11 KOs) of Lawrence, Mass. faces Daniel Martz (10-1-1, 7 KOs) of Clarksburg, WV for the vacant NABF Junior Heavyweight Title. Also on the card, 23-year-old Dublin native Jamie The Nuisance Kavanagh (16-1-1, 7 KOs) faces veteran lightweight Michael Cold Blood Clark ( , 18 KOs) in an eight-round showdown. MOTOCROSS

6 JAPAN S HIGASHINO LOOKS TO SLOW POINTS LEADER SHERWOD AT RED BULL X-FIGHTERS SECOND STOP, SAYS ANALYST MANERING Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Monday, June 9 (7:00 PM ET) Talent: Andy Bell, Troy Manering, Ronnie Renner This Week: The 2014 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, featuring the world s top freestyle motocross (FMX) riders, makes its second stop of the season in Osaka, Japan, where hometown hero Taka Higashino looks to win on his home turf for the second year in a row. But New Zealand s Levi Sherwood has the momentum on his side after winning the season-opener in Mexico City, while defending champion Thomas Pagès of France looks to revive his title hopes after a disappointing fifth place in the first of five 2014 stops. Stop number two of Red Bull X-Fighters will be an interesting one," says FOX Sports 1 host Troy Manering. World Tour Champion Thomas Pagès and a hometown Japanese contingent is ready to amaze the locals, while trying to stop current points leader Levi Sherwood from cementing his lead before they head to the next stop in Madrid." FOX SPORTS LIVE COVERAGE EXPANDS AS NBA AND STANLEY CUP FINALS COMMENCE DURING THE WEEK Network/When: FOX Sports 1, nightly (11:00 PM ET) Talent: Jay Onrait, Dan O Toole, Charissa Thompson, Ryan Field, Cole Wright, Gabe Kapler, Donny Marshall, Petros Papadakis, Gary Payton, Bill Reiter, Andy Roddick, Darren Pang This Week: For the rematch of last year s NBA Finals series, FOX SPORTS LIVE reporter Colleen Dominguez will provide nightly wraps following games, in addition to off-day coverage of the Miami Heat. Regular FOX SPORTS LIVE NBA analysts Jim Jackson and Gary Payton will provide nightly commentaries and insights from the respective venues. FOX Sports 1 NBA insider Bill Reiter will serve as a roving contributor throughout the series, hosting the segments that feature Jackson and Payton, in addition to those that include fellow FOX Sports 1 NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski. For the Stanley Cup Finals, reporter Julie Stewart-Binks follows both the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers throughout the bi-coastal series, and will be joined for postgame analysis by FOX Sports 1 hockey contributor and retired 9-year NHL veteran Jim Fox. Veteran NHL analyst Darren Pang remains instudio nightly to provide insights and reaction on the show. AMERICA S PREGAME DAILY ON-SITE FINALS REPORTS, INTERVIEW WITH 49ERS TE VERNON DAVIS THIS WEEK Network/When: FOX Sports 1, weekdays (6:00 PM ET), preempted Friday, May 30 Talent: Mike Hill and Molly McGrath This Week: Mike and Molly are joined by FOX Sports 1 analysts Raja Bell, Royce Clayton, Jim Fox, Donny Marshall, Kirk Morrison, Darren Pang, Andy Roddick, Ken Rosenthal, and Frank Thomas. The show will feature extensive coverage of both the NBA and NHL Finals as various FOX Sports 1 contributors and correspondents will be on-site covering the action. On Wednesday, the show will also feature a satellite interview with San Francisco 49ers two-time Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis.

7 ORIGINALS PAST & PRESENT MLB LEGENDS HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE SHOP THIS WEEK Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Tuesday, June 10 (8:30 PM ET) Talent: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim s Albert Pujols and Erick Aybar, New York Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson and MLB legend Gary Sheffield all take their turn with Jordan the barber. This Week: A new series from FOX Sports Originals and Relativity Media, BACK OF THE SHOP showcases some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment as they talk smack, let their opinions fly and share hilarious stories. In this week s episode, MLB legend Gary Sheffield welcomes Angels slugger Albert Pujols to MLB s 500 home run club, the players talk about their families and more. TRIGGERS OFF-DAY COMES WITH A SONG Network/When: FOX Sports 1, Tuesday, June 10 (9:30 PM ET) Talent: Trinidad Triggers manager JD Droddy and pitcher John Sullivan This Week: Far Removed from the glamorous life of Major League Baseball, Pecos League players are given a jersey, a hat and $50 a week to keep their big league dreams alive. FOX Sports 1 examines what it s like to play in the lowest rung of professional baseball in the original series THE PECOS LEAGUE. On this week s episode, manager JD Droddy starts to lose control of the team, and the players try to enjoy their only off-day of the season. Pitcher John Sullivan uses the time to write a song for the team that may help the Triggers re-focus as they head toward the playoffs.

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